highlight and cut tip

[Bethy Lou]

I got my hair cut and highlighted yesterday and my fiance and I had a disagreement over the tip amount. It costs a lot to get a woman's hair done, quite a bit more than the $15 he spends at the woman's place who has done his hair for years. He seems to think that a five dollar tip is ok for highlight and hair cut, I think a little bit more is better. I usually tip about 10% for a hair cut and 15-20% for highlight and haircut. Is that more than most people do?

 

[Mackey Mouse]

I am thinking out loud here.. when I have my hair colored, the roots, washed and blown dry, not cut, I think I leave around $15....I also have to tip the girl that washes my hair, and she usually gets around $5..

 

[ducklite]

I pay $86 for a cut and color (no highlights) and tip $20.

If I add highlights as well the tip goes up, but never less than 20% of the service cost.

Anne

 

[Toot Sweet]

I pay $150 for cut/weave and I tip $30.

 

[Bethy Lou]

I left a $25 tip for a $90 bill and he completely freaked out, but that was $5 for the girl who washed my hair too. I guess guys just do not understand how much it costs to be a woman.

 

[sha_lyn]

Wow.... I never tips anywhere near that much, and I won't in the future either. A couple of dollars for a cut, $5 if it were for the services in the OP

 

[Blondie]

My last foiling & cut cost $125 and I left $25 tip. There was no shampoo girl to tip. My stylist does the washing and rinsing as well. If not, I would've tipped the shampoo girl $5.00.

 

[daisyduck123]

If I add highlights as well the tip goes up, but never less than 20% of the service cost.

Anne

Same here.

 

[hildasmuriel]

Just

Over here it is usual to do 10%.

 

[bekkiz]

I always leave 15-20%. Of course when you're payng 65 for a cut and another 130 for the color, that's a lot of money. But you also tip more at California Grill than you do at the Plaza restaurant. It's just the way things work.

 

[TheGottis]

Regular hair cut and blow dry - 10%
Cut and all over color - 15% to 20%
Cut and highlight/low light (foils) - at least 20%

 

[FinallyBoughtDVC]

20% always -

It's not a matter of being a man or a woman - the gratuity is what it is.

My dh actually leaves a much larger percentage tip than I do (he goes to a local barber - same woman has cut his hair for 15 years - hair cut is $15 - he gives her $20).

She gets $5 for 10 minutes of work while my haircut is $60 and my stylist gets $12 for 45 minutes of work - (cut, style, blow dry). Maybe I'm not tipping enough.

Shampoo girl gets $5 if I'm just getting a cut and if I'm getting coloring done (multiple wash outs) I tip $7 - $10.

I have long hair that takes forever to blow dry - I can't imagine just giving her a "couple of dollars".

 

[ducklite]

Wow.... I never tips anywhere near that much, and I won't in the future either. A couple of dollars for a cut, $5 if it were for the services in the OP

You'd never get a second appointment at a lot of better salons by tipping what amounts to less than 5%. They would somehow always be booked when you tried to get an appointment--and IMHO rightfully so.

Anne

 

[ducklite]

OK so a few have said they charge a higher % if they receive a more expensive service. Why? That just doesn't make sense to me.
Say you pay $30 for a cut, $60 for cut/color
10% of 30 would be $3
10% of 60 would be $6
The tip goes up as the price of the service goes up.
Why would you tip a higher percentage? I would get "it" if you weren't paying more for the "extra" service.

Particularly with highlights, the time it takes is a lot longer than a simple haircut or roots touchup. In addition to the stylists expertise, you're also tipping for their time.

Anne

 

[sha_lyn]

Particularly with highlights, the time it takes is a lot longer than a simple haircut or roots touchup. In addition to the stylists expertise, you're also tipping for their time.

Anne

You are paying for their time when you pay for the service.
They charge more for services that take longer.

 

[hildasmuriel]

Never really understood the etiquette of tipping - why the hairdresser but not the dental hygienist. Why the taxi driver but not the bus or train driver? I know supermarket staff who earn less than waitresses but nobody tips them for service.

 

[ducklite]

Who said I tip less than 5%. I tip about 10%

You get a haircut and highlights for $50?

Anne

 

[hildasmuriel]

You'd never get a second appointment at a lot of better salons by tipping what amounts to less than 5%. They would somehow always be booked when you tried to get an appointment--and IMHO rightfully so.
Anne

Why not just increase their prices then, rather than refuse to serve that person again?

 

[ducklite]

Never really understood the etiquette of tipping - why the hairdresser but not the dental hygienist. Why the taxi driver but not the bus or train driver? I know supermarket staff who earn less than waitresses but nobody tips them for service.

The payscales are much different in the UK.

Anne

 

[Toot Sweet]

Seriously? A thread about tipping a hairdresser is turning snarky?