Tip Your Hairdresser

My guy charges me $95 for a cut and highlight and I always give him $135. Not sure where I came up with that $$. He actually went up on his prices to $115 - but didn't raise me cause I've gone to him forever. I guess that's when I upped it to $135.

Either way, I think 20% is good.

My hairdresser has gotten a TON of business from me (when I worked at FOX we worked out a dealso the whole on-air station would go to her and she would get free ads in the news credits). So I get a HUGE discount from her (she is a Redken specialist and chares me like $50 for cut/color and $15 for just a cut.)

I usually tip her between $10-$15 dollars. I figure we have helped each other out so I feel that's fair. I hope it is!

I've heard you're supposed to tip 10%, but that was a while ago. Not sure if that's changed. I think I usually give $7 on a $40 hair cut. I color my own hair, so I never end up with those huge salon bills.

When I worked in a hair salon, I got tips CRAP! But we were also in a not so affluent area so my boss kept her prices cheap and in turn made all of our clients cheaper. I would color and wash someone's hair if not more and only get $2-3.

I always overtip. Even if I hate the cut or color. I need to stop doing that and start complaining if I don't like it!

I go to an Aveda salon...and they have a no-tipping policy - it's nice not to have to worry about it at the end of the hair appt - but i'm pretty certain the prices are higher than the norm...so i'm sure it's built in somewhere. The thing with Aveda is that one person washes, one applies your color, one washes out the color, your main stylist cuts and then someone else blow-dries...YIKES - how coudl I possibly tip all those people

kacie- I think that like others said just tip her more next time if you feel she deserves it. You seem happy with her work so I think 15-20% is a great tip if you can swing it. I don't think that you need to go back though.

I disagree with Sunbride regarding waiters/bartenders making alot of money with no training and education. I think that if you get good service (whatever that means to you) then you deserve to pay for that service. It shouldn't matter what sort of education you have. As Maureen pointed out the server tips out everyone else in the house and usually is making $3.60 an hour.

ex: $100 in tips for the shift but is really left with $65 after tipping out. Not to mention taxing that. So in reality.... not all is what it appears to be especially when a waiter/bartender could be at a place hours after doing closing sidework.

- 10% to the bar ($10)

-15% to the runner ($15)

- 10% to the busser ($10)

Just thought that I would put that out there. I have bartended and waitressed on and off in between school/jobs for years in NY and I did make really sick money some nights but it made up for the night when you get stiffed because there is zero benefits/security in the job.

Didn't mean to hijack Kacie but I thought it was relevant.