How much to tip hairdresser?

[laurack]

I just realized I only have $10 cash on me. I am using a groupon for the cut, $30 (regularly $60). I normally follow the 20% rule which would be $12. TBH I'd probably just round up to $15 but I don't have $15 and if I go to the ATM I have to pay the charge which is probably $3. I hate ATM charges.

WWYD? Is $10 way cheap? Who knows if I'll go back there again but what if they give me an amazing cut then I only have $10 to give them and then can never go back in case I get a hack job next time coz I'm pegged as a cheapie?

[Deleted]

I always tip 20%

[mala]

I think the rule is 10% for professional services. But I always tip my hairdresser well because I love her and will let no one else touch my hair. I regularly tip her 25%. I think $10 on a $60 service in this case is NBD.

[Deleted]

Ahh I pressed enter too soon. I don't think $3 will be that big of deal.

[mala]

Also you might be able to leave tip on a credit card, or get cash back on the card when you pay.

[bebeetmoi]

I always do 20% for the person who cuts my hair and 5% to the person who washes my hair. I would get some cash just in case, which is not what you wanted to hear, but better safe than sorry.

[eav2c]

I always do 20% -- sometimes more. I have been going to the same hairdresser for years though. You could get away with $10 though.

[laurack]

May 31, 2013 13:22:41 GMT -5 mala said:

Also you might be able to leave tip on a credit card, or get cash back on the card when you pay.

it is a groupon so i won't pay, I just must print it out!

possibly I could go to cvs and buy a bunch of random things like candy and stuff, and then get cash back. But then I have to leave work earlier...

[teamhayes]

CAn you jsut add the tip to your credit card?

[dixeedeluxe]

yeah, i'd ask if you could put the tip on the card. they give you cash back. if not, the $10 is totally fine.

[teamhayes]

sorry didn't see the other ccard post.

I would buy something so I could add a tip or buy something at cvs like THE lipstick or a pack of gum to get another 5-10 bucks. i loathe atm fees and would rather spend hte fee on something like gum or candy

[laurack]

so just give my card only as a tip? i feel like that would be weird, since I won't be paying with the card... ?

[dixeedeluxe]

OH RIGHT! Duh. $10 is fine.

[mala]

May 31, 2013 13:23:44 GMT -5 laurack said:

May 31, 2013 13:22:41 GMT -5 mala said:

Also you might be able to leave tip on a credit card, or get cash back on the card when you pay.

it is a groupon so i won't pay, I just must print it out!

possibly I could go to cvs and buy a bunch of random things like candy and stuff, and then get cash back. But then I have to leave work earlier...

Gotcha. I still say $10 is fine. I've never used groupon, and never plan to.

[laurack]

yeah I think I'll just go to CVS and get cash back.

$15 would be 25% on the full cost (not the groupon cost) so I think that would be fine.

but now i'm worried about this giving of seperate money if someone different washes my hair?

[mala]

May 31, 2013 13:27:48 GMT -5 laurack said:

yeah I think I'll just go to CVS and get cash back.

$15 would be 25% on the full cost (not the groupon cost) so I think that would be fine.

but now i'm worried about this giving of seperate money if someone different washes my hair?

Yes, just a few bucks extra if the person who washes you hair is not the same person who cuts it.

[katfco]

I usually tip 18%, which is where $10 would be.

[laurack]

May 31, 2013 13:28:34 GMT -5 mala said:

May 31, 2013 13:27:48 GMT -5 laurack said:

yeah I think I'll just go to CVS and get cash back.

$15 would be 25% on the full cost (not the groupon cost) so I think that would be fine.

but now i'm worried about this giving of seperate money if someone different washes my hair?

Yes, just a few bucks extra if the person who washes you hair is not the same person who cuts it.

so if giving $15 I should get $1s? And then if someone else washes it, hand her 3 dollars and the stylist $12? 

ugh I hate this sort of thing. awkward. I am a weirdo

[teamhayes]

i leave the money with the receptionist in an envelope and they split is amongst themselves. there are usually emvelopes by the checkout

[Deleted]

I would probably stop so I could do 20%, especially since you are potentially getting a big style change.
I usually just leave one tip and let my stylist tip out if has someone else wash my hair, but I see the salon owner so I know he does this for sure.

[dixeedeluxe]

I used to be a shampoo girl and stylists didn't tip us out. But we were also allowed to have a tip jar out. I don't know how it works now because my stylist has shampooed my hair for the last 10 years or so.

The place I get my massages also does hair and they do the envelope system.

[Faevantastic]

$10 is fine! My mom's a hairdresser. I've never seen her fret over a couple dollars. She'd be more concerned about you coming back as a customer.

[mumegs]

I think 10 is fine

[fusion]

$10 is fine normally, buuuuut with a groupon they may be making jack shit, so in that case I would tip the extra $5. A salon I worked at ran a groupon and the hairstylists were working for tips alone on that deal. Shitty situation all around, but groupon can really hurt people like that. Groupon always takes 50% of the money in a deal, so the salon in that case is only getting $15 per person. I doubt the owner is giving the stylists much.

[kdrake8]

May 31, 2013 13:28:34 GMT -5 mala said:

May 31, 2013 13:27:48 GMT -5 laurack said:

yeah I think I'll just go to CVS and get cash back.

$15 would be 25% on the full cost (not the groupon cost) so I think that would be fine.

but now i'm worried about this giving of seperate money if someone different washes my hair?

Yes, just a few bucks extra if the person who washes you hair is not the same person who cuts it.

dude. When I washed hair I was LUCKY to get a quarter. Wtf. I did a damn good job. Sometimes washing the hair of others is nasty.

[mala]

May 31, 2013 15:00:19 GMT -5 kdrake8 said:

May 31, 2013 13:28:34 GMT -5 mala said:

Yes, just a few bucks extra if the person who washes you hair is not the same person who cuts it.

dude. When I washed hair I was LUCKY to get a quarter. Wtf. I did a damn good job. Sometimes washing the hair of others is nasty.

How rude! I always tip a minimum of $5 but I know I tip more than necessary.