Tipping hairstylist

If no how much should I give her?

If I was a hairstylist and someone bought me a coffee as a tip plus $25 I’d be so happy 😭

I always tip 20% anywhere I go, So I woulda tipped $40 but I think $25 + coffee is pretty reasonable!

Licensed cosmetologist here. Love coffee, it doesn't pay the bills, though... and that's what we all go to work for. I'm sure thus wasn't your intention, but you essentially decided that a portion of her money would be spent on coffee. It wasn't really a free gift.

I always tip 20%. I don't get my hair or nails done but when I get tattoos I tip 20%>

Gratuities are optional, so your kindness in providing a tip and purchasing a coffee was likely appreciated. Some individuals may not be in a position to tip, and it is not mandatory, so whatever you were able to offer that day, I'm sure, was appreciated.

@Evelyn I actually didn’t decide that was a part of her tip lmao but thanks for assuming that 🫶🏼 would have gotten the same amount for a tip coffee or not

Dude, you literally made a post asking if you did the right thing... A lot of people seem to think that kind gestures are a fair substitute for money... like I said, coffee is nice, but it's not comparable to money. 20% tip on a $200 service is $40. You shorted her $20 and bought her a $10 or less drink instead of giving her $20. From an outside perspective, it looks like you purchased a drink for a fraction of what the other half of her tip *should* have been. That $10-$20 could have gone to a bill, but you turned it into a beverage. This is just my perspective.

Final answer... No, it wasn't enough.

I tip a minimum of 20%. You say coffee wasn’t part of the tip but you also are trying to justify the tip by mentioning that you brought her coffee.

Yeah that’s loads! I don’t understand the need to tip at all. Especially when someone is setting their own prices? That’s crazy to me. If their work doesn’t pay enough that they are reliant on tips then they need to up their prices. Obviously in a restaurant we will tip if we get a good service. I’m sure she’s really grateful and the drink was really thoughtful.

This is such a wild take for anyone that isn’t in the US 🤣

@Evelyn glad you aren’t my stylist 🥰

@Christina and I also said that I would have tipped her the same with our without a drink, if you can read 🥰

Wow, a pissing match now...? Girl bye

I did read that but that doesn’t change the fact you are trying to justify the tip with the drink if the drink doesn’t have anything to do with the tip why mention it at all. You should have just asked if $25 is enough. You are just salty that not everyone agrees with you and you are defensive and getting nasty.

I don't think a tip is required at all. So anything above the cost of service is great! However, I personally would have given a $50 tip and still brought a coffee. My stylist has been doing my hair for close to 20 years now and is outstanding. She has her own private salon and sets her own rates. 100% goes to her business. But I adore her and her work. I refuse to go to anyone else. Even since moving to another state. I still go see her a few times a year. She gets a hearty tip, and treats for her and her little boy. I am a huge supporter of independent small businesses, and even though they CAN set their own rates, overhead is ridiculously high. So, to stay competitive, they have to set rates reasonably enough to get clients. Therefore, I tip. JM2C.

@Christina I’m not salty about people not agreeing with me 😂I’m tired of people like you not reading the comments and saying something I already explained 😱

@Evelyn feel free to leave my post 🤗

I said what I said based on what you said in all your comments. I read all comments before I make a comment. I clearly read that the tip was going to be the tip regardless of the coffee because I said that you said coffee wasn’t part of the tip ie $25 was the tip. I fully understood that the tip was only $25 with or without the drink but you mentioned the drink at the start like that justifies a $25 tip. You started second guessing your tip (like you said in the post) so you came here looking to feel better about your tip that didn’t happen and now you are mad.

And attacking the people that didn’t agree with you.

@Christina yeah she's being immature

This is crazy. If you are short of $2, they will not service you. But paying full price, plus a $25 tip and a coffee is not enough 🫨.

Girl chill 😭 I think maybe you took some of these ladies wrong ♥️

@Christina like I said not mad about people disagreeing. Annoyed that people can’t read 🤗

I done explaining it to you. Go ahead and believe I can’t read my comment wouldn’t make sense if I hadn’t read your comment to Evelyn and the main post.

The whole tipping culture is bs. Some of you are so entitled to tips it is crazy. You don’t even take time to think that, that $20 may have been their last money. It’s like you must hustle to afford the full price that is already expensive, PLUS hustle to pay a tip🙄 of which people will say it’s not enough 🙄.

@Adlo tipping is common courtesy and if you can't afford the tip, don't get the service done! Alot of industries that expect tips don't pay well otherwise. And it's a reflection of the service; if the service was above and beyond/exceptional, you tip more. If it sucked you tip less. If it was average you tip 15/20%. It's just courtesy in a lot of industries. Don't be so cheap!

@Tiffany If I can’t afford the tip, I’ll still get the service. I’m not stealing or begging. I paid the full price I deserve the service.

@Adlo 💯 this

@Tiffany if I go to a restaurant and you give terrible service you’re not getting a tip, sorry not sorry 🤷🏼‍♀️

I believe questions like this open the door for unsolicited opinions from “strangers” who don’t know your personal finance. Only you can define “enough”. Tip what you can, when you can. ☮️

More than enough .. I recently got my hair done .. it was $150.. i tipped $20.

I’m sure she appreciated it!

As a previous stylist no.

@Allexys why tho 😭😭 so you don’t think a $20 tip on a style that was 150 is enough? I got a silk press and haircut. Basically she washed my hair, blow dried and flat ironed. Then fixed my bob (i had angrily hacked off all my hair the week prior 💀) So what would have been a more appropriate tip?

No. It isn’t.

@SquishyMommy1 so. What is an acceptable tip to you then?💀

At least $40

Fortyyyyyyy , sheesh 😭

My kids barber charges $60 for both my kids haircuts & i only tip $10 .. i guess im a bad tipper 🥹

@Kb come on now! you should be tipping at least 20😂😭

Any service at least 20% idk why this is confusing

@Allexys probably bc prices are already outrageous

Tipping culture is out of control. That was enough girl. PLUS a coffee lol

@Allexys i don’t think it’s necessarily confusing 😂 people just tip what they can or what they feel is enough I guess… i mean, she did cut the back of my neck really bad because she was using clippers. My neck was red and all scratched up. I had another stylist literally BURN my scalp so bad with the flat iron & i still tipped her 😭 I don’t think it has to be a mandatory 20% especially if you’re being injured in the process.

I tip 20-25% because that is industry standard. If someone goes above and beyond or discounts their service I tip more. If there is an issue it would go down.

Originally tipping was optional based on quality of service. It’s just become an “industry standard” and social expectation based on i don’t know what .. rather than a genuine extra couple bucks for good service. Let’s not ignore the fact that some employers use tipping as a way to underpay their employees. Why am I being asked to tip at a place where I have to stand up to order my food? Or fast food places? As far as services like lashes, nails, massages, facials, hairstylist, barbers, tattoo artist … where the owner literally sets their own prices … i don’t believe you HAVE TO tip just because. It should be based on the quality of your service. I’m sorry but if you push my sons hairline back or burn my scalp.. you’re not just obligated a tip 😭

Ahhh that so nice of u! ur better than me. I don’t feel the need to tip if I don’t want to & I don’t feel bad abt it at all cuz it’s not a must lol. expecting or Feeling like u HAVE to give a minimum of 20% for services is wild! Omg tipping culture is out of control Cuz it’s optional not required. 🗣️ So u did more than enough in my opinion cuz Gratuities are not mandatory

Is this US culture? Not in my home country or in the UK where I leave is expected to leave a tip on any service. When I go to the hairdresser's and get hair wash, colouring, hair treatment and finish would be around £120ish, nails hand and feet are £55 but only tip if the service is outstanding like on a restaurant for example, and would not be 20% perhaps 5 or 10% some people don't even tip at all as it is the job to give a good service.