How do you handle tipping when you're at the hair salon?

[Navage8214]

Do you pay by credit card and simply add your tip there?

Do you pay cash and hand it to the front desk person and hope the full tip gets to the stylist?

Do you hand the stylist a cash tip before paying for the service by credit card or cash? If so , do you hand it to him/her at the chair or after he/she walks you to the front desk?

Just kinda curious how others handle it as I've done all of the above at one time or another.

[orbiter]

I slip the tip to the stylist, before paying at the front desk by cash. If paying by credit card, there is an extra service charge of 3%.

[Pitt Chick]

All my services are at my hairdressers house. When I get a haircut, I hand her a $20 bill, which covers haircut and tip.

[Nefret]

I hand it to her when she walks me to the front desk. She does my shampoo herself so I don't have to deal with a separate tip to a shampoo girl.

[gentlearts]

Each hairdresser in the salon handles the payment herself with a cube thingy on her phone. I can add in a tip. I think it’s about 20% or about $7. There are no separate shampoo girls where I go.

[hertfordshire]

My hairdresser accepts Venmo tips. At the reception desk, there is a sign with a QR code for each stylist.

[DubbleT]

Cash, after the cut. Sometimes they go above and beyond and the tip will reflect that. How much of the tip they report is up to them.

[KaraG]

I always pay cash for the cut and the tip and hand it directly to the stylist.

[Hemlock140]

I go to my wife's salon, that also does men's haircuts, and charges me $35. It's the owner, who we have known for over 30 years, and she won't accept a tip. I tried the first few times and then gave up, she suppresses the tip choice on the card payment screen.

[ChessieMom]

Originally Posted by Pitt Chick

All my services are at my hairdressers house. When I get a haircut, I hand her a $20 bill, which covers haircut and tip.

$20???? Holy crap. I got a dry haircut last month for 25 and I thought that was a rarity.