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In salons where the stylist rents her chair and space I do not tip as much. They are business owners. The eighty dollars you would pay, less her wholesale supplies and combined with the fact that most do not work on just one client at a time, works to be about profit of thirty-sixty dollars an hour (this would include the chair rental already taken out). That is wages of many service industry professionals like the plumber/electrician/appliance repair and others who end up at a lower range than the stylist because the overhead for their businesses is so much higher. It is not standard to tip these other service professionals and times have changed things. Very rarely, unless at a place where the stylist is an employee (this is usually at national discount chains) do stylists not rent their chair space. WE don't tip even the lowest pay scale hospital person so why tip a stylist who already is making three or four times more than a hospital kitchen worker or tech? We tip waitstaff because they are paid a much lower minimum wage as their pay is tip-based. So, if the stylist is her own business and rents her space and pays a bit of royalty, I give a token five bucks. If I am her only client the entire time, then I would pay ten. I am not by nature a cheap tipper. Just this week gave the waitress at IHOP ten bucks for a breakfast bill of $26. Cosmetology schools and programs even include small business classes and training as most will either own their own salon or rent booth space as a small business owner. Now going to Great Clips is different. Anyone from this family runs in there for a haircut, since stylists are employees and not self-employed, we will tip fifteen dollars on a twelve dollar haircut or at least pay with a twenty and not take any change back for the the special 10.99 haircut. So, we are not cheap tippers but the new breed of stylists are business owner professionals who are making more than an RN sometimes. A salon would increase their customer loyalty base if they raised their prices 5-10% and marketed as a no-tip salon. Many, many people get tip anxiety as they get closer and closer to paying the bill.