Why do people tip their hair stylist?

well we used to tip the hair stylish too in greece. but young people no longer tip them. maybe this will stop some day. although their salaries are really really low...

I find that if I tip my hairdresser and I stick with the same one all the time. They seem to give me better service and care more if I am pleased. I go to a beauty shop were there are over 30 hairdressers and I like to have one that remembers me and calls me by name. They usually remember me when I tip them all the time. It is not mandatory that you tip them though and in our area most do not tip them. It is just a personal perference of mine. I also tip more at Christmas. A sorta bonus if you will.

I know that it does not make sense...I wonder stuff like this too. My opinion: I worked as a receptionist in a salon for several years and here is my opinion: I guess because the stylist works for say, Haircuts Is Me and the salon makes most of the money from the cut and the stylist makes just a dollar or two from each customer because the salon is in business to make money and the stylist earns their measley paycheck. Now...some salons rent out their chairs or booths to a stylist so it is like they each pay rent for their chair and they make all of the profits and just pay a fee to the shop owner and then pay the tax man out of their check. I would think that if the stylist rents a booth, I would not tip them because they are making 100% of the haircut money but if the stylist works for the salon, tip is ok.

Not just im America. Its also in here. But its not always mandatory. When I'm in the counter paying the fee for cutting, the barber tht cut my hair would come and stand beside me, yes its simple to understand he is expecting some tip from the change tht the saloon keeper returns me. And if I just go away without tipping him or just avoiding him, he won't do anything except think of some abuse abt me...

My sister is a hair stylist and I would say, Have you ever gotten a bad hair cut? I have heard many horror stories of people who have gotten bad hair cuts. Not all Hair Stylist are the same if you find a good one and like the hair cut she has talent. You can go to school to learn to be a hair stylist talent is another matter. Some hair stylist have been doing their job for years and have learned more then a school could ever teach them. I would say it makes more since to tip a hair stylist vs a doorman or some others I could think of.