How to Tip Your Esthetician

The beauty business is booming and trips to the esthetician are becoming an increasingly common part of people’s grooming routines. But while tipping the hairstylist and manicurist are familiar practices, determining how to tip an esthetician may be a bit more foreign. This guide will help you learn how to tip your esthetician so they’ll want to see, and help beautify, your lovely mug next time you’re due for another chemical peel.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Money
• Wallet
• Money clip

1. Be observant. Take note of the care that is being provided to other customers by not only your esthetician but the salon’s other professionals as well. This is will provide a barometer you can use to gage how well your treatment went.

2. Relax while undergoing your procedure, but pay attention to the type of care your esthetician is taking. Is she/he explaining the steps as she/he goes along? Do you feel rushed or tension of any sort during the experience? Is the atmosphere pleasant and serene? Making these observations will be helpful in evaluating how much to tip.

3. It is customary for estheticians to give you a moment to relax and slowly get up and gather your things to go. Did this happen at the end of your treatment or were you rushed out to the waiting area to pay the receptionist so the room can be quickly prepared for the next client? The point of a salon experience is to be rejuvenated in a serene environment. Being rushed out of your chair is grounds for a low tip.

4. Tips usually range between 15 and 25 percent of the total cost of services. If you felt hurried and/or are unsatisfied with the final product, tip 15 percent. If you are pleased to happy with the results, tip between 16 and 20 percent. If you are absolutely thrilled to ecstatic about the outcome, tip 20 to 25 percent.

[esthilove]

on 7/16/2009 I agree with everything in this article except about explaining the steps as you go along. If you do this, your client is not relaxing throughout the treatment. And while improving the skin is your main objective, relaxation runs a close second. They can't do this if you're yammering away in their ears the whole time. That's what the consultation is for BEFORE the treatment begins.