Here's a question for you. I've been going to Bellas for well over a year now. The stylist that cut my hair did a great job on my very first haircut but every one after that was just okay and sometimes not so okay. She charges $45.00 a haircut. I think that's probably an average price for an upscale salon but I kinda feel like at $45.00 a pop that it should look great every time I get it cut and it just plain doesn't. And like an idiot I tip her regardless of how I feel it looks - I'm a good tipper too. She asks at the end what do you think and I usually say meh or I'm not sure yet. I can tell you that I NEVER have liked it enough to want to go anywhere but home afterwards, usually to redo it.
I have waited far too long now to get a cut - it's a mess, thick, frizzy, bushy, you name it. I've got pictures and want to go like Meg Ryan short (you've got mail) but I'm debating to go back to her one more time based on the first time she did great or just avoid the whole friggin place. I made the mistake of getting partial highlights there with another girl who asked if I wanted a cut. I said no I just had it cut last week and I hate it. Never mentioned where or with whom but she checked and ran right to the stylist and told her. She then confronted me. Next haircut looked like crap. And I tipped her.
So here's my question. Do you tip when you have a haircut you paid $45.00 for and it looks like crap, or do you just pay for it and leave? I'm starting to feel like I want to make a stand for all the bad haircuts I've gotten.
Maybe, there is someone in your neighborhood. I assume you live in Ridge. If you want to make the trip, PM me, and I can give you her number. Our hair is very important to us girls! Good luck.