It is not customary to tip salon owners who also perform services. Some actually refuse tipping, yet I have known salon owners who gladly accept tips. The reason for not tipping a salon owner is because the owner receives the payment for services rendered in full, as opposed to stylists working within the salon who only get a percentage. Whether or not you tip your stylist who also owns the salon is up to you. If you love your style there is nothing wrong with showing appreciation with a tip, if accepted. Also, there is no need to feel guilty about not tipping your stylist who also happens to own the salon. 

Tipping doesn’t get thrown out the window when it comes to going to the spa either. So, please don’t forget to pay gratitude to your facialist, brow specialist, makeup artist, masseuse, waxer, and nail tech.

I recently went back to my old stomping ground at Dr. Youn’s office and treated not only myself to the facial of all facials, but a few weeks later had the pleasure of treating others to the luxurious experience as well. We call this treatment the “Laser Facial“. Sounds a bit scary, but in reality it’s your best friend to all facials, and it doesn’t hurt or leave you looking beat up.

The Laser Facial is commonly recommended to clients who have a rough texture skin tone (think orange peel), rosacea, or even acne. However, you don’t need a reason or “condition” to have this treatment. What the facial does is it stimulates collagen reproduction at a rapid rate below the skins surface, where collagen originated from.  Thus, smoothing out texture, reversing signs of aging, filling in lines, reducing redness, shrinking pores, and leaving you with a healthy glow days after. The best part is you reap the benefits much longer than you would from any other facial you get from some frilly spa, and at about the same cost.

So, the next time you feel like treating yourself to a luxurious treatment call your local clinical esthetician, plastic surgeon, or derm and book a Laser Facial that will actually get you results.