I’m so happy to be alive during the era of JVN

as a non-american it's very weird hearing someone say you really should tip your hairdresser. You guys, I hope it gets better over there

I love how you answer each question by keeping the feelings and perspective of both the hairdressers and the clients in mind. I thought you answered in an honest, realistic way and encouraged compassion. You are such a good source of knowledge and expertise. 😘🥰

I wish the tipping question was more specific about tipping for regular cuts vs tipping for treatments, and whether you should scale your tip percent for higher priced cuts like those with a base price over $100 that have no color or other treatments

I good stylist is like a marriage. I’ll never leave her. When she asks me if I need change I’m always like gasp of course not. I also bring Starbucks or equivalent snacks. I trust this woman with my hair and she always gets it right. When I went through chemo she reshaped my outgrowth for free. She’s incredible.

I got a haircut by a celebrity hairstylist in LA once and it wasn’t the greatest cut. It was well over $300. I had the highest exceptions and was so excited. The best haircut I’ve ever received was $30/500 Mexican pesos in Mexico. It’s worth the 11 month wait to receive the best hair treatment.

Before I stopped caring I used professional products, and whenever I'd tell them what I used there'd be a pause before they'd still try to sell me on their crack products. Like there are 100% salons and stylists that just want to push their garbage onto you. I'm sure ppl will asume I'm probably a moron and the stylists knew better, but my mom was a cosmetologist and I trust her unbiased opinion a lot more.

About the 25¢ tip, I used to do an older woman’s hair when I first started working at a salon over 35 years ago. Yes, I’m a old b. She was dressed in older style clothing and was on retirement. Her weekly salon wash-n-set was her splurge. A bit of “feel good” that she needed for herself.

I found myself happy that haircuts are way cheaper where I live (in the countryside in the Netherlands) and also that we don't need to tip our hairdressers because they are paid fair wages, but maybe the only reason those things can both be true is lower expectations on my part? I just want my split ends cut out and even length 😅

Thanks for this video, that was really informative, some super helpful information in there. Beyond fabulous as always !❤️

I love my hairdresser, she's the BEST! I'm always early for appointments, I always sit with my feet level of the wee footstool so I don't get a wonky cut. She has an Old English Sheepdog, so we chat about our dogs. And I always get her a Christmas Present. She makes me look fantastic and she's worth every penny.

I just found a curly hair salon in my area and got my first specifically curly hair cut. Gamechanger!!! I didn't even know curly specific salons existed!!!

Thank you for including question 7 abt breaking up w your stylist. I had one for yrs. Did a photoshoot out of state where my hair was styled by someone else and my longstanding stylist assumed I was breaking up w her. Instantly broke up w her bc of her thinking she owned my hair (using the back away method) and found a bomb ass stylist (and now great friend) who I’ve been w for several yrs. As Jonathan said, be thankful for the time and effort but recognize when it’s time to be up and on and be about that

I had a shaved pixie for years. I started growing it. Got it to my jawline, and asked a pricey stylist to trim to bangs, and take some of the weight out by shaping it without removing length. I had 4 photos of the same style from different angles of hair of the same length of what I wanted. She gave me a pixie instead. Greeeeeeat.

I just finished reading your book for the billionth time, it always makes me feel better 🥰 love you jvn

I can honestly listen to this man talk about ANYTHING ❤️

Johnathan Van Ness is such a beautiful soul.

i love you so much 🥺 thank you for being you and walking on this earth w us mortals. you’re a goddess

Bless my stylist for including her tip in her cost. It just takes that stress away.

Loved this! You make me smile so much.

I finally found a new stylist recently after like...years....of not going to ANYONE. And she is THE ONE. How do I know? She finished the cut and it was great and I said hmmm maybe I should color it and she said NO NO your grey hair is so flattering! And I was like this woman is telling me the TRUTH and I will always come back to her. Also we just talked about how much we love to eat the whole time and food is my love language so...love her.

Omg thanks for all these clarifications and authentic content!! 💖

I love them so much. They’re just so inspiring. Makes me want to be more me. Love it. Thank you, jonathan

I just love you JVN 🥰 you’re so adorable!

Thank you for this! 🥰💐

Always love these videos

You're amazing! I had my consult last week for my first salon visit coming soon! Great timing

I love you Jonathan 😭😘 you make my heart glow

I've been cutting my own hair for almost 10 years now. (I've got curly hair, so it's easier to pull it off, and everyone is always surprised that I never go to the salon.) I just haven't had the greatest experience, neither in my small town in Kazakhstan, nor in Dublin, Ireland. Anyway, the point is, I don't *need* to watch this video. I just *want* to. And then rewatch it several times. Just because I love your energy. It's seriously contagious, just makes my days that much brighter!

You're my spirit animal. I feel so upbeat and expressive most of the time (like you, henny)!!

Love you Jonathan! You always make me laugh and smile you’re a true inspiration God bless

Love this!!!

Super duper helpful, thank you! 🦄

Thank you Jonathan!

Stared at your hair the whole time it looks stunning !!

Amazing answers. Especially the one about stylists pushing product I happen to be a hairstylist and your answer was right on point thank you so much love you!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I like and subscribe since the first video!!!! Love you JVN

Love it!!!

Yiur stylist absolutely wants you to have your best hair... buuuhht it's good to know that salon's are contracted to carry X amount of product by the brand - and stylists do their best to move product fir the business, whether they like the product or not. Their faves may really be whatever the sayin used to stock - or never did.

As a curly hair person, it’s extremely difficult to find someone who knows how to cut/blow dry my hair and literally every time I’ve gotten my hair done, I’ve been told “Wow you have a lot of hair!”. I had a horror story with a hairdresser where the hairdresser decided to use a razor in my hair because to him my hair was “nappy” but after he did that and finished my hair, I walked out of the salon and my hair was super frizzy.

i love you! You make my day even better & beautiful.

I'd love to see more of these!

Babe- you look so healthy and glowing! The energy is AMAZING! Thank you for being you, always!

I love JVN’s tatas 💗💗

Thank you for answering the questions honestly.

JONATHAN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

Jonathan van ness I love your videos so much. I can watch your old video every day.🙂

This was so helpful and so entertaining as well! New subscriber here 🙋🏻‍♀️

If your stylist retires, ask THEM for a recommendation. You already trust them so yeah. Just ask. 😊

Omg the Ashley question! You mentioned this in a video I watched the other day!

i always love the energy!! 💜😊

A colab between JVN and Brad Mondo, and I would play it on repeat until I die of happiness.

This is great advice! You cheer me up :)

Answering the second question. Haha not that anyone asked me, but just throwing my 2c. My hairstylist has her brand of products and I have used them for a year. My hair is the best it’s ever been. Every time I go to her she is always so surprised at what her products do. Yes, they are expensive and I was skeptical; however, after a year I wouldn’t go back.

I LOVE YOUUUUAAAA

You’re perfect for this world Jonathan!! lol

Thank you from Sweden 🥰❤

The best stylists I've ever seen was found by my bff when we were in hs. (We're 45 now 😂) Bff looked up male stylist in the PHONE book (😂) and she's been going to him since 94. He's expanded so much that he only sees a handful of clients himself. My friend is one of them. I moved out of the area, but because of my bff, he'll still see me if I need to. 😍

ashley might not want any products at all but for people who want to use products but don’t see the point of using salon level products vs drugstore brand products, if you see a local or independent hairstylist buying from them can actually make a big difference to the stylist financially and you are helping support a small business vs giving more money to big corporations

Will always be there to throw likes on every single piece of JVN content

Tipping a hairdresser isn’t a thing in Australia. Not sure why- we do in hospitality, but even there it’s discretionary (usually minimum 10%), and the staff don’t rely on them for income as we have different minimum wage structures. Is that an issue for US hair stylists? Super low wages? You did make me think about favours though due to tipping. Here it’s just based on the relationship, mostly how loyal you are.

this was a great video!

You are my idol, babe!

I need a friend like JVN. 💕

I got one of my all-time favourite hair cuts in ... wait for it... France 🤩 in Paris. 🤩

Love the video, please do a video for post pregnancy hair. I had a baby 5 months ago and my hair keeps falling, no idea what to do to get my hair the way it was before pregnancy 😭

I found this instrumentally educational :)

❤❤ Love you yelling Gina. That's my name !

Right before moving to another country, I wanted to have my hair cut. My go to stylist was not available so I let his brother do the work. Biggest mistake ever! I walked all the way back home crying. No hair dresser wanted to fix it because it was too short to fix ! Luckily I found someone who directly looked at my hair and said he can fix it and he did ! After 6 months, my hair is still growing nice, and looking fab 😍 Long story short, DO NOT ASK FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CUT YOUR HAIR, ALTHOUGH THEY WORK AT THE SAME PLACE.

I worked with a girl at att that talked exactly like JVN.. It was like obnoxious but you were somehow into it at the same time.. She was such a good salesgirl.

i literally love you lol

Postpartum hair loss tips (styling, protecting) and product recs?!

Getting your hair done in the US is so expensive and having to tip on top of that just make it worse ☹☹☹

Hi Jonathan i am one of y0ue biggest fan and also I want to be a hairdresser so I watch will your videos and I like and I'm subscribed and notifications are on

When we got engaged I had my fiance cut my hair as a trust exercise and honestly it's the best haircut I've had :) BUT ! I definitely still go to salons for advice on styling products :)

OMG, beauty school. What a nightmare. My first haircut, the girl had a fit because I cut her boyfriend’s hair the way he asked me to do it. She complained to the instructor, who replied, “You wanted a three dollar haircut, you got a three dollar haircut. “ 😁

I have mixed feelings about a lotta this. I have long, fine, straight hair. I do not colour it and I have a super low maintenance cut. I once went to a stylist at a very upscale salon who charged me a lot of money for a haircut and I was in the salon for under 30 minutes. It was nothing special. My current stylist charges significantly less - she’s at a trendy higher end salon but ranks lower than the other gal. She spends an hour on my hair, we have a great time, she sneaks me treatments for free, etc etc. I love my stylist but at the same time, if her rate jumps significantly I probably couldn’t afford to keep her AND tip 20% on her new rate. The salon may jump her rate like 15% if she’s promoted, but I’m lucky if I get a cost of living raise every year. I think a lot of this advice is good for affluent, upwardly mobile folks but a lot of people just can’t afford to be the Ideal Client.

Love JVN! Can we get some more like, short "masc" (please let me know if you have a less binary term) hair tips too? I'm kind of sick of watching barber bros. The advice is hit or miss, and the vibe isn't quite me. Thank you! You are a beautiful human!

Maybe it’s just the context that I found you through but one of the things I like about queer eye is the acceptance of different socioeconomic situations and context appropriate suggestions. E.g. shopping at H&M in one episode where a young father with two kids was the focus, as H&M would be an accessible/ reasonable place for him to find clothes for the family in the future. This Q&A felt a little out of touch because I’d argue $120 is a lot of money to spend on a haircut for many Americans. (I know prices and median income vary in other countries, but am not sure what equivalent pricing for services is like which is why I’m specifying. ) I know in my area you can get a good cut and dry for $40-$60 at a nice salon. And I think one of the big differences in going to a salon vs a drop-in hair cuttery is the quality of the haircut as it grows out. I also really haven’t heard of consultations being a thing before, maybe this is only true in higher priced salons? I think a huge part of getting a good cut is clearly communicating what you’d like and how much effort/ product you’re willing to put into maintaining said cut and being willing to listen to a hairdresser if they tell you that’s not going to be possible because of hair type or maitnence needs. So, a little more back and forth on expectations than what you addressed. Overall I enjoy hearing your perspective, but I’d really appreciate if you’d contextualize your advice to let’s say “top LA salons” or give some tips aimed at people who might not have high financial/ time budgets for hair care.

I like your new lighter hair color (did you lighten or am I imagining that?)!!

I love you. ❤❤❤

OMGGGGG I would give an Ovary to be able to get a JVN ORIGINAL HAIR MAKEOVER!!!

I paid sooooo much money for my hair to be lightened and cut. I finally got my hair to a length that I liked befor the trim and I told her a million times I wanted very little hair cut off and she cut off like 7 inches or more🥲🙃 she didn’t make it the color I wanted 🙃🙃🙃 she decided to leave the bulk of my scalp the same color even though I told her I wanted it all lightened. This came about most likely because she was running late because of other clients and needed me to leave because she had another person coming so she cut corners. I am lucky because I moved so I don’t feel weird about her wanting me to come back. Though I feel like she should know she should treat her clients better.

ur amazing

Re justjustine's question, 1. Don't leave the salon if you have issues with your cut (style doesn't matter as much as the basic cut does). I haven't met a stylist yet who isn't watching for clues as to whether you are happy or dissatisfied with what they've done, and most won't let you go if they think you're unhappy. Their biggest payoff is knowing they've made someone feel good about themselves. Also, you're a walking advertisement for their business, so they want you flaunting your new 'do, not hiding under a hat. 2. If you were pleased in the salon but less so when you got home, I would give it two washes (not same day) before going back to the stylist. Sometimes what they do in the salon looks great, but doesn't work with your everyday hair care routine. Or you can't quite replicate what they did to make it look awesome. Or once all the product is washed away, the length and way the cut frames your face changes and is less flattering. A good stylist will fix it if you ask -- but if more than a week has passed since your appointment they may feel you're trying to get a second session for free, like when you wait to complain about your restaurant meal until you've eaten more than half of it.

I have mixed feelings about Ashley's comment. I feel like going to a salon is a luxury. (Im aware it's your job and you live for haircare and selling your products is part of that) but some of us are lucky if we can go to a salon and get our ends cut without having to eat instant noodles for the rest of the month. As i am not in a position to buy salon products, i would suggest Ashley would kindly thank the hairdresser for the product suggestions and decline the offer to buy. If you want high end results and you can effort it, go for it. If you can't, dont complain and you will live. Even with your 40 dollar haircut and 4 dollar drugstore wax. Getting in financial trouble is neither cute nor selfcare. Buying with awareness for yourself and the planet is. So maybe the hairdresser is pushy about it, be clear and you can always decline even if it's awkward for some of us to do so. Hair is a luxury not a necessity, nor are make up or excessive amounts of clothes. Even if populair culture makes you believe it is :) just a perspective, Xoxo from The Netherlands.

It's so strange. In England we don't tip hair dressers or tattoo artists, but we always tip at restaurants. It's interesting to learn

oh my god babe you're such a tonic lol

ok i cut my hair super short in 2020 and LOVED IT. ive grown it out now to my collarbone, and i think this current length compliments and feels more cohesive to my face shape, but i really miss my short hair, even if looking back it wasnt my fiercest look, i felt really confident in it. should i cut it short again? QUEEN JVN IF YOU SEE THIS ID LOVE ANY INPUT YOUD BE WILLING TO GIVE 🥺🥰

I have always had thin hair; meaning not very much of it and very thin follicles. After I had my second daughter at 36 my hair started falling out even faster. It's so thin!!! Now I am 54 and I go to the pool three times a week so my hair is chlorinated. Would your product save my poor hair?!?

This was an interesting video but honestly I was distracted by your gorgeous silky hair

I love his basic tee n want to know where it’s from🙃

I didn't know stylists didn't make much commission on products they sell. Interesting!

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I appreciate your experience JVN, I do - but tipping culture is a little insane in the US. If I leave a salon having paid $450 for a balayage, cut and color, I can't afford to pay $90 on top of that because they did a great job. I know they do a great job which is why I have agreed that their work is worth $450. That is A LOT of money. You say this isn't France, I understand there are cultural differences and I am from the UK, but I live in the US now. That said, it's not like tipping a server in a restaurant who is paid below minimum wage (which I always do), I tell my hair stylist I am willing to look after them with my consumer loyalty and by recommending them to my friends. Tips create this awkward thing between vendor and client which feels like "optional gratuity but if you don't do it then you're an unappreciative asshole". I don't think that's fair - we agreed upon the cost prior to this transaction and I made my decision that way. If you just throw on a 20% mandatory extra cost then there's no awkward ambiguity and if I can't afford it, I'll wish you well and find a service in my budget - no tension or hard feelings. Would people be offended as a hair stylist if their client just brought them something like cookies and a card to say thanks and they appreciate them? Would they ask the client to show them they cared with an unspecified amount of hard cash?

This is truly out of sheer curiosity…doesn’t question 5 sort of negate question 4? I wonder- if they are setting their prices based on x,y,z why are tips so important?

Hey Jonathan!! I have a question. I'm hot blooded and sweat every day at work and therefore wash my hair everyday....I know you're strict on not over washing your hair....but do you have any advice so I can stop washing my hair so much?? Much love!!!

Stylists try to upsell. I don’t like it. I don’t need the products they’re pushing bc salon tells them to. The same thing happens when I go into Ulta or Sephora.

He's so cute I can't stand it!!!!

Casia!??!? Bahaha cassi nova! 🤣