Minx retail; good idea or not?

[glamcwtch]

So Minx are now selling kits only professionals so they can retail them to there clients. Is this a great idea or not ???16763

[harpot]

Well if clients can do them at home what's the point in us offering them! I no you can already buy similar in new look etc but these are Minx which I thought was a professional only brand.
Minx never took off that well for me anyway so if that's the new way they are going I probably won't be offering it anymore......

[Karen Minx]

I've just seen this on facebook and these were my same thoughts exactly!
Im not impressed with it to be honest. I find it hard enough to shift Minx due to DIYers has it is now let alone when these are made available, even on the likes of fleabay has it wont be long.
I have about 55 designs plus doubles in my minx collection and there will be no way i would beable to shift them now.

[Vogue.beauty]

So are these ones that are applied without heat? How are the clients meant to do them?

[JuicyLucy]

Apparently there will only initially be 6 designs available. They are being marketed as "only available in Minx Salons and Spas". However, we all know they will be on Ebay pretty quickly.

It will be interesting to see how much the trade price is and how many in a pack and the sizes. I also wonder if it is exactly the same product as Minx Professional.

I could imagine clients who don't have the service done buying it (if its cheap enough), but I think regular Minx clients will continue to have it done in salons.

The skill is in the application. So if I have a client who buys a £3 DIY product from a chemist that lasts on her for two or three days, is she going to be able to apply Minx any better i.e. in a way that makes it last longer? If she can't, she won't buy it from me again, especially if it is more expensive.

I think its a shame because Minx is currently seen as a professional only brand when there are so many cheap DIY versions already in every high street bargain shop and chemist.

Whether I stock it will depend on the RRP.

[mini4mum]

I haven't been doing Minx for very long, about a year or so. I have the full kit & I am very disappointed that Minx has chosen this line to go down. I realise we are in a world recession, but you purchase Professional only products & training for that reason. I could have easily bought Trendy wraps from my wholesaler and a small hair dryer & would have been quids in! But I didn't.... Where has the loyalty gone from these big companies? They know within weeks, their product will be all over the Internet on auction sites! Why kick us in the teeth, when it is us professionals that have put them were they are?

Sorry, RANT OVER!!

[geeg]

Apparently there will only initially be 6 designs available. They are being marketed as "only available in Minx Salons and Spas". However, we all know they will be on Ebay pretty quickly.

It will be interesting to see how much the trade price is and how many in a pack and the sizes. I also wonder if it is exactly the same product as Minx Professional.

I could imagine clients who don't have the service done buying it (if its cheap enough), but I think regular Minx clients will continue to have it done in salons.

The skill is in the application. So if I have a client who buys a £3 DIY product from a chemist that lasts on her for two or three days, is she going to be able to apply Minx any better i.e. in a way that makes it last longer? If she can't, she won't buy it from me again, especially if it is more expensive.

I think its a shame because Minx is currently seen as a professional only brand when there are so many cheap DIY versions already in every high street bargain shop and chemist.

Whether I stock it will depend on the RRP.

Here is the Statement from Minx themselves.

“We are very excited to offer our talented Minx nail stylists and beauty professionals around the world this new retail product that enables them to easily introduce their customers to the many benefits of a Minx solid nail coating,” explained Dawn Lynch-Goodwin. “Nail stylists have been asking for a Retail Minx line for quite some time now, as they are frustrated with customers who have resorted to trying inferior wrap products. The new Minx Retail will give our Minx-certified stylists yet another way to differentiate themselves while also adding another revenue stream to their business."

Now this is pretty clear.

1. The THERAPISTS have been asking for this for their salons and Minx have answered that demand.
2. The consumer wraps are not the same as the genuine Minx that professionals use
3. It means your clients will buy from you instead of every other copy cat brand that sells to everyone anyway.
4. It will put the profit in your hands instead of ebayers' hands and give you a measure of control among your own clients anyway.

S2 are not planning to bring these into the UK at this time UNLESS YOU ASK for them!! It is up to you. So think logically about it and see if it will help your salon revenue to have them in stock. Your clients will not probably buy them for themselves but they will for their children, grandchildren, gifts for others, holiday time etc. Think outside the box a bit and look at the possibilities. I can see certain advantages for sure in having a consumer quality wrap in the salon ... why let your clients go and buy a copy cat from another salon or from the same folks who supply those salons who even now are not exclusive to professionals?

Anyway, geeks, the choice is up to you. Your call! If you ask for it, then S2 will look at getting it. If you all have no interest then they wont! Simplez.

[Beautygirl1977]

I don't do minx (hope to in future) but I don't think it would make any difference to my treatments. They can buy polish but they still come to me to get their nails painted.

[geeg]

I don't do minx (hope to in future) but I don't think it would make any difference to my treatments. They can buy polish but they still come to me to get their nails painted.

My thoughts exactly!

[sophiegees]

I would be for it - it could be another revenue stream - for doing nothing really.

There are so many other makes of nail foils for sale, so those who want to apply it themselves can already buy it - so I cant see that it would make any difference. People have them applied because they want them applied and having minx retail I dont think would make a difference.

[C the Results]

You can already get Minx from ebay so i don't think it will make any difference at all x

[marie111]

I can go to boots and buy a hair colour for a few quid but I prefer to pay £60 at my hairdressers to get a professional job.
Am I worried, NO

[Cinabun]

I think it really depends what the rrp will be on how well they sell but I don't think it will stop clients having minx professionally.

['chelle]

I think they are a fantastic idea. I work in an inner city salon where people aren't well off. It doesnt give clients any less right to treat themselves and feel good about themselves, and I have had many clients who'd love to have Minx but cant afford it. This product would be right up their street, and as someone else has already said, the profit will be coming to me rather than some ebay trader or seller of cheap minx copy. I would actually be quite happy to give my client a 2 minute demo in how to apply them too.

I do have clients who come to the salon for their minx doing too, and I am not one bit worried about losing this trade, a couple of them have told me that they have tried the DIY minx type products but couldnt do them properly themselves, hence why they came back to the salon. Its the same age old story as the client who buys her own hair dye, makes herself look like an umpa-lumpa and returns to the salon to have the job done properly and is happy to pay to do so. You can buy nail polishes in a salon and this doesnt affect your business so I dont see how these retail minx would affect it either.