Princess parties pricing and party bags?! [Archive]

holistikat

05-08-12, 06:47 PM

Hi

Iv been asked by some of my regular clients to come their daughters birthdays and do a pamper party. Both girls are 9 and 10.

I had decided to charge £7.50 per head which would include

a mini manicure
a party bag (including business card/money off voucher!)
cupcakes
pass the parcel or non alcoholic bubbly (depending on age)

As they are regulars I have offered them a flat rate of £25 per hour and treatments include

mini mani
mini pedi
face mask

plus party bag

Both parents have chosen to pay a flat rate of £25 ph, one lady has booked me for 2 hours for 6 children, and 1 lady has booked me for 3 hours for 10 children.

Does this sound reasonable?

For party bags I thought about including

Temp tattoos
Business card/discount voucher
Hand crafted mini bath bombs/soaps (I have a small hand crafted bath and body care business, so this will be good promotion for that too)
Bobbles/Hair Slides
Nail Files

Does this sound ok?

Also where can I find some reasonably priced manicure/pedicure bowls?

I only have a few so will need to buy enough so they can all soak their hands at once rather than taking turns as Im planning to do a conveyor belt type system!

Iv offered to do my friends little girls 9th bday party as a test run, and will also be showing them how to make bath bombs. If that goes well it may be something I can offer at future parties.

Any advice would be great! TIA xx

xxsarahj25xx

05-08-12, 07:27 PM

Personally id just do a file and polish, that many kids would take far too long when you think about all the drying hands and feet. Party bags sound good to me!

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carlytaylor1986

05-08-12, 08:25 PM

I charge 7.50/child for shape and paint with a little nail art. £10 with a party bag but that's just a clear plastic bag filled with retro sweets. I'm afraid that I don't think you will make much profit on what you want to offer? Great for the kiddies tho x

cath4512

05-08-12, 08:40 PM

I charge £8 for fingers or toes file & paint with nail art, £12 each for fingers & toes & they can add a party bag for £2 per child,

For the party bags I put in sweets, mini nail file & bobbles or hair clips.

umvemve

05-08-12, 09:29 PM

Iv offered to do my friends little girls 9th bday party as a test run, and will also be showing them how to make bath bombs. If that goes well it may be something I can offer at future parties.

Any advice would be great! TIA xx

What a great idea - don't the bombs need quite a bit of time to set though?

holistikat

05-08-12, 09:57 PM

Thanks for all your replies :) Its really helpful to have some other input.

I will make it clear that they are getting a special deal as they are regular clients, I know I wont be making a great profit but im hoping that ill get some more bookings when the other children take home their party bags with my cards in.

I do agree that foot soaking will be time consuming but I was thinking it would be a really nice touch to add glitter or petals, and their feet can be soaking whilst they choose what polish they would like or have a face mask on.

Thats a great point, the bombs will need time to set! Wont be a problem for my friends daughters birthday but i think for in future it would have to be a seperate party option as mixing with nails etc might be a bit too much!

Ill see how these partys go and then I will know more about what I can offer and for what price :) Ill probably keep the basic package I have, then offer mini mani + mini pedi and mask as a luxury package. And for the set price Im thinking £35 per hour, or 3 hours for £99.

Also I dont want`to take a huge choice of polishes etc with me, as i think it will be very time consuming. I was thinking of bring a couple of pink/lilac, a couple of glitters, and then something not too girly for any tom boys. And then just a few sheets of stickers to choose from.

umvemve

05-08-12, 10:05 PM

Thats a great point, the bombs will need time to set! Wont be a problem for my friends daughters birthday but i think for in future it would have to be a seperate party option as mixing with nails etc might be a bit too much!

How about getting them to mix bath salts instead - they could pop in little paper bags to take home? Inexpensive Packaging for Soaps, bath salts, bath bombs / Gift Bags READ DESCRIPTION FOR MORE IDEAS! - YouTube

holistikat

05-08-12, 10:25 PM

Brilliant idea!

Bath salts will be much less messy too, and iv got some gorgoeous little bags they can put them in, and also means i can still use mini soaps or bombs to put in their party bags :)

umvemve

05-08-12, 10:59 PM

Well thanks to your party bomb idea I googled how to make them and found the salts alternative - so now I have this in my party list too. I used to be a childminder so used to doing crafty bits with groups of kids - this really appeals to me for a party. (I have already added to the party section on my website)
x

geekling

05-08-12, 11:07 PM

Loved these ideas ladies! I'm thinking off adding this to my pricelist and this has been great to read :) xx

holistikat

05-08-12, 11:22 PM

umvemve

05-08-12, 11:50 PM

You might want to just double check with your insurance, as I know to sell my products I had to have a safety assessment for all my products (which I have). Im not sure if it would be the same for making them with the children.

Im sure it will be fine and I dont want to put a dampner on things, Id just hate for you to get in any bother over anything xxx

Good idea - though I think it would be covered as part of the public liability - if it was okay to do as a childminder I am sure it will be okay (but will still check).

Jocie

06-08-12, 09:23 AM

Whats sweet ideas guys :)

I hope the party goes good sugar! You will have to let us know!

holistikat

06-08-12, 10:31 AM

Thank you :)

Im really looking forward to them! Is that sad? LOL. Iv got 2 boys but I love choosing all the girly nail art bits, and party bagstuff, its a nice change to do something girly!

Mrs T

06-08-12, 05:55 PM

Hi, I have just done a party of four for a 10th birthday.

The Girls all had their hair curled and sprayed with glitter/neon etc

Glitter Make Up and a manicure and Polish of choice.

It was for 2 hrs and they all loved it.

I charged £10 a head and they all got a goodie bag which included a lip gloss and a nail art kit.

The birthday girl was given a Tiara and Sash to wear and keep and also got a picture frame with a picture in that I took at the end of the party (and then rushed to my printer and photo paper to do!!).

I really ummed and ahhhed over what to do and decided that to include food was more a birthday party, not a visit to a Beauty Salon. It was the right choice for me and I have had two further bookings from it.

The gifts themselves they thought were amazing and I got them from.......Poundland!!!!! Dont overspend on gifts or you will start to lose profit.

I really kept it simple in the end and I went over by 20 mins as it was!!

Hope this helps you xx
:hug:

umvemve

06-08-12, 08:29 PM

ella1991

07-08-12, 01:21 PM

Thanks Mrs T,

That reminded me, I recently did a pamper party for 10 year old's birthday for 6 girls. We started off with an ice breaker game (Kims game but with beauty related items) then I did treatments 1 to 1 while they did each others make up. Once their nails were done they played Sing Star on the Play Station and then it was time for tea. As take homes they had cake and each had a mini bottle of Orly (all the same colour so no arguments) and some stickers.

Hi, this may seem a stupid question but what is Kim's game? just sounds like a good idea to do a ice breaker and this as worked for you so I would be interested to know more. Also Orly mini's where do you get these from at a good price, I want to include some nail based products but all the mini vanishes cost a bit and will dig into profits?

umvemve

07-08-12, 06:07 PM

Hi, this may seem a stupid question but what is Kim's game? just sounds like a good idea to do a ice breaker and this as worked for you so I would be interested to know more. Also Orly mini's where do you get these from at a good price, I want to include some nail based products but all the mini vanishes cost a bit and will dig into profits?

Its a game played by scouts and guides. You put X number of small items on a tray and they get a few minutes to memorise all of the items. You cover it up and they have to write down all the items - either within a certain time or they stop when first person has written down X answers. Check and person with most correct is the winner.

By the way all - bad news! My insurer doesn't cover the bath salts as they only have a limited number of therapies covered with under 12's! Thanks holistikat for suggesting Insurer check!

Mrs T

07-08-12, 10:45 PM

ps forgot to say that I also have a karaoke machine for the girls to mess around with whilst I am doing treatments......a real hit!! Tee hee x:lol:

geekling

11-08-12, 11:18 PM

Can I ask what you included in your nail art kits? & Where your lip glosses were from? :-) Im just starting out with pamper parties & are trying to work it all out!

holistikat

07-09-12, 09:04 PM

Iv just done my first proper princess party (iv done them for friends children for practise).

It went SO well :) There was 5 10 and 11 year olds, they all had a mini pedicure (foot soak, file, polish, glitter) file and polish fingers with nail art stickers, and a face mask.

I kept it simple but they all said they loved it and want me to come to their birthdays, infact one girl said it was "epic" :lol:

I was there for 2 hours and took some fizzy flavoured water, some fairy cakes, and party bags (with my business card and discount voucher).

Iv got another booked for a week on sunday, this time for 12!!! EEK! Im fairly confident it will be fine tho :)

I didnt take too many polishes, glitters etc so they werent over whelmed with choice. I did have one girl ask me for "false nails" but she wasnt dissapointed once she saw the glitter.

Turqoise was very popular which suprised me, they all had it on their fingers, and i only took it on the off chance that there would be a tom boy.

Im absolutely shattered now but feeling rather proud of myself

jade's nails

07-09-12, 09:12 PM

I've got one soon, hard deciding on what to put in there party bag and how to rotate them with out getting bored :) x

holistikat

07-09-12, 09:21 PM

I put in

my business card/discount voucher

handmade minature soap in organza bag

hello kitty notepad

silly bandz (shaped elastic bands)

a few wrapped sweets

hairclips

The way I rotated was

All soaked feet together (let them choose colours while soaking feet)

Applied face masks one by one in turn

took feet out and dried in turn

took face masks off in turn

file and base coat in turn

polish and glitter in turn

top coat in turn

by now they have all decided what they want on their fingers

I did file and polish plus nail art stickers on one girl at a time while the others were eating party food and dancing.

Nobody seemed to get bored and their was lots of fun and giggling. Im suprised how much I enjoyed it too!

Rhimisty

07-09-12, 09:38 PM

How do you apply glitter to polish? X

holistikat

07-09-12, 09:49 PM

It was a very fine glitter, so just sprinkled a tiny bit on straight after applying polish and then sealed with top cot x

fayep

07-09-12, 10:14 PM

Brilliant. i have my last day on cnd complete course, I cant wait to get started. Can i ask, for all of the obove that was included, how much did you charge per child? Also a silly question I know, but you said you soaked all 10 girls feel at the same time, how did you do that? 10 pedicure bowls? X

Moonrat

07-09-12, 10:14 PM

Great! What mask did you use and what did you charge per person? if you dont mind me asking :wink2: x

holistikat

07-09-12, 10:25 PM

Hi sorry i wasnt very clear, there were 5 girls age 10 to 11, and i charged £50 but the mums knows she had a discount

fayep

07-09-12, 10:28 PM

Sorry it was me not reading it correctly, its been a long day, thankyou for your reply x

mrspip

07-09-12, 10:30 PM

That's great news-WELL DONE!
I have a party booked for the 22nd. Six girls aged about 8/9

I'm planning on doing glitter and nail stickers and rhinestones.

Did you do rhinestones? Did you apply them into the wet polish or add a small amount of glue to them?

Did you do bags for everyone or just the birthday girl?

Well Done again

x

holistikat

07-09-12, 10:39 PM

Yes I did party bags for each of the girls, they didnt cost much at all as i keep my eye out for little bits in the sales etc, and means each girl goes home saying how much she loved it, and there parent has my card and a discount voucher for themselves and for their daughters party.

Oh and yes I used a bowl for each girl, I just got some nice red washing up bowls, you can jazz them up with hot stones in the bottom, or petals, or glitter in the water, and they are really quick and easy to steralise.

I only charged £50 for the 2 hours as Id only done friends children before so thought I may be a bit nervous and that might reflect in my work, but i wasnt nervous....I was too busy!