SassyStevie
Member
Hi everyone!
I'm looking to open my own salon in the next 12 months, & am currently doing up a business plan so I can apply for financial assistance for the start-up costs of a business etc...
I'd really like to decide on a name so I can register it, & start looking at marketing & all that jazz, & be able to present it with my business plan so they can see how committed I am.
I want something to reflect who I am, & in brief, I can say this of myself;
I'm 25, dramatic, & fashion OTT. I like bright colours & standing out from the crowd, hence my 'drag queen' look when I go out on the town. I live for pop culture, love erotic art, cultured literature, & plan on opening my salon in a highly LGBT populated area (I'm a lesbian myself) so would have a lot of male clientèle that drag, & a lot of female clientèle that (I hate to stereotype but it's true) are into the same sort of stuff, bold looks, intense haircuts, risqué body art & kind of a 'screw you' attitude.
Now I'm aware this probably sounds entirely different to your average beauty spa, & that's perfect, I want to stand out. I plan on having a simple black and white theme, with pop art elements, so huge bright canvases on the walls, bright accents on furniture, modern pop culture influential figures in frames.
I intend on having a nail tech who does incredible nail art, a barber for all the lads & ladettes that love intricate 'tracks' in their hair, a hair stylist that is amazing with unusual colours & hairdos, & of course beauty therapists who will take care of everything else.
We'll pretty much be a salon that welcomes everyone, but will predominantly have LGBT clientèle because of the area & services on offer. One of those niche little back ally places you find around Sydney & Melbourne in Australia, LA in the US, London & Glasgow in the UK - though the extent of pop culture influences in these places is probably not that well known unless you're active in the community
Anyhow, back to the name, I want something pretty blunt, preferably just a single word, or two words. The bi-line will of course be "Beauty & Health Parlour" or something along those lines. But in big print, I just need something that people into the same culture are going to go "Oh, that sounds like a cool place" & know they'll be welcome.
A few words/combinations that I've come up with so far, based on their definition and what is has to do with modern pop culture and beauty/hair are as follows;
POP (Pretty obvious, it's like HELLO here I am, being thrown at you).
MOD POP (Short for Modern Pop Culture, & Mod is a 'style' also).
BOLD (Because, well, we're all pretty bold, & that's why we're here).
DASH (Kind of along the lines of dashing, but also means quick, or a little bit).
SASS (This is the current name of my at home business, but I'm over it).
Ok... I know there are a few more but I've had a complete mind blank.
Anyway, can anybody make any suggestions for what else might be good? And please please please tell me which of the ones of listed you prefer.
Thanks a million!
Xxo
I'm looking to open my own salon in the next 12 months, & am currently doing up a business plan so I can apply for financial assistance for the start-up costs of a business etc...
I'd really like to decide on a name so I can register it, & start looking at marketing & all that jazz, & be able to present it with my business plan so they can see how committed I am.
I want something to reflect who I am, & in brief, I can say this of myself;
I'm 25, dramatic, & fashion OTT. I like bright colours & standing out from the crowd, hence my 'drag queen' look when I go out on the town. I live for pop culture, love erotic art, cultured literature, & plan on opening my salon in a highly LGBT populated area (I'm a lesbian myself) so would have a lot of male clientèle that drag, & a lot of female clientèle that (I hate to stereotype but it's true) are into the same sort of stuff, bold looks, intense haircuts, risqué body art & kind of a 'screw you' attitude.
Now I'm aware this probably sounds entirely different to your average beauty spa, & that's perfect, I want to stand out. I plan on having a simple black and white theme, with pop art elements, so huge bright canvases on the walls, bright accents on furniture, modern pop culture influential figures in frames.
I intend on having a nail tech who does incredible nail art, a barber for all the lads & ladettes that love intricate 'tracks' in their hair, a hair stylist that is amazing with unusual colours & hairdos, & of course beauty therapists who will take care of everything else.
We'll pretty much be a salon that welcomes everyone, but will predominantly have LGBT clientèle because of the area & services on offer. One of those niche little back ally places you find around Sydney & Melbourne in Australia, LA in the US, London & Glasgow in the UK - though the extent of pop culture influences in these places is probably not that well known unless you're active in the community
Anyhow, back to the name, I want something pretty blunt, preferably just a single word, or two words. The bi-line will of course be "Beauty & Health Parlour" or something along those lines. But in big print, I just need something that people into the same culture are going to go "Oh, that sounds like a cool place" & know they'll be welcome.
A few words/combinations that I've come up with so far, based on their definition and what is has to do with modern pop culture and beauty/hair are as follows;
POP (Pretty obvious, it's like HELLO here I am, being thrown at you).
MOD POP (Short for Modern Pop Culture, & Mod is a 'style' also).
BOLD (Because, well, we're all pretty bold, & that's why we're here).
DASH (Kind of along the lines of dashing, but also means quick, or a little bit).
SASS (This is the current name of my at home business, but I'm over it).
Ok... I know there are a few more but I've had a complete mind blank.
Anyway, can anybody make any suggestions for what else might be good? And please please please tell me which of the ones of listed you prefer.
Thanks a million!
Xxo
