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Howdy, this may be a vent post I'm not sure how it's going to go down just yet. My friend is trying to set up a shellac party, to have her girls over about 5-6 of them for an evening of food and wine and getting shellac done from me. I told her my charges but for a party of 5-6 people would knock it down to £20 each. She's quite happy with this as she has had it done before for about £23 from her local place.
So she's gone ahead and asked her girl friends if they'd like to get together for a shellac party. A lot of them have come back and said "why is she charging £20 for shellac that's too expensive when we usually get it done for £10-£15"
Me being super shocked asked her if her friends were using real official shellac products by qualified nail techs or if they'd been using Gelish, Gellux etc because every salon I've spoken to in my local area and outer parts too charge £22-£30 depending on detailing etc. She's adamant they're using real shellac and remembers going to get her nails done with one of her friends once to a place that charged only £12 for it and she said I remember seeing the "CND bottles" so I told her about all the fake unofficial products floating around on the Internet, eBay etc and you can only purchase real authentic shellac if you are a certified nail tech. Also examined why I'm so shocked at how cheap they are charging people because the bottles cost £** alone + all the other products you need to carry out the service. It's just shocked me and makes me feel that these salons or mobile techs are falsely advertising shellac and here's me trying to seriously trying to make a go of things and earn an honest living.
I'm really confused about this as it's something a friend has told me from feedback she has received and suggested I drop my prices but I'm thinking why should I when like I said above I'm trying to be honest with my clients and educate them on the proper stuff. I sometimes feel like these customers paying cheaper prices don't care though, they just want anything at all that looks good and stays put regardless of the brand.
Feeling annoyed!
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So she's gone ahead and asked her girl friends if they'd like to get together for a shellac party. A lot of them have come back and said "why is she charging £20 for shellac that's too expensive when we usually get it done for £10-£15"
Me being super shocked asked her if her friends were using real official shellac products by qualified nail techs or if they'd been using Gelish, Gellux etc because every salon I've spoken to in my local area and outer parts too charge £22-£30 depending on detailing etc. She's adamant they're using real shellac and remembers going to get her nails done with one of her friends once to a place that charged only £12 for it and she said I remember seeing the "CND bottles" so I told her about all the fake unofficial products floating around on the Internet, eBay etc and you can only purchase real authentic shellac if you are a certified nail tech. Also examined why I'm so shocked at how cheap they are charging people because the bottles cost £** alone + all the other products you need to carry out the service. It's just shocked me and makes me feel that these salons or mobile techs are falsely advertising shellac and here's me trying to seriously trying to make a go of things and earn an honest living.
I'm really confused about this as it's something a friend has told me from feedback she has received and suggested I drop my prices but I'm thinking why should I when like I said above I'm trying to be honest with my clients and educate them on the proper stuff. I sometimes feel like these customers paying cheaper prices don't care though, they just want anything at all that looks good and stays put regardless of the brand.
Feeling annoyed!
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