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Hi Fellow Geeks I've got quite a few pregnant clients at the moment and thought I would introduce a "yummy mummy" range. Was just wondering if any of you guys did any ante natal/post natal treatments and what you used. I'm not an aromatherapist (it's on the long list of courses I would love...

Hey Guys Just looking for some advice on a beauty salon I've seen that's for sale. The beauty salon is located in a prime central location within a parade of complementary shops and businesses in the heart of a local town. The business receives a huge amount of footfall, as being well...

A friend of mine runs a mother and tots group and asked if I would donate a raffle prize for her Christmas raffle. I donated a £25 treatment thinking a mum would win it, come for a treatment, love it, go and tell everybody else how great it was and get me lots of business. However, my friends...

Was just wondering, do those of you who have home based salons do male massages? If so, how do you keep yourself safe? My husband works in Nigeria so organising a time when my husband is home is a no go and I don't know anyone else who would just come and sit in my house when I was working...

Hey Guys. Do any you who are home/mobile therapists have a credit/debit card machine? I've always had the occasional client asking me if I take cards but since I expanded my treatments recently, I've had a lot more people asking me if I take cards and I've also lost out on a lot of retail...

I need to ask you guys something. It was my birthday earlier on this week and I was working in the morning of my birthday. My husband works in Africa but he was home 9 days before my birthday. So, I got up on the day of my birthday and my husband came in to the kitchen and said "Happy...

Hi guys. I would like to offer a body scrub treatment but don't as yet have shower facilities. I am hopeless at removing facial scrub off clients faces and was chuffed to pieces to discover Eve Taylor's Bio Exfoliant (no grains, yipee:lol:). So, I was wondering if there was a similar...

Hi Guys. I had a phone call earlier today from tax credits. My husband has gone to work in Nigeria and is no longer entitled to tax credits so I was told to put a new application in as a single person. I work at least 16 hours. The woman who rang me today told me that going off my last tax...

Morning All I am a mobile therapist; beauty, holistic and foot practitioner. Well, I had an elderly lady ring looking for an foot appointment on Monday at 4.30pm. Wanted me to go to her IMMEDIATELY. I told her that I would be with her at 10am in the morning. She complained, asking why I...

Hey Guys I have a regular client that I have been seeing since I set up over 3 years ago. Lovely lady, and every time I see her, she makes another appointment, but you can guarantee that her son will ring and say that his mum isn't up for the appointment and can I ring her in a couple of...

Happy New Year to you all and all the best for 2012. Just wanted to ask all your advice on something. I have a home salon and there I was the Monday before Christmas at about 6.45pm. Just finished work, had to have my three kids at my nephews school play at 7pm and we still hadn't had our...

Hiya. I am in the early stages of setting up my own salon. I've found a great little spot. Needs a bit of work to it but I've got savings and my husband is a great handyman, lol. I've worked out my overheads and to cover them, I need at least 15 clients a week? Do you think this is...

Hiya. In march of this year, a client's daughter in law brought my client a gift voucher for mother's day. My gift voucher's have a three month expiry Date on them. My client then became ill and, I found out yesterday, has passed away. I would see the daughter in law regularly in the shop...

Hey Guys I would appreciate a bit of advice dealing with a pain in but client that I have. I have two ladies that I go to every 4 weeks; client 1 and client 2. They live 25 miles away from me (I'm a mobile therapist), so obviously 50 mile round trip, I don't charge them anymore in mileage...

Hey Folks Just looking for some advice. I am a mobile therapist and have been in business nearly 3 years. When I set up, I went anywhere and everywhere, just to get the business. I live in a very rural area and can drive anything up to 50 miles (round trip) to see one client for £20, so...

Hey Guys, just need a bit of advice. Five weeks ago I went to a chap local to me to get some business cards, flyers, leaflets, price lists, posters, etc done up. I've been using vistaprint before but as my business is going well decided to get everything in the same design with my logo on...

Hey Guys I would really appreciate your thoughts and advice on a treatment room I am going to view on Thursday. It is approx 14" x 7" (4 x 2). It costs £50 a week and includes electricity, rates, wireless broadband, alarm, private car parking. It has a telephone line in, it just needs...

Hiya I am a Foot Health Practitioner and Holistic Therapist. I would LOVE to set up a Health & Beauty salon towards the end of next year (when my youngest goes to school so that I can put the hours in). I am going to go to college to do my NVQ 2 Beauty Therapy in September, practice like...

Hiya. Just a quick question. I took on the Eve Taylor range in Summer doing facials. I spent the best part of £300 on products. Sadly, the facials never really took off and I'm going to take facials off my list of services. I am, however, stuck with £300 of ET products. You are not allowed...

Hi Fellow Geeks I have recently seen an advert for a local day centre for elderly people advertising for therapists to go in and do treatments on the clients there. You have to apply by email. I didn't really want to email a letter saying "Hi my name is Mandy and I am a therapist, this is...