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Hi All, I qualified in facials a little while back and I receive assorted product samples with each product order I do and was wandering on how best to utilise these? Do you give them to clients who are considering retail purchase or give them as a bonus or have them on shelf for trials? The...

Hi, Sorry if this seems an odd question but which side of the bed/couch do you stand on for the majority of your waxing treatments? and do you have a portable trolly for your products or a fixed station? I've had my home salon for over a year and a half now and I'm close to adding...

Hi everyone, I've given up on the paraffin treatments for a while as I found the bag method to hard as I'm wanting to offer the treatment when my clients are lying down etc I found the wax to leak out. I also gave up on the brush method being to messy and time consuming but I've heard a...

Ok so I've been using Dermalogica for about 12 years. I use the Ultracalming cleanser and mist and the barrier repair cream. During this time I've never had problems with my skin and sensitivities until I ran out of my cleanser about 3 weeks ago and now the mist tonight. I haven't bought...

Hi All, Was just hoping I could get some advise on donating of vouchers. I run a home salon doing tinting & waxing and Ive been asked to participate by donating a door prize/salon vouchers in a fund raiser for cancer. I am more than happy to participate, however now Im trying to work out...

Hi all, I have a (Hi-Lift twin 1000cc) wax heater and the removable inserts I can no longer remove to clean or change over? Very frustrating! Have tried turning up the heater and then pulling out by handle but both inserts won't budge! Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks in advance!

I have decided to introduce Paraffin wax treatments into my salon. I plan to do so for hands, feet and face by method of painting application so my clients don't need to leave or move from the bed and to make it more of a pamper option. Can anyone tell me what oils or creams would be good...

Hi lovely hair geeks! Just jumping over to see if you could offer some advice? My girlfriend has a 13 yo daughter with shoulder length Caribbean hair. It's been very difficult to manage (extremely afro) so together they have been thinking of doing something along the lines of straightening...

Hi, Sorry I'm just jumping on to this forum to find out what is the difference between Orofluido and Moroccan oil? Which is better? I've just had my hair chemically straightened and want to make sure that I can keep it in great condition. Thanks x

Sorry for the rant but I'm getting pretty sick of the old " oh so you've only been waxing for X amount of time" line and the "I've had bad waxing experiences before" Yes I'm fairly new to what I do but I'm trained and qualified and I believe I do a great job, albeit I'm still fine tuning my...

Hi, This may seem a silly question but was wandering what happens if you mix too much cream peroxide in with the tint for a brow? My light brown tint mix is thicker than the blue black even after putting in the recommended amount of cream peroxide so I was thinking could I add a little more...

It's been a while since I've done an arm wax and I have a client booked in for one. Can anyone give me some refresher tips? Ie how to hold arm and in what sequence? Forearm top, forearm underneath, upper arm top, upper arm underneath? I'm a bit rusty! Thanks x

Can someone kindly advise the best method of waxing the upper inner thigh on larger ladies, I've been having a bit of trouble lately, not sure why? I apply the strip wax in the direction of the hair growth but am struggling with removal, I get left over hair and wax and just can't seem to get it...

Advice pretty please! There is a new beauty therapist in town, currently I'm the only one. She hasn't started a business as yet but she texted me asking if I could wax her legs at home (I'm not mobile) as she broke her arm and can't travel to me or wax herself. She's said she has all the...

Hi, When intimate waxing, in particular when waxing the bottom (crack) area, what is the best way to do this? I was going swimmingly and all of a sudden I'm really struggling to successfully remove the hair from that area? When removing hair from this area (i only do waxing on females) I have...

Hoping you lovely geeks out there can help me! Hmmmm waxed my own whoo Harr today as I do every 4 weeks give or take and anyway all went well! Used beautiful hot wax as usual but tonight came home after a party and jumped in the shower and OMG ive got spots! I've NEVER ever seen this before...

I have a home salon in my spare room at ground level and while the majority of my clients make appointments while my kids are in school and hubby at work, a lot do need afternoon, weekend and evening appointments which is completely fine. Most of the time my hubby takes the kids out of the house...

Hi Everyone, Im trying to finalise my new price list for waxing treatments. So far so good however id like to do some waxing combos as most of my clients request multiple treatments...heres my question: Im finding that if I want to create combination lists of most common treatments then Im...

OK so Ive had a friend helping me do a few handyman things in my new salon, of which I am paying him for his services, albeit "mates rates" which is great but his wife has mentioned jokingly to me twice now about giving her a discount (Im feeling she thinks because hes helped me at cheap rates)...

Hi all! Firstly, Merry Christmas! Im relatively new at this so please bare with me :) I am about to open my home salon in Jan (waxing and eyebrow/lash tinting, for now) and was needing some advice on book keeping. I am looking for a simple computer based programme/spreadsheet to help keep...