I just registered my new business (home based salon) with one of those web directory things. You know the ones, "find a beauty salon in your local area". I don't know if anyone actually searches them but it was free so I though why not.
Any way, I registered my business details with them then had a browse around their site. They had a page with heaps of articles so I started to read one called "How to Choose a Beauty Salon"
I am so mad after reading the crap in the article, where do they pull this info from!!!
BTW, I don't know how to link so here's the whole article, sorry.:o
How To Choose a Beauty Salon
Given the number of stories you hear nowadays about fungal infections, hair falling out and acne eruptions as the result of beauty salon treatments gone wrong, it is probably a good idea for you to check out a beauty salon before you make an appointment.
The best way to find about the treatments at a beauty salon is to ask for a breakdown of their rates and their treatments, which should be readily available in a brochure that they hand out to customers. If a beauty salon does not have this kind of brochure then they are probably not reputable and may change their prices at whim.
Yet another way to find out where the best one in town is simply through word of mouth. Sometimes this backfires as girlfriends have been known to give others wrong advice on purpose so they can keep their beauty salon secrets all to themselves.
Another good way to find highly rated salons in your area is to look through the services offered listings in local high-end magazines. Often these city style
magazines have rating systems that can help you choose a quality high-end beauty salon that you can afford.
In general it is probably a good idea to avoid beauty salons that are in the more run down areas of town. You also probably have less insurance against an infection or fried hair as the result of a bad perm job if you go to a beauty salon that is a hole in a wall or run out of someones home. These cottage industry style beauty salons often cut corners to pay the rent by doing things like not sterilizing their tools, reusing tools and using old product. This can be a recipe for disaster for your looks as well as make you ill.
The best beauty salon is usually located in a more upscale end of town or in a shopping center.Usually they are chains that have some kind of quality control or cleanliness policy in place. As is true with many things in life, the more you pay, the better you will be treated. So in this sense the rates of a beauty salon can tell you a lot about the quality of service that you can expect.
However one drawback of using the more expensive salons is sometimes they have real attitude. Remember that you dont have to pay money to be treated in an arrogant or insulting way by some guy who thinks he is the next judge of Americas Top Model.
There are also some low-end beauty salons that belong to chains that provide haircuts and basic services like pedicures and leg massages at a very reasonable price. However the employees in these chains tend to be a lot younger than in the high end ones so keep in mind that you could end up with amore youthful look then you imagined when you walk out of the salon. However for some people that
could be a good thing!
Any way, I registered my business details with them then had a browse around their site. They had a page with heaps of articles so I started to read one called "How to Choose a Beauty Salon"
I am so mad after reading the crap in the article, where do they pull this info from!!!
BTW, I don't know how to link so here's the whole article, sorry.:o
How To Choose a Beauty Salon
Given the number of stories you hear nowadays about fungal infections, hair falling out and acne eruptions as the result of beauty salon treatments gone wrong, it is probably a good idea for you to check out a beauty salon before you make an appointment.
The best way to find about the treatments at a beauty salon is to ask for a breakdown of their rates and their treatments, which should be readily available in a brochure that they hand out to customers. If a beauty salon does not have this kind of brochure then they are probably not reputable and may change their prices at whim.
Yet another way to find out where the best one in town is simply through word of mouth. Sometimes this backfires as girlfriends have been known to give others wrong advice on purpose so they can keep their beauty salon secrets all to themselves.
Another good way to find highly rated salons in your area is to look through the services offered listings in local high-end magazines. Often these city style
magazines have rating systems that can help you choose a quality high-end beauty salon that you can afford.
In general it is probably a good idea to avoid beauty salons that are in the more run down areas of town. You also probably have less insurance against an infection or fried hair as the result of a bad perm job if you go to a beauty salon that is a hole in a wall or run out of someones home. These cottage industry style beauty salons often cut corners to pay the rent by doing things like not sterilizing their tools, reusing tools and using old product. This can be a recipe for disaster for your looks as well as make you ill.
The best beauty salon is usually located in a more upscale end of town or in a shopping center.Usually they are chains that have some kind of quality control or cleanliness policy in place. As is true with many things in life, the more you pay, the better you will be treated. So in this sense the rates of a beauty salon can tell you a lot about the quality of service that you can expect.
However one drawback of using the more expensive salons is sometimes they have real attitude. Remember that you dont have to pay money to be treated in an arrogant or insulting way by some guy who thinks he is the next judge of Americas Top Model.
There are also some low-end beauty salons that belong to chains that provide haircuts and basic services like pedicures and leg massages at a very reasonable price. However the employees in these chains tend to be a lot younger than in the high end ones so keep in mind that you could end up with amore youthful look then you imagined when you walk out of the salon. However for some people that
could be a good thing!