Crazy pricing - what's worst you've seen?

[Balance Andover]

On FB today, eyebrow tint £5 with a free eyelash tint. So they are giving away a higher priced treatment (for free) that takes longer to do and costs them more in materials..... ok

 

[stephlkelly]

ive seen full set of acrylics for £5 whats going on shes basically working for nothing

 

[Pinkbunny28]

Spray tans under a tenner (£8) and mobile! What?

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[Mad_4_Massage]

I've seen an advert for a set of flare eye lashes "starting from £45" in London and on the opposite side of the scale i've seen an facebook post for "Whatever we can wax in an hour for £10"

 

[Zooks]

Genuine CND Shellac for £6. Acrylics with Shellac £15.

Sadly its actually genuine and I have lost a few clients. We're based in s wealthy area too

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[Beautytreats75]

I cant charge more than £15 for Shellac in my area as a person who lived only 5mins from me does genuine shellac for £8! Very frustrating!

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[Zooks]

How can they even make a living though?! This girls mobile too

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[Mommabear]

I seen the other day a girl advertising shellac for £5 with a picture and what did it say on the bottle "CCO" :-/

 

[Jen889]

How can they even make a living though?! This girls mobile too

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They don't. Simple

 

[Charlt]

Genuine CND Shellac for £6. Acrylics with Shellac £15.

Sadly its actually genuine and I have lost a few clients. We're based in s wealthy area too

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When I did my Shellac training we were told the total cost per service, I don't think she'll be in business very long unless she enjoys doing it for fun!!!

 

[Beautytreats75]

Its worse! Saw her fb status this morning for shellac and spray tan £15!!! She works frim home and is a legit business, crazy!!!

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[Diana-Jane]

salon in my village charging £10 for a Hollywood wax! upsets me that customers might not question why its so cheap. especially as i charge £30. some therapists are just demeaning the profession!

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[Balance Andover]

Bridal or special occasion make up for £10.00

 

[fuzzyduck]

This is a thread that I feel very strongly about. I qualified as a Therapist some 30yrs ago (probably before most of you guys were born)!!
During this time I have seen huge changes within the industry. Not all good. I recently saw an advert for 3hrs of pampering (Facial body massage pedicure manicure) lunch and a glass of champagne for £30.!!
This was within a large city centre salon/spa.
It really saddened me as it justs demeans our profession. There is absolutely nothing wrong with healthy competition and "special offers". Over the last 5-10 yrs I have seen a huge rise in the "voucher culture" where clients only want to have a treatment if it is with huge discounts.
The increase in prices of manicures and pedicures generally compared to other service industries is minimal over the last 10yrs where everything has gone up!!
I have been told that my manicure/pedicure prices are high! My retort is always the same. I ask the client how much they pay for a cut and blow dry.(where I am anything between £30-£60). This normally takes about 45 mins with minimal product use or expensive equiptment.
We are trained professionals why have we not moved along with the hairdressing industry? I give a fabulous man/ped always takes me in excess of an hour but why in this industry are most therapists/ nail tech not charging accordingly?!
Sadly I see mani pedis as just bread and butter I tend to promote my more specialist treatments where the financial reward is far greater.

 

[virtues2011]

The market is saturated with opportunists who start businesses by attending a day course, gaining a certificate for application of a service and think that's all they have to do. They have no business acumen whatsoever.

They reduce prices thinking it will help as they have little other idea how to survive This is where the debate arises. . I believe the competition is so fierce the price reductions so great, that extremely talented therapists follow suit just to get by. The clients in this climate look for deals. I believe the days of loyalty to a salon are slowly coming to an end ... the majority of the younger generation will look for price over loyalty.... and I spend weeks on market research with this question alone.



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[Bubba82]

Tbf the majority of people just don't have the disposable income they used to have before the recession hit, so although yes i agree there are non-educated/insured/experienced people out there offering cheap deals driving therapist prices down i also believe that the economy climate has played a big part in the reduction of prices. I have been in the industry for 11yrs and unfortunately i can't charge now what i could charge 5yrs ago because people are more aware of their spending of non essential things

 

[persianista]

This is a thread that I feel very strongly about. I qualified as a Therapist some 30yrs ago (probably before most of you guys were born)!!
During this time I have seen huge changes within the industry. Not all good. I recently saw an advert for 3hrs of pampering (Facial body massage pedicure manicure) lunch and a glass of champagne for £30.!!
This was within a large city centre salon/spa.
It really saddened me as it justs demeans our profession. There is absolutely nothing wrong with healthy competition and "special offers". Over the last 5-10 yrs I have seen a huge rise in the "voucher culture" where clients only want to have a treatment if it is with huge discounts.
The increase in prices of manicures and pedicures generally compared to other service industries is minimal over the last 10yrs where everything has gone up!!
I have been told that my manicure/pedicure prices are high! My retort is always the same. I ask the client how much they pay for a cut and blow dry.(where I am anything between £30-£60). This normally takes about 45 mins with minimal product use or expensive equiptment.
We are trained professionals why have we not moved along with the hairdressing industry? I give a fabulous man/ped always takes me in excess of an hour but why in this industry are most therapists/ nail tech not charging accordingly?!
Sadly I see mani pedis as just bread and butter I tend to promote my more specialist treatments where the financial reward is far greater.

Totally agree with this post. We were charging more for beauty 20 years ago than we are now. I actually closed my beauty dept, as it was more hassle than it was worth. Thank god I'm a hairdresser.

I think the issue is that nearly 100,000 people a year are training in beauty. There just aren't enough jobs. It's unfair and unrealistic to expect that these unemployed or under employed therapists will just give up and go away. Most are too inexperienced to know how to charge properly.
Lets face it, as a top up to benefits, or for a 17 year old with just a mobile phone bill to pay, these button-like weekly earnings are probably better than nothing. Unfortunately it's set a precedent in the industry which damages legitimate businesses trying to pay therapist salaries, as well as make a profit.

At my local college, people can do a 12 week fast track NVQ2 in beauty. In doing so, I'm sorry to say that beauty has kind of lost status.
Now, I fully expect the people who have done one day courses to disagree or try and shout me down, but just be aware that I'm not the one scratching a living on minimum wage.

 

[virtues2011]

Totally agree with this post. We were charging more for beauty 20 years ago than we are now. I actually closed my beauty dept, as it was more hassle than it was worth. Thank god I'm a hairdresser.

I think the issue is that nearly 100,000 people a year are training in beauty. There just aren't enough jobs. It's unfair and unrealistic to expect that these unemployed or under employed therapists will just give up and go away. Most are too inexperienced to know how to charge properly.
Lets face it, as a top up to benefits, or for a 17 year old with just a mobile phone bill to pay, these button-like weekly earnings are probably better than nothing. Unfortunately it's set a precedent in the industry which damages legitimate businesses trying to pay therapist salaries, as well as make a profit.

At my local college, people can do a 12 week fast track NVQ2 in beauty. In doing so, I'm sorry to say that beauty has kind of lost status.
Now, I fully expect the people who have done one day courses to disagree or try and shout me down, but just be aware that I'm not the one scratching a living on minimum wage.

I have to agree with you here.

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[Balance Andover]

Callus Peel for £8! :cry:

 

[jurate]

Local salon : bring your own colour and we will apply it fir €8 !!! Now I wonder, do they apply it and tell you to go home or what lol ?? They don't say they'll wash or blow dry haha

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