How long had you been qualified before working in a salon/beauty room?

[Nicky1306]

Hi,

I am looking for some advice, I am just about to do my day 4 and final written and practical assesment on my Creative course, I have noticed that at my local salon they have a nail tech room to let, with client base and equipment if needed.
I was just wondering how long those of you that work out of a salon started to do so after qualifying, long term I would like to rent a room to work out of but was wondering if I should gain some more experience ie doing friends and family nails etc (as I have been whilst training for practise) beofre throwing myself into the deep end and going full time??

Thanks in advance
Nicky

 

[loubylou]

Only you know the answer to that hun,
do you feel ready, is your work ok
i rented space in a salon 2 weeks after qualifying and did sets at a reduced rate in order to gain practise and experience,
it can be very good but you need to be confident and the nails you do do need to be half decent,
don't worry about your timings this will get quicker naturally if you work in a salon hth

 

[cabinkel]

As tempting as renting yourown space is, it may well be an idea to gain some experience, speed and confidence first. When the time comes to go into a rented room, you want to be able to cope with the demand, lol! Also, you want to build a client base so at least you have a foot on the ladder. Good luck:hug:

 

[champagne]

Go for it ............ If you think you are up to it you must go for it .....

After all, how are you going to get experience if you are not out there!

Champagne x

 

[lissa]

get in there before somone else does!! i would snap it up if it was me :lol:

 

[the nail studio]

I would def go for it, like the others said you can get the experience and gain speed. Only if you feel ready though

 

[geeg]

Don't wait ... get in there and get those people through your hands. It is the best experience you can have. Just be honest about it and don't pretend to be more experienced than you are ... but be confident in your training and don't let clients complain about every little thing to get freebies (this will be your biggest challenge).

I trained and went straight into the salon!! I had some genuine complaints which I put right for free of course, but when I knew it was them and not me, I did NOT hold my hand up and say, oh, I'll put that right for you at no charge!! Clients soon respected that.

Oh, and one more thing ... always keep perfect client records. You can learn allot from your clients' record cards. Good CRC's show a pattern of good behaviour or abuse as well as determining when clients should have a new full set etc. not to mention the protection they give you should there be a nasty complaint. Best of luck.

 

[Nicky1306]

Thanks for all of your replies!

It's not looking likely unfortunatley:cry: The woman who owns the salon is in New York until thursday, so I will call back and ask her how much the rent etc is, BUT I called the nursary and asked how much it would be for my daughter to attend full time and it's £900.00 per month!!!! Thats alot to pay out plus rent and materials hmmmmm, lots of thinking to do, prehaps until my daughter is at school it might be better to be mobile.

 

[loubylou]

Thanks for all of your replies!

It's not looking likely unfortunatley:cry: The woman who owns the salon is in New York until thursday, so I will call back and ask her how much the rent etc is, BUT I called the nursary and asked how much it would be for my daughter to attend full time and it's £900.00 per month!!!! Thats alot to pay out plus rent and materials hmmmmm, lots of thinking to do, prehaps until my daughter is at school it might be better to be mobile.

If you rent space in this salon hun i can tell you you will not be earning enough to pay yourself a wage,
so this means that you can claim working tax benefits,
this works out to be quite a tidy little sum if you are putting in full time hours and have a child,
also you get so much towards child care,
use tomorrow wisely and phone them up, they will give you a rough estimate over the phone of what you would be entitled to,
chin up hun, where there's a will there's a way :hug:

 

[Nicky1306]

Thanks louise, I tried calling tax credits today but she said they need a figure as to how much I would be earning etc, before she could quote me a rough figure for ctc and help towards child care costs, so I need to try and guestimate how much I will be earning after rent etc, I have no idea as this would be the first time I've practised full time as a tech. Confused to say the least!!