I am pure and simply a Nail Tech.
I offer:
Acrylic (L&P) nail enhancements, french, natural, glitter,
Gelish Gel polish, rockstar(glitter) & pearlised (mica powders)
Luxury spa manicure
Luxury spa pedicure
I have only been in business in my current location, a hair salon, for 6 months, building my own clientel.
The clientel from the hair side of things have all mainly been interested in Gel polish,
and that is my main treatment and therefore money earner.
I charge realistic prices for my services, and level of experience.
I have several enhancement clients, and slowly this side of the business is building as my name and repuation is getting out there.
There are so many 'white tip brigade' out there charging cheap prices that acrylic nails get a bad rep, and people sometimes don't realise how natural and beautiful they can look. It is not just about bunging on a white tip and pulling product over it
But as I say I am slowly changing these perceptions in my area, and think come summer the enhancement side of my business will be as strong as the gel polish.
Luxury manis and pedis have not been popular, although I have not pushed them.
I have lots of bookings for Gelish toes though and some upgrade to a pedi once I give their feet a quick rub with cucumber heel therapy on their first appt :wink2:
Things definitely have changed, as when I had my first business over 10 years ago enhancements were 90% of my business with manicures only 10%..but gel polishes were only a dream then
Established business must be reaping the rewards of this revolution by maintaining their enhancements clients, but gaining all these new clients for gel/power polishes.
However I do think this has been a great time for anyone starting out in the nail industry as we have never had so much choice to offer our clients.