cherriedlove
Active Member
Hi,
I am finding that my times for treatments are just completely off the mark. For facials and massage, I am fine because I find it easy to cut down certain aspects and still give a good treatment.
However for manicures and pedicures (esp manis), I just take forever. I always have happy customers and give 100% but sometimes I feel like time flies and I try to go fast while still doing a good job and end up going over anywhere from 10-30 mins. I work at a small upmarket salon so because I work the slower days with less appointments, it's been fine but I am concerned for the future, I don't want to create havoc on busy days.
Waxing is even worse, I try to give myself lots of time because I know I am slow, I try to wax fast and get a bit sweaty trying to go quick but again my times are awful. I even have to change gloves 2-3 times cause they do tend to sweat while waxing. I feel so embarrassed it takes me over an hour for a full leg and worse for a bikini. We never double dip either and honestly that's a bit time consuming because I have to use tissues to wrap each end of the spatula.
My confidence isn't too bad, I have received massive tips waxing and have been told by clients that my wax has been the best they've had but I want that feedback while being quick. I am also a perfectionist and always feel guilty when there's hair still left and try my best to get it off. However honestly I have gone over areas twice, and then attempted to tweeze but again..soo slow at tweezing I just kind of give up.
I am planning to do a waxing course soon but unfortunately working minimum wage and paying rent makes it hard to save for courses.
Is this normal? I used to work as a facialist and before that I did mostly massages while studying beauty so this is really my first time doing waxing and nails out of school. Any advice?
I am finding that my times for treatments are just completely off the mark. For facials and massage, I am fine because I find it easy to cut down certain aspects and still give a good treatment.
However for manicures and pedicures (esp manis), I just take forever. I always have happy customers and give 100% but sometimes I feel like time flies and I try to go fast while still doing a good job and end up going over anywhere from 10-30 mins. I work at a small upmarket salon so because I work the slower days with less appointments, it's been fine but I am concerned for the future, I don't want to create havoc on busy days.
Waxing is even worse, I try to give myself lots of time because I know I am slow, I try to wax fast and get a bit sweaty trying to go quick but again my times are awful. I even have to change gloves 2-3 times cause they do tend to sweat while waxing. I feel so embarrassed it takes me over an hour for a full leg and worse for a bikini. We never double dip either and honestly that's a bit time consuming because I have to use tissues to wrap each end of the spatula.
My confidence isn't too bad, I have received massive tips waxing and have been told by clients that my wax has been the best they've had but I want that feedback while being quick. I am also a perfectionist and always feel guilty when there's hair still left and try my best to get it off. However honestly I have gone over areas twice, and then attempted to tweeze but again..soo slow at tweezing I just kind of give up.
I am planning to do a waxing course soon but unfortunately working minimum wage and paying rent makes it hard to save for courses.
Is this normal? I used to work as a facialist and before that I did mostly massages while studying beauty so this is really my first time doing waxing and nails out of school. Any advice?