one quickie which add on?? lash or tan?
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Jenx
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I would say go for tanning first. It is easier to master and I am really busy with tans just now. Still getting lash clients too, but it takes a while to master the lashes.
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Id say tanning too,alot easier to master than lashes,and everyone wants a tan right?
lashes for most ordinary people are more of a specialty service for occasions,sayig that i wear them all the time,hehe!!
but i know more people who have tans every week, than have lashes atall
good luck in whatever you choose,
Kate x
lashes for most ordinary people are more of a specialty service for occasions,sayig that i wear them all the time,hehe!!
but i know more people who have tans every week, than have lashes atall
good luck in whatever you choose,
Kate x
Jenx noticed you have done Glam Lash, have booked training with them, also noticed you offer several of the tanning brands I was considering Vani-t, Nouvatan and Organics..
What made you chose wow organics when Nouvatan and Vani-t are both organic? is it really very dry spray? Who did you train with? I have also looked into Unreal who are not far from me, had pretty good reviews...
What made you chose wow organics when Nouvatan and Vani-t are both organic? is it really very dry spray? Who did you train with? I have also looked into Unreal who are not far from me, had pretty good reviews...
kassy
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Hi Carla I would definitly recommend spray tanning. It is soo fast and simple to do. With all of the talks about skin cancer at the moment people are turning to spray tanning to look a bit 'healthier' . It is also a great money maker which is always good
Use a good quality solution and you will have your clients hooked . Ensuring they will keep returning again and again
Use a good quality solution and you will have your clients hooked . Ensuring they will keep returning again and again
CharAnnChe
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Hey Carla, Id definetly go with the tanning, since opening up ur salon this has been our biggest and best seller...We have regular clients who get them done regular and weve picked a good solution so weve even had other beauty therapists come to us to have there tans done when they can get it done themselves....Good Luck xx
Bronzewolf
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tanning - and out of those three solutions i would go for nouvatan
Ruth Mills
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The way I'd look at it is this...
You can probably charge at least £20 for a full body spray tan using a decent product (Nouvatan would get my vote too). Once you've mastered spray tanning, it shouldn't take you long at all to spray a body - say 15 minutes tops - so on a busy day, you'd be able to fit in say 4 spray tans an hour, bringing you in a gross income of £80 per hour. And if you get your clients hooked on their spray tan, then you may be in the situation where your most loyal spray tan clients visit you for a tan every week or so.
Whereas for lash extensions, you might be charging, say, £70 for a full set of lashes - which would probably take, say, 2 hours - in which case you're down to £35 per hour doing lashes, compared with the £80 per hour when you're maxed out doing spray tans. So even when you're only at half capacity doing spray tans, you'd still be earning slightly more per hour than when you're doing lashes, as well as having half an hour to chill out within that hour too (or earn extra doing other treatments).
From what I've seen as well, applying lash extensions requires intense concentration and painstaking precision - so I'm imagining that most people would find it "harder" work than applying a spray tan.
In terms of appointment book flexibility too... for a full set of lashes, you'd probably need to block out at least 2 hours for an appointment - whereas for a spray tan, you'd probably only need to block out 15 minutes - so a spray tan is going to be something that's much easier to fit in at short notice, for example.
Lash extensions are longer lasting than spray tans too, so there will likely be longer gaps between appointments per client for lash extensions compared with spray tanning (assuming your client becomes a regular at either treatment).
You can probably charge at least £20 for a full body spray tan using a decent product (Nouvatan would get my vote too). Once you've mastered spray tanning, it shouldn't take you long at all to spray a body - say 15 minutes tops - so on a busy day, you'd be able to fit in say 4 spray tans an hour, bringing you in a gross income of £80 per hour. And if you get your clients hooked on their spray tan, then you may be in the situation where your most loyal spray tan clients visit you for a tan every week or so.
Whereas for lash extensions, you might be charging, say, £70 for a full set of lashes - which would probably take, say, 2 hours - in which case you're down to £35 per hour doing lashes, compared with the £80 per hour when you're maxed out doing spray tans. So even when you're only at half capacity doing spray tans, you'd still be earning slightly more per hour than when you're doing lashes, as well as having half an hour to chill out within that hour too (or earn extra doing other treatments).
From what I've seen as well, applying lash extensions requires intense concentration and painstaking precision - so I'm imagining that most people would find it "harder" work than applying a spray tan.
In terms of appointment book flexibility too... for a full set of lashes, you'd probably need to block out at least 2 hours for an appointment - whereas for a spray tan, you'd probably only need to block out 15 minutes - so a spray tan is going to be something that's much easier to fit in at short notice, for example.
Lash extensions are longer lasting than spray tans too, so there will likely be longer gaps between appointments per client for lash extensions compared with spray tanning (assuming your client becomes a regular at either treatment).
gosh thanks Ruth, had sort have come to same decision but in slightly different way, less competition in the eyelashes though... and would have liked to have specialised in 'eyes' brows etc BUT perhaps will add later.. Your 'thoughts' have cemented my decision though to do tanning. Kxxxxxxxx
Ruth Mills
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Thanks Carla
What I said was purely based on a bit of lateral thinking around the "business" aspects of both treatments though; I know quite a few people who *love* doing lashes - but from a business point of view, spray tanning seems to be the more efficient way of making money, assuming you can get enough clients in to justify the initial outlay for training and equipment (although it's possible to get started in spray tanning with a reputable company for less than £500); you'd also need to compare that with the start-up costs for lash extensions (training, equipment, etc) as well as the product cost for each treatment too.
I'm sure you could spend ages with an Excel spreadsheet working out the pros and cons of each, LOL...
