Starting threading soon - your advice on my pricing please!

[EMMA AT ELITE]

Hi All,
I am going on a course next month to learn how to thread as there is so much demand for it, and alot of my clients now are going to the nearby asian shops to get their eyebrows threaded.

I would like your advice on what I should charge for threading?
Should I just charge the same as the wax prices?

I charge £4.50 for an eyebrow wax and the asian shops are charging £3.50 for eyebrow threading.

Should I just charge the same as the local asian shop prices for threading?

All answers and advice will be really appreciated.

Many thanks
Emma x:hug:

 

[loubylou]

As you will still be practising after the course i would say keep your prices in line with your competition,
when you have a steady flow of clients for threading and have built up your skill then you will get away with raising your prices, hth :hug:

 

[littlekate]

Hi,
Where are you doing your training? Ive been looking for a place to train in threading. I would say a higher price as it is a skill. I'm surprised the asian shops only charge £3.50. I saw on this morning this week they were doing eyebrows and they said average price for threading is £15!

 

[EMMA AT ELITE]

Thanks for the replies.

I think I am probably best to charge the same as the local shops, then hopefully with a strong client base and experiance I can increase to the same price as an eyebrow wax.

I have recorded yesterday "eyebrow clinic" on "this morning" and am yet to watch it.

I know the department stores have "brow bars" and charge about £13.

I am doing the course at Beautec Beauty Academy on Sunday 15 in Loughton £150 - I think its great that its on a Sunday at least I dont miss a day off work.

Emma xx:hug:

 

[weezie]

Personally I would not trust someone to shape my eyebrows that only charges £3.50. I would think it would take at least 15 minutes including a consultation to get them looking perfect so would charge according to time. If you really have to charge so little how about doing £3.50 brow tidy and £7 brow reshape. :hug:

 

[Linda_ohare]

i paid £24.00 in shavata in house of friaser belfast! :O i thought it was good as it completly changed my eye brows every1 comments on them
ive paid that 6/7 times
Shavata was on this morning not to long ago i love her!

 

[ho11y4u]

Where i live in east london they charge £2.00 in the asian salons. Where i work John Lewis they charge £17.00 its alot more hygienic they also do a head massage at the end. You Could charge more for that?
Hth
Holly x

 

[emeraldmaya]

Would suggest £4.00 - £5.00 to begin with, in other shops due to high demand and many threading ladies working at once they are somewhat in a position to charge low prices.

As your skill improves slowly increase your prices. Demonstrate excellent standards especially where treatment, hygiene and customer service are concerned.

I charge £10.00 for threading, with every initial appointment I include a consultation, and with every appointment I prep before I thread and apply a soothing gentle massage to the eye area afterwards.

Hth

 

[EMMA AT ELITE]

Thats for all your replies,
I cant believe there are actucally shops that charge £2!!!

When you carry out a consultation before you thread your clients eyebrows, do you just ask them what shape they want, what hair they want removed etc, our do you get them to fill out a consultation card?

Maybe I could include a little pressure point eye massage afterwards?

I personally would prefere to pay a little bit more and know I am in a beauty room just me and the therapist who is qualified, insured and certificated, rather than pay peanuts £2 - £3.50 and be in a shop full of people sitting everywhere having their eyebrows threaded, and not knowing if they are insured etc. I do understand that these asian shops have many years of experiance though.
But sadly I think a lot of my clients would think the cheaper the better.

Emma x

 

[emeraldmaya]

I have client record cards for all my clients who have eyebrow threading and other eye treatments, with every consultation you need to check what direction the eyebrows grow, etc. The client and I will discuss the shape they would like and what shape I would suggest, I also explain the threading procedure.

Some of these salons that offer threading at such a little price, remind me of the same treatment offered in some nail salons which I call the conveyer belt system, where there is no consultation, and very little communication and there appears to be a lack of standard regarding hygiene.

 

[EMMA AT ELITE]

I have client record cards for all my clients who have eyebrow threading and other eye treatments, with every consultation you need to check what direction the eyebrows grow, etc. The client and I will discuss the shape they would like and what shape I would suggest, I also explain the threading procedure.

Some of these salons that offer threading at such a little price, remind me of the same treatment offered in some nail salons which I call the conveyer belt system, where there is no consultation, and very little communication and there appears to be a lack of standard regarding hygiene.

Thanks for that.:hug:

I couldnt agree with you more, thats excatly what they remind me of too.
Sadly, speaking to people who go to these local shops they just seem to want cheapnest and when I asked if they knew if anti-bac thread was used they replied no I dont think so, but I have been having it done there for a while and Im ok - so what hope have I got!:irked:

I also found out today the local asian threading shop charges £3!

So sadly I think I will start with £3.50 to start with, get my practice and experiance then increase the prices a little.

Emma xx