hey geeks
I'm a newbie only launched this week. I charge £25 for my shellac manicure. This includes my normal scentsations manicure plus shellac application and free removal with every re shellac. My usual manicure is file, shape, cuticle work, moisture pack, hands moisturised wrapped and placed in mitts and hand and arm massage then polish. I personally wouldn't charge any less than this and I'm not in an affluent area. I factor in product cost, including shellac remover wraps, petrol costs and my time and I'm happy with my costs and my prospective
D) profits. In my area prices vary from £20-£25 so yes I may be at the high end but I want to put the manicure with it. My normal manicure is £15 so Ive added more on the 50%.
For the first shellac I ever had done on myself, I didn't bat an eye lid at £25 and that was without the added extras from my manicure and whats more I drove further than I normally would because at the time I could only find one person in my area who did Shellac (have since found more since being on SG). I was also paying for a premium service.
I look at it this way too as someone once explained, to have a manicure weekly it would cost over two weeks £30, getting shellac means a saving of five pounds to the client. However much I love lumos it doesn't give that stunning shine of shellac and some people can't keep polish on for a couple of days, with shellac they've saved money, it still looks fab two weeks later and in most cases when cared for properly hasn't chipped. I've had my shellac on for well over a week now and they look great, still super glossy, so much so my little boy is afraid to touch them as he thinks mummy's nails are wet! My mum who is hard on her hands as she works in a cash office always breaks her nails and has nails that peel, she has had shellac on for two weeks and it hasn't budged. My sis has had a few chips but she tells me this is because she didn't follow my aftercare so accepts that shellac isn't invincable but still every two weeks I get a text or call to say when are you back home I need my shellac doing! I'm realistic with people to it lasts UP TO 14 days and aftercare must be followed.
I appreciate times are tough with money god knows my little family are having a nightmare at the minute, but I look at it this way, if I bring my prices down to get people to book me how am I helping my financial situation by making less profit in the long run.
With regards to taking it off your menu I wouldn't hun. I've been practicing with lots of different nail types to see how shellac holds up, I've put my own shellac through its paces and read through the threads on here for more information and tracked its progress, not because I didn't believe it wasn't as good as what everyone was saying it was, but because I wanted to be able to see how it performed and if there were any problems I could find out why and rectify them. That way I could be confident in shellac which means my clients can be too.
Sorry I've rambled and probably gone off topic a bit. It early in the morning and not sure what I've just rambled on about lol.
Love n hugs x x x