crystaltash
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone!
Not been on in ages - just returned to the beauty industry after a year out. Had a very bad experience in the hairdressers where i rented a room - not nice people or working environment. :sad:
Anyway, I'm now renting a room in another hairdressers. Been there nearly 2 months now. Loving being back in beauty and this place is so so much better than the other salon I was in.
The problem is that I am finding it very slow getting off the ground. I'm starting from scratch again and have next to no client base. There isn't any competiton in the area, so that's not really an issue. However, the beauty side of the salon was never really promoted terribly well and people don't even know I'm there.
I've done leaflet drops, word of mouth is dribbling out and the main ads go in the publications in June with all my summer offers.
Some days would be busy enough, but yesterday and today I didn't have a soul in.:irked:
The hairdresser (who is really lovely) is very busy and it's so hard watching her run off her feet and raking the money in, while I have an empty book.
I'm now starting to question whether I'm good enough at this job and if I made the right move. In the last salon i was in, I was very busy nearly every day.
I'm getting Dermalogica in soon and plan to do a lot of training in new treatments over the coming year.
I really really want this to work, but I'm just not sure it will. What do you guys think? Am I being premature with my worries? Should I give it a while? I just don't know what to do and my health is starting to suffer with all the stress and worry.:cry:
Any advice would be great, Geeks!
Thanks so much,
love Natasha
Not been on in ages - just returned to the beauty industry after a year out. Had a very bad experience in the hairdressers where i rented a room - not nice people or working environment. :sad:
Anyway, I'm now renting a room in another hairdressers. Been there nearly 2 months now. Loving being back in beauty and this place is so so much better than the other salon I was in.
The problem is that I am finding it very slow getting off the ground. I'm starting from scratch again and have next to no client base. There isn't any competiton in the area, so that's not really an issue. However, the beauty side of the salon was never really promoted terribly well and people don't even know I'm there.
I've done leaflet drops, word of mouth is dribbling out and the main ads go in the publications in June with all my summer offers.
Some days would be busy enough, but yesterday and today I didn't have a soul in.:irked:
The hairdresser (who is really lovely) is very busy and it's so hard watching her run off her feet and raking the money in, while I have an empty book.
I'm now starting to question whether I'm good enough at this job and if I made the right move. In the last salon i was in, I was very busy nearly every day.
I'm getting Dermalogica in soon and plan to do a lot of training in new treatments over the coming year.
I really really want this to work, but I'm just not sure it will. What do you guys think? Am I being premature with my worries? Should I give it a while? I just don't know what to do and my health is starting to suffer with all the stress and worry.:cry:
Any advice would be great, Geeks!
Thanks so much,
love Natasha