Hi All,
I've been reading the forums avidly for a couple of weeks now and I'm struggling to get myself sorted and need help! I'll try to be as brief as possible.
I am a stay at home mum wiht a passion for nails. I have wanted to be a nail tech for a long time and now is my turn to learn a new trade and I will in the next few months be learning Acrylic Nails with Ez Flow.
My plan would be to learn how to do the nails, start out doing friends and family and friends of friends for the next year, evenings and weekends, until my youngest daughter starts nursery for 15 hours a week when I will be able to increase my working hours a bit and by then should be well practiced, and then I will continue in that vein until both children are at school and increase my hours further.
So when I qualify it will be very loose and informal for the time being.
I know I will need insurance.
Anyway here are the questions I have:
I plan to add further strings to my bow over the years until kids are both in school, but as a start up business, is Acrylics alone enough or should I be looking at doing a basic manicure (or something else I'm unaware of) course as well? I can polish nails jsut fine, but cuticle care etc are things I'm not knowledgable about and I can do a decent french manicure on myself, but not professional enough to charge for...
If I were to do a friend in my home, would I need extra or different insurance?
I presume I will need to inform inland revenue and keep records of everything so should i have a business account? Can I get a business account without a business plan? Do I need a business plan for something that I plan to be so informal for the first year?
Speaking of finances, when I first qualify I will of cousre want to offer discounted acrylics...how do I find out what is enough to just cover costs or is this a rubbish idea? What do people usually do?
I have loads more buzzing around my head of course, just basically how do I make my dream a reality and what obvious things am I not thinking of or missing?
Thank you so much in advance for anyone who can advise!
I've been reading the forums avidly for a couple of weeks now and I'm struggling to get myself sorted and need help! I'll try to be as brief as possible.
I am a stay at home mum wiht a passion for nails. I have wanted to be a nail tech for a long time and now is my turn to learn a new trade and I will in the next few months be learning Acrylic Nails with Ez Flow.
My plan would be to learn how to do the nails, start out doing friends and family and friends of friends for the next year, evenings and weekends, until my youngest daughter starts nursery for 15 hours a week when I will be able to increase my working hours a bit and by then should be well practiced, and then I will continue in that vein until both children are at school and increase my hours further.
So when I qualify it will be very loose and informal for the time being.
I know I will need insurance.
Anyway here are the questions I have:
I plan to add further strings to my bow over the years until kids are both in school, but as a start up business, is Acrylics alone enough or should I be looking at doing a basic manicure (or something else I'm unaware of) course as well? I can polish nails jsut fine, but cuticle care etc are things I'm not knowledgable about and I can do a decent french manicure on myself, but not professional enough to charge for...
If I were to do a friend in my home, would I need extra or different insurance?
I presume I will need to inform inland revenue and keep records of everything so should i have a business account? Can I get a business account without a business plan? Do I need a business plan for something that I plan to be so informal for the first year?
Speaking of finances, when I first qualify I will of cousre want to offer discounted acrylics...how do I find out what is enough to just cover costs or is this a rubbish idea? What do people usually do?
I have loads more buzzing around my head of course, just basically how do I make my dream a reality and what obvious things am I not thinking of or missing?
Thank you so much in advance for anyone who can advise!