KelseyGetLashed
Well-Known Member
I currently work part time in admin and part time doing LVL treatments mobile or in one of my spare rooms... But I want more!
I've been toying with the idea of training in semi-permanent cosmetics with Nouveau as I'd really like to make a career out of this. I get married this year and children will be on the horizon in the next year or so, so I wanted to take the plunge before I had any extra commitments and hopefully have a good base to then work my chosen hours around childcare.
Sooo, my main issue has been premises as it's not something I can do mobile. Originally I was looking at converting my detached garage into a beauty room. It would need a few £K spent on it to get it right but then it's all lost if/when we move. My next thought was renting/buying premises but then I don't want to be there full time and don't think it looks good when a shop's stood closed half the week.
So the 3rd and final thought is do I just take the plunge and open a full blown salon? 😱
Other than LVL I'm not beauty trained (although I spend half my life in salons as a customer) but would only want to concentrate on SPMU and the running of the business. Obviously this would mean I would need somebody in to take charge of the 'other' beauty side. My main reason for this is it would mean the shop would be open full time (hopefully) and the basic beauty treatments would be steady away (hopefully again) to help cover costs. It would also mean customers who came for their standard nail treatment for example, would have their eyes opened to the prospect of SPMU, which they might not otherwise have had.
Obviously there's the major factors to consider, premises, salaries, finding the right staff etc but can anybody give me any advice on where to start with all of this? Have you taken the plunge and how has it worked out? Have you got an hints and tips? Should I just sack it off and run for the hills?
Any help whatsoever would be greatly received!
Thanks in advance, Kelsey xx
I've been toying with the idea of training in semi-permanent cosmetics with Nouveau as I'd really like to make a career out of this. I get married this year and children will be on the horizon in the next year or so, so I wanted to take the plunge before I had any extra commitments and hopefully have a good base to then work my chosen hours around childcare.
Sooo, my main issue has been premises as it's not something I can do mobile. Originally I was looking at converting my detached garage into a beauty room. It would need a few £K spent on it to get it right but then it's all lost if/when we move. My next thought was renting/buying premises but then I don't want to be there full time and don't think it looks good when a shop's stood closed half the week.
So the 3rd and final thought is do I just take the plunge and open a full blown salon? 😱
Other than LVL I'm not beauty trained (although I spend half my life in salons as a customer) but would only want to concentrate on SPMU and the running of the business. Obviously this would mean I would need somebody in to take charge of the 'other' beauty side. My main reason for this is it would mean the shop would be open full time (hopefully) and the basic beauty treatments would be steady away (hopefully again) to help cover costs. It would also mean customers who came for their standard nail treatment for example, would have their eyes opened to the prospect of SPMU, which they might not otherwise have had.
Obviously there's the major factors to consider, premises, salaries, finding the right staff etc but can anybody give me any advice on where to start with all of this? Have you taken the plunge and how has it worked out? Have you got an hints and tips? Should I just sack it off and run for the hills?
Any help whatsoever would be greatly received!
Thanks in advance, Kelsey xx