Rivone
Well-Known Member
After 5 years of various training, working full time in a different industry, having a baby and now currently due my 2nd baby anytime now I'm finally going to work hopefully, eventually full time as a Beauty Therapist.
My husband attends a gym that is predominently a male gym but does have a small female client base which they are looking to increase. I asked him to ask the gym owner if he had a room available to rent as I would like to set up beauty there (as my hubby had told me there was nothing there like that).
The gym owner was really keen and said there was a room but it currently had a lie down sunbed in there which was not being used and he would have to get rid of that first. This was about 2 and half months ago.
I went up last Thursday to have a look at the room as they had got rid of the sunbed and he wanted to make sure I felt comfortable with the room and we'd discuss rent and stuff.
The room is approx 10ft x 8ft and it needed new lights, new flooring, a sink with hot and cold water and a lick of paint. We both agreed on £50pw, on a 6mth trial to start with and then if we're both happy we would then run with a 12 monthly renewing contract afterwards. I got it all in writing to - was so chuffed!
Well on the Thursday I never measured up properly and because he really wants me to do spray tans I needed to know what room I had to play with so I could plan my layout and stuff, so I poped up there yesterday and 'OMG' they had changed the lights and got a sink in and connected up (already) and the floor was also there ready to lay.
- wow that was quick work I thought.
So while hubby was in the gym me and my 2 and half year old went for an innocent walk down and up the high street to see what competition there was in the way of beauty rooms/shops and where I would be able to leaflet drop and hang posters.
Get this .... there are NO official beauty rooms - two are closed down and look like they hadn't been open for years, there are quite a few hairdressers and only one had beauty within so I grabbed their price lists and headed off. There's an American Nail place (which I don't rate) and two big established fitness gyms (as well as the one I will be working within) about 5 minutes car drive away all with beauty within but at a high treatment cost.
I don't really have a client base myself as I only really do friends and family when they need me, so I'm starting from the bottom. The gym is going to do a press release once I'm established as the room is going to benefit their recent press releases where they have been enticing more women in, they said they will also put a board outside their main door which looks onto the shopping square and I was thinking of doing a leaflet drop around the local shops and housing estate that there is as well as get some A3 or A4 posters done and hang around in town. I was also going to see about putting some flyers into the free paper that gets handed out locally once a week.
I've kind of planned what treatments I'm going to do and they consist of facials, body treatments, manicure and pedicure, spray tan and waxing with products such as jessica or leighton denny, dermalogica (eventually) and I'm looking into tanning products.
I wondered if any of you had any suggestions / advice for me, I'll take anything on board.
Thanks Clair
My husband attends a gym that is predominently a male gym but does have a small female client base which they are looking to increase. I asked him to ask the gym owner if he had a room available to rent as I would like to set up beauty there (as my hubby had told me there was nothing there like that).
The gym owner was really keen and said there was a room but it currently had a lie down sunbed in there which was not being used and he would have to get rid of that first. This was about 2 and half months ago.
I went up last Thursday to have a look at the room as they had got rid of the sunbed and he wanted to make sure I felt comfortable with the room and we'd discuss rent and stuff.
The room is approx 10ft x 8ft and it needed new lights, new flooring, a sink with hot and cold water and a lick of paint. We both agreed on £50pw, on a 6mth trial to start with and then if we're both happy we would then run with a 12 monthly renewing contract afterwards. I got it all in writing to - was so chuffed!
Well on the Thursday I never measured up properly and because he really wants me to do spray tans I needed to know what room I had to play with so I could plan my layout and stuff, so I poped up there yesterday and 'OMG' they had changed the lights and got a sink in and connected up (already) and the floor was also there ready to lay.
- wow that was quick work I thought.
So while hubby was in the gym me and my 2 and half year old went for an innocent walk down and up the high street to see what competition there was in the way of beauty rooms/shops and where I would be able to leaflet drop and hang posters.
Get this .... there are NO official beauty rooms - two are closed down and look like they hadn't been open for years, there are quite a few hairdressers and only one had beauty within so I grabbed their price lists and headed off. There's an American Nail place (which I don't rate) and two big established fitness gyms (as well as the one I will be working within) about 5 minutes car drive away all with beauty within but at a high treatment cost.
I don't really have a client base myself as I only really do friends and family when they need me, so I'm starting from the bottom. The gym is going to do a press release once I'm established as the room is going to benefit their recent press releases where they have been enticing more women in, they said they will also put a board outside their main door which looks onto the shopping square and I was thinking of doing a leaflet drop around the local shops and housing estate that there is as well as get some A3 or A4 posters done and hang around in town. I was also going to see about putting some flyers into the free paper that gets handed out locally once a week.
I've kind of planned what treatments I'm going to do and they consist of facials, body treatments, manicure and pedicure, spray tan and waxing with products such as jessica or leighton denny, dermalogica (eventually) and I'm looking into tanning products.
I wondered if any of you had any suggestions / advice for me, I'll take anything on board.
Thanks Clair
