Benefits Of An In-Home Salon or Spa
I've been there, looking for the right salon to work in can be a never ending saga.
My solution, why bother? Especially when there's a spare room or space in your home.
I know some of you are mentally bombarded with why this won't work for you, but to your surprise it will.
Let's start with space.
You don't need much. My cousin used an empty hall closet as her salon and we loved it!
One of my youtube followers told me she's creating a salon in her garage. She lives in California and could certainly get away with it. I've seen an in-garage salon before (while in California) and I thought it was the neatest, coolest thing EVER!
I've seen laundry rooms doubled as salons. So when you think it won't work for you..think again.
Negative thought #1.
The almighty shampoo bowl, you don't have one.
Well it's not the end of the world, it just means you will have to be more resourceful.
At Sally's you can purchase a shampoo tray.
You sit it in your sink and your client sits in a chair placed in front of the sink. You can purchase a hose or use your hose to your sink. There you have it, a shampoo station.
Does it work? Heck yes it works!
I used mine for about 3 years with a resin lawn chair. It worked very well, even my clients were shocked.
I will never get rid of it due to my salon being downstairs and having a handful of elderly clients who cannot make the flight of stairs. I simply put the shampoo tray in my sink and I'm off and running!
Negative thought #2.
I need a paycheck... Wow, really?
Listen to this, NO ONE can pay you like YOU. You know how much your mortgage is, you know you want to plan a vacation or pay a little extra towards a bill. WHO is looking out for you in the salon? It's certainly NOT the attitude-filled receptionist and god forbid if she's popular with one stylist and not you. You'd be lucky to get A client at all!
In your own in-home salon you're responsible for all of your advertising and scheduling. You know what your wants and needs are, and there's no one to share any potential clients with.
You can make as much or little as you want and not have to always do the mental-math of splitting commissions. It's all yours!
I remember when I started at a well known chain-salon, sometimes I had checks as little as $225. Absolutely NOT acceptable.
Then I went on to a bigger more professional corporate salon and was making anywhere from $800-$1200 a week. Sounds nice huh? The downside was giving the salon 50%a or half of what I worked so hard for. I can still see the salon manager watching me check-out my clients with a twinkle in her eyes. What was the twinkle about? It was because she got a very nice bonus when I worked my butt off (no fair).
So now when I make $800, I make $800.
Negative thought #3.
I need the security. What security?
Back in the day maybe there was security but now days you either have to work 18 months to prove yourself or the benefits/security isn't worth it.
Secure yourself! There are discount medical and dental programs that I've found were less of a hassle than traditional medical insurance. For dental and vision, I use Careington. It's a discount dental plan, not insurance. With insurance, you can only spend your allotted amount which is usually around $1500 in one year. That's one tooth.
With a discount dental plan the sky is the limit as you pay discount prices upfront for any work needed and I might add the discounts are quite attractive.
For medical I go to our local community clinic. I feel I have worked all these years, I'm a law abiding citizen and I deserve the use of these services. These places are stocked with medical doctors and specialists who only charge a fraction of what a regular clinic charges. I paid $60 for a complete physical, that's a steal!
Negative thought #4.
I would like to retire someday.
Why can't you? If you have or can get a bank account, you can retire!
There's this story of an old African American woman in Mississippi who ironed clothes in her home for a living. She never had a bank account because she didn't trust it.
When she died, her family was instructed to look inside her mattress and there they found well over $300,000 that she had been saving over the years.
How's that for retiring?
Last but not least, negative thought #5.
I have no clients.
Only because you don't want any. If you want them, get out there and hand out business cards, advertise until you get them.
For me, a in-home salon is the way to go. I can set my own hours and take vacations when I want. I regulate what's happening around me and my client and I'm not annoyed by other stylists and their clients.
I was able to work around my daughters school schedule back in the day, and I never needed a sitter.
After the last job I had, I cannot begin to tell you how glad I am to work for myself and not think I need a tranquilizer to make an 8 hour shift.
My solution, why bother? Especially when there's a spare room or space in your home.
I know some of you are mentally bombarded with why this won't work for you, but to your surprise it will.
Let's start with space.
You don't need much. My cousin used an empty hall closet as her salon and we loved it!
One of my youtube followers told me she's creating a salon in her garage. She lives in California and could certainly get away with it. I've seen an in-garage salon before (while in California) and I thought it was the neatest, coolest thing EVER!
I've seen laundry rooms doubled as salons. So when you think it won't work for you..think again.
Negative thought #1.
The almighty shampoo bowl, you don't have one.
Well it's not the end of the world, it just means you will have to be more resourceful.
At Sally's you can purchase a shampoo tray.
You sit it in your sink and your client sits in a chair placed in front of the sink. You can purchase a hose or use your hose to your sink. There you have it, a shampoo station.
Does it work? Heck yes it works!
I used mine for about 3 years with a resin lawn chair. It worked very well, even my clients were shocked.
I will never get rid of it due to my salon being downstairs and having a handful of elderly clients who cannot make the flight of stairs. I simply put the shampoo tray in my sink and I'm off and running!
Negative thought #2.
I need a paycheck... Wow, really?
Listen to this, NO ONE can pay you like YOU. You know how much your mortgage is, you know you want to plan a vacation or pay a little extra towards a bill. WHO is looking out for you in the salon? It's certainly NOT the attitude-filled receptionist and god forbid if she's popular with one stylist and not you. You'd be lucky to get A client at all!
In your own in-home salon you're responsible for all of your advertising and scheduling. You know what your wants and needs are, and there's no one to share any potential clients with.
You can make as much or little as you want and not have to always do the mental-math of splitting commissions. It's all yours!
I remember when I started at a well known chain-salon, sometimes I had checks as little as $225. Absolutely NOT acceptable.
Then I went on to a bigger more professional corporate salon and was making anywhere from $800-$1200 a week. Sounds nice huh? The downside was giving the salon 50%a or half of what I worked so hard for. I can still see the salon manager watching me check-out my clients with a twinkle in her eyes. What was the twinkle about? It was because she got a very nice bonus when I worked my butt off (no fair).
So now when I make $800, I make $800.
Negative thought #3.
I need the security. What security?
Back in the day maybe there was security but now days you either have to work 18 months to prove yourself or the benefits/security isn't worth it.
Secure yourself! There are discount medical and dental programs that I've found were less of a hassle than traditional medical insurance. For dental and vision, I use Careington. It's a discount dental plan, not insurance. With insurance, you can only spend your allotted amount which is usually around $1500 in one year. That's one tooth.
With a discount dental plan the sky is the limit as you pay discount prices upfront for any work needed and I might add the discounts are quite attractive.
For medical I go to our local community clinic. I feel I have worked all these years, I'm a law abiding citizen and I deserve the use of these services. These places are stocked with medical doctors and specialists who only charge a fraction of what a regular clinic charges. I paid $60 for a complete physical, that's a steal!
Negative thought #4.
I would like to retire someday.
Why can't you? If you have or can get a bank account, you can retire!
There's this story of an old African American woman in Mississippi who ironed clothes in her home for a living. She never had a bank account because she didn't trust it.
When she died, her family was instructed to look inside her mattress and there they found well over $300,000 that she had been saving over the years.
How's that for retiring?
Last but not least, negative thought #5.
I have no clients.
Only because you don't want any. If you want them, get out there and hand out business cards, advertise until you get them.
For me, a in-home salon is the way to go. I can set my own hours and take vacations when I want. I regulate what's happening around me and my client and I'm not annoyed by other stylists and their clients.
I was able to work around my daughters school schedule back in the day, and I never needed a sitter.
After the last job I had, I cannot begin to tell you how glad I am to work for myself and not think I need a tranquilizer to make an 8 hour shift.
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