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Opening, pricing, hiring, licensing and safety for salon owners.
Rising rent, products, wages and card fees make price increases unavoidable, but the way you announce them decides how clients react. Signs it is time, how to calculate the increase, notice and…
A slip on a wet floor, an allergic reaction, a burst pipe or a technician’s injury can cost more than a year of profit. The policies nail salons usually carry, what each…
Clean tools are what clients trust you with most. A printable checklist for opening, every client, pedicure spas, closing time and weekly tasks, with the difference between cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing, what…
Strong smells and fine dust are more than a comfort problem; they affect the health of everyone who works in a salon all day. How ventilation works in layers, what OSHA recommends,…
Licensing is handled by each state, so the details differ, but the structure is similar everywhere. The licenses a salon and its technicians usually need, what inspectors check, how renewals work, what…
Commission and booth rent are not just two ways to split money; they are two different businesses. How each one works, who controls what, how the numbers compare with worked examples, the…
Good technicians are the heart of a salon and they have choices. Ten steps to hire nail technicians: the role and pay, a job post that attracts the right people, where to…
Copying the salon next door is the most common way to set prices and the most common reason salons stay busy but broke. A seven-step method, a formula you can use with…
There is no single price for opening a nail salon, but there is a reliable way to budget it. Thirteen cost categories, what makes each one go up or down, a worksheet…
A practical guide to writing a nail salon business plan: the ten sections, how to research your market and competitors, how to forecast sales and break-even, which risks to address, and the…
Opening a nail salon is mostly a question of doing things in the right order. Twelve steps from concept to opening day, a paperwork checklist for buying an existing salon, a realistic…
Many salons pay technicians on a 1099 when the law treats them as employees. How the IRS and states decide, what booth renters really look like, the costs and risks on each…