Nails at Home

angelic84

Hi guys, I have recently started a home study course learning how to do acrylic nails, all seems to be going well and I am really enjoying. Once I am qualified (Jan '10 hopefully) obviously I am going to want to make a bit of money from it - I'm thinking of doing it at people's homes. I have looked in our local paper etc and cannot see that anyone else is doing this - is this a good or bad thing? I was wondering what sort of prices to charge. The consumables I would use in one set would be about £4 but obviously I would drive there and how much would I charge for my time etc? Also would I have to have PL insurance and as I already have this for my ironing business would I need another one or am I covered. Thanks for any help....

poshm

Hi, good luck to you, I really hope it works out well

As a stay-at-home mum, if I had money for treats then I would definitely take advantage of a service like this. My friend down the road has hers done at a beauty salon and it costs about £30 I think she said

So I'm sure there are lots of people who don't live near a salon or mums stuck at home who will want this and you've got the Christmas and New Year party season coming up so good time to start I guess

angelic84

poshm wrote: »

Hi, good luck to you, I really hope it works out well

As a stay-at-home mum, if I had money for treats then I would definitely take advantage of a service like this. My friend down the road has hers done at a beauty salon and it costs about £30 I think she said

So I'm sure there are lots of people who don't live near a salon or mums stuck at home who will want this and you've got the Christmas and New Year party season coming up so good time to start I guess

Hopefully if i can qualify by then. I wanted to try and keep my charges as low as poss so that more people can have them done. There is only one salon in my town and they charge £50! I was thinking more like £15-20. I think everyone should be able to have a treat once in a while but money is tight for everyone at the mo i spose, this will be more a hobby i think with a few pennies in tow - hopefully.

poshm

I would think you should be able to charge £20 and if you find that too expensive then maybe you can reduce it a little - easier to reduce I think than find you're not making enough and trying to put the costs up!

lyndsey80

Don't forget you would need all the relevant insurances...

angelic84

lyndsey80 wrote: »

Don't forget you would need all the relevant insurances...

i know i would need to have PL insurance, i just wondered if i am covered as i already have it for my ironing business. would i have to add my nail separately or have another insurance policy completely. i'm aware of all the HMRC stuff i will have to do but i'm not too good with insurance etc

lyndsey80

That's a good question. I have no idea, I am sure someone here will be able to answer that.
Just out of interest, how much is the average PL insurance? I qualified as an Indian Head Masseuse but don't have the money to start up

nikki2804

I think you need 2 seperate lots of insurance.

I looked at PL for artificial nails then looked to "add on" other treatments and i needed to do something weird & wonderful. May just have been that site though.

angelic84

i think i paid around £50 for the year for my ironing

tameem

I advice you to make more search to find all answers

deeds

angelic84 wrote: »

Hopefully if i can qualify by then. I wanted to try and keep my charges as low as poss so that more people can have them done. There is only one salon in my town and they charge £50! I was thinking more like £15-20. I think everyone should be able to have a treat once in a while but money is tight for everyone at the mo i spose, this will be more a hobby i think with a few pennies in tow - hopefully.

Bearing in mind the salon that charges £50 will be a very experienced technician.

Home study doesn't give you the benefit of a 'teacher' on hand to keep you right and show you the techniques one on one. Which IMHO is necessary to get it right.
Its harder than it looks to get perfect acrylics, so you might want to start your pricing off really cheap until you properly get the hang of doing the nails, that way you can also build up a client base, perhaps with introductory offers in the local shop windows or wherever you advertised your ironing.

Plus offer vouchers so you'll get people coming back to you, be that % off or even a free polish and shine for the toes, just til you get yourself established and word of mouth gets your diary filled.
Good luck!