Some of the biggest expenses in starting a new salon, nail salon, or day spay are supplies. Making a comprehensive list of what equipment you need to start a salon will be a big first step in securing financing for your salon, or in setting up your cash flow chart. Here is a list of salon equipment you will need. Salon Stations, Chairs, Mirrors Stations are the most important place to start when designing your salon and creating your salon’s budget. Think about the equipment you’ve worked on, or interview stylists you trust to determine what chairs and mirrors work best. You may want to consider buying gently used salon chairs, stations, or mirrors from a closing or closed salon. You will need about one shampoo bowl for every three stylists. Make sure the bowls and chairs you purchase work well together and can be easily adapted for different clients. Many salon equipment suppliers sell rubber lips that can be fitted over shampoo bowls to help reduce the dreaded neck cramp!
Although hood dryers may seem old fashioned, they can be a huge help. A busy stylist can put one client under the dryer while he or she starts the next. Hood dryers are also great for updos and other styles that require setting, as well as for color jobs. Nails are one of the easiest services for a salon to add on, especially if your hair salon does a lot of color work. Pedicure chairs with built in foot baths make a nail salon look more professional and relaxing. Kind of obvious, if you’re going to do nails, you need a place to do them. An attractive display of nail polish colors is a great way to tempt someone in to a manicure. There are various solutions for keeping your nail equipment appropriately sanitized. You will want to choose something that keeps the equipment in view of the client. Clients actually prefer to see nail equipment being sanitized. Having appropriate space to allow your clients to let their nails dry will prevent frequent free redos for smudged nails.
The drying area will also help create a relaxing environment. Before purchasing salon equipment you may also want to consider how environmentally friendly you want your salon or spa to be.OPI Gel #GCF91 - Exotic Birds Do Not Tweet FREE Shipping on orders over $100.00. a great pedicure is an art, but keeping a clean sanitary station is hard work and vital to keep your clients coming back. Plastic Pedicure Liners are a fast and efficient way to keep your pedicure station clean and readySelecting a chair with a Magnetic Pipefree Whirlpool System enables the option for liners and provides a safe and sanitarySelected portable spas and pedicure bowls areMichelle Fonville went from being pampered to put down, with one swipe of a pen. When this DeKalb County, Ga., woman received the bill from Natural Nails, a local nail salon, for her manicure, pedicure and eyebrow shaping, there was a $5 surcharge. “I said, ‘I’ve been overcharged,’ ” Fonville told WSB-TV in Atlanta. “
[The manager] broke it down, then told me she charged me $5 more because I was overweight.” The salon manager, Kim Tran, told WSB-TV that she added the surcharge to compensate for chairs broken by overweight customers. Her pedicure chairs have a weight limit of 200 pounds and cost $2,500 to fix. “Do you think that’s fair when we take $24 [for manicure and pedicure] and we have to pay $2,500? No,” Tran told WSB-TV. While it’s debatable whether obesity is a disability protected by the law (it is in health-related cases), on the face of it, there’s not a chance Tran would have been able to know the reason for Fonville’s being overweight. And without that knowledge, any kind of discrimination is a problem and potentially legally actionable. Weighty issueHowever, the incident raises practical issues related to dealing with bigger people. When is it unfair treatment for them to pay extra, as opposed to being charged more because they are getting a greater degree of product or service?
Most airlines will give a larger passenger a seat belt extender free of charge, but for the safety of other passengers in an evacuation situation, the larger passenger cannot be seated in an exit row. If the larger passenger cannot fit comfortably between armrests, they will be given another seat, if available, or be asked to pay for a second seat. Clothing companies like Talbots or Lands’ End that offer their regular apparel in “women’s” sizes (meaning plus or fuller cut) do so at a premium. In spot assessments, prices were 12 to 17 percent higher for plus size versions. But that makes some sense: Larger clothes require more fabric, thread, trims and so on. A spokesman for the Professional Beauty Association admitted that prices for services like hair straightening or perming are higher for people with long hair; that’s usually the only situation where a different price applies. And it doesn’t condone what Tran did. “When considering implementing surcharges or special pricing, salons should really consider the long-term impact on business.
A savvy business owner will balance the costs and benefits.”While Fonville’s weight surcharge was ultimately refunded, Tran told Fonville to take her business elsewhere in the future. Fonville went from literally crying — “I was humiliated,” she said — to crying discrimination. “The word has to get out there that these people are discriminating against us because of our weight. You can’t do that.” Luxury Salon Design Services & Furniture For luxury salon design and furniture, you can't do better than Michele Pelafas, Inc. For more than 20 years, Michele has been a leader in the world of salon design and salon furniture. Today, her company offers an extensive collection of furniture and design solutions for the spa, salon, beauty and medical spa industry. Hair and beauty salon design and furniture by Michele Pelafas, Inc. is sophisticated, chic and as modern as can be. We offer a complete variety of services, including everything from salon interior planning to custom manufacturing and wholesale distribution of spa furniture and equipment.