Be Your Own Boss, Start Your Own Hair Salon Business

Imagine owning a fun and financially rewarding business making people happy & make them look and feel Beautiful & fabulous. I'm sure you know the answer, opening a hair salon or Barber shop business.

Many people have opened Hair Salon and/or barber shop during recession. This business have been proven to be recession proof. No matter how the economy is, people need their hair cut and it's not something that many people can do at home!

Not knowing how to cut hair yourself, is not that much of a problem. There is always a solutions, and the solutions is hiring a hairstylists for your salon. If you are working for someone else as a hairstylist. Open your own hair salon business and give yourself the freedom of being your own boss.

Hair Salon (also known as a beauty salon, barber shop, hairdressing salon, beauty parlor, or beauty shop). When you open your own business, you will have all the luxury of designing the type of hair salon you want, and providing all type of services you want.  

When you open your hair salon business you have the option of opening a traditional hair salon that offers hair care to all types of clients, or you can open a hair salon that cater a selected type of clients, such as children's hair salon, men's barber and shave shop. You can even open a neighborhood beauty shop right where you live, or an exclusive upscale salon in a busy street.

Another option you can have is to open a full service hair salon or specialize in hair care service such as haircuts, hair coloring, hair straightening, hair extensions, or hair styling for special events such as weddings, proms, special events, or holidays.

as an owner of a hair salon and a business professional in a leadership role, you are one step ahead to earn the respect of clients and your community. You can easily turn your salon into a social hub where you can develop a long term relationship with employees and clients. 

Guide on How to starting your own Hair Salon Business

STEP 1

Get your cosmetology license. 

New York Board of Cosmetology License Requirements

• COSMETOLOGIST LICENSE: 1000 Hours
• NATURAL HAIRSTYLIST LICENSE: 300 Hours
• ESTHETICIAN LICENSE: 600 Hours
• NAIL TECHNICIAN LICENSE: 250 Hours
• BARBER LICENSE: 2-Year Apprenticeship
• COSMETOLOGY INSTRUCTOR LICENSE: Cosmetology License + Work Experience
• WAXING LICENSE: 75 Hours

(9 Month program in New York See link for Schools)

Step 2 

Work for someone in the cosmotology field that you eventually want to have your salon specializing.  (Minimum of 1 year of on the job training)




Step 3 
Start marketing for clients among friends neighbors and associates 
Handing out cards and flyers at local stores and among friends, posting you new career on your Facebook with before and after pictures of clients.
get written testimonials from your clients

 Step 4 
Get your business Name and tax registrations



Step 5 Rent a chair in a Salon or do a commission split with the salon owner.
A commission split with the owner of the salon would be extremely beneficial to a new hair dresser especially if it is a marketing savvy popular salon because advertising is expensive and more cost effective and efficient if it is divided by numerous hair stylists in the salon.


Step 6 Create a website.  I would recommend using a local web designer that is going to work with you on the marketing aspects of the site and will teach you how to make many of the changes yourself.  Web site design and effective web marketing is an extremely customized product and I suggest where you want to be working very closely with the designer / marketer


Step 7 Create a facebook page, twitter account, linked in (list all social site to join)


Step 8.  Video blogging micro brand your self become famous in your niche
 the effect of repeated exposure that celebrities have on our mind also exists in the web world and the facebook world of our friends and clients

Step 7.  Promotional Material - Business, cards flyers, referral programs,  gold circle membership discounts etc.


Step 8 direct mail.  Especially to reffereal sources


Step 9 Get CSR Software.  A simple version of it such as microsoft office would be sufficient for a beginner.  Keep note about client and potential sales leads and referral sources


Step 10 Sales Presentation folder


Step 11 Telephone solicit for appointment with referral sources
(simple Script) Add Video link to Thomas Making a sales Phone call


Step 11 The sale presentation
(add link to Thomas making a Sample sales presentation  

 

   

A Guide for Consumers to identify safe practices in beauty salons and spas.

A Guide for Consumers to identify safe practices  in beauty salons and spas.

  Although many consumers do not think about the health and safety issues when getting a facial, body wrap, waxing or having their nails done, most beauty treatments involve actions that can be dangerous, if not performed by properly trained and licensed personnel.

• Bacterial infections 
• Transmission of diseases
• Adverse reactions to substances 
• Other physical injuries can all be the result of improperly performed treatments.

Selecting a Salon or Spa

All beauty treatment specialists as well as all spas and salons must be licensed to legally operate within New York State. The consumer should thus look for:

• A business license shall be displayed at the entrance or another conspicuous location in the spa or the salon where the licensed activities are performed
•  A license with a photograph, for each operator within a spa or salon

In New York State, there are five different designations for beauty specialists:

•  Cosmetologist
•  Esthetician
•  Nail Specialist
•  Natural Hair Styling Specialist
•  Waxing Specialist

If you do not see either a current business license or a current NYS issued cosmetology, nail, esthetic, waxing or natural hair styling license on display, ask the service provider to show it to you.

If a license is not available for your viewing, you may want to verify the provider’s licensure by contacting the NYS Department of State, Division of Licensing at (212) 417-5747 or access the Licensing Services’ online database at www.dos.ny.gov.

In addition to licenses, an itemized list of all services performed and prices charged for those services should be displayed near the entrance or reception area.

A provider should be licensed in the services that they are performing. All personal services offered in New York State require that the individual offering these services have the proper training and be licensed to offer that particular service to the consumer. The General Business Law in New York State covers services that include:

•  Hair and Chemical Services
•  Nail Services
•  Waxing and Hair Removal Services
•  Face and Body Treatments

It is important to note that not all practitioners are licensed to perform all services. NYS licensed cosmetologists can legally perform hair services, nail services, skin services and waxing. Estheticians can perform all services except hair and nail services. Nail, Waxing and Natural Hair Styling specialists can only perform those specific services for which they are licensed. Nail Specialists cannot perform waxing services in New York State.

In the event that you have a negative reaction to a chemical service performed, tell the technician. If the sensation is extreme, or if you think you may be having an allergic reaction, ask the technician for a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and seek medical attention.

Anyone who believes he or she is a victim of an untrustworthy or incompetent licensee of the Department of State, or who is aware of unlicensed conduct, should contact the Department of State at (212) 417-5747 or access the Department’s website at www.dos.ny.gov and complete a licensee complaint form.

Welcome!

Opening a hair salon lets you own a creative feel-good business in a largely recession-proof industry. No matter how the economy is, people need their hair cut and it's not something most people can't do at home! If you can't cut hair yourself, you have to hire hairstylists for your hair salon.

If you are currently a hairstylist working for someone else, starting your own hair salon business gives you the freedom of being your own boss. When you open a hair salon (also known as a beauty salon, barber shop, hairdressing salon, beauty parlor, or beauty shop), you have the luxury of designing the type of hair salon you want, and providing the types of services you want. You can open a traditional hair salon offering hair care to all types of clients, or you can open a hair salon that caters to a select type of client, such as a men's barber and shave shop or a children's hair salon.

Call Advantage to help get you started on opening your own Salon today!
(718)558-5532, or send us an E-mail at Advantage.Brokerage@gmail.com
You can even visit us, at 88-45 164th Street, Jamaica Queens 11432 , We located Directly across from the Jamaica Post office, and only a few steps away from the Jamaica Colosseum along with the F and E trains.

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