You’re welcome! 🙂

Thank you very much for your quick feedback. It was exactly what I have started to do. I am not worried about the time it is taking me, but more about thinking accurately about the vendors and product lines. Thanks again for your precious help. You truly made my day. Have a great one. I will be in touch.

Hi Charlotte! I do consult, but because I’m one person, my schedule fills up really fast. I’m currently booked with ongoing projects through December. I do have availability for hourly-based appointments on an as-needed basis though.

I can tell you that you’re better off sourcing vendors and doing CPS evaluations for each service based on actual numbers. Salon owners can’t be relied upon to report accurately, as it’s not often they actually know their own costs. For hairstyling, costs vary widely depending on the density and length of the hair, as well as the service being performed. Unlike many business consultants, I recommend highly against doing any performance projections (trying to assess how much money you’ll make), because they’re based on fictional numbers and uninformed sales estimations. If you’re projecting expenses, *totally* do that. Find product lines, source vendors, break down your costs per volume/piece, and you’ll get a ballpark estimation of where your CPS will fall. For services like hair color–just plan to add on additional charges for additional product and time use. 🙂

I would like to thank you very much for the great article below. I am in a middle of starting up my own company, and the detail of your narratives makes my work easier to understand as I am not a nail technicians, makeup artist or hairstylist. As a future owner, it is important for me to value my services and my employees, and thanks to you I have a clearer vision now.

I still have a question though, do you have any recommendations on where to look to find the average product cost of each service: basic and deluxe mani, basic and deluxe pedi (deluxe should be around $3.30 if I recall your blog post correctly), also for gel, hairstyling, and makeup. I am doing my financial projections right and the more information I can get, the better.

Also, are you consulting? or maybe coaching? I will interested in knowing your offer if so.

Again, thank you so very much for all the resources that we can find on here. That is priceless and HIGHLY appreciated.

That’s a personal choice. For me, I separate removal and consider it a separate service. (This is part of the reason I eradicated online booking and absolutely don’t advise any of my consulting clients to use it. Salon clients will jack your book up if they don’t understand what they really need.)

Part of the reason for this separation is that some clients won’t require removal, so including the time into the gel manicure could cause you to lose 10-15 valuable billable minutes. It’s better to keep your books tight so you can maximize your daily earning potential.