Karen I just want to say a big congratulations! I get so excited when I hear stories like yours where your first day was amazing! It can be really nerve wracking starting somewhere new. It sounds as if you have a great salon to work in, a fantastic boss and staff who are willing to work WITH you! Of course having a great attitude helps but even that wont help if you are in a bad salon with an awful boss! I wish you all the best and look forward to your updates! I can see you having a full clients list in no time at all :-)
On Jun 19, 11:57 am, Karen <[email protected]> wrote: > Well....went in with my things and zero appointments on the books. Was there > 15 > minutes and trying to sort out crazily packed tub of implements and products > labeled "nail cart" from Morning Glory when the receptionist came to me and > said, "you have an express pedicure"!! Yikes! One of the stylists had upsold > the service while his hair client processed. Quickly pulled together a pedi > basket...and did the pedi. She loved it...and has said she'll book a regular > pedi with me next time. Cleaned up from that, and took hot towels, a tube of > Hand Relief and a hand sanitizer around the salon and did hot towel hand > treatments for every client getting hair done. Did that for a couple of > rounds > while finishing up nail desk and pedi basket and getting implements all > disinfected. (The system here is a 10-minute soak in disinfectant, followed by > drying, then placing in steri-paks and heating in a heat sterilizer for 30 > minutes til pack indicator changes color.) > > A hand treatment lead to a mani/pedi from another hair client. But I upsold > that > from an express mani to a Shellac service, and she's thrilled to find me. Has > just moved back to the area after graduating from Okla Univ. and has been > missing her nail tech in Norman. > > The owner gave me permission to do a few complimentary services (my apartment > complex office staff are getting treated!) and even put together cute little > promotional sacks----very tiny black paper bags with a mint, a pinkie of Solar > Oil a business card and an ink pen with the salon name. I contribued some > black > nail files (the color scheme is black and white) and told her I would print > off > some of Holly's promotional info on Shellac to put in each bag. We clipped > the > pens on the sides of the bags, and they hold the business cards on the outside > of the bags. Very cute looking! > > So...all in all...I came home thrilled! And exhausted! And very pleased to > have > ended up with three services starting from nothing! This is gonna be fun! > > And thanks for the ideas on the pedi chairs...I found a similar model and > downloaded the instructions to take in. They recommend running the unit with a > disinfectant for 10 minutes once a week. Oh...and am keeping a cleaning log > right there on the chair, too. > > Karen...who is tickled pink! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
