That sounds like a wonderful first day! I'm so happy for you!! Michele
On Jun 18, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Karen 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.
