If I have time I'll do a manicure (no gel polish or acrylic) on a child. I file and apply some lotion. Then apply polish. I never touch the cuticles. I charge $10. I figure it makes them feel special and it introduces them to good habits. I don't do that many children either and my clients don't normally bring their kids. I agree with Kelley. Maintain control cause the parent will try to walk all over you. If you don't want to do them, don't. It's not for everyone.
Cira On Sunday, April 21, 2013, Kelley from Opalized Designs Studio wrote: > First of all, I too don't babysit children, yet since these could be > future clients and I maybe the first representative that teaches them about > taking care of their hands or feet-- I use children's manis as educational > opportunities. I have done Princess Parties and made GREAT EASY money! I > teach them why I do everything, I tell the parent whether or not I think > their cuticles need pushing or trimming, the child holds my tools to see > what is what, and it is explained that IF they mess up their nail polish, I > DO NOT fix them because my service is a special something that adult ladies > get and they have to behave like a grown up to have pretty nails. I > actually put them in time out for 10 minutes so the nails dry! I charge $20 > for a regular mani and $25 for a gel glitter. Hope this helps...there is a > market, IF you take charge of it and don't let the kid OR the parent have > the reins! :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > To post to this group, send email to nailtech@googlegroups.com<javascript:;> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nailtech@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
