I had to chime in......way to go Anna Z!!!! Love your comments!! Right on sister!! Lol....I too have the same experience. I'm in a full service, quaint and comfortable salon with a consistent 100 on our health score. We are in a small rural town in Tennessee which makes it imperative to retain clients because the pickings are slim. I don't rush my clients out the door...heck, I let them take smoke breaks between their mani and pedi...some even bring lunch to eat on our back deck. I pride myself on my work and staying up on my education and all the latest trends. I only use top of the line products as well. However, every time I speak with a woman who has their nails done or comments on how great mine look and I give them one of my business cards...they all tell me they go to __________.......the same little crappy "strip" shop salon. I've heard nightmares about this place...I've even had to fix some of their mistakes but they're still the busiest place in town. I've been told by some that they go there because its cheap and fast....just great. How does one compete??
It's very frustrating!!!! Just my 2 cents!! Christine On May 3, 2013, at 1:59 AM, Michelle Cordes <nailgirl1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > What is hilarious is I have a whole clientele of different ethnic groups who > are like "DAMN, this white girl can do NAILS!!". I tell them that there are > more of us "non discount nail artists" around than they would think... we > just aren't in strip malls charging $10. You have to look a bit for us... we > cost more... but we are WORTH it. They tell their friends, and so on, and so > on... :) > > On a serious note... > Although, while some of it has to do with the proliferation of discount > salons, a lot also has to do with the increased cost of marketing. It is now > cheaper to rent a space in a strip mall than to have a nice little place and > advertise. The ads that cost me $40 in 1998 are now $150. It's sad. And with > today's internet market... maintaining a website and doing social media can > be expensive too, and time consuming. Gone are the days when you gave some > full sets to an auction at your local school, and paid $40 to the local paper > for a tab insert in the paper that they designed and ran.... and could get a > full clientele off that. Added to the fact that the nail consumer wants > MORE... art, value, cleanliness, sanitation, quality... and our prices have > gone up so much for overhead, it is really tough to balance it. BUT IT IS > DOABLE :) > > Diana, that was funny as hell.... rotflmao.... > > Michelle Cordes > Independent Distributor for It Works! Crazy Wrap Thing > Nail Technician at Gene Juarez Salon, Tacoma Mall > Find me on Facebook! Search "Michelle Cordes" > > From: Anna Z James <annazja...@aol.com> > To: "nailtech@googlegroups.com" <nailtech@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:33 PM > Subject: Re: NailTech:: "Never go to a White Girl to get your nails done" > > Wow....it's so true I have been doing nails since I went to Cosmo school > while still in high school however years later went back after never > finishing and got just my nail license 17 years later I finally have an > opportunity have a salon of my own to find that there aren't many American > nail techs with talent and quality crafting. It's sad how young people of > today have no value for craft nor do they understand that those other salons > that are cheap maybe faster and maybe even last a little longer between fills > is because they don't use professional products they are an assembly line of > family or unlicensed workers damaging their nails. > > I'd go to a white girl any day!!! > > Anna Z-James > www.annazjames.com > 702-927-8831 > > On May 2, 2013, at 7:08 PM, Diana Bonn <db...@iquest.net> wrote: > > > OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! toooooooooooooooooo funny!!!!!!!!!! > > > > New client, came in to me and told me her co-worker, who is 25 YEARS OLD, > > told her that she should "Never go to a White Girl to get your nails > > done"!!! > > > > I started laughing and said, what does she mean? My new client said, that > > she told her only those people in the nail salons know how to do nails, > > white girls don't. > > > > I think it is the funniest thing that I have heard of FOREVER!!!!!!!!! > > > > But on the other hand, I wrote about this YEARS AGO, a prediction of what > > would happen in the future. > > > > In my nails only salon, 12 nail techs, women would bring their daughters > > in, and watch mom get their nails done. Then they would go to school, and > > become nail techs, and salons all over town had choices of different girls > > going and graduating from schools. The salons had a "pick" of the > > litter!!!!!!!!! Beauty schools were booked solid of the nail > > classes...........Clients even went to school and became nail > > techs............The supply and demand of nail techs!!!!!!!!!!!! > > WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > But our industry changed, as new salons opened up, from different > > nationalities, Mom's started going to other salons, and took their little > > girls. Little girls grew up, and like Mom's they went and had their nails > > done. These little girls had NO IDEA, that there was a career in the nail > > industry, they ASSUMED, that the best was what they were brought up with. > > > > No little girls going to school, salon owners can't find nail techs, the > > young generation has no clue that money can be made, or even WORSE, nail > > techs giving up and blaming their lack of business on these salons. > > > > So no wonder this little "25 year old" girl has NO CLUE..........too funny > > but makes you think how our industry has changed soooooooo much in the last > > 15 years. > > > > And how the public perceives our industry, something to ponder. > > > > Please, this has nothing to do with race, before someone starts slamming, > > this has to do with reality of our industry. For the Good and for the Bad. > > JMHO diana from indiana > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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. > > > > > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. 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