How to Start a Salon Business

If your passion is making people look good through various beauty services, getting into the beauty business may be a good investment!

Below are important things to consider in putting a salon business.

1. Location
In a salon business, you must pick your location carefully.

Insider Tips:
– You won’t go wrong with choosing to put your salon in a mall.
– You’d also want to cater from Class A to C.
– Spend time looking for a good location and an area that would give you a comfortable size.
– It’s also a good idea to pick an area with lots of foot traffic if you think you’ll depend on walk-in clients.

2. Equipment
It’s better to buy good used equipments

Insider tips:
– If you prefer new supplies, shops like Hortaleza, HBC and Accessories and Beauty Equipment stock everything you are likely to need.
– It is also important to buy high-quality shampoos and chemicals for nail care, hair treatment and coloring to please your clients.

3. Staff
It’s always a must to recruit good people for your parlor.

Insider Tips:
– Your staff should have the technical expertise especially in hair coloring and styling using international standards as a benchmark.
– They have to undergo regular and constant training to update them on new products, hairstyles and customer service.
– Very important to travel abroad to attend some conventions / seminars. Continuous research is very important to know the latest trends.
– Think how can you innovate!

4. Cost Breakdown
To put up a 50-60 sq. meter salon in a mall, be prepared with at least 3 to 3.5 million pesos!

Costs includes:
– Construction plus interior
– Rental payment (rental in malls costs P70 to P75 thousand pesos a month)
– Deposit payment
– Advance payment
– Equipment (mirror, chairs, scissor, blower, other gadgets)
– Supply (shampoo, chemicals, etc.)
– Business permit is one of the highest expenses ranging from P100 – P200 thousand pesos

List of Basic Salon Equipments and Materials
– Shampoo chair w/ ceramic bowl
– Hydraulic chair
– Stylist stool
– 4-layer trolly
– Manicure table
– Hair steamer
– Infrared stand
– Footspa machine
– Footspa chair
– Waiting chair/sofa
– Mirror (65 x 100 m)

– Naylon cape
– Barber’s scissor
– Thinning scissors
– Hair comb (narrow)
– Hair comb (wide)
– Barber’s brush
– Hair clippers
– Hair brush
– Hair blower
– Hair rollers/curlers
– Hair benders
– Hair towels
– Hair cap
– Heating cap
– Hair Iron
– Ear pads
– Heated curlers

– Nail cutters
– Nail file
– Nail brush
– Nail nippers
– Face towels
– Frosting cap
– Nail buffers
– Foot scrubbers
– Foot file
– Pumice sponge

List of Basic Salon Supplies
– Hot oil
– Rebond
– Relaxer/straightening
– Cellophane
– Hair coloring
– Hair shampoo
– Hair conditioner
– Treatment (rebond)

– Foot soak
– Foot soap
– Foot scrub
– Foot massage cream
– Foot lotion
– Cuticle remover
– Base coat polish
– Colored nail polish
– Top coat polish