Ladies, Need Money? Checkout These Great Tips for Making Millions From Beauty Salon

If you have had hopes of becoming successful in the beauty salon business, then this piece is what you need to go through.

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Beauty salon business is one of those businesses that can thrive irrespective of the economic situation of the country. Previous investigations had revealed that recession hardly had an effect on how the population take care of their hair and other  personal hygiene. Industry analysts in the United Kingdom actually claim that beauty salons have performed well during the country’s recession; a 2009 report found out that only one in 10 women had stopped going to the salon to save money during the downturn.

 

In Nigeria here, women still adorn different hairstyles every week, children either boys or girls including men eqaully visit salon from time to time. Furthermore a number of recent trends, notably the increasing number of men seeking specialist health and beauty treatment, have provided real benefit to salons. This means that operators will always be in demand and that proves unending flow of income.

 

Running a beauty salon goes beyond hairstyling, it cuts across manicure, pedicure, spa, facial treatment, beauty treatment and you can also have a department where you can sell all the products that your clients need. More like operating a one stop shop services, it can be quite lucrative. Generally, with the trend in fashion statements nowadays, operators  are usually busy.

 

Although it is good  if you  have some basic training and experience, but this is also one of the businesses you can do even without experience.  However, If you do not have a beauty background, all you need is to ensure the staff you take on are sufficiently qualified, you will need to employ a beauty therapist as a day-to-day manager to make up for any shortfalls in specialist knowledge.

 

You can have a unisex salon under one roof, where you can cater for both men and women including children. You can get hands from the neighbouring country in Benin Republic, they are very good in weaving and braids, place them on salary or commission and you are good to go.

 

Below are some essential tips you will find invaluable as you plan your salon:

 

1. Business plan

 

No business can function properly without a plan. You need a roadmap, a document that will guide your business to success. It doesn’t have to be a long drawn out process. In fact, you’ve probably already put together a lot of the information mentally, or even scribbled a few notes on paper. The point of a solid business plan is to figure out what your business is, how it will be successful, and how you’ll solve problems.

 

2. Funding

 

You need to figure out how much money you need to get started, and where it will be coming from. Is it from a personal saving, a loan from relatives or bank?

 

3. Mentor is important

 

As you’re planning your business, it’s a great time to find a business mentor. It’s best to find someone in the salon industry that can answer questions for you as you start and grow your business.

 

4. Accounting and inventory

 

To keep track of your money and project growth, you’ll want to implement an accounting and inventory program. On the accounting side, you’ll need a program to track your revenue and expenses. You can seek help from an accountant to get started.

 

5. Location

 

The right location is the difference between success and failure. You want to select a spot with good traffic, high visibility, and is located where your target demographic shops or lives. Be fussy about your location, it is very important. Equally if you have space in your compund, you can actually start from home as well.

 

6. Opening your salon

 

With the planning stages complete, you’ll move on to the nitty-gritty details of actually opening your salon.

 

7. Design your salon around your clients

 

As well as providing top-notch beauty treatments, you have to put effort into making your salon a place people want to go to unwind, and be prepared to offer great customer service to make everyone feel welcome. So before you start painting the walls and picking out furniture, make sure that your design matches the kind of clientele you want to attract. If your customer base is the younger generation, go with fun, bold colors and furniture. For a higher-end vibe, go for a modern and sophisticated look. In other words, tailor your look to your intended client base.

 

8. Marketing

 

To be successful, you need clients. To attract clients, you need a marketing plan. You need to set aside some money to market your business. Without it, you’ll struggle.

 

Create a killer website: For starters, you need a good website. If you have the money, hire a professional to create your website. Your site should be attractive, easy to navigate, and ideally include helpful information for your customers, such as hours, location, contact info, and pricing. Setting up an online booking system is also a good thing to look into.

 

Before you dive into a design, take a look at the sites of your competitors and try to design something that sets your salon apart.

 

Find creative, low-cost marketing ideas: Consider supporting a nearby school inter-house sport competition or a small charity event to attract more customers. You want to get the word out about your salon, and getting involved in your community is a great way to do that.

 

Social media accounts: Social media is an important component to your marketing plan, facebook, instagram, and others, but make sure you post regularly and engage with your customer‎

 

9. Continue marketing efforts

 

When a customer finds a stylist he or she likes, they usually become repeat clients. However, this doesn’t mean you should let up on your marketing efforts. Even if you have a steady stream of customers, you should build on the marketing efforts that you’re already using.

 

10. Check for ways to save

 

When you first open your doors, you may have splurged on a few things that you thought you needed, but really don’t. With your business established, review your inventory and see if you can make any changes or cuts to save money.

 

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Via The Sun

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Ageless Beauty! You Won't Believe That This S*xy Woman is Actually a 64-year-old Grandmother (Photos)

An old woman who is already a grandmother has stunned people with her ageless body which is giving young girls a run for their money.

Wendy Ida

 

Wendy Ida is a 64-year-old Californian grandmother, who has gotten a lot of people talking with her body.

 

The woman who is the mother to a 41-year-old lady, Sky, says people often think they’re sisters when they’re out, and we can totally believe it.

 

 

According to Metro UK, Wendy says her youthful looks are the result of an intense fitness regime. She puts in one-and-a-half to two hours at the gym every day. And she’s been doing it for over two decades now.

 

She started going to the gym when she was 43, after ending an abusive relationship which left her with low self-esteem.

 

 

Today, she is a top fitness trainer and life coach in LA.

 

‘I’m 64 and in the best shape of my life,’ she says. ‘When I say how old I am people don’t believe me and want to see my driving licence. People say I look like I’m in my early thirties. I had someone aged 22 think I was their age.

‘And whenever me and Sky are together people mistake us for sisters. It happens so often.’

 

 

As well as doing cardio and weights at the gym every day, Wendy often runs home. She also enjoys salsa and hip hop dancing.

 

She entered her first bodybuilding competition at the age of 57.

 

And on her 60th birthday, she celebrated by setting a Guinness World Record for doing 37 burpees in one minute.

 

 

Wendy now focuses on inspiring others to get fit whatever their age. ‘I want to be an inspiration to everyone who says, “I’m too old and can’t do it”,’ she says.

 

‘Do a little exercise and work your way up and don’t take no for an answer,’ she instructs.

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Ladies Listen, 8 Things Men Will Always Find Attractive in Women

If you are a lady and consistently wonder what exactly men find attractive in women, then this piece might just be able to solve that problem for you...

1. Wide hips

Wide hips are a sexually dimorphic trait. During puberty, women’s hipbones widen to facilitate childbirth. Hips don’t lie—wide hips in a woman are a strong signifier to men that she’s a mature adult who’s very much capable of reproduction. (She can push out little critters with ease.) Since we men are all about putting our seed in fertile ground, it’s not uncommon to see us fawning over Iggy Azalea and her ilk’s “parted like the Red Sea” hips.

2. Big, full, and red lips

Big, full, and red lips are a strong sign of good genetic quality. Full lips are often a sign that your jaws have grown correctly without misalignment—a very good indicator of genetic health. It’s no coincidence that people who have a perfect teeth and a perfect bite often also have full lips. But what of the redness? Lipstick doesn’t exist in nature, so why would men find red lipstick attractive? When women apply red lipstick they’re unknowingly mimicking a big sign of arousal in primates. Upon arousal in female primates blood rushes to their lips, creating a red sheen. Naturally, male apes are going to want to get with someone who’s putting her willingness on display. This is no less true in Homo sapiens. Red lips are universally attractive because they signal arousal and willingness to engage in sex. So ladies, perhaps you should be a bit more careful with what you smear on your lips if you don’t want to look like you’re actively looking to get a piping.

3. Slim waists

This one goes hand-in-hand with the wide hips. Estrogen, the female hormone, dictates fat storage in women. High estrogen levels in the female body often mean that fat will congregate around the breasts, the hips, and ass—NOT the stomach. So when men see a woman with a bit of a gut—she’s telling us “My estrogen levels are not very high”—men love high estrogen, so she’s not going to be a big hit with the lads.

It’s simple—if you have a big belly, we’re not going to find you as attractive as we would if you had a slim waist. DUH. Testosterone, the male hormone, dictates fat storage on the stomach. That’s why you don’t see many women with beer guts.

4. Maternal instinct

Women who display a maternal inclination and all the traits that this entails are very attractive. Qualities such as kindness, empathy, and warmth are all the offspring of the maternal demeanor. They are also the antithesis of the typical feminist qualities, something that may explain why most men find feminists repulsive. Personally, I find that seeing a woman coddling a pet or a baby with love in her eyes stirs something deep inside of me—it awakens primal attraction. I remember finding Disney’s portrayal of Snow White to be incredibly attractive as a child. Looking back on it through an evolutionary lens, I’ve come to realize that it may have had a lot do with her cuddle sessions with forest animals. I will often look at how women treat children and small animals. It is a good way to determine whether she’s girlfriend material or pump-and-dump material. Embodying maternal qualities tells men that you will be a good mother to your potentially shared offspring.

5. Submissiveness

Men have always been the dominant sex—men’s largely superior upper-body strength has made any other balance of power impossible. This fact is, despite it seeming that way on first glance, not a disadvantage to women. In fact, women wouldn’t have it any other way. Women on the whole, although many may be afraid to admit it in this current feminist climate of thought-policing, find dominant men more attractive than their meeker counterparts. They don’t like feeling “above” their men. This is evident in the fact that women tend to want to marry partners who make more money than they do. The force that logically corresponds to women’s attraction for dominant men is the male attraction to submissive women. A woman acting submissive around a man will reaffirm his protector and provider instincts, making him both feel better about both himself and her.

6. Ample breasts

Men love big tits—that’s not a very well kept secret. Some speculate that boobs have evolved to resemble the ass as much as possible, the reason being that our ancestors, who were initially only able to mate from behind, needed a substitute ass to ogle around the time when bipedalism allowed for face-to-face fucking. The fact that breasts play a big part in nurturing offspring has helped a lot in the two funbags’ meteoric rise to sex-symbol status. Again, estrogen plays a big part in telling fat where to go. In women with a healthy hormonal profile, a lot of fat will assemble around the breasts.

7. Big asses

Kim Kardashian’s ass draws a lot of looks from horny men and jealous women. Her ass is attractive because of its breadth and volume. She be storing fat in all the right places. There’s not really much more to say about this. The bottom line is that if you have a big ass, you’re signaling fertility to the opposite sex.

8. Beauty

Beauty is, contrary to popular belief, NOT in the eye of the beholder. There are very specific ratios and features that determine facial beauty across cultures. Men will always find a beautiful face attractive—beauty is attractiveness.

 You’d better have big eyes, a small nose, a small chin, and big lips if you want to get yourself some action. Actually, scratch that—lucky for you, men’s standards are not very high, so any hoglike women out there reading this, there’s hope for you.

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How to balance a round face without contouring

Due to the rising popularity of contouring, thanks to Kim Kardashian and others, its taken its toll on everyone.

It’s obviously a great technique, but it’s a bit much to do every day.
In place of contouring, there are more subtle ways of balancing or offsetting your rounded features using makeup. Here's a step by step break down for your facial makeup for a slimmer looking face.

Eyebrows

If you want to do the least amount of work necessary to offset a round face, focus on your brows. Arched ones will add some much-needed
length to a round face since the arch will lift up your eye area, but flat or straight brows may make round faces look wider. To add some extra
angles, go for a sharper shape at the start of the brow and the top of the arch.

Eyeshadow

You can sneak in some angles by sharpening the outer edge of your eye makeup. You can do this
by making sure it doesn’t go beyond an imaginary line from the end of your brow to the end of your
eye, or by creating a sharp edge with a foundation brush after you do your eye makeup.

Eyeliner

One of the best ways to add angles is with some bold, graphic liner. Try a thick cat eye with a sharp wing that looks like it slopes, not softly
curves, when you close your eyes.
Blush The trick to using blush to narrow a round face is applying it diagonally and extending it higher than you normally would on your cheekbones. You can apply blush on your cheekbones first, and then drag the blush from the top of your cheekbones upward, toward the top of your ears to create the diagonal line.

Highlighter

To subtly add length, you can also highlight down the bridge of your nose and the center of your
forehead using a light shadow or a concealer lighter than your skin tone.
Lips

If you have more of a rounded cupid’s bow, you can try making the peaks look sharper with a lip
brush or the tip of your lipstick.
Wearing all these techniques together may be too much for faces with sharper features, but a very
round face can handle it.

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