{"id":1616,"date":"2016-03-08T22:54:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T03:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2020-02-05T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:03:01","slug":"tips-starting-beauty-salon-hair-queen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/tips-starting-beauty-salon-hair-queen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Starting a Beauty Salon, from the “Hair Queen”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u201cHair Queen\u201d herself, Suzanne Van Houten, has been in the beauty industry for over 30 years, and has worked as a colorist and stylist during that time. She has also owned her own salon for at least 15 years, so she is pretty knowledgeable on the subject. One of the products she likes to use are these affordable shampoo back wash.<\/p>\n

Van Houten is interested in helping share her expert knowledge about the beauty field to those thinking about starting their own salons. She always applauds stylists and technicians who are interested in owning their own business, \u201cCongratulations on having that dream!\u201d But then, she gets down to business and asks questions that really probe the person\u2019s suitability for business ownership.<\/p>\n

Just because a stylist can stand behind the chair and be booked solid throughout the day doesn\u2019t mean that they have what it takes to successfully operate the whole salon. Van Houten says that it\u2019s an entirely different set of skills that need to be mastered.<\/p>\n

A person also needs to have passion for the business, and the ability to stick with something until they succeed. A person who \u201ccan\u2019t put it down, can\u2019t get it out of their head\u201d and is \u201cwilling to be a little humble\u201d is bound to succeed, according to Van Houten.<\/p>\n

Advice for Striking Out on Your Own<\/strong><\/p>\n

Van Houten usually recommends having at least 5 years of experience under your belt working in the industry, and have a full book of clients before thinking about starting in business for yourself. \u201cYou need to have enough income to cover the nut by yourself \u2014 whether you have one employee or 10\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n

When beginning a new salon, be prepared to have a huge increase in workload. \u201cYou go from being a creative person with 2 or 3 hats at most to being a salon owner with 5 or 6 hats,\u201d Van Houten says.<\/p>\n

The owner will also need to \u201cdraw a line in the sand\u201d and set the rules about the salons environment and culture, starting from the first day. \u201cThe pace of the leader is the pace of the pack.\u201d Employees will look to the owner or leader in times of crisis, for solutions or answers. \u201cIt really hurts when you have to look at yourself and say, \u2018I want them to be on time, but I\u2019m not on time.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

You must also be ready when your best employees or contractors decide to do the same thing you did, and open up their own shop when they feel it is time. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to keep a river running of talent,\u201d says Van Houten. She also mentions that human resources can be the hardest job for new business owners.<\/p>\n

She also adds that this is a skill worth learning: \u201cYou\u2019ve got to be an educator. You\u2019ve got to train your crew and motivate them.\u201d The reward for those who do is a business with beauty at its heart. For more products for your salon: Please check out these large selection of: whole sale price hair stations<\/a>\u00a0 and so many other products like: dryer, steamer, shampoo chairs etc\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cHair Queen\u201d herself, Suzanne Van Houten, has been in the beauty industry for over 30 years, and has worked as a colorist and stylist during that time. She has also owned her own salon for at least 15 years, … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions\/2094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spasalon.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}