Hairdresser [Archive] - UK Business Forums

Shelley

27th November 2005, 08:17

Hi all,
Have been running my own business for 7 years, but finally took plunge 2 years ago and bought premises and all other agro that goes with it. hehe...

Rob Holmes

27th November 2005, 08:29

Hi Shelley,

Welcome to UKBF :)

I hope you find the forums useful to your business - hey maybe you'll be the first person to come up with a way to do online hairdressing :D

Rob

Shelley

27th November 2005, 08:34

Hi there thanks
Who knows......

Jayne

27th November 2005, 09:56

Hi Shelly,

Welcome to the forum :D

Jayne

emubill

27th November 2005, 10:35

welcome to the forum Shelly.

I can honestly say I prefer going to the dentist rather that the hairdresser.

No disrespect to hairdressers but I think its because my hair is poker straight and (according to my latest hairdresser) like Chinese hair. Must be all that type of food I eat.

Nige

anyamoo

27th November 2005, 13:37

Hi Shelley and welcome to the forum!

I love hairdressers, and find the whole experience of the head rub during hairwash stage simply wonderful!! :D

PS I have pm'd you with a message

Shelley

27th November 2005, 19:16

Hi everyone, always nice to hear different opinions. Hoping im going to learn something on here.

Enigma121

27th November 2005, 20:15

Hi everyone, always nice to hear different opinions. Hoping im going to learn something on here.

Hi Shelley, welcome to the forum. My wife is also a qualified hairdresser, but never took it up full time.

There are far too many around in this area to make a decent living unless you have a huge whack to invest in a big high street salon. Still she keeps mine clipped and her friends coloured quite nicely.

Shelley

27th November 2005, 20:19

HI there, Think there are far too many everywhere!!! Unfortunatly. Makes it even more hard going.
Atleast you get your hair cut though. always a good thing as my family keep teling me. LOL.

JustOneUK

28th November 2005, 16:32

hello from a fellow west sussex'er :?

do you do freebies :wink:

Feel free to submit a free advert.
James

JoyDivision

28th November 2005, 16:34

My experience of hair dressers is that some are really nice and some are horrible. One of them was really nasty with me and was swearing about my hair, I never went back there again, 6 months later it was under new management.

So I what I would say to all hair dressers is make sure you have customer service skills :D

fastfences

28th November 2005, 18:20

But JD, you should have combed the dreadlocks out first :lol: :lol:
Cheers, Nigel

Shelley

28th November 2005, 21:18

hi there all.......
james where are you based.

And JD we arent all like that, customer service most definatley.
But as i said before its always nice to know different opinions.

JustOneUK

29th November 2005, 17:01

hi there all.......
james where are you based.
I am in the picturesque jewel of Sussex... er....Crawley (http://www.justoneuk.com/SouthEast/Crawley/Crawley.htm) :?

:wink:

diddly_way

29th November 2005, 19:37

hey there
Presently i work in a hairdressers part time and it's a lovely place to work as my boss and fellow workers are all really kind and helpful, which is one of the best reasons to work!
Bit of advice though: always play good music 2 dance around to!

caroline

29th November 2005, 20:24

Hi and welcome!
I love my trip to the hairdressers. Its so lovely to have people asking me "can I get you a coffee, magazine, glass of wine?" its the most pampered I feel for a long time so I don't mind paying through the nose for it!
Best of luck

Shelley

29th November 2005, 20:43

hi all, music we have covered!!!! But the glass of wine bit we were wondering about. Its something we dont yet offer. Thanks for your input guys...

MorethanWords

29th November 2005, 20:51

A glass of wine at the hairdresser is a must! My old hairdresser used to always have wine on the go for his clients! Now he's too rich and successful to cut my hair anymore (sob!). Apart from the fact his salon is in Salisbury and I'm in Essex!

Been trying to find a decent hairdresser ever since and still can't find one I like. Maybe I'm just fussy?

caroline

29th November 2005, 21:13

Oh yes, the glass of wine is a must. My hairdressers has a little card like a menu that lists all the drinks available. They have a little bowl with mints & sweets on the table and they also have sunbeds available. They give "loyalty points" and a little card so when you have enough things done you can get a free treatment. All these little things make a visit to the hairdressers a little nicer.

RSL

30th November 2005, 15:17

congratulations and good luck with it all.
:-)

Shelley

2nd December 2005, 19:53

ok think you have sold the idea, we trying it for xmas and see how it goes. So thank you everyone, any ideas always welcome!!!

Jayne

2nd December 2005, 20:18

Hi,

My old hairdresser had a fridge full of beers for customers, you lot must be posh down there..we didn't even get a glass :lol:

Great fun though!

Jayne

Rob Holmes

3rd December 2005, 05:15

My old hairdresser had a fridge full of beers for customers, you lot must be posh down there..we didn't even get a glass :lol:

My barbers..

Cost: £8.50
Magasines available: 'Loaded' and various car mags
Drinks: Theres a coffee shop across the road that does takeouts
Music: Radio 1 or hardcore dance
Freebies: 1 tissue to wipe your face and if you're a 'regular' and ask really nicely you can have fag smoke blown over you too.

:D

Rob

a-okadmin

3rd December 2005, 07:30

Hi Shelley,

I enjoy going to the hairdressers but keep forgetting to phone for an appointment. A drop-in service would be good.

Good luck.

Jayne

3rd December 2005, 09:14

The drop in idea is great, sometimes you have to make appointments up to two weeks in advance, I never know what i'm doing in two weeks and usually end up missing appointments.

Sometimes when I do manage to get to the hairdressers, i'm in a rush too, so less talking somethimes is good...fast hair service for when you have a busy day :D

Jayne

Shelley

4th December 2005, 09:59

some interestings points there.

Cant think the smoking thing goes down to well. i think that be awful esp if you have just had your hair washed.

IMEX Sourcing Services

4th January 2006, 11:50

Hi Shelly,

Welcome to the Forums. I am sure you will find lots of great advice here. (ALso sent u a PM)

Added my site to your directory james, now cmon review it :P .

Ash

mendi

20th October 2009, 14:06

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