Guides for salons and studios
Articles on online booking, client records, team and pricing — concrete help with the decisions your salon actually faces.
How to announce a salon price increase without surprises
Announce new salon prices with clear notice templates, a plan for existing bookings and a checklist for updating your...
Digital stamp card for salons: paper, a loyalty app or a card inside your booking system
Paper card, separate loyalty app or a card inside your booking system: who stamps, what gets lost, what clients insta...
Loyalty program examples for salons: seven reward ladders and what each reward costs
Loyalty card examples for hair, barber, nail, beauty, lash, massage and grooming salons: reward ladders with points p...
How to open a hair salon in the UK: from the first registration to a full column
Opening a hair salon in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland: registration, insurance, colour safety, a price...
How to open a barbershop in the UK: rules, chairs and a diary that takes walk-ins
Opening a barbershop in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland: registration, chair renters and tax status, raz...
How to open a beauty salon in the UK: why your treatment list comes first
Your treatment list decides your licences. What opening a beauty salon in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Irelan...
How to open a nail salon in the UK: licences, extraction and a price per set
What opening a nail salon in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland involves: London licences, dust and vapour...
How to open a tattoo studio in the UK: registration, hygiene and a fair day rate
Registration in England, licences in Wales and Scotland, the age rule, inks, sterilisation and pricing: how to open a...
How to price hair salon services: hours, colour, length and VAT
Price hair services from the hours a stylist can really sell, the grams of colour and developer in the bowl, length s...
How to price barbershop services: slots, beard work and walk-ins
Price a barbershop menu from the slots each service blocks: clipper cuts, fades, beard work, shaves, walk-in gaps, co...
How to price beauty treatments: room time, product and devices
Cost each beauty treatment from room time, product per treatment and a share of every device, then price courses, VAT...
How to price tattoos: needle hours, drawing time and deposits
Set a tattoo rate from real needle hours, drawing time and sterile single-use costs, choose hourly, per-piece or day...