Personally, I enjoy doing pedis. However, I also have traditionally thought a
proper pedi should be relaxing. At the very least, you should get to settle
into a comfy chair.
I switched to doing "dry" pedis when I opened my last salon in '98 primarily
because I just hated carrying tubs of water back and forth across the salon!
What a set up for disaster! I'd been doing "dry" manis forever so it just
seemed stupid to still be soaking feet.
Anyway-- then along came Mom, who took over my pedi business and once she
became a certified massage therapist on top of her manicurist license-- there
was no way anyone wanted me to do their pedis anyway! Mom did them on the
massage table and no one could stay awake.
But now Mom is on the permanently disabled list (her diabetes caught up with
her and she can't stand for long without tumbling over and while she's having
trouble with her eye sight) and I'm back in my own salon.
I do lots of rockstar and Minx toes-- but I'm not sure how to answer the
question, "Do you do pedicures?"
I have plans to expand the salon into the neighboring suite when it becomes
available (hopefull the end of this year) and then I want to build a nice bench
seat style pedi platform. But in the meantime, my toe set up involves a bar
height chair and a step stool. It's not uncomfortable, but it doesn't offer
that "ahhhhhhhh" experience.
So while I'm more than willing and capable of beautifying a set of tootsies,
I'm not sure the majority of the people in my 'hood would call what I do a
"pedicure."
So: What do y'all suggest in the way of marketing what I do? Maybe I could bill
it as an "express pedi?"
I'd love some ideas on this.
Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA
"Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time."
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