thanks for the well wishes and advice, everyone! For 18yrs I have been very dedicated to my nail business-working 12-14 hour days, staying up nights researching new nail ideas. Now that I'm 37, married, and prego, I am looking to find more balance and it is affirming to hear you professionals who are serious about your career give encouragement about babies/family. Has anybody ever worked from home? Like maybe on the down low, just a select group of clients who you like? Also wondering about paying booth rent while I am out for maternity leave. OUCH! Good for you, Cira. That's so funny; "baby hater". I KNOW! I have NO experience even holding them!, but we are soooo excited!
On Mar 23, 9:40 pm, cira mench <[email protected]> wrote: > CONGRATS!!! it's the best thing you will do. Take it from me, the self > proclamed baby hater. i love being a mom! the best and hardest job ever! > (and she's only 10 months). Thanks for sharing this! it's exactly what i > needed to know. I just decided one day that I didn't want to be on > commission anymore and my "boss" put me on rent. I had no clue how any of > this worked and 3 years later I'm finally getting the hang of it. I love > nails but I love my kid more so I cut my hours and became a part time nail > tech and full time stay at home mom. mh j jkyru kyuhj. adelynn says hi > and congrats > > CiraOn Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:35 PM, CAT BLUE <[email protected]> wrote: > > We had a Salon coach come in and give us these formulas: > > Your weekly goal should be 8x your weekly booth rent. ( 150/wk x 8 = > > $1200/wk) > > divide that by how many days a week you work and that should be your > > goal for the day. When you think this way, you start to go faster and > > add upgrades and quit giving away free nail art, free soak offs, and > > free repairs! > > Rent:a 12.5% of your income > > Supplies: 10% > > Self Employment Tax: 15% > > 2 wk vacation pay: 4% > > Marketing and Education: 5% > > Total Costs per week: 46.5% > > Take Home Pay=53.5% > > This helps me stay focused and watch all my dollars in and out and I > > don't make a deposit untill the end of the week, and whatever is left > > after my expenses, I write myself a paycheck. I will have vacay $ > > stashed, and also $ for taxes! Also, if you write down on your > > schedule exactly how much each person for the day paid you, (whether > > you claim it all or not), you will have a clear picture of how much > > you are really making and more aware of the cash you spend here and > > there and don't include it in your income. We HAVE to start viewing > > ourselves as businesswomen and not like this is just for fun, or it > > ISN'T worth it. > > ALTHOUGH, now that we just found out we are 8wks pregnant(!), my > > passion (or obsession) might also be changing...When I work a shorter > > week, I can definitely see it in the paycheck. Maybe a place with > > cheaper booth rent if you are only working part time. > > > On Mar 20, 6:26 pm, Lauren Dodson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for all of the answers and thoughts so far. I do love what I do > > and love > > > being my own boss. But I would also love know how to make more money. > > Is there > > > a formula I could follow ie: rent should be a certain % of what you earn, > > > supplies etc. Maybe if I knew what the most I should spend a year I > > could keep > > > that goal in check. i spent about $400 on Shellac and the lamp last year > > and > > > brought in an extra $4000. I thought that was worth it. I have only > > bought some > > > of the new colors of the Shellac, instead of getting all of them. Trying > > to edit > > > myself. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "NailTech" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
