I agree with Katherine . I don't work on children's nails, however, the couple of times I did I charged full price, kids nails are worse than adults .
Shawn Wilson www.ExquisiteNailBoutique.com 312-938-8600 On Apr 20, 2013 3:48 PM, "Katherine Fahrig" <[email protected]> wrote: > My general rule is that I do not do any "service" on anyone under 16 years > old. If they cannot drive themselves to their appointment I will not be > bothered with them. I am not a babysitter. If my client has her underage > daughter or granddaughter with her on her appointment time and I have the > time to put a coat of polish on the child within the paying clients > appointment time, I will polish the child's nails at no charge. No > manicure, no filing the nails, 2 coats of polish and 1 coat of top coat, no > charge. I don't care if the child is male or female, same rules. I've done > this several times over the years. > > However, Rules are made to be broken. IF my long term client brings her > child, 12 or older, I will do a full manicure on the child IF the > mother/grandmother/aunt/adult is also getting a service right before or > after the child's appointment, for the full adult manicure price. I have > done this exactly 1 time in 25+ years of doing nails. > > That's my rules. > > I have a client who's son liked to get his nails painted when he came with > mommy to her nail appointment. He usually choose blue or green, sometimes > black or gray. He's 8 now and no longer interested in getting his nails > painted even though he still comes with mom to her nail appointments. > > Katherine > Nails at Panache > St. Louis, MO > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 20, 2013, at 1:46 PM, "Karen Hodges" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Had a situation in the salon today... > Children's manicures..... > > Mom came for a wax, brought 6 yr old daughter. Estie asked if I could > "just do some sparkles...no manicure...just sparkles." 1. What would your > child's mani consist of? 2. Would you do a mani before polishing? 3. How > long would it take 4. How much would you charge? 5. Would you ever do > Shellac on a child? 6. Would you do a boy or girls only? Comment on any > or all questions, please! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
