Salon Management

Service Spotlight: Bioradiance Facial at The Spa at the Mandarin Oriental New York

We’re willing to bet “youthful glow” are two of the most-used words from clients describing what they want in a facial. The Spa at the Mandarin Oriental New York makes that the goal of the aptly named BioRadiance Facial aided ...

30 (Under 30 Minutes) Profit-Driving Express Salon Services

When a repressed economy encouraged clients to S-T-R-E-T-C-H their appointments, clever salon owners responded with strategies to capture lost revenue. Across the country, express-service menus popped up, encouraging add-on sales while helping ...

Create Money-Making Services

Adding new services to your menu can be a great growth strategy. “But if you don’t do your homework first, it can be detrimental to growth,” says Steve Gomez, professional developmental manager for Milady. “You need to ...

Talking to the Masses

When Scott Missad assumed ownership of the Gene Juarez Salons & Spas, with nine locations and an academy in Seattle, Washington, he knew he was gaining a revered brand and a fantastic team of employees. But as the co-leader of Strictly ...

Missed Opportunities: 5 Tips to Update Your Salon Services

Are you missing out on offering services for your clients in need? Are there special requests that you just can’t fulfill because you don’t have the right systems or services in place. Many salons are losing thousands of dollars a ...

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Greening the Industry

Have you ever assessed what goes into your trash? Have you counted the number of bags that hit the dumpster every night after the salon closes? Maybe it’s time you should.When a Toronto salon owner told entrepreneur Shane Price how much ...

Service Spotlight: Hard Rock's Rhythm & Motion Synchronicity Massage

Hard Rock Hotels infuse a thread of music through everything they do, including spa experiences on site. A handful of the hotels have Rock Spas that feature new Rhythm & Motion spa menus that utilize amplified vibrations, pressures and ...

Cindarella PARIS Enters the U.S. Market

Headquartered just outside Paris, France, Cindarella PARIS, Inc., French salon furniture manufacturer was started in the 1960s and today is available in over 35 countries throughout Europe and in the Middle East.Cindarella offers more than 200 ...

Upgrade Your Profits

About four years ago, Jeff South, owner of Intrigue Salon in Atlanta, Georgia, was asked if he would like to upgrade to a corner room at the hotel where he was staying.The cost was minimal, so he said “yes.” South also began noticing ...

Salon Tour: Dry Art Blow Dry Bar & Salon

Dry Art Blow Dry Bar & SalonLexington, Kentuckydryartlex.com Owner: Sharla HillDate of Opening: November 2013Overall Style: eclectic, urban chic, rustic modernSquare Footage: 2,000Total Design Investment: $256,051Styling Stations: ...

Caruh's 'We Love People Like You' Campaign

In designing a client recruitment campaign, Cyndi DeSoto, owner of Caruh Salon Spa in Seattle, Washington, started paying attention to the people with whom her team associated.“In building a relationship business, I wanted our new guests ...

Signature Spotlight: Claude Baruk's Signature Five-Step Cut

There is beauty in simplicity. Claude Baruk, owner of Claude BARUK Salon at Wynn, in Las Vegas,  has crafted his Women’s Signature Five-Step Cut that he and his team believe works great on any client. The wet-cut technique makes for ...

2015 Salon Today 200: Environmental Sustainability

A commitment to the environment is one of the noblest endeavors a salon or spa owner can embrace, but it also is a wise business decision. To assess the greeness of our applicants, we invited owners to state their best case to a local ...

2015 Salon Today 200: Planned Profitability

Continually growing service and product sales while trimming expenses is a balancing act for any salon and spa owner and the profit percentage one posts at year’s end is their management scorecard. When a salon owner can step out from ...

Stats on the Well-Groomed Gent

The art of taking care of oneself has made its way into the daily routine for many men in the United States. From hair gel to pre-shaving oil to eye wrinkle cream, many new products for the care and maintenance of a man’s appearance have ...

Service Spotlight: Peptide Eye Treatment

For the well-heeled clients at Greenspring Rejuvenation Spa in Tucson, Arizona, a complimentary, youthful eye treatment proves the perfect incentive for purchasing the spa’s Luksus Ultra Eyelash Conditioner. Lead esthetician Regina Chu ...

Spas Prove Sugar Can Be Healthy

As Halloween comes and goes and the 2014 holiday season kicks in, members of the International Spa Association (ISPA) remind spa-goers there is a silver lining to their suguar cravings. Many spas and product companies use sugar as a scrub aid to ...