Blueprint of a First Year

ISSE, Taxes, and Play Dates

by NAILS Magazine | February 26, 2010 | Bookmark +

I ended January with a fun trip to Long Beach, Calif., to work for Nubar at ISSE. It was so fun to see all my nail tech friends and to find new products and equipment I just had to have. Some of my new buys include: a UV lamp from Light Elegance, a Sunflower 2 from Young Nails, and of course, more glitter and the new Prism polishes from Nubar! I have used all of these every day since I returned home. I also had the privilege of finally meeting Sree Roy (shown with me in the picture), the managing editor for NAILS Magazine. She was very lovely and caring, and I look forward to connecting with her at future shows.

The end of January also brought the dreaded tax season. This was not fun at all for me this year. Last year was financially a disaster, but my accountant gave me some really good advice and I am very optimistic for this year. The major thing I will be doing is raising my prices. I made flyers and posted them throughout the shop to give my customers advance notice of the changes. So far I have only received positive feedback and even more money-making suggestions from my clientele. One of the things I'm considering is having a small menu of non-alcoholic, cold drinks for sale.

The last thing I would like to share with all of you is the value I have discovered in hosting and/or attending play dates with other nail techs. I hosted one here at my shop a few days ago. I invited a few of my friends over and we each came with products to share with the group (whether we traded or just gifted those products it was a way to make use of what we had). We also had a little fun food and of course, coffee. Everyone had something they wanted help with and everyone had something they could give advice on. It was an inexpensive way to network and gain nuggets of knowledge, as well as just have fun. 

 

—Marie, All Polished Up!, Dallas, Ore.

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