A Day in the Life of a Salon Owner

Being a salon owner sounds like heaps of fun, right? All those hair or beauty products to play with all day, free treatments whenever you want them from your team of happy, productive staff, evenings spent at the most fabulous events and social activities, full of beautiful people like yourself…

… And once you’ve woken up from this amazing dream and decided to open your own salon, you’ll realize that it was (mostly) just a dream!

Running a salon is hard work. Really hard work. Even at the end of the day when the doors have closed and the rest of your team are happily back home, there’s work to be done. Sometimes, it feels as though it never stops, especially in those early years. And if you are lucky enough to get a day away from the salon? Some of the time it will almost certainly be marketing and bills, not Netflix and chill.

That’s not to say it can’t also be the most rewarding thing you’ll have ever done. There’s the buzz of working in an ever-changing industry with a great team of people that you’ve curated and regular clients who love coming to your place to see you all. There’s the satisfaction of making all those people’s days just a little bit better as you’ve helped them look and feel great. And that is what makes it all worthwhile.

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