I went and got a college degree that I never use and still make 6 figures doing hair now my parents see and are supportive lol! Keep on hustling girlie you have a beautiful space!

I'm 21yrs.old and I'm starting my business planning for a nail salon. I'm nervous but excited lol. Thank you for the info!!

@nataliesantos9043

3 жыл бұрын

how is it going

One thing you didn’t talk about was marketing. What methods did you use? Who manages your social media? How about selecting your employees? Who helped you hire/interview. What were your expectations? Do you also work in your salon or do you just run it?

This gives me so much confidence! I'm 26 trying to work my way through cosmetology school & I dream of having my own salon one day.

planning on opening a suite/salon space towards the end of this yr/beginning of next this definitely helped so much 😭🥺🤍🤍

Wow girl. I couldn’t be more glad that this video was in my recommended section. I’m obsessed with your drive. Your passion really reminds me of myself. Ig you see this, I wanna let you know how inspirational this was to me❤️ I’m 21 working in a commission salon. It’s not quite my vibe and I’m not growing there. At this point I’m trying to figure out what my next step is. Owning my own salon has been a thought of mine for some time. Thank you for going over so many important things to open a salon.

I recommend a q&a video like this. Literally this has been my most helpful video I’ve rewatched like 10 times taking notes and adding my own.

I’ve never found someone that thinks so similar to me!! Like everything you said from expectations to how you want your salon to be and your ambition... it’s amazing and I wish I was at school with someone like you (like me haha) but I think I just can’t get over the risk part of it... like how did you overcome the fear in the back of your head telling you “what if this doesn’t work at all”? I’m so scared but I want it all! 😭 you are amazing and I’ve subscribed 🤗

@SophieEilean

4 жыл бұрын

You just have to put mind over matter. If you go into thinking about what if it fails, then that’s where you’re mindset will be. You need to think positive and give it all you got!!

Im only 15 but are planning on opening my salon when i turn 18 or 19 x

@breianafrance8634

2 жыл бұрын

Keep grinding mama 💕

Soooooo!!!!!! Inspiring! I went to nursing school and became a nurse like my mom.. Have been a nurse for 3 years and am not happy in my job.. I applied to start cosmetology school and start next week. You inspire me to become a salon owner one day!!!! Congratulations!!! -Cassie

Thank you! I am 23 and want to start my own salon. I am in school rn. My family keeps asking me what I will do when I have kids and they don't want me to do it... But I really want to! Thanks for sharing your story!

@destinysoto5171

2 жыл бұрын

Do what you want girl it’s for YOU 😊

I give you so much credit, for Your courage, & Your Faith 💐

You have the best attitude toward life. Your going to do great! This was very helpful, I hope to open my own salon in a couple years. Just two months left of school! You go girl!

My bestie boo is so amazing & motivational!!!! im so proud of you & all you have accomplished !!! I couldnt ask for a better boss :)

This is the best most inspirational video ever. We started exactly the same lash tech at home, I have a suite now, now I’m ready for this. And I’m 21! 🥰 very helpful. Thanks again!

Could you do a video on the process of cosmetology and how you became licensed

This is so hopeful! I am 20 turning 21 in June. I just graduated Cosmo school dec 11th 2020 Ans I’m looking for jobs but also really want my own salon. This was a real eye opener! I’m still confused on what I should do! But hopefully that will come in time!

Thank you for this video! I’m 19 and want to open up my own salon💕

@SophieEilean

4 жыл бұрын

You can do it! 🍑

I think you are a great inspiration for young people to learn that getting their shit together in their 20's is important. I wasted my 20's. My question is, where did you learn your business savvy mindset? I actually have quite a few degrees and certifications. I will say in retrospect that they are valuable if you know what you plan to do with them but in my generation (yes I said it) degrees were a sign that you would go far in life. This was before there was internet and other ways to create success. I am in the process of adding a med spa/beauty lounge to my Wellness center. I will 100% admit I am not a numbers person but if I were a numbers person, it probably wouldn't have taken me until I was 40 years old to start my clinic/business/profession. Congratulations. Your studio is beautiful.

Literally a whole vibe .. I’ve been brainstorming and I might just take a leap of faith

Omg what color Gray did you use in your salon?! It is perfect! I have been looking for the perfect gray for months 😫😫

Proud of you! Congratulations on year 3

This was SO helpful babe! Thank you, and congratulations on all your hard work. 💕

I been doing hair 33 years since i was 16 years old 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wow you are so Smart for being so young. I am amazed, You really did your home work.

Thank you so much for making this video. This was very helpful, very informative, and I'm sure I'll be watching it again soon just for the encouragement and motivation. I am in the middle of planning to open a salon so this helped a lot.

Opening a salon with my family shortly, this was a great listen. Thank you! Would love to connect and discuss a few things about your journey if possible. Thanks again! Cheers

Your amazing thank you for this video ❤️ Hopefully opening my salon in 6 months time!

You are amazingly SMART! Keep it up, never give up, you will go far in life! Thanks for video. I have my own Jewelry business.

How much would you say it cost for the Kenra salon starter kit? I am super interested in using kenra at my future salon.

@SophieEilean

4 жыл бұрын

It changes every year. So the intros I bought would be different that what they are offering now. The best thing you could do is finding a Kenra Account Executive in your area and becoming yaffiliated with Kenra! They also have tons of them. So it’s hard to say what would work best for your future salon!

You are amazing!!! ❤️💕 keep it up

Salon tour?!

I also wanted to say that I am very bad about telling people what I am going to do. I do end up doing most of what I set out to do and I want people to promote me so I tell them but I found that things usually take me longer to launch than I anticipated so I end up still working on the same project maybe a year later especially due to covid. I had a mobile clinic I purchased that has been sitting and a food trailer but due to covid and lack of staffing, both of those projects had to be put on the back burner. I literally opened 2 locations but still everyone says "well this is all great but what about that mobile clinic parked in your lot?" I get frustrated with people because they don't have any idea how long one thing takes to get going and they end up thinking that if I say I am doing something that means it will happen within 3 months. I agree probably not saying anything until I am ready is a good idea but then I also feel like telling people forces me to follow through (even if it takes me longer than expected).

You have been a light! TY so much!

CONGRATULATIONS and thank you so much for the info.❤

The scissor necklace is sooo cute😍

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

How did you get approved for the loan? I am nervous that I won't get approved since I am still young with good, but not great, credit. Thanks!

@Nonlovexo1

3 жыл бұрын

I’d like to know the answer to this as well!

Hi OMG! I just wanted to say you have no ideaaa how HELPFUL and inspiring this video was girl!!! I don't think you could have explained the overall process any better! I can't imagine how many small details/bits of info you feel like you left out but you still had all of it so organized. Def taking notes here :) Also, which cosmetology school were you enrolled at if you don't mind me asking! I currently live in TX so I'm still doing all of the research on that end and some programs just look very sketchy or not up to date... :/ Thanks in advance for any advice Seophie!

That's really impressive! Good job!

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

One thing I have realized is and you probably know this, is that your vision and delegation has to grow with your size. I found it very difficult to handle social media, and all the admin part and be a practitioner. I would be interested to see a video where you talk about the growth and systemization you implement along the way especially for managing social media. I had someone who did this for me and they quit so I quickly realized that my plan was not able to be replicated and it was not scalable so we ended up stalling after we expanded to new facility. This may or may no be where you are in your journey and I was not prepared for updating my methods fast enough for the move. Just an FYI since you were very wonderful about sharing your journey.

Psalm 34 : 19 "Many are the affections of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them from them all " Try God, He's a great partner, He will help you out. Thank you for this tutorial , You did Wonderful. & told about all the details. So Happy for you, after all that hard work. 👍 & It was smart to keep your dream a secret. I hope your family is proud of you. I certainly would be 💜🕊️☮️

Sounds like my parents🤦🏽‍♀️ But they finally came around‼️🙌🏽

You did an amazing job explaining Thank you ☺️

Can you do a video of how pay your employees (payroll and taxes) and also did you apply for a personal or business loan

Great information. Thank you. Where did you get your salon chairs & standing mat?

Absolutely brilliant

I want to open a salon and I’m 20 but no experience with hair whatsoever I wanted to rent out chairs instead and try gain experience along the way… do you think that’d be possible or is it a must to be a qualified hair stylist before opening a salon and renting out chairs? Xx

Amazing salon sharing💖it's really beautiful and brings peace to the mind,,, Good luck in your journey to success 💖BIG LIKE👍

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

Love the chairs? Were can I get them? Im in CostaRica

Hey when you were choosing the retail company you wanted to work with, did you call them before you had a salon location ? And what sort of questions did you ask etc ? :) thanks so much this videos been great help xx

I’m 21 as well I plan on getting a shed and converting it to a small salon

Very encouraging ♥️

good luck missy

Hello I also live in Delaware. I will actually be starting cosmetology school at Aurora academy in a few weeks and I'm just wondering is the classes and training hard? I'm more nervous about the math side of everything? Also since the corona virus how is the cosmetology business been doing here in Delaware? I live in dover so I'm not sure if your from a different county or city here and if its any less or more business with everything happening.

Hello, thank you for the content.As a man, I would like to study skin care in California and offer my services to women. As a man who just graduated from the course, do you think it would be easy for me to find a job and what would be the estimated hourly wage including tips etc.? Would you recommend this job?

Love you for being you. All the best.God bless you.

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

A Lot of details

Totally feelin this video!

💋Many Many more Blessings sent your way. Keep up the GREAT WORK!!! Thanks for the INFO💗

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Amazing 💓❤️

So if it’s a 50% paid commission, all the gairstylists need to bring is their scissors and the salon has to provide the products right?

I found this video because I go to cosmetology school and have been given 6 weeks to do my business project and present my "business plan" to my school.

How do you determine pay? Is it chair rental? How’s you find your girls

Did you go through a local bank or onlive bank for your loan? That's my struggle

Hi love do you mind me asking did you have a client base before finding your space

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

yes I did!

Where did you apply for your loan

Hi! I’m from Delaware too!

Can you do a video about acquiring clientele

Im 18 and scared to take my state license 😭😭😭 any advice??? Ive been in school for 2 years the reason i took a while is becasuse looking at the book scares me 🤣😓

@prettyliviesbeauty8340

3 жыл бұрын

I just heard what we learn in the book is not even on our test. But I’m probably in a different state though. I’m Ct. I take my test hopefully in the next 2-3 weeks

@prettyliviesbeauty8340

3 жыл бұрын

I was told to use quizlet, and flash cards from other websites

did you ever go to school in like business or know anything about marketing or economics first? I am scared to open one because idk anything like that cuz i only went to college for one semester.

@SophieEilean

3 жыл бұрын

Nope I didn’t 🤙🏽🤙🏽

Hi! Thank you this video is so helpful! What POS system do you use??

@SophieEilean

3 жыл бұрын

Square!

@Hairbykatelynmarie

3 жыл бұрын

@@SophieEilean thank you so much

Love this video thank you for all the beautiful info wow ur amazing I'm about to take over a big salon in Mt town but I'm so scared 😱 😨 how are you doing now with our industry changing all the rules on booth renters and that is what I want to do mainly what can u advice me on this 803 new bill that pased please help 🙏❤️

@abellahairable

2 жыл бұрын

In my sorry

@abellahairable

2 жыл бұрын

In in California

This video is so helpful! What’s your commission rate?

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

We have a sliding pay scaleb

In the process for my salon. Who did you use to get your loan!?

@SophieEilean

3 жыл бұрын

My personal bank I use for all my other accounts!

@taylorrenee713tw

3 жыл бұрын

I’m struggling with this, all the salons I’ve worked at I’ve had a key.... do you give your stylist a key?

@SophieEilean

3 жыл бұрын

Taylor Williams yes they all have their own keys!!

Hey! How’d you build your clientele?

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of patience & years of promoting!

Where did you get those chairs?

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

amazon!

I am applying to cosmetology school in January and my mom isn't supportive of it either 😂 I'm 18 though and I'm paying for it with my own money so it should be none of her concern

Where did you get loan from

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

my local bank

Great vid ^^ Just a little tip tho... dont look into the viewfinder but look into the camera. personally i find this a little distracting

Besides cosmetology school, how did you learn how to improve your craft. Did I miss that in the video? Lol

great video

When you hired your stylists did you offer them hourly and commission or just commission?

@SophieEilean

3 жыл бұрын

Just commission! It doesn’t make sense to do hourly. They aren’t required to be at the salon if they do not have a client! We run by appointment only !!

@jessicaroland440

3 жыл бұрын

@@SophieEilean Thank you so much for the reply! Your videos have helped me so much!

where did you get the money?you must have been a hard working toddler

@SophieEilean

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

Did you get a business loan ? Or was it all out of pocket ? Sorry if that seems Intrusive to ask.

This so great

I wanna open a hair salon but I don’t know how to do hair!!

I'm trying to help my girlfriend get her feet started in the salon and people are ridiculous they want 150-195 a week.

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

Thats typical!

@elindigeno1215

2 жыл бұрын

@@SophieEilean I figured. Thank you,! 🙂

go pay your electric bill, using outside sunlight to show video

@SophieEilean

2 жыл бұрын

natural lighting is always best!

You got lucky that landlord helped with construction because that is where most your $$$ will go too.

Jesus Christ and God is real they helped you out! ✝️🙏🏽

you didnt even know a color system at 20.you are into tabitha but im looking at the salon and im thinking you are hopefully still alive but you will fail because you are doing beauty college 101 and a half

@SophieEilean

3 жыл бұрын

Two years later and I have a team of 8 stylist!