Hair Care and other girlie stuff question for you …

Hair Care and other girlie stuff question for you women.

a couple of months ago, a family friend and her sister set up their hair salon business.
one of them married (and later divorced) a local, so shes fluent in arabic, and the sister is an experienced hair-fixer-person, whatever you call a female barber

both are japanese women in their 50’s.

unfortunately neither of them has any real business experience, and thats making the business suffer.

as a friend its hard for us to tell them what they should and shouldnt be doing. we’ve made suggestions casually but thats the extent of what we can do. its hard watching something go down the drain.

anyway, my mums been down there and got her hair done, and she came back saying that the hair cutter lady was very professional, incredibly gentle, and there was almost no strands of hair on her clothes or anywhere as normally happens. basically she gave them a really good review.

thing is no matter how good the shearer is, if the business model doesnt make sense, it simply wont work, talent or no talent.

so here comes the purpose of this post……

their business model of a regular salon needs to change, due to space constraints and the fact that only one of them is skilled. so my question to any ladies reading this is this:

do you guys go to a salon to chat as well? i mean i know you do but is it a big requirement to go somewhere with alot of people?

if no, then what would you think of a personalised service,…. for example if you were their only customer, and if you knew that all their attention would be on you would you prefer this to a crowded but more social setting?

maybe something akin to a dentists office where youre the only one in the room, only less painfull and without that horrid shrill drill sound

if thats something you like the sound of, apart from your hair, what services would you want to have? facials, nails, sheera, some other hocus-pocus that any self respecting male shouldnt know about?

would you call that a spa?

i dont think so, but perhaps similar services to a spa could be arranged i suppose.

so it’ll be like your own personal spa.

but then women here dont really go to spas alone do they? its kind of a social thing isnt it?

and finally the bottom line:

say this whole thing lasted about 3 hours or however long you normally spend at your current salon,…. how much of a premium would you be willing to pay for a personalised service?

or would a membership type deal be more attractive?



i’d really appreciate it if you guys could give me your opinions on these ideas, they really need to restructure their business and develop an edge where they stand out from the rest of the hair salon crowd.

and as a matter of disclosure , no i dont own any shares in the company and neither am i getting paid for this, altho i bloody well should be


cheers ladies !