Business
Pricing your first service menu
Cover your costs before you compare with the salon down the road.
Mentor Editorial · · 8 min read
The short answer
Add up product, rent and your hourly target, divide by the time each service really takes, then round up. Compare with local prices only after you know your floor.
Find your floor price
This is a placeholder draft about cost-based pricing. It sets out the structure the final article will follow so the layout, headings and related links can be reviewed before the real copy is written by the Mentor editorial team.
Most beauty professionals pick this up in pieces: a tip from a senior colleague, a clip on a feed, a habit from their first salon. The final version of this section will put those pieces in order and explain the reasoning behind each step, so you can apply it with your own clients.
Where the advice depends on your country or your level, the article will say so plainly and point to the right course rung rather than guessing.
Time each service honestly
This is a placeholder draft about service timing. It sets out the structure the final article will follow so the layout, headings and related links can be reviewed before the real copy is written by the Mentor editorial team.
Most beauty professionals pick this up in pieces: a tip from a senior colleague, a clip on a feed, a habit from their first salon. The final version of this section will put those pieces in order and explain the reasoning behind each step, so you can apply it with your own clients.
Where the advice depends on your country or your level, the article will say so plainly and point to the right course rung rather than guessing.
If you don't know how long it takes, you don't know what it costs.
When to raise prices
This is a placeholder draft about raising prices. It sets out the structure the final article will follow so the layout, headings and related links can be reviewed before the real copy is written by the Mentor editorial team.
Most beauty professionals pick this up in pieces: a tip from a senior colleague, a clip on a feed, a habit from their first salon. The final version of this section will put those pieces in order and explain the reasoning behind each step, so you can apply it with your own clients.
Where the advice depends on your country or your level, the article will say so plainly and point to the right course rung rather than guessing.
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