A beautiful manicure that decorates a girl’s nails for 4 to 6 weeks attracts many modern fashionistas. But everyone knows that each service has its own specific cost. Coating nails with gel polish costs, according to various sources, from 500 to 2500 rubles. Beauty salon clients are wondering why there is such a range in prices? And is it more profitable to do a helium manicure at home?
Manicure from a master
Cheaper manicure
When researching how much a procedure costs in a nearby beauty salon, many women are surprised to learn that this service costs different things for different specialists. What is the secret of a cheap manicure? And is it worth giving preference to a tempting offer? Please note that the low cost of the service is always due to the following factors:
- Wanting to gain experience, the novice master tries to attract girls to the procedure at a low price.
- The beauty salon offers low prices on temporary, promotional terms.
- The price corresponds to the low quality of work and materials used.
Color coating should be applied in several layers
It is not difficult to understand what exactly is hidden behind the proposal. Knowing approximately how much a gel manicure kit costs, you can roughly calculate the cost of one procedure. Based on this figure, we reason further. If the price offered for a service by a master is lower than the cost of the procedure itself, then the secret lies in the low quality of the materials and, possibly, the work itself.
If the master is a beginner, then in his offer of inexpensive manicure with gel polish, the attention of clients is always focused on this fact. When agreeing to act as a model for a manicure, a girl does not expect to get the highest quality results. In this case, the low price is completely justified, since it only recoups the cost of the materials spent.
Nails need to be pre-treated
The best and safest option for clients is to participate in promotions from large beauty salons. In this case, you can not take into account the cost of a lamp for manicure with gel polish, since large salons offer interesting options for a short period in their promotional offers. This is a kind of advertising to attract new customers.
By agreeing to get a manicure for 1000-1500 rubles, women receive:
- top quality service,
- perfection and safety of nail plate treatment,
- beauty and durability of manicure.
How much does gel polish cost in 2022?
All the numbers I gave above are approximate, but they are not far from the truth.
The cost of a coated manicure in my case was as follows:
cost price 600 rub. + work 900 rub.
Total 1500 rubles.
Why do you need to regularly increase prices for manicures?
Raising prices is normal. We see this every day in stores. Utility bills, gasoline, consumables are becoming more expensive - everything is becoming more expensive.
With each increase in qualifications, an hour of my work will cost more. I need to compensate for the costs of training.
If I switch to more expensive materials, or the seller increases the price of materials, then the cost of my manicure also increases.
That's why I regularly raise prices for my services. I try to do this twice a year.
What do I think about the prices for manicures that are now in my city?
To be honest, I'm shocked.
Will the masters soon start nagging for a bowl of food?
Avito is full of such advertisements:
Girls, masters, why don’t you value yourself and your work?
How can you cut for 500, 800, 900 rubles?
Okay, for 800 - 900 rubles. you can still. But! Do you even consider the cost of the service in advance?
Are you sure that the cost consists only of the cost of the base, gel polish and top coat?
If you've read this far, you know the answer.
If you add up all the costs, you get a decent amount. Each of us works with our own materials, some have an office rental, some don’t... Therefore, add up all your expense items according to the list that I provided, and get your cost of gel polish coating.
When I calculated everything and added it up, the cost of a manicure and gel polish coating came out to an average of 600 rubles.
500 rubles for a manicure and gel polish is not normal!
Just think about it, 600 rubles. This is only the cost price, i.e. zero work!
You didn’t start working just to churn out materials, right?
You want to earn money, right? So, in addition to materials and consumables, you also spend your time, energy and health on this manicure. Doesn't anyone have back pain after a manicure? Hurts? All this must be compensated by your clients.
Stop taking prices out of the sky already. Or see how much Svetka from next door charges for shellac.
You will ruin your backs, your eyesight, your hands.
And then you go to nail-publics and whine that your hands hurt, your eyes can’t see, and your back is falling off.
All this happens because we do not value ourselves, our work, and cannot properly calculate the cost of gel polish coating.
Some even manage to accept 6-7 people a day, so that at the end of the working day a normal amount accumulates, and not these unfortunate 500 rubles.
This is hellish work, then the body just can’t stand it and it’s fucked up.
Plus, many craftsmen like to shop at Alika, it’s cheap there.
As a result, the master himself suffers -
“Pamagite, I have an allergy, what should I drink, what should I put on it?”
and a client who, at best, is left with only a burn to the nail plate, and at worst, without a nail.
Who is to blame and what to do?
It is our own fault that we cannot afford normal materials, comfortable hoods, and comfortable workplaces.
No, most of us buy shitty Chinese devices and use them until we get bumps and tremors in our hands.
Someone washes disposable, damn DISPOSABLE gloves, because they haven’t cut it for new packaging yet.
Such masters have devalued our profession, so that clients roll their eyes when you tell them the price of 1,500 rubles for a manicure. Naturally, 1500 is expensive compared to 500 rubles.
The price of a manicure is the most important thing for the client!
Everything is relative... So, for example, no one will heal your tooth for 500 rubles. Minimum 1500, and this is the norm. In principle, it cannot be cheaper... And if it can, then this is already suspicious...
If you think that customers only care about price, then you are mistaken.
Yes, price is one of the selection criteria, but not the only one.
Look, when you go to the store you always buy only the cheapest things or products? No, besides the price, you are looking at a lot of other things. Same here...
I have clients who, on the contrary, are put off by the low price. They immediately look for some kind of catch. This means that the master does not know how to work well, or he uses the cheapest materials. Clients are not stupid - they read the same articles as you. Maybe a little less...
Let it not be 1500 rubles. like me, but I think almost every girl (woman) can earn or save 1000 rubles for a manicure once a month.
By the way, when I went to Moscow for advanced training at the beginning of 2022, the girls and I started talking about the price of our services. When I said that I was renting an office in Voronezh and doing a manicure for 1,500 rubles, they looked at me like I was crazy. It turned out that burglars there charge 3,000 rubles, and this does not bother anyone. Perhaps this is not the case everywhere in Moscow, but still...
Yes, a novice master works a little slower. For this, you can reduce the price a little in the first couple. But if you get a neat coating and manicure, respecting the entire nail architecture, why then put the price at a loss?
Become a master, a true MASTER of your craft!
Learn to think and analyze your mistakes. Develop, don't stand still.
Is manicure an income or a charity?
You came here to earn money, not to spend three years like a horse and leave, hunched over with a bunch of sores.
This is the beauty industry. Clients come in the hope that they will leave us with beautiful and well-groomed nails, and not with onycholysis.
Manicure is more expensive
Premium offers at prices ranging from two to three thousand rubles can be found in beauty salons, where management monitors the quality of the work performed and the qualifications of the employees. This is how it should be ideally. But unfortunately, there are often salons where the high cost of a manicure with gel polish is not confirmed by the quality. At first glance, the master uses expensive, top-class products; he uses individual files, tweezers and buffs for each client. It would seem that such a service costs a lot of money.
Applying the base
But on the other hand, the girl leaves the salon with a gel polish manicure, which is not done evenly, with smudges and glimpses. The question arises: is it reasonable to have a manicure with gel polish in a salon within a few thousand rubles? Most people will probably answer this question in the negative.
Features of shellac manicure in our salon
A shellac manicure at the Manicurof salon is performed using a combined gel polish. A high-quality professional product for such manicure, used in our salon, guarantees a durable and reliable coating structure. Your nails will be reliably protected from aggressive external influences, and the surface of the nail plate will be even and smooth.
Permanent shellac manicure in our salon is performed using a variety of Shellac professional line products. The price for such a manicure is quite reasonable, and the effect is unsurpassed. High-quality gel polish fits perfectly on the nail plate, gives a bright, rich color and a smooth, glossy surface. Removing nail polish using special tools is not difficult.
Our masters are fluent in the technique of performing this manicure. In addition to their skill, to achieve an impeccable result, the Manicurof salon chain uses high-quality sterile instruments and modern safe ultraviolet technology.
Manicure at home
The simplest and most affordable option for many girls is a manicure with gel polish at home. Today, many housewives, having mastered the basics of manicure, offer their services for a modest remuneration. Having bought a lamp for drying gel polish, a palette of varnishes or a beginner’s kit, it seems so easy to earn additional income for the family budget. A manicure service at home can cost from 700 rubles to 1000 rubles. The final price depends on the skill of the master, the quality of the tools and the loyalty of the client.
Filing nails
But there are pitfalls here too. Manicurists working at home do not always follow the rules of instrument hygiene. Flattered by the low cost of 700-800 rubles, the client gets the opportunity to become infected with fungus, hepatitis and other diseases through undisinfected devices.
You can only go to a manicurist at home if he is a reliable, proven and experienced specialist.
Cost of the procedure at home
It is worth understanding in detail how much it costs to cover your nails with gel polish at home. It would seem that the benefits of carrying out such a procedure at home are obvious, because one bottle of varnish, which can be used many times, costs the same as just one procedure in the salon. However, not everything is so simple, because in order to apply it at home, in addition to shellac, you need a fairly large amount of auxiliary equipment and tools. The most expensive of them is a UV lamp, the cost of which is usually at least 2,000 rubles. However, it can be used repeatedly, including for gel extensions.
In addition, in order to perform such a manicure at home, you need a lot of materials - bond, primer, degreaser. In addition, you will need lint-free wipes to remove the sticky layer and rough polishes to level the plate if you do not have them. You won't be able to get by with just one bottle of shellac. It requires a special base, as well as a fixative. Their cost is similar or higher than the color coating itself.
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Of course, all these materials can be used for yourself many times. However, they have a limited shelf life and even with proper storage they become unusable quite quickly. Since for many of these products this period is quite short, most often, when using the materials only for yourself with the recommended frequency, it is not possible to use all the compositions completely before they thicken, unless you quickly acquire the necessary skills and can perform a manicure without only for yourself, but also for your friends.
In addition, applying shellac for the first time is also not recommended on your own or with your own materials. This is due to the fact that you cannot know in advance how your nails will react to shellac. It is by no means safe for nails, and therefore can have a very negative effect on your plates, so much so that you will not be able to apply it again.
Shellac starter kits are available for sale. They include all the tools and materials necessary for its application and removal - bond, primer, degreaser, wipes, base, fixative, color coating, orange sticks, coating solvent, etc. The lamp may or may not be included in such a set. The cost of a set with a lamp ranges from three to eight or more thousand rubles, without a lamp - from one and a half thousand to four. The cost depends on the completeness of the package.
