About the Course
When times are tough, people in every profession look around for sources of new income in their businesses, and cosmetologists are no different. Sometimes they invest in more retail – any retail, such as purses, hair clips, personal-care products – and sometimes they do add dollars to the salon bottom line. This course will exam options available to salon professionals to add new income with reasonable costs.

Learning objectives

• Describe half-service sampling.
• Explain how hard wax works with hair.
• Explain how to figure the ROI for a service.
• List five ideal qualities that new income resources have.
• List the FDA class of devices salons can use without physician supervision.
• Name two types of products designed to perform body and facial hair removal services.
• Name the two types of wax depilatory products.
• Explain the difference between treatment-based nail services and traditional method nail services.
• Describe two alternatives to dipping for application of paraffin.
• Explain how a paraffin service works.
• Explain cautions when performing a massage on an arthritic client.
• List the skin types for the skin of the hands and feet.
• Explain how to perform a stand-alone paraffin treatment.
• Name the five product-line focuses for a skin-care room.
• List four questions to ask when shopping for a skin-care line.
• List the five skin conditions.
• Explain why clients should purchase professional products from your salon.
• List five benefits for selling mineral makeup in a salon.