Home Spa: Good Reasons to Make the Transition from Spa to Home Spa

There comes a point in every one's career when they are tired of working for someone else, or working for themselves within a drama-filled spa. There are many positives to working in a traditional spa from the caliber of advertising to it is easier to let someone else run the show. However, there are times it makes more since to work in a home spa. Top reasons why estheticians love home spas:

(1) You are in charge of everything! You decide prices, hours, decor and product lines. You decide how much you will charge for retail. You can customize your treatments anyway you like without someone breathing down your neck. It is 100% your own business. Even as independent contractors we sometimes get pulled into the business dynamic of the spa we work at, but at home you are numero uno!

(2) DRAMA FREE--There are no annoying staff members to work with--it is just you and the clients. You don't have to worry about combo spa services and the other person who might not show up. Yes, I've had this happen to me before. I was booked for a facial that was part of a combo massage package and the massage therapist didn't show up. So to save face for all of us at work, I ended up giving the client an 1.5 long facial to compensate for the "no show" massage therapist. I didn't get paid extra, but I went the extra mile so the client wouldn't give us a bad review. The massage therapist never apologized to me. Or there are times when you work at combo package like this and the other staff member is running late thus making you late. You can completely avoid this by working for yourself at home. There are no combo packages.

(3) Save Gas Money & Time-In this day and age of obscene gas prices who wouldn't want to work at home? Unless you are lucky enough to work two minutes down the road (I was that lucky once), but for the rest of us who actually have to drive several miles to our spas gas can get costly. Sometimes spas will book you for just one appointment and then you drive all the way out there and waste gas on one appointment. Not only does working at home save you money, but time as well.

(4) Customize Your Services to Your Desires-There are so many estheticians that are great at a number of things but they are cut off at the knees because their employer doesn't want to offer those services. Some people are great at makeup but their spa won't allow it while others might be great at Microdermabrasion, but their owner won't invest in the machine. Working for home allows you to customize your best skills to your customers the way you see fit.

(5) Got kids? With children's school schedules sometimes it can be difficult to pick up certain shifts at spas--seems like some of the shifts are smack dab at carpool time. It can be a challenge for a mother. Most spas don't give a hoot if you have children or not, if you are lucky enough to work at a place that will be flexible with you then you are one of the lucky ones, others aren't so sweet. Most owners care about the bottom line, which I understand, but it can be hard on those estheticians that need to manage motherhood with their careers so working at home can be ideal for those mothers.