Practical Steps to becoming a Solo Esthetician

 

So you’re thinking of becoming a Solo Esthetician - join my mentoring group “The Empathetic Esthetician” on facebook, no matter where you are in your journey.



Establishing your own business can be quite the undertaking - but I find that it is so rewarding!



If you’d like to hear me speak about my experiences, I have a few YouTube videos where I talk a lot about my journey and the steps I took to get there.

“How I became a Solo Esthetician And Opened my Own Esthetics Studio”

& “Practical Steps to Opening your own Solo Esthetician Studio”



But darlings here is a written list, because LAWD knows I need to read things and have a list to go off of, or else I will forget EVERYTHING.

And YES there are affiliate links!



Practical steps that I took to start my own Solo Esthetician business!


  • Established an LLC (Limited Liability Corporation) - This helps to separate your personal assets from business.

  • Registered a Tax ID/EIN

  • Established financing with a bank

  • Applied for an Establishment License, and scheduled/waited for the inspection

  • Insurance (Business Liability, Professional Liability, General Liability, Renter’s Insurance)

  • Booking Software! (Vagaro!)

  • Accounting Software (Quickbooks!)

  • Job Supplies (Wax, sticks, trash bags, alcohol, EPA Registered disinfectant, oil, gloves, etc)

  • Products to use &/or Retail (LimeLife by Alcone)

  • Furniture (Esthetics table, linen cabinet, trash can, comfy seat, stool, fan, shelves, lamps)

  • Technology (Bluetooth speakers, ring light, LED therapy, facial machines)

  • Decor (sheets, blankets, artwork, pillows, rugs, candles)




“Soft” Assets

  • A strong sense of self - also known as Personal Branding (logo, colors, etc) take my BRAND YOUR VIBE course!

  • Email address, website, phone number (I used godaddy.com services to have a separate phone number that allows me to screen calls)

  • Social Media Accounts (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)

  • Network (Your connections!)

A 6-module course you can take on your own time, to nail your secret sauce and work smarter, not harder on social media!



Handy Skills

  • Decision to make it work!

  • Resilience for when things don’t go according to plan

  • Customer service skills

  • Networking Skills

  • Confidence in yourself (Here’s my number one piece of advice!)

  • Abundance Mindset

  • Photography Skills

  • Strong social media presence - Here’s a Digital Marketing Guide I created!

If you found this helpful and you’d love to hear more from me, I have a mentorship group on Facebook called “The Empathetic Esthetician” and I’d love to have you a part of the community!

I am always excited to hear your questions and learn about what YOU want to learn! I am a real person, promise! And I am on a mission to help our industry rise together.

Photo by Sasha Brown Photography

Photo by Sasha Brown Photography