The first primitive beauty salons appeared more than a millennium ago in one of the Spanish cities. Their representative was opened by a bohemian who was also a singer and an actor. In the dark times of the Middle Ages, when religious fanatics were rampaging, there was no question of such institutions. Therefore, women tidied themselves exclusively at home in their own boudoirs. The first "tycoon" in the beauty industry was Canadian Martha Harper. She opened her first salon in the United States, and the institution has gained incredible popularity. Martha herself became the brand's calling card, because she had a stunningly beautiful and long (below the toes) hair. Throughout the entire period of doing business, a woman promoted only natural care products. A dozen years later, its monopoly expanded to 500 stores open in different countries.Nowadays you will not surprise anyone with fashionable words: peeling, shugaring, lifting. Places where masters transform the appearance of clients have become the lot not only of the female half. Fashion stubbornly imposes the rules of “metrosexuality” on men, and daily rituals for caring for the body, skin and hair have become commonplace even among the stronger sex. The design of a beauty salon largely depends on its area, range of services and the potential contingent of visitors. The unique atmosphere has become an integral part of the advertising campaign of any institution. One sign with a catchy name or a pair of banners in the city is not enough to attract and retain regular customers, as there is fierce competition in the market for such services. We will talk about how to get your own beauty salon.
Before proceeding with the repair, it is necessary to compare your creative ideas with the standards that will have to be observed, because beauty salons often become objects for inspections by supervisory authorities. Be sure to equip the venue with the correct lighting, use only fireproof materials for decoration and correctly arrange the content. Any design should be based on the "three pillars":
Functionality;
Convenience;
Practicality.
Before proceeding to the creative part of the work, you will have to complete a series of boring but necessary actions:
Measure the room and photograph the rooms. The latter will simplify the task with filling, because having a photo at hand is easier to figure out options;
If redevelopment is supposed, then it is necessary to coordinate it in the architectural bureau and visit a number of instances to obtain official permission;
Then follows the selection of materials and the calculation of their sizes;
Only after that they are determined with style, furniture, decorative elements.
The size of the premises and the estimated contingent of regular visitors also play a large role. For small economy class salons (less than 25 sq. M), which can even be located in the apartment, the design is usually thought out independently, and repairs are done with your own hands. You can get ideas from the decoration of branded establishments, or you can find examples of design in fashionable design magazines. In such cramped spaces, the situation should not pretend to be a luxury, since such a solution would not look elegant, but inappropriate. Owners of luxury beauty salons to create a stylish interior, as a rule, turn to a design studio and transfer this task to the shoulders of professionals. This will be followed by the approval of the finished project and its implementation. All the work will be done by experienced designers, but you will have to pay generously for such work. So the question is only in the budget.
Layout Details
A special place in any beauty salon is occupied by the reception (reception), where the reception is located with a friendly smiling girl. This is the very “face” that first meets the guests. Even in a small studio there should be a lounge where clients can undress, make payments, make an appointment, or take a business card. The decoration of the salon reception is approached with special attention. Then, in the planning, you need to build on the range of services that will be provided in this room. The minimum set of standard interior includes:
Workplace of a manicurist;
Barbershop;
Separate cabinet for pedicure.
If the beauty studio has advanced functionality, then the following are added to the standard “package” of services:
Solarium;
Massage room;
Two separate places for body and face care procedures (lifting, eyelash extension, hirudotherapy, peeling);
Beauty parlor;
Universal aesthetic cabinet;
Room for hair removal and depilation.
Additionally, consultation and treatment rooms can be included in this structure. In the common room, as a rule, there is only a hairdresser and a corner for a manicurist. All other treatment rooms are separated in separate rooms, since few visitors will like it when other clients admire their bare feet or the process of combating acne on the body.
Zoning
Zoning is usually carried out in beauty studios, where everything fits in one large room or in the common hairdressing and manicure halls of salons. They do not recommend the use of actual zoning, since the space should maintain its openness. It is better to outline the borders slightly with decorative partitions that protrude only slightly from the walls, using a combination of different colors and textures. In rare cases, use “paper” screens (ideal for the Japanese style) or frosted glass dividers. The original solution will be textile or panel curtains, which if necessary can be removed altogether.
What materials are better to use in decoration
In addition to fire safety, since a beauty salon is a public place where groups of people gather, there are no special requirements for materials for decoration. It is better to choose a floor covering of increased strength and without joints, since in them over time cropped hair will begin to clog. The bulk floor is ideal for a common hairdresser room. In addition to strength, it also has a reflective effect, which will visually increase the space. This technique is useful for small studios. To design the reception and entrance area with a dressing room, you can choose a carpet. In the offices, the floors are covered with linoleum, parquet board and laminate. To decorate the walls, choose plaster, stone, brick, polyurethane, cork, wood or its cheaper analogue - veneer.When buying material, they are guided not only by its appearance and characteristics, but also by cost. Elite salons with an unlimited budget can afford even rare species of wood, and in economical options choose wallpaper.
Wet cleaning will be carried out regularly in the room, so the materials must be moisture resistant. If the wallpaper, then only washable, if the paint, then in no case not emulsion.
Color scheme
To get a beautiful interior picture, you need to choose the right color scheme. The palette should be about 3/4 of the main shade, for which you should choose a pastel tone. In the beauty salon, clients should receive not only pleasant emotions from the transformation, but also moral reassurance. Not for nothing that for many women a hairdresser is an outlet that can be talked about. It is easiest to dump the load of emotional and domestic problems in a calm environment where a white, gray or trendy “coffee with milk” tone is used. The second color, which will dilute the soft main, will be a shade slightly contrasting with it, but similar in spirit. For example, it can be turquoise, pink, lilac, blue, yellow, mint, olive, coral, peach, walnut or green. For the role of the third color in the composition, an accent tone is chosen that will be present in the decor of the room: blue, purple, grassy green, juicy orange, burgundy or black. Not only the mood of visitors, but also the performance indicators of staff will depend on the color scheme. Therefore, do not overdo it with gloomy shades and turn a beauty salon into a gothic refuge of a pessimist.
Light distribution
Mirrors and plentiful lighting are the two main salon attributes. Do not rely solely on natural light, since windows in most cases are generally pushed to the background and, together with curtains, play the role of decorating a room.Lighting is developed at three levels:
Top or general
Several powerful ceiling chandeliers are placed above the functional areas.
Local
Lighting devices are installed for each master in the area of their working areas.
Decorative
Usually in its role are spotlights on the ceiling or floor, as well as individual bulbs that emphasize the unusual forms of decoration.
A new and fashionable design decision is considered to be a “ribbon” of light bulbs, which is hung around the perimeter of the mirror. You can decorate the luminous "snake" and the place of separation of zones, if it looks appropriate there. Devices should carefully illuminate each square meter of the room gently and neatly, but in no case do not raise the "temperature" in the cabin. Some bulbs seem to heat the air, but they need to be abandoned. Also, you can not use devices that distort the color perception, because the masters work with nail polishes, hair dyes and facial cosmetics, that is, with those products where the main thing is shades.
Work area arrangement
Of course, each master equips his workplace for himself, but there must be uniform rules. Most of the inventory and those tools that are used less often than others should be hidden in closed shelves. If we are talking about a hairdresser, then only a set of scissors, hairpins and combs are left in sight of the client. Cosmetic products are located on a separate open shelf, which is located in the access area for the working master. It also provides for special holders for electrical appliances that are attached directly to the wall. Thus, hair dryers, straighteners and curling irons are always at hand, but do not create chaos in the working area. In the utility room, there is always a brush on a long handle and a scoop, since after each client the area should be swept so that the next visitor is not met by other people's clipped hair.Each workplace is equipped with a large mirror, so that the beauty that a professional will bring can be appreciated immediately on the spot. A special bath for washing the head and chair are located separately. It is advisable to provide them with a curtain, because not every visitor wants others to observe this in many respects an intimate process. In massage rooms, masters on a special rack place products and oils that they use in their work. Beauticians also need cabinets and shelves. For order to reign in the workplace, the most important thing is to provide the employee with storage places.
Style selection
When choosing a style, you need to rely on the future contingent of visitors. If the main audience will be successful ladies of age, then of course they will be impressed by the chic and heavy luxury of elite styles: rococo, art nouveau, baroque, empire or classic style. The abundance of gold, exquisite details, a mirror frame from a baguette, stained glass, stucco molding and expensive textiles will help to find the perfect balance between comfort and beauty. For young and more “advanced” visitors, minimalism, loft, high-tech, Japanese style are suitable. These directions in their principles keep up to date and catch any fashionable trends on the fly. The abundance of steel surfaces, unusual shapes and broken lines, a combination of gray, white with contrasting catchy shades, original furniture and decor will do their job and attract fans of non-standard design solutions. As a compromise, you can use universal provence, art deco, chalet or ethnicity. These styles are located in the middle between practical and luxurious areas, so they are suitable for universal salons with a motley contingent.
Conclusion
To make guests feel special care and respect for themselves, each workplace is decorated with a vase with fresh flowers. Such a move will enliven the interior of the room and give pleasant emotions to each visitor.Even one rose will cause a smile. Also, one should not forget about indoor plants, pots with which are also installed in well-lit places. In the spacious salons, there is a mini-buffet, where everyone can treat themselves to a cup of coffee while waiting. It is also necessary to put a coffee table with thematic literature in order to entertain those who are bored and to help determine doubts for a manicure or hairstyle. We should not forget about the rest room for staff. It is located at the very far end of the cabin so that the smell of lunch does not spread throughout all workrooms. Beauty is an expensive undertaking that will take a long time to unwind. Beautiful design will become a decoy for visitors and will help a novice businessman to develop his brainchild.
The first primitive beauty salons appeared more than a millennium ago in one of the Spanish cities. Their representative was opened by a bohemian who was also a singer and an actor. In the dark times of the Middle Ages, when religious fanatics were rampaging, there was no question of such institutions. Therefore, women tidied themselves exclusively at home in their own boudoirs. The first "tycoon" in the beauty industry was Canadian Martha Harper. She opened her first salon in the United States, and the institution has gained incredible popularity. Martha herself became the brand's calling card, because she had a stunningly beautiful and long (below the toes) hair. Throughout the entire period of doing business, a woman promoted only natural care products. A dozen years later, its monopoly expanded to 500 stores open in different countries.Nowadays you will not surprise anyone with fashionable words: peeling, shugaring, lifting. Places where masters transform the appearance of clients have become the lot not only of the female half. Fashion stubbornly imposes the rules of “metrosexuality” on men, and daily rituals for caring for the body, skin and hair have become commonplace even among the stronger sex. The design of a beauty salon largely depends on its area, range of services and the potential contingent of visitors. The unique atmosphere has become an integral part of the advertising campaign of any institution. One sign with a catchy name or a pair of banners in the city is not enough to attract and retain regular customers, as there is fierce competition in the market for such services. We will talk about how to get your own beauty salon.
Content
General design principles
Before proceeding with the repair, it is necessary to compare your creative ideas with the standards that will have to be observed, because beauty salons often become objects for inspections by supervisory authorities. Be sure to equip the venue with the correct lighting, use only fireproof materials for decoration and correctly arrange the content. Any design should be based on the "three pillars":
Before proceeding to the creative part of the work, you will have to complete a series of boring but necessary actions:
The size of the premises and the estimated contingent of regular visitors also play a large role. For small economy class salons (less than 25 sq. M), which can even be located in the apartment, the design is usually thought out independently, and repairs are done with your own hands. You can get ideas from the decoration of branded establishments, or you can find examples of design in fashionable design magazines. In such cramped spaces, the situation should not pretend to be a luxury, since such a solution would not look elegant, but inappropriate. Owners of luxury beauty salons to create a stylish interior, as a rule, turn to a design studio and transfer this task to the shoulders of professionals. This will be followed by the approval of the finished project and its implementation. All the work will be done by experienced designers, but you will have to pay generously for such work. So the question is only in the budget.
Layout Details
A special place in any beauty salon is occupied by the reception (reception), where the reception is located with a friendly smiling girl. This is the very “face” that first meets the guests. Even in a small studio there should be a lounge where clients can undress, make payments, make an appointment, or take a business card. The decoration of the salon reception is approached with special attention. Then, in the planning, you need to build on the range of services that will be provided in this room. The minimum set of standard interior includes:
If the beauty studio has advanced functionality, then the following are added to the standard “package” of services:
Additionally, consultation and treatment rooms can be included in this structure. In the common room, as a rule, there is only a hairdresser and a corner for a manicurist. All other treatment rooms are separated in separate rooms, since few visitors will like it when other clients admire their bare feet or the process of combating acne on the body.
Zoning
Zoning is usually carried out in beauty studios, where everything fits in one large room or in the common hairdressing and manicure halls of salons. They do not recommend the use of actual zoning, since the space should maintain its openness. It is better to outline the borders slightly with decorative partitions that protrude only slightly from the walls, using a combination of different colors and textures. In rare cases, use “paper” screens (ideal for the Japanese style) or frosted glass dividers. The original solution will be textile or panel curtains, which if necessary can be removed altogether.
What materials are better to use in decoration
In addition to fire safety, since a beauty salon is a public place where groups of people gather, there are no special requirements for materials for decoration. It is better to choose a floor covering of increased strength and without joints, since in them over time cropped hair will begin to clog. The bulk floor is ideal for a common hairdresser room. In addition to strength, it also has a reflective effect, which will visually increase the space. This technique is useful for small studios. To design the reception and entrance area with a dressing room, you can choose a carpet. In the offices, the floors are covered with linoleum, parquet board and laminate. To decorate the walls, choose plaster, stone, brick, polyurethane, cork, wood or its cheaper analogue - veneer.When buying material, they are guided not only by its appearance and characteristics, but also by cost. Elite salons with an unlimited budget can afford even rare species of wood, and in economical options choose wallpaper.
Color scheme
To get a beautiful interior picture, you need to choose the right color scheme. The palette should be about 3/4 of the main shade, for which you should choose a pastel tone. In the beauty salon, clients should receive not only pleasant emotions from the transformation, but also moral reassurance. Not for nothing that for many women a hairdresser is an outlet that can be talked about. It is easiest to dump the load of emotional and domestic problems in a calm environment where a white, gray or trendy “coffee with milk” tone is used. The second color, which will dilute the soft main, will be a shade slightly contrasting with it, but similar in spirit. For example, it can be turquoise, pink, lilac, blue, yellow, mint, olive, coral, peach, walnut or green. For the role of the third color in the composition, an accent tone is chosen that will be present in the decor of the room: blue, purple, grassy green, juicy orange, burgundy or black. Not only the mood of visitors, but also the performance indicators of staff will depend on the color scheme. Therefore, do not overdo it with gloomy shades and turn a beauty salon into a gothic refuge of a pessimist.
Light distribution
Mirrors and plentiful lighting are the two main salon attributes. Do not rely solely on natural light, since windows in most cases are generally pushed to the background and, together with curtains, play the role of decorating a room.Lighting is developed at three levels:
A new and fashionable design decision is considered to be a “ribbon” of light bulbs, which is hung around the perimeter of the mirror. You can decorate the luminous "snake" and the place of separation of zones, if it looks appropriate there. Devices should carefully illuminate each square meter of the room gently and neatly, but in no case do not raise the "temperature" in the cabin. Some bulbs seem to heat the air, but they need to be abandoned. Also, you can not use devices that distort the color perception, because the masters work with nail polishes, hair dyes and facial cosmetics, that is, with those products where the main thing is shades.
Work area arrangement
Of course, each master equips his workplace for himself, but there must be uniform rules. Most of the inventory and those tools that are used less often than others should be hidden in closed shelves. If we are talking about a hairdresser, then only a set of scissors, hairpins and combs are left in sight of the client. Cosmetic products are located on a separate open shelf, which is located in the access area for the working master. It also provides for special holders for electrical appliances that are attached directly to the wall. Thus, hair dryers, straighteners and curling irons are always at hand, but do not create chaos in the working area. In the utility room, there is always a brush on a long handle and a scoop, since after each client the area should be swept so that the next visitor is not met by other people's clipped hair.Each workplace is equipped with a large mirror, so that the beauty that a professional will bring can be appreciated immediately on the spot. A special bath for washing the head and chair are located separately. It is advisable to provide them with a curtain, because not every visitor wants others to observe this in many respects an intimate process. In massage rooms, masters on a special rack place products and oils that they use in their work. Beauticians also need cabinets and shelves. For order to reign in the workplace, the most important thing is to provide the employee with storage places.
Style selection
When choosing a style, you need to rely on the future contingent of visitors. If the main audience will be successful ladies of age, then of course they will be impressed by the chic and heavy luxury of elite styles: rococo, art nouveau, baroque, empire or classic style. The abundance of gold, exquisite details, a mirror frame from a baguette, stained glass, stucco molding and expensive textiles will help to find the perfect balance between comfort and beauty. For young and more “advanced” visitors, minimalism, loft, high-tech, Japanese style are suitable. These directions in their principles keep up to date and catch any fashionable trends on the fly. The abundance of steel surfaces, unusual shapes and broken lines, a combination of gray, white with contrasting catchy shades, original furniture and decor will do their job and attract fans of non-standard design solutions. As a compromise, you can use universal provence, art deco, chalet or ethnicity. These styles are located in the middle between practical and luxurious areas, so they are suitable for universal salons with a motley contingent.
Conclusion
To make guests feel special care and respect for themselves, each workplace is decorated with a vase with fresh flowers. Such a move will enliven the interior of the room and give pleasant emotions to each visitor.Even one rose will cause a smile. Also, one should not forget about indoor plants, pots with which are also installed in well-lit places. In the spacious salons, there is a mini-buffet, where everyone can treat themselves to a cup of coffee while waiting. It is also necessary to put a coffee table with thematic literature in order to entertain those who are bored and to help determine doubts for a manicure or hairstyle. We should not forget about the rest room for staff. It is located at the very far end of the cabin so that the smell of lunch does not spread throughout all workrooms. Beauty is an expensive undertaking that will take a long time to unwind. Beautiful design will become a decoy for visitors and will help a novice businessman to develop his brainchild.