Every November the same question starts coming up at the front desk: “Do you do lash lifts before the holidays?” Many salons either turn the request away or squeeze the service into whatever gap is left in the diary. The result is a treatment that is neither priced properly nor turned into steady income. Yet lash lifts and brow lamination are among the few services that are quick, need very little equipment and bring the client back every few weeks.
This guide walks you through adding both treatments to your menu: working out time and cost, handling allergy checks, planning the diary and selling packages. The goal is not a seasonal fad but a revenue line you can count on every month.
Why now: short appointments, long-term clients
A lash lift usually takes 45–60 minutes and brow lamination 30–45 minutes. Results typically last six to eight weeks, after which the client needs the same treatment again. That cycle creates a natural rebooking rhythm, much like colour.
A quick calculation shows the potential. Say your lash lift costs €55 and the products cost around €5 per appointment. If 40 regular clients come in roughly seven times a year:
- 40 clients × 7 visits = 280 appointments
- 280 appointments × €55 = €15,400 in annual revenue
- After product costs, roughly €14,000 in gross contribution
Better still, these services fit neatly into the lunchtime and weekday-morning slots that sit empty in most salons. The chair or room is already there; the only difference is that the hour now earns money.
Before you add it to the menu: time, cost and price
Measure the real duration
A treatment listed as 45 minutes can easily stretch to an hour once you add the welcome, makeup removal, application and final check. Record the actual length of every appointment for the first two weeks. If the time in your diary is wrong, the next client waits and the rest of the day slips.
Cost it per appointment
Lifting lotions, setting gel, silicone shields, disposable brushes and nourishing serum add up to a small cost per appointment that is easy to overlook. In sysSalon you enter the price, cost and duration together when you set up a service, and once you link the products used, they are deducted from stock automatically each time. At the end of the month, “why did the lotion run out so fast?” no longer has to be a guess.
Price by the minute, not by the competition
If you know your salon’s cost per minute (rent, staff, energy, equipment), the floor price for a 60-minute appointment almost calculates itself. Local prices are a useful reference, but the real test is whether your business stays profitable in that hour.
Safety first: patch tests and client records
The products used in these treatments are applied close to the eyes. Sensitive skin, eye infections, recent treatments around the eye area and known allergies should always be checked in advance. Many technicians prefer to carry out a patch test 24–48 hours before the first appointment.
Keeping this information in a notebook or in one technician’s head is risky: when that person is on leave or moves on, the knowledge goes with them. In the sysSalon client profile, record the following in the notes:
- Patch test date and result
- Product brand and processing time used
- Shield size and preferred curl
- Any sensitivities the client mentioned
- Before and after photos, if the client has given permission
Tip: Only take photos with the client’s explicit consent and keep them in their profile. At the next appointment, a comment like “the curl was a bit too strong last time” can be settled in seconds by looking at the picture.
The right place in the diary: put quiet hours to work
Lash and brow services run at a different pace from hair work: they are short, calm treatments performed with the client lying down. They are far more efficient in a separate room or on a treatment bed than in a busy styling chair.
- Room-based planning: The room view in the sysSalon calendar lets you track how busy the treatment room is and prevents two bookings from landing in the same room.
- Combined appointments: Book the lash lift and brow lamination together in one appointment; each service line can have its own staff member, room and discount if needed.
- Rebooking: Add the next appointment, six to seven weeks out, before the client leaves. Waiting for them to come back on their own leaves the cycle to chance.
- Deposits: For the busy days in late December, take a deposit and link it to the booking. Last-minute cancellations hurt most at this time of year.
Packages and commission: make revenue predictable
Single sales are a good start, but steady income comes from packages. You might offer three lash lifts as a package at a small discount. In sysSalon you can take part payments on a package and see whether each session is used, scheduled or remaining from the client profile. If a client misses an appointment, marking the session as “Forfeited” or “No-show” according to your salon policy heads off disputes before they start.
Staff motivation matters too. A technician introducing a new service needs a reason to recommend it. Set a service-specific commission rate on the staff profile so expectations are clear; when the “who earned what this month” conversation is based on records, there is far less friction.
Launch checklist
- Is technician training and certification complete?
- Are the duration, price and cost of the service set up?
- Have the products been added to stock and linked to the service?
- Is the patch test and consent process written down?
- Is the room or bed set up as a separate resource in the diary?
- Have you decided on a package option and commission rate?
A small service with steady returns: start today
Set up with the right timing and costs, lash lifts and brow lamination fill gaps in your diary, bring clients back every few weeks and become predictable with packages. The key is to manage them as carefully as your core services rather than as an add-on: every appointment recorded, every product in stock, every client’s sensitivities on file.
You don’t need a big investment to get organised. Start using sysSalon on the free plan today — no credit card required and no time limit. If you’d like to see how the calendar, client profiles and package tracking would work in your salon, request a demo or browse everything on the features page.
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