If you’re running a professional salon, it’s essential that you develop the right winding-down routine. This will help you to ensure that the premises are kept in the best possible condition, and that your business is presented in the best possible light.
What should I be cleaning?
All surfaces in your salon should be disinfected. Floor should be mopped, and equipment cleaned and stowed away. Making sure that you clean your waxing kits can help them work better for longer.
Is it better to clean up in the evening, or in the morning?
It’s almost always better to clean up in the evening. Leaving your premises dirty overnight is a bad habit to get into. This goes especially if you’re not the one opening up in the morning. Colleagues who are greeted by an unhygienic salon in the morning are likely to form an unfavourable impression of you.
What’s more, dirt that is left to fester overnight will be more difficult to clean. Dead skins cells, hair follicles, and spent wax strips will attract harmful microbes, and could potentially generate a bad smell that’s difficult to get rid of. If a customer happens to drop by early in the morning, they might find their impression difficult to shake.
A salon is a business where sanitation is especially important, since you’re dealing with customer’s bodies. No-one is going to feel comfortable getting their hair cut in a room that feels dirty. More intimate beauty treatments will demand an even greater degree of cleanliness.
If a customer has a poor experience in your salon, or they feel that standards of hygiene are not being taken seriously, then they’re likely to tell their friends. The reputation of your business will thereby suffer. This applies especially if a member of staff, or the public, has fallen ill as a result of neglect.
Guidelines
By providing your staff (and yourself) with easy-to-follow guidelines, you’ll limit the possibility of problems developing. These might include directions on when and how to clean surfaces, and to wash hands.
Cleaning up isn’t a one-off job, but one that should be performed constantly. This will limit the risk to your customers, and keep the reputation of your business in good standing.
When members of staff fail to meet with the standards you’ve set, then you should have a clear procedure in place for escalation. If staff consistently flout the rules, then they should be released. If you write this into the contract of employment, you’ll not only give yourself the room to do this: you’ll also make it more likely that everyone will take the rules seriously.