Hair and salon businesses range from the “$15 budget haircut only” to upscale full-service hair, nail and day spa services that could pitch a price of a few hundreds.

A typical full-service hair and salon business offers all or any of the following services:

• Hair: haircuts, trims and style; highlights/foils & weaving; hair & scalp treatments; relaxers, perms; colors; shampoo and conditioning; curling, reconstructing, permanent waving
   
• Nails: manicures, pedicures, polish, sculptured nails, nail repair, hand conditioning treatments.
   
• Skin Care: Facials, body waxing, massage.
   
• Sale of professional hair/beauty products: Many salon businesses also offer a wide range of hair and beauty products in order to provide everything a customer needs in one convenient location. You can choose to sell top-of-the-line beauty products shampoo, daily and deep treatment conditioners, hair styling products such as mousse, gel, pomades, among others; and other specialty hair products. Retailing professional hair products is an important strategy for retaining clients and making additional profits.

Some hair and salon businesses also offer spa services, a growing niche in the salon business. Day spas offer services such as body scrubs, skin lightening, body wrapping, herbal wraps, massage/aromatherapy, derma abrasion, stretch mark and blemishes, anti-aging, facials, makeup, skin care, waxing, polishing, and anti-acne treatments.