Start a Hair Wrapping Business
FAQs - Starting a Hair Wrapping Business
How do I learn how to do hair wraps?
Who is a hair braid wrapping business right for?
Becoming a professional hair braid wrapper can work for anyone who’s willing to put in the time needed. It doesn’t need full-time ideas – unless you’re ready to build an empire. It’s a great business idea for mums, it’s great for teens looking for ways to make extra money and hair wraps are a good idea if you’re wondering what to sell at festivals. Hair wrapping can fit around your existing work and home commitments. You can work from home, visit clients in their own homes, book a space in a salon, run a stall or work at local events.d edit me. It's easy.
We can supply all the materials you need for to start a hair wrapping business. As a trade customer, you’ll can get wholesale rates to keep your costs low. Of course, you can also source different beads and decorations online. It helps to keep the same range so that you can always remake any of the designs you photograph for your website, socials or other marketing material.
Where do I find hair wrap customers?
Doodle Braids provide full instructions in all our kits. We also have photo instructions and video clips to demonstrate and teach you hair wrapping techniques and tips.
Where do I get hair wrapping materials?
This is the easiest part! Start with friends and family. Then, think about doing festivals or local events. You can even offer a mobile wrapping service and visit customers in their own homes, set up a room in your home as a wrap salon or rent space in a shop. It's also possible to rent a stall at a shopping centre or other busy area.
If you have children, wrap their hair and their friends will all want wraps before you know it.
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We also found that doing wraps at charity events or school fairs is a great way to start and get your name out there.
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Wraps are hugely popular so finding customers is usually about letting people know who you are and what you offer.
Do I need printed promotional material?
It's not essential, but it is recommended to have some promotional fliers, business cards and posters. These are a great tool to help you find more customers and venues. Doodle Braids can supply custom-printed promotional material at a discounted rate.
Do I need a website?
It’s not essential but highly recommended. More people than ever before search for the services and products they need online. Having a website means that your site is selling for you, even when you're busy doing something else. It also provides somewhere for you to showcase photos of your hair creations!
Tied in with social media, a good website works wonders for your business. However, a bad website can damage your credibility by making you look unprofessional. If you're not sure, you can always use social media to promote your business and look at having a dedicated website further down the line.
Do I need to be on social media?
What to sell at festivals to complement your hair wrapping business
If at all possible, yes! Good social media is the best way to grow your customer base and build your business.
Get ready to share photos and videos of your latest wraps and events. Although people of any age love hair wraps, your main market demographic will be younger people and this age group take their social media very seriously! It's your best way to reach this group of potential customers.
We’d recommend starting by trying out hair wrapping for yourself. Try one of our smaller kits to find out if it’s something that you enjoy. When you’re ready, we offer larger kits and our unique ‘Business in a Box’ hair wrap kit, which contains enough materials to make 100 hair wraps.
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Fill in the form and introduce yourself. We're happy to offer advice on starting your own hair wrapping business or festival stall ideas.
Hair wrapping is a really good way to make money while enjoying a festival. Hair wraps are always popular at parties, festivals and music events. Make sure that you have plenty of materials and book at stall early. Other festival stall ideas to consider combining with hair wrapping include things like face painting and temporary tattoos. But, remember that you’ll need extra hands as you’ll be busy wrapping hair and will need someone else to sell other products or to take bookings. You can also sell our hair wrapping kits to customers by buying from us at a trade discount.
How do I start?
How do I start a hair business offering hair wrapping?
Ready to make your hair wrapping professional? We can help you to start a hair business.
Hair wraps are popular. This means that it's relatively easy to start a hair wrapping business - you have a ready and eager marketplace around you. It’s one of the best festival stall ideas as well as being one of the most lucrative business ideas for mums and dads who are busy at home with kids.
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We'd recommend that you get to grips with making hair braid wraps first. You'll be able to tell if you enjoy hair wrapping and decide whether it's something that you would like to do professionally. Practise, watch videos and get plenty of experience.
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When you decide that you're ready to start your hair wrapping business, Doodle Braids are with you every step of the way. We can provide you with supplies at a good trade discount as well as promotional material and advice.
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Here are some of the questions we often get asked by people interested in starting their own hair wrapping business:
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The original Business in a Box - everything you need to start your hair wrapping business!
