Many of you have been treated like a number and upsold too

heavily in treatment and after. This is the way the corporates function.

I know people hate this, but when you find a great

clinic, join their mailing list. You're not

on that email, you are missing out. It seems like every

Tom, Dick, and Harry is asking me lately how they can save

on their skin treatments. And while I don't think you should skimp on

looking after your skin, I'm not gonna be very popular for saying this, but,

Welcome to the Holistic Skin Guru, where what's on the surface is

just as important as what's underneath. I'm your host, Aamena.

Let's dive deep into the world of holistic skincare. Hi,

and welcome back. Let me help you save money

on your in-clinic skin treatments today. It seems

like every Tom, Dick and Harry is asking me lately

how they can save on their skin treatments. And while

I don't think you should skimp on looking after your skin, I

do think it's a good idea to do your homework. Get thorough

consultations and understand what the condition of

your skin is without the risk of being upsold to

during that process. Once you know what treatment you are

after and research the clinic as well as the

treatment to ensure it is right for you or simply watch

my skin school videos to determine what is right for you. Once

you establish what it is that you're looking for, it's gonna be a

lot easier for you to actually maintain good

results. Look for clinics that specialize in

skin and try to stay away from the laser clinics.

Now, I'm not going to be very popular for saying this, but laser

clinics are usually run by corporates. And so

many of you have told me how you have been treated like a

number and upsold too heavily in treatment and

after. Unfortunately, this is the way the corporates function

and they may not be working in your best interests. As an owner

operator, I have always felt like ethical sales is

the way to go. And it's one of the reasons I decided to

do the podcast as a way to educate you guys at

home so that you can make and ask the necessary questions

you need when going into a clinic. There are

so many people out there that just are so confused. and

bombarded by images and messages about what it

is that they should be doing for their skin. And it's so easy to be bamboozled

when you walk into a corporate salon and they put all these options in

front of you. and make you feel like you need it. So

make sure that you are educated in this space.

So when you find a great clinic, join their mailing

list. I know people hate this, but giving

your email to a clinic that you like Trust

me, this is the one of the best ways that I know when

the clinic is offering something new, something special or

simply have last minute deals, they will email

their client list. And if you're not on that email, you are

missing out. A lot of times salons will

be trying to fill a spot that someone has moved

because they had to reschedule at the last minute and they can't have

their staff sitting around doing nothing. So they'll offer something

beautiful at a really good deal. And if you're available, guess

what? You're going to benefit from this, but you're going to have to be quick. So

by joining a mailing list, you actually put yourself in

a really good position to save lots of money in the

long run. Budget. Look at what you can afford and

find a clinic that offers a membership. So like

$30 or $40 a week, you just set it up and forget about it. And

you just come to your facial every single month. Most of

the time you get a monthly facial, but you get extra perks. So

you might get an extra 10 to 15% off product. You

might get an extra 10% off gift vouchers. You

might even get an opportunity to bring somebody in as a

VIP with you to get a discount. further

discount on your treatments and it also helps you

to develop a relationship with your skin technician

and they get to understand how your skin is responding to certain

things and in this way they can actually treat your skin

a lot better. Now my clinic offers this and

so many others do as well you just have to look around to

find it and It's a really good way to create consistency in

your skin treatments and set you up with the guidance

and the routine that you will work towards to give you

results. It will pay off in the long run and prevent you from

jumping from product to product, which is

actually wasting your money. I mean, how many products do

you have on the shelf that you started using and you didn't like? Well,

this eliminates all of that and gets you using products

that's actually right for your skin because it's coming from

a professional person. We'd like you

to also invest in home care, such as masks and

exfoliants. This will help you to do more home

treatments and ask your therapist for recommendations. If

you have a good therapist, she's going to point you in the right direction and

give you the right advice for your skin. And

when you're doing this consistently and you can actually reduce

your visits from a four weekly rotation to

a six weekly rotation. And this is going to help you save

dollars at the end of the year. Look at the treatments offered

by your clinic. Many times they have packages. And

these packages are more value for money as

they incorporate more than one treatment in them. And

the value of that treatment is usually a lot higher

than the cost of the treatment. So it does pay to

do some checking around. And if you don't have time to

go through their menu and make yourself familiar with their packages, just

ask your therapist and she'll be able to guide

you. Sometimes you can go in and you can have a

brow tint, a lash tint, and a brow shape, and

it's cheaper than just having a brow shape and a tint. So

have a look and see what, this is one just one example,

so have a look and see as to what other packages they

may have and you might even find a facial and massage

package. You might find a facial and and

a mask package. You might find a lot of things in there that are really,

really good for you. What we do in our clinic is that

we are very bespoke, so we don't do any add-ons and

we don't upsell in our treatment rooms. So

a lot of our treatments already have microdermabrasion and

LED as standard. If you can find a clinic like ours

that operates like we do, you'll be really, really happy because

you'll never be upsold to and you'll know exactly what you're spending

from the time you step into that room. Or simply

ask your therapist on what they think is best, the best way

for you to save money and to see results. If they're a good therapist,

they'll be able to guide you. We do many skin plans in

my clinic and that helps our clients to see results by

working with them and their budget. So what we actually do

is we sit down with them, we do a thorough skin consultation, We

go through everything with them in terms of what they're putting their

skin through and what's going on on a daily basis and

what their skin goals are. And then we look at their

budget and we take all of this into consideration and

we put together a skin plan. and

they can do it two ways. They can either do it on a monthly basis and

we just work out what treatments they need to get

their results as well as the home care that they're going to need and

or we set up a weekly, small weekly payment

of $30, $40, $50, whatever it works out to be that includes

their product. We set it up for over six months, seven

months, eight months, whatever is suited to their time. And

they just pay that small weekly amount. We set up their bookings for

them. We give them their product and they're good to go. They

can follow our guidance. There's no guesswork for them. We

track everything. We make sure that everything's working. If

we need to tweak something, we will during that period. And

we just make sure that they're looking after their skin the best way

possible. And this is how our clients see results. So

really something for you to start looking at and to start incorporating

into your daily regimen or look

for a clinic that does this because it's going to actually set you up

on the right road towards getting the results that you're after for

your skin. And a final way for you to save on

all your treatments is to take up our offer

of getting 10% off any of our treatments in

our clinic. So if you're in Queensland or in Brisbane, come

and visit us. You can book online, just leave

the word podcast in the note when you're making your booking

or when you call us to book, just say the word podcast so

we know that you saw this podcast and you'll automatically get your

10% off at checkout. Thank you for joining me on Holistic

Skin Guru. If this episode has helped you get

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