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Get started from your home, or add body wrapping to your salon, tanning salon, health club or related business--with NO ridiculous "licensing" fee.

Thinking of starting a body wrap business? Want to know what it costs to start, or how difficult it is to learn? How much space do you need, and can you start out doing it in your home? Most importantly, how much money can you make? This page should answer these questions, as well as most other questions you may have about this very lucrative business.

SlenderWrap™ provides body wrap products to salons, whether they are already established in the body wrap business, or just wanting to get started. As a rule, salons that have access to a client database, such as a tanning salon, weight loss clinic, health spa, or health food store have a distinct advantage over a salon without such a list. Further, persons with previous retail business experience have greater likelihood of success than someone who just decides to go into the body wrapping business on a "whim."

Product Info

The SlenderWrap™ Body Wrap System uses a sea clay mud as the base product for body wrapping. Other companies use seaweed, aloe-vera, or mineral solutions. These "other products" are liquid based. Since the body wrap process is based on an "absorption process", the solution must be able to act as an absorbent for best results. Liquids cannot absorb liquids, making sea clay mud much more effective than any other body wrap product on the market today. Simply stated, no other body wrap product can provide the inch loss that sea clay can. So, why do other wrap salons use products other than sea clay? Expense. A sea clay wrap costs a salon 1 to 2 dollars more per wrap than other "liquid based" products, such as "herbal", "seaweed", or "amino acid" wraps. Therefore, a salon that is worried about it’s bottom line will use a cheaper product. Finer salons, which are more concerned with quality products (and repeat business), should choose the finest products available. That’s where we come in.

Guaranteed Inch loss

Our salons offer the 6 inch guarantee that your inch loss will stay off for 30 days, provided the client gains no more weight. Other salons guarantee the inch loss, but not the 30 days. This is a great advertising "hook", and gets the prospective client’s attention. But this is not a scam—you can back this claim up. Remember, this is a cumulative loss, with the inch loss from thighs being added to the loss from the calves, waistline and buttocks to arrive at the total. This method of measuring is used by all body wrap providers. Some wraps are based on compression (the liquid based ones), and the inch loss will return within just a few hours, or a couple of days. This is not true of sea clay. The inches stay off. This equates to satisfied clients, repeat business, and free word of mouth advertising.

Training

Some companies provide training in their facilities, and this cost is built into a so-called "licensing fee." We at SlenderWrap™ feel that you can learn this procedure with a little practice just by looking at our website in just a few hours, especially if you’ve had a wrap performed on you at practically ANY salon. All the wrapping techniques are virtually the same, regardless of the product used.

If you decide that you simply must have hands on training, we will provide you and one other person one day of training at our facility for a one time training fee of $500. You would be responsible for all expenses relating to travel, lodging and local transportation to and around Indianapolis, Indiana. Advance reservation and payment is required, but we repeat—"Training is NOT necessary". This isn’t rocket science.

NO  Licensing Fees--Unlike our Competitor

Our salons will be allowed their county or area of 50,000 people as a protected territory, provided you adhere to minimum purchasing requirements. We do not charge the ridiculous "licensing fee" that our competitors charge, so you'll save THOUSANDS.  Requirements are 1 gallon every 3 months. This means we will not sell our product to another salon in your area, so you would be free from competition of SlenderWrap™ sea clay. However, you must purchase all your supplies from us without substitution of any products, and you may not re-sell them either retail or via internet or mail.  This insures the SlenderWrap™ name is not harmed by cheaper substitutions. Imagine if McDonald’s allowed each store to buy it’s own hamburger meat from anywhere they wanted. There would be no quality control. We operate under the same principle.

Hidden Charges

We have no hidden or "surprise" fees or costs. Our business practices are straightforward and upfront. We are an ethical company. We won’t sell you something you don’t need or want. We operate on the long term basis. In order for us to be successful, you must be successful.

Privacy of Your records

Your sales figures are none of our business. Some other providers want your sales information as part of their "licensing agreement". Your minimum purchases to maintain your territory is our only concern. How much money you make is your concern only.

Salon Use Only

Salons purchase larger quantities of our products at substantial discounts. These products may only be used in your salon. You may not repackage and sell our product by retail or mail order. The SlenderWrap™ Cellulite Reduction Cream™ may be retailed to the client in your salon, but not via mail order. Likewise, to insure the integrity of the product and process, you would not be permitted to substitute other products in the body wrap process and still market body wraps under the SlenderWrap™ brand name.

Retailing our products

Your salon would be permitted to purchase and resell our SlenderWrap™ Cellulite Reduction Cream, which is the finest on the market. Cellulite Reduction Cream must be purchased by the case, and is priced to salons at about 55% of retail.   Other products that you retail, as long as they aren't competing bodywrap products are not our business.

What you need to get started

A full body wrap on a person will require about two dozen wrap bandages. Many clients are only concerned with specific problem areas, but you should do a full wrap in your salon. Performing ‘partial" wraps will take almost as long as a full wrap, so offering full wraps only will be more profitable.

Our body wrapping bandages are cotton/elastic with a very soft texture. Similar to Ace bandages, they are much softer and the elastic in not nearly as strong. This insures the client’s comfort and avoids the itching associated with the coarseness of other wraps.

Sea clay will be used at 2 to 4 ounces per client, depending on the client’s size. Sold by the gallon to salons, plan on getting at least 40 and as many as 55 wraps per gallon.

The sauna suit is absolutely necessary in the salon setting. Sauna suits are more professional looking, keep the clients warm during the process, and protect your furniture and carpeting from the possibility of mess from the sea clay mud. This attractive yet rugged sauna suit is available in six sizes, from Small through  XXXL sizes. Remember, the more professional looking your operation, the more you will be able to charge your clients per wrap.

Space needed

A 6’X 7’ room is adequate for measuring and wrapping a client. This room should have a mirror, no carpeting, and one electrical outlet. Salons can use one room this size per technician. Once wrapped, the client can be led out to a common area, or a lounge area with a TV or magazine area. This frees up the room for the next client.

The Process

One technician can do 3 clients in a cycle. Example: Client A has an appointment at 1:PM. Client A is measured and wrapped, and put in a lounge chair in about 20 to 25 minutes. She will be unwrapped and re-measured in one hour. At 1:30 PM, Client B has an appointment. Client B is measured, wrapped and shown to the lounge by 2:PM. At 2:PM, Client C arrives and is wrapped, and shown to the lounge. Now, it is 2:30PM, and Client A is now ready to be unwrapped. Client A is unwrapped, re-measured, and is shown options for package purchases. The wrap bandages are now put in laundry mesh bags and put in the washing machine. At 3:PM, it is time to unwrap client B. At 3:30PM, it is time to unwrap and sell a package to client C. So, at 4:PM, the technician can take the next 3 clients. If you do not have laundry facilities at your salon, you will need to purchase enough wrap bandages to do about 9 clients per day FOR EACH TECHNICIAN. In other words, 3 clients in 3 hours. Income is about $80 to $100 per hour, plus gratuities for the technician.

What does this mean to you really? For a salon owner, you should make $500 after all costs per technician per day. The technician will make $120 to $150 per day, depending on her speed, and her tips. You may also want to train the technicians to sell "packages" of 3, 5, or 7 body wraps. This enables the technician to make some commission, and insures the technician will have a good relationship with the client. This arrangement will also make for increased sales of "packages" and increases your cash flow.  This also motivates the technician to do an excellent job.  Approximately 40% of your packages will go unused, which equates to absolutely free money. 

One Technician Professional pack:  ( 40 to 55 FULL  wraps)

What we do not provide

You will need one "roaster" per wrapping room. These are available at Wal-Mart or similar stores for about $80 or so. You use these roasters to store the rolled wraps in warm water. Roasters are pictured on our website on the "photo instruction" page. They are only used to keep the water warm during the process. Set it to 125 degrees. You may use just plain tap water—there is no need for mineral water or distilled water, unless your water has a high sulfur content, or other impurities.

Wrap rollers are sold by other companies. Our experience has been that they are not very sturdy or reliable, yet the cost is high. We use portable battery operated drills to roll the wraps, or, you can just roll them by hand. A drill can be used for other duties too, giving you more flexibility. Plus, they are about ¼ the price of the wrap rolling machines, and more reliable.

It has been our experience that on site training is not necessary since the procedure may be learned via the website.

Summary:

This generally will cover 90% of the questions salons will ask, and it is our hope that this has been informative. Should you have any further questions, please direct them to us via the following email address.  We feel that of all the body wrap providers in the industry, that we are the most upfront, ethical, and fair.  We don't strap you for cash before you even open your business with ridiculous licensing or franchising fees. Lastly, we have the finest products available.  Remember the saying, "No one was ever sorry they bought the best there is."  If you've been in business, or just starting, you should know just how important these points are.

Remember, there is NO substitute for quality.  We at SlenderWrap™ have built our reputation on providing the highest quality products in the body wrap business.  High quality costs  more.  Each and every product we sell is exactly the same product that is used in salons.  Don't be fooled by lower prices on products that are not commercial salon quality.  

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