Summary
Our founder and CEO, Ego Iwegbu-Daley, launched her first salon in 1999 in London's hottest location, Topshop Oxford Circus. She went on to open a further 5 salons in Selfridges&Co London, Manchester, Trafford and Birmingham and a stand-alone salon in Fulham London.
In 2006, along with business partner and friend, Margaret Mensah, Ego went on to establish Miss Salon - the one-stop shop for all things salon business!
From her own experience as a salon owner Ego realised that many salon owners are 'on their own' when faced with the realities of running a salon business... It's hard and financial and personal freedom can take a long time to achieve!
Miss Salon addresses the needs of the start-up and established salon owner through books, workshops, profit&loss and cash flow templates, staffing solutions, mentoring programmes and much more.
We can only list some of the more public work we have done but we have successfully assisted 100's of salon owners and start-ups over the years...
... It has been our pleasure.
1999 - 2005
Owned and established 6 Nail Haven nail salons in all Selfridges&Co department stores, Topshop Oxford Circus and Fulham, London
2001 - 2009
Launched Miss Salon™ Consultancy
Planned, designed, staffed and project managed the launch of Crabtree & Evelyn's first in-store nail bar in Canary Wharf
Provided beauty professionals for Superdrug press party
Assisted Topshop and Dorothy Perkins from 2003 to 2007 in their customer special offers by setting up and managing free nail bars on their shop floors. Nationwide.
Setup, managed and staffed all the nail bars at London Fashion Weekend since 2001 to date for brands including
Superdrug, Bourjois, Sally Hansen, Revlon, Nails Inc and Rococo
Staffed nail bars, makeup counters and hair stations at the Clothes Show Live, Birmingham and London since 2002 to date
including stage presentations for Superdrug, 2true, GOSH and Nail Haven
Provided nail bars at various other corporate and private events, including The Face of Dove promotion final party, Topshop Awards night, Webster Dixon party, Coors Brewers staff treat and more.
Other
Margaret lectures at Beauty Therapy NVQ level
Ego was judge of The Best Nail Salon category run by Professional Beauty for two consecutive years.
She frequently writes for Professional Beauty, Scratch Magazine, Salon Magazine and HairsHow Magazine.
Ego has written two popular books - Open Your Own Salon... The Right Way! and Kick-Start Your Salon Into Profit
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Ego Iwegbu Daley
Former owner and managing director of Nail Haven (1999-2005); a chain of 5 nail bars in Selfridges&Co, Topshop Oxford Circus and a stand-alone salon in Fulham.
Ego is a business director, author and beauty enthusiast.
She created the open-plan nail bar concept and singularly, developed and executed
her business plan from scratch. Having planned; raised finance; secured relationships with Topshop and Selfridges; designed shop-fits; hired and trained staff; sourced suppliers, contractors and products; created treatments; dealt with all licensing, insurance and H&S applications and procedures; directed operations and controlled finances for a total of 8 nail bar launches, 14 national shows and 1 salon in 5 years, Ego is well postioned to advise on salon launches, operational procedures and financial controls... more |
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Margaret Mensah
Former regional operations manager and trainer for Nail Haven (2001-2005) and manager for Iman Cosmetics in Selfridges&Co (1998-2001).
Margaret is a beauty retail specialist, qualified trainer and team leader.
She is well respected amongst her peers and her management style has won her praise and loyalty from her staff.
Margaret's vast experience includes; Staff and salon management; Staff training, interviews and hiring; Brand, salon and shop promotions; Setting clear guidelines for staff and managers regarding Health & Safety; Setting and achieveing sales and marketing targets; Merchandising and maximising sale; Customer service; Licence management; Providing beauty treatments and services (makeup artist, nail technician, hairdresser, beauty therapist); Stock control and analysis; Motivating staff... more |
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