Welcome to Glam Startups

Practical help for hair and beauty businesses

Glam Startups is a practical guide for hairdressers, beauty therapists and salon owners who want to start, run and grow their business. We publish step-by-step guides, free templates and honest tool reviews, so you can spend less time working out the business side and more time doing what you love.

Who writes the guides

The guides on Glam Startups are written by Kissa, a hairstylist with over 10 years of experience and the founder of Hair by Kissa. Beyond her love for hair, she uses her digital strategy skills to support young talent in South Yorkshire, and she believes in the power of connection, whether that is through hair, community projects or education.

You can read more of her work on her author page, or get in touch. She is always open to a chat.

What you will find here

• Step-by-step guides to starting a beauty business, writing a salon business plan and building a salon website.
• Free templates, including salon policies and terms, email templates for hairdressers and a salon risk assessment.
• Honest reviews of booking, marketing and business tools, such as our guide to the best appointment tracker and scheduling systems.
• Answers to the questions clients ask, from refunds to missed appointment fees.

How we make our recommendations

Some links on this site are affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. It helps keep the guides and templates free. We aim to recommend only tools that suit small beauty businesses, we update our reviews as things change, and we tell you when prices or features may have moved. Read our affiliate disclaimer for details.