4 Salon Tips to Keep Clients Cool in the Summer

The UK is known for not dealing with extreme weather, and with the UK beginning to heat up (hello heatwave!), Treatwell, Europe’s largest hair and beauty bookings platform, has shared their salons’ top tips on keeping customers cool and comfortable this summer.

1. Cooling Treatments

If you’re looking to cool down your clients, one way to bring them relief, especially if they’re a little overheated from travelling is to incorporate cooling techniques into your treatments. “During summer, I do all of my facial treatments and massages with facial cooling ice globes that are made from crystal glass. I roll them over my clients skin and it is an amazing massage tool - they just love it!” shares with us Eva Blasco, Founder of Eudermic by Eva Blasco. Likewise, No.23 Skin incorporates “a lovely cooling mask that’s been stored in the fridge which helps to reduce puffiness and leaves customers feeling calm, cool and refreshed as they leave the salon”.

Every type of salon can include a cooling treatment in their service, for example in a hair salon consider a cool rinse. This works great inside Rebel & Blow, “it’s the perfect way to cool down this summer. Not only is it refreshing but it closes the cuticles after the wash encouraging smoothness and shine for the hair.”

2. Make your drinks menu all-inclusive

Don’t take hot drinks totally off the menu. Some hot drinks can help to cool down the body from the inside. Peppermint is known for its cooling properties due to its high menthol content, which can encourage sensations of feeling cooler. Try offering a hot or iced peppermint tea drink on hotter summer days.

Make sure your drinks menu also includes cooler drinks. Eva recommends “cool and refreshing drinks like fresh orange juice, freshly made lemonade, and flavoured water for [her] clients before, during and after their treatments - packed with ice, of course.”

3. Ventilation

Good ventilation not only helps keep your clients cool, but it also helps keep the air clear of allergens and pollen for clients in the summer months. “Good air circulation is an absolute must and fortunately this also helps keep the clinic cool” says Helen Wyre-Charkham from No.23 Skin, “We try to create a breeze through the salon and keep our staff and customers well-hydrated.”

4. Ambience

Playing relaxing music can help keep your customers cool. Relaxing music reduces feelings of anxiety and high stress, as well as the physical symptoms that accompany anxiety, including elevated blood pressure and heart rate. Keeping the music on the calmer side will help to slow the heart rate and relax the muscles, making your customers feel soothed and slightly cooler!