I am glad that found this article and read all comments too, actully i am a beauticiant and massage therapy, I am not owing my salon at the moment but work in a salon in Malaysia.

What i been thinking that wellness therapist with the uniform is actually skillful and care ladies to deliver their best of skill and knowledge helping everyone who need facial and body treatment. Most of the beauticiant are good if we work with heart and care,,,mom told me too,,do something with your real heart,,people will feel it.

It is sad that most beauticiant nowaday, they been mould and build in mind like a robot that they are actually sell person beside therapist, they work to… fight for sell, target, commission, highest sell therapist waoo 6-7K a month..well i agreed that. The therapist nowadays have to attend sell talk and training learn be a good “missy seller but come out pushy fellow”,, lol really feel sad…dont blame the poor missy k .someone behind to trill them,,not me.. I would prefer to updating my beauty knowledge or even get further study to upgrade myself,,then we can share with friend and client even can teach and train new generation of therapist..i like be a trainer one day or get good place to work with genuine ethic.

Gals.. the main purpose we go facial is the best thing to enjoy is the face and shoulder massage we cant do for ourself, follow by their skillful hands in handling our face with all sort of products, i trust most of the products in the market now, they have their own benefit and result. and some only need machine but not all…

Tine, I really hope all the comments can read by those beauty owner,the boss, of course everyone want money, but in the service line remember the word of “”"care”"” come first… all therapist have penny basic,,hardsell to get bit more,, i dont need consultant if all the therapist are good knowledge themself, the consultant always the hardsell people scaring off the client,,lol the boss is the top to playing all the bleeding package game,,lol,,poor little missy therapist get all blame always.

Still have salon is doing good and real,just that too many now, overflowing.. say no if you dont like, but i still like my career since i respect myself. the more luxury the salon you go ofcourse they expect more from you and we expect more from them. that’s the world now..unless you are just simple, i am simple but i respect who am i.

I’ve got used to the fact that a lot of asian run salons in malaysia have pushy sales people. Of course, I am learning to deal with it. I bring enough just for facial, and i ask that if they want me to sign up for a package, they can give me a quotation, and I’ll think about it before returning. ^^

Evelyn:
Ahh beauticians who take their time to educate you, that’s great! I don’t think I’ve ever had a beautician who’d teach me tips and tricks on skincare which does not include me having their buy their miracle products

Prettybeautiful:
Golly, mental torture eh? I know what you mean. It sucks big time for such a relaxing experience to be a source of stress, especially when you still have many sessions of treatment to go before it’s over and you can leave for good.

Fiseel:
Haha, that’s classic sales pitch!

Patrice:
Good for you for never experiencing such nonsense, and I hope you never have to.

Lyn:
Hmm would you mind sharing which beautician you go to? I mean, if it’s in a popular salon, I could hope there’s one in Melbourne too

Abby:
I understand the whole sales pitch thing once the treatment’s over. That’s the norm, and as much as I hope I don’t get it, it’s not something I mind so terribly. It’s when they give you that sales pitch DURING the facial, whilst they cleanse and scrutinise your skin, trying to sell you a certain treatment, over and over, that kills the joy of the session.

Simonne:
Me too! I use Clinique’s chemical exfoliant, and it’s reduced the number of facials I have to go to significantly. Now I see facials as a relaxing, pampering session

Shorty:
I agree with you. I’d blame the employers too. I remembered telling a beautician a number of times during my sessions that her products were too expensive, and instead of just shutting up, she told me that even though it’s expensive, it’s worth it in the end. Oh, and I could also pay by installment so it’s not that bad. 0% interest for three months! I wouldn’t even pay for furniture by installments (I’d rather not buy them if I can’t afford it at the time), much less for beauty treatments

Aichaku:
I do my facials at home as well. Just ’cause I’m cheap I love full body massages, but they’re always wasted on me as I have really ticklish legs. It’s torture when the masseurs work on my legs. I always have to bite on my lip to prevent myself from kicking out at them!

Paris:
A service industry with, sadly, not always so good service. It was only after I started going to Kanebo, that the hardselling decreased significantly. It’s not gone altogether, of course, as they still have a business to run, but at least for that 2 hours, I have peace. That, I definitely do not mind. Geez, didn’t think a Jurlique salon would resolve to such tactics – they wouldn’t let you out of the room?! Preposterous!

Indulgent Diva:
New York Skin Solution is notorious for their pushy sales tactics. I’ve read Malaysian forums which slam them on their hardselling methods and recommendations to NOT go back. I’m sorry you had to go through that. So far, I’ve not experience that in Melbourne, even at an Asian salon.

Nikki:
Good for you, girl! Stand your ground!

Akisalove:
It’s not just in Singapore, we get that in Malaysia too. What pisses me off is that they turn it around on us, blaming us for “missing out on such a great offer”. I mean, it’s our prerogative on taking up on the deals, not theirs to decide on what we should and should not do. Tsk tsk,

Lynn:
I started going to facials at a home salon. Although there were some pushing, the experience was still pretty enjoyable, until the beautician opened her own salon at a shoplot nearby. From then on, it was pushy sales all the way. Good on you for discovering such a gem in a good home salon. Stick with it

Jill:
I think I might have gotten the wrong message across here; I meant Asian salons as in salons in Asia, not Asian salons run by Asians in general. You’re right, plenty of Asian people can say no, but there are also plenty who find it a tad difficult (I don’t mean that they cannot and wouldn’t say no; I meant that they find it difficult). I don’t face problems with hardselling at Asian salons here in Melbourne, but then again, I’ve only been to one. The rest I go to are run by Australians and they’re fantastic.

How i wish they understand that if they give us good value and good service, we will just come back on our own. I am appalled to hear that some bigger brands push so hard also. Like ParisB, i too have been to Jurlique. Everything was great during the facial and massage i had. No talk. Only after i left the room did t start. Luckily i had someone to help me get out of it. Otherwise, who knows what might have happened. I hope they read comments.

I live in KL at the moment. So how i wish we gals could compile a list of good and bad salons so we don’t get duped into going into the bad ones. This also goes for Australia, Singapore, Philippines, everywhere really.

Lynn, that home salon sounds so great. Mind sharing the location?

We gals should stick together. It’s our right to say NO!

I’ve been to many reputable beauticians around sydney and they do it too. They don’t usually ask you to buy packages because it’s not common but they are definitely pushy when it comes to products.

The beautician I now see is brilliant and has never asked me to buy any products, not once in the 2.5 years. Well worth the one month waiting list.