Future Piercing Parlor?

Question

As a future career i am considering having my own piercing parlour

possibly expanding to tattoos but first i would like the idea of henna tattoos

i have thought a lot about this as a career instead of teaching as i feel i have a lot of passion for piercings and have lost the motivation for teaching as a highschool teacher..

but i feel my parents will not support me in my decision as my dads anti percings.

if you could give me any information on how to approach this

(in setting up my own palour)

where can i take piercing courses and how much would it cost

(in the UK)

also prices on piercings?

any ideas on the name of the place?

my name is liz..

but i do not intend to have that in the name of my parlor..

but if you feel it a good name please say it.

please dont be rude if you have something worth saying then say it.

i think this is a good career and its my choice so no rubbish.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Awesome idea. You have to know that your not gonna just be able to open up a shop as soon as you've learnt to pierce. A good piercing shop would have a few years experience behind them, you would be seen as more trust worthy. Your best bet is to ask around a few piercing shops about an apprenticeship. You need to check these piercing places out before you decide, if you can, do take the apprenticeship. If you want to learn well, then you have to find a good place to learn at. Thinking about names and prices is way in the future. A good two years at a piercing place of learning how to pierce people is probably the least. Working in another shop for a good few years will get you the experience you need.  

Answer 2

Here are a few sites I found starting with the google search

http://www.google.com/search?client=safa...

http://bsbodypiercing.org/main.html

http://www.thetattooacademy.co.uk/pta_ht...

there should be prices on the sites

name of  a place something meaningful to you like your inspirations or something

hth