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What should you actually be charging? Five quick steps, about 4 minutes. You'll get the minimum price that covers your goals, your costs, your tax and your top-up, and see whether your current price is costing you money.
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Let's start with what you charge today, so we can compare it with what you should be charging. Not taking clients yet? Leave the prices blank and skip ahead.
Your current price for a full treatment
Your main treatment, e.g. nano brows
Is the top-up included in that price?
Lots of artists include it. That's fine, as long as the price covers it.
New clients a month, roughly
Full treatments, not top-ups. An honest average is fine.
Step 2 of 5
What do you want to take home, and how much do you actually want to work? Be honest: this is your price, built around your life.
Take-home pay you want each month
What lands in your pocket after tax and costs. Not turnover.
Days a week you want to treat
Full treatments you can fit in a day
First sessions only. We count the time for top-ups for you.
Weeks off a year
Holidays, bank holidays, illness and training. Most artists take 6–8.
Step 3 of 5
Every outgoing counts, or your price won't cover it. Know your totals? Type them in. Not sure? Tap Break it down and we'll add it up for you. Use your last 2–3 bank statements for an average.
Premises, per month
Rent or chair rent, bills, cleaning
Rent or chair rent
Bills (electric, water, heating)
Cleaning and laundry
Insurance and admin, per month
Insurance, accountant, bank and card fees, clinical waste
Insurance (monthly)
Accountant or bookkeeping
Bank and card machine fees
Clinical waste collection
Software and marketing, per month
Booking system, website, apps, ads, phone
Booking system
Website and domain
Apps and subscriptions (Canva, editing apps)
Ads and marketing
Phone
Anything else, per month
Staff, travel, parking, anything we missed
Staff or assistant
Travel and parking
Anything else
Yearly costs
Paid once a year. We divide by 12 for you.
Training and conferences
Equipment (machine, lamp, bed)
Council licence
Insurance, if you pay it yearly
Total running costs a month — calculated
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What you use on one client in one full session. To get a cost per client, divide the product price by how many clients it lasts: a £20 pigment that does 10 clients is £2.
Products for one full session
Needles, pigment, numbing, PPE, aftercare
Needles or cartridges
Pigment
Numbing
Gloves, PPE and barrier film
Aftercare kit
Anything else
Step 5 of 5
This money isn't yours: it's HMRC's. We add it on top of your take-home, so your price covers both. Not sure of your rate? Pick 25%: it's a safe estimate for most sole traders.
Your tax rate (income tax + National Insurance)
Ask your accountant for your real figure when you can.
Are you VAT registered?
Only if your turnover is over the VAT threshold. If yes, we add 20% VAT to your price.
Length of a full session (hours)
Length of a top-up (hours)
Products for a top-up
Leave blank if it uses the same as a full session
Your price
Minimum price, top-up included
Recommended (minimum + 20%)
This is the least you can charge and still hit your take-home goal. The recommended price leaves room for quiet months, new equipment and time off sick.
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What your current price is really paying you
Where the money goes on every client
Your profit
What you keep
Tax
Set aside for HMRC
Running costs
Rent, insurance, software…
Products
Both sessions
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