Going self-employed
Before you open your skincare diary, get your treatment menu, consultation records and bookings organised.
Instant digital downloads on currently available products · UK-focused templates and guides · Not a substitute for professional advice.
Giving someone glowing skin after a facial is the part you love; running the business around it is the part that catches people out. On your own, whether that's a treatment room or going mobile, you're pricing a menu so your product and stock costs are covered, building courses and packages, taking deposits so longer appointments pay, keeping consultation and patch-test notes tidy, and showing honest skin journeys on Instagram to build a loyal clientele. LaunchKit is a set of UK-focused, downloadable templates and guides designed to help you think through that setup side and get organised. It's a practical starting point, not a substitute for professional advice.
What to sort first
Set prices for facials, peels, microdermabrasion, waxing and brows so each treatment covers your time and the products it uses.
Decide how you'll price multi-session courses and packages for skincare regulars and event prep so the maths works across the whole course.
Have a tidy place for consultation, patch-test and skin notes for each client. This is practical record-keeping, not medical or health advice.
Track what your serums, peels, wax and consumables actually cost per treatment so you know your real margin before you set prices.
Decide how you'll take deposits and get clients booked back in on their skincare cycle so the diary stays full.
Plan how new clients and event bookings will discover you on Instagram and local pages, with honest skin transformations, and how regulars rebook.
Insurance, your training and qualifications, and any registration or licensing your treatments need are worth sorting early. This is a prompt to look into, not insurance advice, and the templates don't replace your training, qualifications or any registration or licensing you need.
Recommended LaunchKit tools
Walks you through the practical first steps of setting up as a self-employed aesthetician so you're not guessing what to sort first.
See what’s inside Your paperworkReady-to-use consultation, patch-test and booking templates plus simple client agreements, to keep your skincare paperwork consistent (a starting point to think through, not legal advice).
See what’s inside Your pricingHelps you work through treatment, course and package pricing alongside your product costs so your menu actually covers each facial and peel.
See what’s inside Getting foundContent templates to help you share honest before-and-afters and skin journeys on Instagram so clients keep rebooking.
See what’s inside Your wordsHelps you write booking replies, aftercare messages and Instagram captions without staring at a blank screen between clients.
See what’s inside Money adminA set of forms to help you keep deposits, takings and product spend organised across a busy week of treatments.
See what’s insideNot sure where to start? See everything for aestheticians or browse all LaunchKit products.
Suggested starter stack
The same tools, grouped in the order most people pick them up. You don’t need everything at once — start with the essentials, then add the rest as your business grows.
Common questions
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