Beauty models wanted in Canada — and a way to sit as one
A student in Winnipeg needs six sets of hands before her lash assessment. Someone in Halifax would happily have her brows laminated for the cost of the product. Slotora's model finder puts those two people on one advert, with the day, the real length, the price in Canadian dollars and the photograph question settled before either of them commits.
Two sides of one appointment
The same account works for both. Nobody needs a salon on Slotora to post or to apply.
If you need a model
You might be an esthetics student with a practical coming up, a nail tech learning structured gel, an educator with a practical day for a whole group, or a salon with an empty afternoon. Write what you need, read who applies, accept the ones you want. Up to twenty places on one advert, for a group day.
If you would sit as a model
Read the whole advert first — the treatment, the date, how long it really takes, what it costs you, the cancellation rule and whether photographs are wanted. Ask a question without applying. Or publish the days you have spare and let posters ask you instead.
How a sitting comes together
Five steps, in the model finder itself, with nothing written into anybody's salon diary.
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The advert
Treatment, trade, date, start time, real length, number of models, what it costs, up to five questions for applicants, and the reason — practice, a portfolio piece, a new technique, a teaching day, an assessment, content, or an hour about to go empty. The advert shows the town and never the street.
02
Applying, or asking first
An application answers the poster's questions and accepts the advert's terms and cancellation rule as they read that day. A question is a separate message and commits nobody.
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Choosing
The poster reads each application and accepts the people she wants. Nothing is accepted automatically, and a full advert stays visible with “no places left” rather than disappearing on everyone who applied.
04
The address and the reminder
If the advert said the street waits for acceptance, it is sent then, to the accepted model only. Both people are reminded twenty-four hours ahead, by e-mail and by notification.
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The day, and afterwards
Either side can cancel from a link, with no fee either way. Afterwards the poster records what happened; a photo agreement is the only thing that lasts beyond the day, and the model can withdraw it.
Who pays whom, in Canadian dollars
An advert takes one of three shapes and says which before anyone applies: it costs the model nothing; it costs the materials used on her, as a figure; or it is a reduced model price, a real price lower than the usual one because a student is slower and the result is not guaranteed. An advert posted from Canada is priced in Canadian dollars.
No money moves through Slotora for a sitting. There is no deposit, no card field and no cancellation fee in either direction, and Slotora takes no commission on what the two of you settle on the day. That also means nobody can offer a model a fee through the finder: there is no way for Slotora to pay a member of the public.
Using the finder costs neither side anything, and it is not part of the Canadian salon subscription.
Questions about the model finder in Canada
Does it cost anything to post an advert or to apply?
No. Neither side pays Slotora anything for the model finder, in Canada or elsewhere. What the model pays, if anything, is on the advert and settled between the two of you.
Can I be paid for sitting as a model?
No. The finder has no way to pay money to a member of the public, so adverts can only cost the model nothing, the cost of materials or a reduced model price.
Will my phone number be on the advert?
No. Neither person's phone number or e-mail address appears on any public page. Questions and answers go through Slotora's messages, and an application carries no photograph of you, because there is no field for one.
Do I need a Slotora salon to post a model call?
No. The model finder has its own accounts. A student, a nail tech without a salon, or an educator can post; a salon owner uses the same kind of account as everybody else.
Can an academy fill a whole practical day from one advert?
Yes. One advert can ask for up to twenty models at the same time, and accepting one does not close the others until every place is filled.
What if I cancel the night before?
Use the link in your messages. It costs nothing in either direction, however late. The only cost is the other person's afternoon, so give as much notice as you can.
Which trades, and which towns
Seven kinds of work: nails, lashes, hair, brows, make-up, skin and massage. Tattooing and piercing are deliberately left out.
Every advert names its town, and town pages are built only from adverts that are live — so a Canadian town page appears the day the first advert there is published, and not before. If your town has no page yet, nobody near you has a live advert — which is a reason to post the first one, not a page we fill with placeholders.
What to know before you use it in Canada
Said plainly, so nobody finds out at the door.
- Eastern time for every Canadian advert
- An advert takes its time zone from the poster's country, and for Canada that is Toronto's today. Your start time shows as you typed it, but outside Eastern time the 24-hour reminder arrives a few hours early. We have not fixed this yet.
- No text reminders
- Reminders go by e-mail and by notification. The model finder sends no text messages to Canadian numbers, or to any others.
- Nobody is vetted
- We check no identity, qualification or insurance on either side. Being 18 or older is a statement each person makes, not a document anyone has seen.
- No French version
- The finder reads in English and several European languages, but not in French, so it is not prepared for Québec.
Post the sitting you actually need
Write the advert with the real length and the real price, name the town, and choose whether the street waits for acceptance. Then read who applies.