Hi peeps!

Sorry if this has been covered before but...

What made you decide that nails was your thing?

I'm just about to hit my 30th birthday (I expect it to be painful!!!! ) and so I decided to sit down and think about what I actually want to DO with my life! I'm quite lucky in that I don't have a huge mortgage any more, so I can afford to be more flexible with my earnings and I want to actually do something that I will ENJOY!!!! So, nails seemed to be the obvious thing for me to do. I've done (read: painted, just!!!) my nails and other peoples' nails since I was a teenager so I think this is definitely the right thing for me to do.

But what's everyone else's stories???

well its such hard work - theres stuff involved that people dont even realise!! i get comments all the time from my boyfreind and all his friends - 'you know, tori just paints peoples nails' its drives me crazy!!
i went to college when i was 19 to do btec beauty therapy science so i am a fully qualified beauty therapist as well. im so suited to my job because im such a people person!! i worked in an office when i forst left school but missed actually seeing people not just talking to them on the phone. so i looked into beauty therapy and hvnt looked back since. working for myself has been the best thing i ever did - but it is had graft!! i only have2 clients this week so things still really up and down and iv been doing it scince june. if you really really want to do it then yeah go for it, it requires a lot of dedication and practise till the cows come home!!
hope u havne fell asleep - that was way longer then i intended!!

tori x

I started sugaring first as the lady that used to do my sugaring was moving over to France and wanted someone to take over her clients when she left. As she was a tutor she asked if I would be interested in her training me. Didn't have to think long about it, did my course, got my certificate and found I loved it. So I thought I know nails look easy (how wrong was I) I'll do that.

Firstly though I had to do a manicure/pedicure course before progressing onto enhancements. As I was on working tax credit at the time, I could get my courses very cheaply, so I decided to do cosmetic make up also.

I was 43 when I started my courses and am 47 this year, so I am even later coming into nails and beauty than you, but I LOVE IT. I love it so much I have recently given up my employed job to go self employed full time.

I am still working on the enhancement side of things and to be honest am not asked for enhancements very much but I do keep practising.

So, I am following my dream, working for myself in a profession I am passionate about. I intend to keep on learning by continuing my education both in the classroom and reading books and of course by geeking.

Ive wanted to do nails for about 9 years now, Ive always done my friends and families nails, manicures pedicures, no enhancements though! It was just a case of not being able to afford to do it for me. I chose to go with Creative after alot of reasearch, then started to save.
In this time weve had 2 children, got married etc, so some money has been pinched from my fund, but last year I had enough to start my courses!

I have finally found my calling in life!! Yay!!!

The art of doing nails..to be able to create something so beautiful.

BTW...birthdays are only as hard as you want them to be..LOL..It is just a number. And life just gets better and better the longer you are here on earth.

I was 25 with three kids under the age of 5 and no job.......... need I say more.......lol.......

I've always had an artistic side to me .....this was the best way of expressing it and getting paid at the same time.....

i was 40, and my daughter asked me to do the course with her, she gave up after the first night - i carried on, cos i was intriqued - basically the rest is history flower, she now gets me to do her nails.

I used to work in an office, gave up to have my babies and revel in a few years of full on mummyhood (I loved every minute), then did my training in gel nails ready to start when the youngest started full time school (and I was 37). Then I trained in l&p and fibreglass/silks about a year later.

I wanted

a) something totally different to do, bored with office life
b) something to fit around the family and be a bit flexible
c) something I adored.

Happily I found nails and it ticks all the right boxes for me! What a joy it is to do something you love and get paid for it!

I was a Secretary when I left school up to when my first was born 12 yrs ago. Then, when my second child was in nursery I watched my mate have her nails done in her home (l&P) and then had mine done a week later. I was hooked!!!
I wanted to work and be a mum at home and I have always loved things about nails. I have never looked back or given up. Nails is here to stay!