Dear All

As some of you already know I am attending CND found in March, followed by CND gel so not yet quailified..

However I have been offered a 3 month rent free opportunity in a large local salon to commence late April early May.

What an opportunity. Hope I can provide a good service by then, pratice, practice, practice for me.

As far as I know I will be providing my own stock & eqp etc.

I am due to speak with the manager in detail next week and am asking you for some advice on what I should be asking for:

The two areas I have considered are:

Advertising - Would i be responsible? If me then am I to advertise with his salon details?

Insurance - My own, or covered by salon?

These are the 2 areas that will become clearer next week but is there any advice that you would like to give me regarding questions to ask?

I realise that this is very soon to be let loose on the public but I am determined to see this through and work hard.

Many thanks in advance to any of my geeky friends who take the time to reply xxxxxxxx

I feel sooooooooo lucky x

Champagne

Can't really offer any advice on your questions...and like you say when you speak to the manager that might become clearer...

But I do want to say that it sounds like a fantastic offer....Good luck with your course and your new venture xxxxx

Let us know how you get on....

Anyone got any suggestions or warnings????

Come on Geeks or I will have to start banging on in the chat room lol

Champs x

You say that your course starts in March
if this is the case you are not going to be qualified until June
did you realise this hun because you will not be able to get insured and work on the paying public until you have your certificate
sorry if i have read this wrong but i don't want you getting into bother

Such a great opportunity, but as said previously be careful to make sure you have qualified and are insured before starting out. It took me quite a few months to become confident with L&P and turn out decent sets within a reasonable time. Be cautious about starting your business before you are ready and you have ironed out any initial application issues, or you may be judged on your very new skills which have not yet been developed or perfected. Hope that makes sense! Enjoy your courses.

Hi hun

I did my foundation cert with Creative last year, and I had high expectations of becoming a nail tech straight away. Unfortunately it doesnt happen as quickly as that, like Lou said, you dont qualify for a couple of months, but even then I would seriously consider commiting to any salon agreements, as its unlikely that your work will be of salon quality straight away. You will need to keep on practising for a while after qualifying.

I qualified last year, and its only a few weeks ago that I took the plunge and rented a salon space. Even still, I feel like its been a bit of a baptism of fire, and although I am outwardly confident, I still worry if the quality of my work is good enough. My clients seem happy so far, but theres sooo much more that just doing good nails to consider.

If I were you, I would wait until you have actually started your course and can see for yourself whats involved before you make any commitments. I dont mean this to put a downer on your plans, but I know just where you are coming from and would hate to see someone out of pocket by making a mistake.

I hope you enjoy your course, have fun

My last day is in late April, all being well i should recieve my cert then..I realise that this is only the start & i will need hundreds of sets to get anywhere near proffessional but this is the worry...

Do I go for it .... or wait and it may be too late x


Scary Scary !

My only worry would that if your nails arent salon standard then clients may not be forgiving and word of mouth is so important when setting up a new business. And to run into problems this early in your new career could be really demoralising. Just make sure that you are ready. If your not then there will always be other places to rent. Good luck hun

Thank youuuuuuu ..... Its such a big decision ...... Have taken all your advice on board ....

All advice welcome xxx

I would say..................and this may be against the grain, jump straight in and go for it, you will never learn otherwise and often it is a great learning curve. I remember Gigi saying once go for it.

Although I would make it clear with the salon who is responsible for advertising, it's their salon but you could come to a compromise?

Best of luck xx

Get your own insurance for your own piece of mind, no comebacks.