1) Do you have a passion for nails? 1a) When did it start?
I think I do have a passion and it started about 12-13 years ago when I had my own nails enhanced......and I was hooked!!!!

2) Did you just go into this field because you felt it was an easy way to make a fast buck?
Hell NO!!!! I can think of other ways to make a fast buck....but nothing else that I would enjoy doing as much 3 years ago I was travelling a 60 mile round trip just to work on a Saturday to get some experience and confidence. I think I was left with about £10 for 6 hours work once I had taken out travelling and parking costs etc!!!!!

3) Do you really have a desire to make healthy, beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements? Why?
Yes I do and I don't mind if it is with or without enhancements because no matter which service I perform the emphasis is always on the health of the natural nail.


4) Do you feel that you have a God-given talent for nails? Why?
NO!!! I have been a qualified nail tech for almost 8 years but I was so not confident that it took me until 3 years ago to even consider working on a client. I have had to work had for what I have achieved in my professional life and I will continue to do so.

BTW great thread Yolanda.....how's the marmite going???!!!!

Well, I realized quickly that I did not like it on toast...so I'm looking for something else to try it in. I refuse to give up on it!!!

Alright guys, I'm waiting for more replys!!!!!!

1) I do have a passion for nails. It started when I was about 12 and used the 'stick ons'. My sister moved to Vancouver to stay with my cousin who had a salon/training school so when she came home for a visit she would bring her enhancement products with her. She eventually came over to Scotland for a month to train myself and my other sister how to do nails. (Oh my god, that was 16 years ago!!!)

2)My cousin wanted to get the nail business going in Scotland so she came over from Vancouver and got us set up in a salon, so the Fast bucks weren't for us I'm afraid LOL. I actually had a full time job but enjoyed doing nails so much I gave it up to do nails full time.

3)I do love to see healthy beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements. I do not work in a salon any more as I run the one stop in Glasgow and teach but I love to instill into my students the importance of keeping the natural nail healthy.

4) I do not have a God given talent for nails, my customers used to think I had and that I must have so much 'patience'!! I think I do have a God given talent with people and love to teach people the art of nails.

1) Do you have a passion for nails? YES i think you have to in order to create something special

1a) When did it start?When i was about 13 and always had gorgeous natural nails and then always ended up doing my friends nails.

2) Did you just go into this field because you felt it was an easy way to make a fast buck? Never thought it was an EASY way to make money as im not naturally artistic and knew i would have to work hard to become something special and not just another tech who slapped it all on then filed it all off!!

3) Do you really have a desire to make healthy, beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements? Oh yes!! i'd love everyone to have perfectly manicured hands and feet at all times, i love doing manicures and most people cant believe the difference they make.Enhancements are what they say they are; they enhance the look of your natural nails-look after your nails and your enhancements will look fantastic!
4) Do you feel that you have a God-given talent for nails? Nope just a passion to be the best!!!

I'm loving the answers that you geeks have given thus far...Can we have more??? Comon guys!!!!

Since this is nails only day I though I would bump this to get some other geeks to tell us about their passion!!!

Bumped for all the newbies!!

There are loads of newbies on here, so I would like to hear from some of them...comon, don't let this thread sit, it might just renew your passion and give you that extra push to keep going when things get hard!!

) Do you have a passion for nails? 1a) When did it start?
Nails are one of my many passions. It started when i was still in beauty school and figured out that doing nailenhancements wasn,t part of the teaching. I was a bit upset since i thought it would be thought allong the way. So when i was 16 i started my course with CND in L&p, 2 years after gel and wraps.
2) Did you just go into this field because you felt it was an easy way to make a fast buck?
If i do something it's because I like to do it. I wanted to learn this since i thought it was so cool that you can lengthen someones nails without looking fake *as i saw in advertisings* So i was determined to know how to do it and to have fun doing it on my mom, sister and friends. Kind of like an after school hobby.
3) Do you really have a desire to make healthy, beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements? Why?
I think that it,s important to preserve the health of the nails. If someone can achieve beautifull nails by having regular manicures i would do that before doing enhancements but i don,t get much satisfaction out of it. I never really liked manicures etc.. that much I like the fact that you can transform a bitten nail with enhancements instantly in gorgeous nails. I like the challenge of that + being able to make that transformation.
4) Do you feel that you have a God-given talent for nails? Why?
I don,t really think like that. I am just having fun in what I am doing and if people think I am good at that, it's an additional plus

1) Do you have a passion for nails? 1a) When did it start?
Yes I do have a passion, I love learning about nails and I enjoy practising enhancements. It started when I was 16 and looking at what to do when I left school. I always wanted to go into beauty, but was discouraged by my mom. When I was 22/23 I decided that I would do something for myself and I enrolled on a nail course, loved it and i've had the bug since then.

2) Did you just go into this field because you felt it was an easy way to make a fast buck?
Noooooooo, I don't think its an easy way to make a fast buck at all! Quite the opposite. I know when I am ready to take the plunge that I will have to take a pay cut, but i'd rather earn less and be in a creative job that I love rather than clock watching till 5:30.

3) Do you really have a desire to make healthy, beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements? Why?
Yes, I love all aspects of nail care and I wear my own nails natural with justy some enamal, I think a healthy natural looking set of nails natural are enchanced really makes a huge difference



4) Do you feel that you have a God-given talent for nails? Why?
God no! But i'm willing to practise and work at it because the rewards are fantastic!

not so much a god given talent for nails, although the 2 courses ive done so far the tutors haver said 'im a natural' but i believe there is an art to nails and i am very arty and crafty etc so i think that really helps

nice thread yolanda xxx

1) Do you have a passion for nails? 1a) When did it start?

i always loved nails as a little girl, my mum has fab nails and was always painting them, i'd say i have a passion for all things beauty related

2) Did you just go into this field because you felt it was an easy way to make a fast buck?

i got into the field as i wanted to see if i was any good at nails, making money was not important to me

3) Do you really have a desire to make healthy, beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements? Why?

i think its important to educate clients on how to have and maintain beautiful natural nails

4) Do you feel that you have a God-given talent for nails? Why?

i don't know if its a god given talent, i'd say its more a passion

1) Do you have a passion for nails? 1a) When did it start?
A HUGE passion.. i eat, drink and sleep nails. I have a notebook with a pen besides my bed if i wake up with ideas. Monomer is running thru my blood... When i was 16 i got my first set of enhancements and it started then. Took a long time before i finally got to do courses/training.

2) Did you just go into this field because you felt it was an easy way to make a fast buck?
Noooo way, never! Even if had to pay for it to do them i would do it! (so to speak) At the moment i still haven't earned back what i put in, but i won't complain!! I finally can do something i love to do & make people happy, something what even doesn't feel like working

3) Do you really have a desire to make healthy, beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements? Why?
Yes!!! Of course! Best of all is making beautiful enchancement, with healthy beautiful nails right under them!!! Taking care of those that have the perfect natural nail, to keep them that way, give nailbiters a confidence boost and their own natural nails 'back'. Also to educate my clients about healthy nails, products, sanitation and hygiene. As a 'licensed' nailtech you can make a difference and help prevent the ones without education doing more damage.

4) Do you feel that you have a God-given talent for nails? Why?
No, but i do feel like it is ment to be! I have to work hard and i am never fully satisfied with my work, always strive for better but i love every aspect of it!

1) Do you have a passion for nails? 1a) When did it start?
Everything I deal with makes it's way back to nails. It's my obsession.
It started when I saw Sonny and Cher, Mostly Cher, she had the clothes/hair and the nails.
Around the age of 8 my parents were building their home, my sister and I took some wood glue, and a fan and took hours applying and drying. Funny thing was once they were exposed to water they turned back.
2) Did you just go into this field because you felt it was an easy way to make a fast buck?
The easy buck wasnt earned until around 3 years after getting my license,after advanced education. (Back when the world wide web took me to building materiels when I typed in nails.) thats when my clientle base grew out of control, and I was able to charge my prices.
3) Do you really have a desire to make healthy, beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements? Why?
I savor the thoughts of going to work each day. Making the client happy natural or with enhancements. (It's in my blood.)
4) Do you feel that you have a God-given talent for nails? Why?
My original nails were probably thicker than the actual finger.
Practice, and more practice.
I was talking to God the day I recieved my trophy last June.
Saturday before last I recieved a nail supply catalog with my nails on the cover. (There is a God.) Still room for improvement, I don't "compete" with anyone but myself, Im not the best, but I do the best that I can.
This industry changes everyday, just when you think everything is in its place, something new,exciting and even better shows up.

I go into all this detail to ask this:
1) Do you have a passion for nails?
yes, and all things beauty related, I talk about this industry ALL the time, everywhere I go! I must be so boring lol
1a) When did it start?
my getting into this industry was a bit random - some may say it was fate - I got interested in all of this when I was a little girl
2) Did you just go into this field because you felt it was an easy way to make a fast buck?
pah no way! I've never had any money, so might as well be doing something I love for not much cash than something I hate for little more
3) Do you really have a desire to make healthy, beautiful nails be it with or without enhancements? Why?
Yes, I like prettying people up, it's fun! And the phsycological benefit to the clients are hugley important to me
4) Do you feel that you have a God-given talent for nails? Why?
Nooooooo! But as someone else further up the thread said, I do have a talent for people, and it all generates good karma so Im happy