I am thinking of signing up with Pinks Academy in Derby to do my pedicure course but wondering how you choose what products to use?

If I don't train with CND for my pedicure course can I not use CND products then?

Is it a case of trying companies you are interested in?

Just wondering how you go about deciding what products to use?

Of course you can use some CND products if you havent' trained with them. As long as you have a recognised qualification in nails then you can buy varnishes, pedi/mani products but not monomer and polymer, gels etc.

Well you will never find better than CND ... end of story .. whether is be manicure or pedicure products. Youare already training with them so just further yourtraining with them for manicure and pedicure. However, you can buy the manicure and pedicure products from CND if you have trained with someone else but you would still want to do product training with CND if you bought their pedi or mani products .. otherwise how would you know anything about what you were using?

I am a bit confused...can you not do a conversion with CND regarding natural nail care.......i converted from OPI and i am a pedicure nut now

Cucumber heel therapy,sea salt scrub,the pine and eucalyptus soak is amazing,the raw earth products are generic,the smells remind me of Aveda hair care i use....and the end results are amazing....combine it with brisa toes in the summer and you are on to a winner

Would love to do it with CND geeg but this month the budget is very tight, would have to wait a good few months until I could afford to do the CND one. With the L&P course I am looking at using £1,000 with the course and product so have to be careful money wise.

Basically with the CND Pedi and Mani course you pay for the products, the training is free, so the long and the short of it is, you would be saving money!

Im with Gabi on this CND Mani and Pedi stuff is amazing! xxx

I really really really would love to do it with CND but financially I can't afford it at the moment - oh I am so confused, I keep turning away potential clients who want pedicures, just this weekend alone I turned away 7!

ditto to hayls .. mrs r don't look elsewhere the training is free with the products (and fun) you know the people and the place and you will feel comfortable there ... win win in my eyes xx

Ive booked CND mani & pedi the cost was: cost of kits - £190 inc vat

The training free, I am sure there are a couple of places left for 28th April,

Think the prices are about to change though

Champagne x

Its this month I want to do it for but just don't have that amount of money so wish I did. I think even the 28th April date is a date I have free from work - oh I am so frustrated!

Actually Leeds course is on the 25th.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm just thinking over time here now as I so want on it.

Arrrrrrrggggggg I am going to go insane! Wondering if I really sacrifice some things that could I just about get the money together -really means sacrificing a lot this month and next month!

Join the club lol

And the council tax is due lmaooooooooooooo

What is the rush?? I'm sure you can hold our horses for a month or two and do the mani pedi later. Prtactise your enhancement skills first.

You are right as always geeg, I guess its because I have turned down 7 pedicures and I have thought of the money that would have gone towards paying off my L&P course.

Although I can understand the desire to get on with your training, if you absolutely cannot afford to do your course of choice for a little while, I'd wait until you can.

If you undertake training that you know in your heart isn't what you want, you will still be hankering after it later on. The chances are that you will ultimately pay twice over, once for what you didn't want in the first place and then again for what you do. x