Sugar_Girl
Glitterholic
Hello everyone!
As the title says I would really like to start training to become a nail tech but there are so many options out there I'm not sure what route to pick so I apologize in advance for rambling but any advice would be appreciated if anyone does manage to read through!
Bit of background info, I live in Yorkshire UK and I work full time so whatever I pick needs to be fitted in around my job/days off, that means the local College is out because the part time nail course is in the middle of the day. I also plan on being mobile/home based.
I am particularly interested in Fiberglass/Silk nails and airbrushing. I realize that these two are not the most popular services! but I feel like these appeal to me most (I already own an airbrush which will be suitable for nails)
Option 1: I've seen that its often recommended to train with a known company but the Backscratchers course but it does specify that manicure experience is required so I can't start with that though.
I am thinking about also doing Gels too though so I could train via Gel II as they do a mani/gel polish 2 day course then do the Backscratchers.
This option wouldn't include any airbrush training, I'm not sure if I would need to be officially trained in that for insurance etc though or if I could just practice at home with the Essential nails DVD.
I'm also not sure how well these might be recognized else where
Option 2: Essential Nails learn at home courses. this would be the easiest for me as I can do it in my own time, but I have heard that its not recognized everywhere if I later want to do a conversion course though and with it being learn at home I don't want to develop bad habits from the start
Option 3: do a course through the Beauty Academy, this appeals to me as it has a bit of everything I want to cover, plus I would end up with an NVQ/VTCT which really appeals to me with it being a well recognized qualification but squeezing it in around my work schedule will be tough and it could take months before the dates are ones that I can fit in, in fact I might not be able to fit it in this year at all
does anyone have any thoughts or considerations that I have missed?
PS - I have got a copy of the Encyclopedia of Nail and I have ordered Nailclass and Nail Structure and Product Chemistry, anything else anyone would recommend for my library?
As the title says I would really like to start training to become a nail tech but there are so many options out there I'm not sure what route to pick so I apologize in advance for rambling but any advice would be appreciated if anyone does manage to read through!
Bit of background info, I live in Yorkshire UK and I work full time so whatever I pick needs to be fitted in around my job/days off, that means the local College is out because the part time nail course is in the middle of the day. I also plan on being mobile/home based.
I am particularly interested in Fiberglass/Silk nails and airbrushing. I realize that these two are not the most popular services! but I feel like these appeal to me most (I already own an airbrush which will be suitable for nails)
Option 1: I've seen that its often recommended to train with a known company but the Backscratchers course but it does specify that manicure experience is required so I can't start with that though.
I am thinking about also doing Gels too though so I could train via Gel II as they do a mani/gel polish 2 day course then do the Backscratchers.
This option wouldn't include any airbrush training, I'm not sure if I would need to be officially trained in that for insurance etc though or if I could just practice at home with the Essential nails DVD.
I'm also not sure how well these might be recognized else where
Option 2: Essential Nails learn at home courses. this would be the easiest for me as I can do it in my own time, but I have heard that its not recognized everywhere if I later want to do a conversion course though and with it being learn at home I don't want to develop bad habits from the start
Option 3: do a course through the Beauty Academy, this appeals to me as it has a bit of everything I want to cover, plus I would end up with an NVQ/VTCT which really appeals to me with it being a well recognized qualification but squeezing it in around my work schedule will be tough and it could take months before the dates are ones that I can fit in, in fact I might not be able to fit it in this year at all
does anyone have any thoughts or considerations that I have missed?
PS - I have got a copy of the Encyclopedia of Nail and I have ordered Nailclass and Nail Structure and Product Chemistry, anything else anyone would recommend for my library?
