My name is Tony, 28 years old and i have been a nail technician since i was 16. My family has always been in salon business, so i was basically raised in a nails salon.
I was taught how to do nails by family members also different instructors when i was attending nail school. Anyway, let me get to the point. Recently, i got into a big argument with everyones in my family because i told them i don't think what we are doing is right. We shouldn't use sub-standard products anymore and need to change our ways of doing things for the old methods clearly ruin clients nails and potentially hazardous for their and our own health, not to mention given all of us Vietnamese bad names in this industry.
I am ashamed and refuse to continue, therefore i am going to change and learn how to do everything right from now on. I want our salons to stand out from all the local nail bars. I want to be able to answer clients correctly instead of making up some bogus unproven things to say. So i am going to attend all the classes i can. Well, i hate to say bad things about people let alone my own family members and other techs.
However, i just can't stand the way they do things anymore, it is just blatantly wrong and the clients are oblivious to it because all they see is the end result of some 30 mins shiny nails. But i guess they (people i work with) didn't see where i was coming from, they continue to pick, laugh, and sometimes scold at me for taking so long, and i think i am pretty fast, 40-60 for a set of reverse application pink and white and even quicker with the little cookie cutting most tech use.
i normally spend the most time on prepping to make sure i do not damage my clients nails. And clients seems to notice that and appreciate it. But the co-worker and family members think it is a waste of time. I even told them, do not worry about me, just do your clients and i do mine, and even told them to mind their own business because i just don't know where to start to educate them, even if i try, they don't give a crap about it anyway.
I haven't had an upset or dissatisfy client for 2 years now(since i have been attending additional classes and reading salongeek as well ad Doug Schoon). I even bought my own products to use, but it's somewhat hurting me because the shop price list is so low, but i don't care too much about that because i still profit, just not as much as using cheap products and equipments.
They make fun of me because i just size 10 brush instead of 18 or 20 and pay 10 times more for my monomer and powders when i can just use whats already provided here.
They make fun of me and scold me when i use the curette to remove dead tissue instead of grinding away the nail plate with course arbor bands.
They don't understand why i use scrub fresh and condition my clients nails with expensive solar oil.
Almost everything i do is different from them, so they find something funny to say about it. And what really bothers me is when i take the time to care for a client's nails, the next time they come in, they don't care who do them then the guys/girls sit next to me would total mess their nails up and they are totally oblivious about it. Even make comments like wow you are so fast and i don't know why Tony takes so long.
So many time i want to tell her that because everything he just did on your nails are wrong and you are going to have very damaged nails that i took the time to pamper, but i didn't, i couldn't, that will make my family salon look bad and clearly it will not be a approved by my employer(family) for doing such thing.
I am so mad at this point, because my employer told me i need to speed it up and a coworker chime in and say he could teach me how to do nails properly so i won't' take so long (coming from a guy who makes nails look like bricks on top of paper plate nails :roll eyes. I mean i can brush off ignorant comments, but when family members are not being supportive yet think that i am being stupid for doing all this, kind of hurt.
I just don't know what to do, i really am trying to be the best at what i do and because i actually like doing nails now since i've discovered the proper ways of doing it. But i constantly get **** for it.
Fortunately, my girlfriend is the only one who understands and supports me. I haven't talked to my family for 2 weeks now just because i don't want to be made fun of for trying to do the right thing.
I feel like i am gradually isolating myself from everyone else around me. Right now, i am trying my hardest to learn as much as possible and become the best so one day i can find a salon that actually care and do things right to work for, in the mean time, I'm stuck here working for family until that day comes.
Sorry for such a long rant, but i really don't know where to vent this, noone seems to understand, but you guys of course.
I was taught how to do nails by family members also different instructors when i was attending nail school. Anyway, let me get to the point. Recently, i got into a big argument with everyones in my family because i told them i don't think what we are doing is right. We shouldn't use sub-standard products anymore and need to change our ways of doing things for the old methods clearly ruin clients nails and potentially hazardous for their and our own health, not to mention given all of us Vietnamese bad names in this industry.
I am ashamed and refuse to continue, therefore i am going to change and learn how to do everything right from now on. I want our salons to stand out from all the local nail bars. I want to be able to answer clients correctly instead of making up some bogus unproven things to say. So i am going to attend all the classes i can. Well, i hate to say bad things about people let alone my own family members and other techs.
However, i just can't stand the way they do things anymore, it is just blatantly wrong and the clients are oblivious to it because all they see is the end result of some 30 mins shiny nails. But i guess they (people i work with) didn't see where i was coming from, they continue to pick, laugh, and sometimes scold at me for taking so long, and i think i am pretty fast, 40-60 for a set of reverse application pink and white and even quicker with the little cookie cutting most tech use.
i normally spend the most time on prepping to make sure i do not damage my clients nails. And clients seems to notice that and appreciate it. But the co-worker and family members think it is a waste of time. I even told them, do not worry about me, just do your clients and i do mine, and even told them to mind their own business because i just don't know where to start to educate them, even if i try, they don't give a crap about it anyway.
I haven't had an upset or dissatisfy client for 2 years now(since i have been attending additional classes and reading salongeek as well ad Doug Schoon). I even bought my own products to use, but it's somewhat hurting me because the shop price list is so low, but i don't care too much about that because i still profit, just not as much as using cheap products and equipments.
They make fun of me because i just size 10 brush instead of 18 or 20 and pay 10 times more for my monomer and powders when i can just use whats already provided here.
They make fun of me and scold me when i use the curette to remove dead tissue instead of grinding away the nail plate with course arbor bands.
They don't understand why i use scrub fresh and condition my clients nails with expensive solar oil.
Almost everything i do is different from them, so they find something funny to say about it. And what really bothers me is when i take the time to care for a client's nails, the next time they come in, they don't care who do them then the guys/girls sit next to me would total mess their nails up and they are totally oblivious about it. Even make comments like wow you are so fast and i don't know why Tony takes so long.
So many time i want to tell her that because everything he just did on your nails are wrong and you are going to have very damaged nails that i took the time to pamper, but i didn't, i couldn't, that will make my family salon look bad and clearly it will not be a approved by my employer(family) for doing such thing.
I am so mad at this point, because my employer told me i need to speed it up and a coworker chime in and say he could teach me how to do nails properly so i won't' take so long (coming from a guy who makes nails look like bricks on top of paper plate nails :roll eyes. I mean i can brush off ignorant comments, but when family members are not being supportive yet think that i am being stupid for doing all this, kind of hurt.
I just don't know what to do, i really am trying to be the best at what i do and because i actually like doing nails now since i've discovered the proper ways of doing it. But i constantly get **** for it.
Fortunately, my girlfriend is the only one who understands and supports me. I haven't talked to my family for 2 weeks now just because i don't want to be made fun of for trying to do the right thing.
I feel like i am gradually isolating myself from everyone else around me. Right now, i am trying my hardest to learn as much as possible and become the best so one day i can find a salon that actually care and do things right to work for, in the mean time, I'm stuck here working for family until that day comes.
Sorry for such a long rant, but i really don't know where to vent this, noone seems to understand, but you guys of course.
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