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  1. julieanne27uk

    Can you be a hairdresser with an allergy?

    Hi all! My recent thread regarding hairdressing training has brought up a question about allergic reactions which I'm unsure about. I am allergic to hair colouring due to having a temporary tattoo some years ago in Greece which contained black dye. Colour has to be in contact with my skin...
  2. julieanne27uk

    NVQ assessments in workplace

    Hi Everyone, I'm looking for some information regarding NVQ Level 1 in hairdressing. I am currently fully trained in nails and work in my sisters hair salon on saturdays. I am looking into doing the Level 1 nvq in hairdressing so that I would be able to help her out when I'm not busy with...
  3. julieanne27uk

    Help with wording please!

    :)Hi Everyone! Although I'm a nail tech, I work saturdays in my sisters hair dressing salon. I am trying to help her out with some advertising. She has quite a lot of clients that haven't been in recently due to the bad weather over the last couple of months. We are sending out a voucher to...
  4. julieanne27uk

    Wax Pots

    Hello! Listed this in nail forum originally, but then it just dawned on me that here is probably a better place! Hope someone can help me. I've just bought myself a lovely new wax heater from Hive which it says I can put the pot/jar of wax straight into.:) Unfortunately, the chocolate wax and...
  5. julieanne27uk

    Paraffin Wax pots

    Hello! I've just bought myself a lovely new wax heater from Hive which it says I can put the pot/jar of wax straight into.:) Unfortunately, the chocolate wax and strawberry wax I have ordered comes in a plastic bag! Can you buy empty pots suitable for putting directly into the heater with...
  6. julieanne27uk

    Paraffin Wax... how do I heat / use two flavours at once?

    Hello!!:) I currently do paraffin wax manicures, but only use plain wax. I wanted to expand my services by adding a chocolate wax manicure too and possibly a few others. I have a wax bath (large type that you can fit a hand in) and I can't empty it inbetween wax "flavours" as it would be...
  7. julieanne27uk

    Sculpted L&P French.. 1st set in a long time

    I completed my training quite a few years ago, but due to fulltime office job have never got in as much practice as I should. I have just started to rope in a collection of guinea pigs to get me going properly on L & P. This was one of my first sets for quite some time and there are quite a...
  8. julieanne27uk

    Date set for starting at salon.. have i forgot anything?

    I have finally set a start date to work at my sister's hairdressers!! :eek: I already have a fulltime job and so will be doing saturdays to start off with and mobile evenings. In the salon i will be doing 4 different manicures to start with... creative spa manicure, solar manicure, paraffin wax...
  9. julieanne27uk

    I want a spray tan in stockport please.... ??

    Hi, I am looking at doing spray tanning training, and I am currently in the mind boggling:eek: process of deciding which company to use. In the meantime, I thought i'd do a bit of practical research and have a spray tan myself! Any excuse for some pampering..... Does anyone know...
  10. julieanne27uk

    Rent Nail space in hairdressers on sat morning... should i or not?

    Hi Everyone! My sister owns a hairdressers near where I live and she has asked me if I would like to do nails there on a saturday!!!:eek: I work fulltime for an engineering company (stock control, production admin etc.. i'm not an engineer!). I have done my vtct x 2, creative training...
  11. julieanne27uk

    Worried - Can anyone help with info?

    My boyfriend who i've been seeing for a couple of months went to docs yesterday and has been told he has a heart murmur. He's 37. He has to go to the hopsital for some tests. He was in a complete state when he told me, thinking its going to be bad news and hes somthing bads going to happen to...
  12. julieanne27uk

    Perma Gloss chipping... anyone know what I've done wrong?

    Hello :D I've had a go at using perma gloss on top of my L+P on my own nails, I've had it for ages and never tried it. I've had it on for about a week and it looked great at first, but now its started chipping!! Especially on my index fingers, but also a bubble appeared in the perma gloss on...
  13. julieanne27uk

    Brisa induction at Manchester anyone?

    Hi:) I'm doing my Brisa induction course at Creative in Manchester next week!! :) I'm really looking forward to it, not had much experience of gel so I will be paying close attention and writing lots of notes!! Is anyone else going or will I be all alone? Julie:)
  14. julieanne27uk

    Essential Nails course Results!!! Yay!!

    :D :D :D I was feeling quite bored and miserable this morning, but now I am mega pleased!! A nice lady from Essential Nails just rang me to give me the results of my Airbrushing course. I got a Distinction!! Yay!! I'm very surprised... my work must have been better than I thought, I was unsure...
  15. julieanne27uk

    NVQ induction - Manchester anyone going?

    Hiya! Just wondered if anyone else out there is going to the NVQ induction day on thursday at OSNS in Leigh, Manchester. If so, do you know any details about it, how long its for etc.. I am supposed to be going, if I don't chicken out by then as I don't know how to get to Leigh and will...
  16. julieanne27uk

    NVQ with Creative info??

    Hi!! I've recently received my new booklet from Creative about their new training courses and I noticed that there is a page about doing NVQ with them whilst doing their training courses. I was wondering if anyone knows about this? Are there specific courses in their training program you have...
  17. julieanne27uk

    1st ever set sculpted - what do u think????

    Hi everybody, I did my fist ever set of sculpted nails last night!!:) . What does everyone think?? I've only ever done them on 'bendy' my nail trainer before. My client has quite wide nailbeds, but I think the enhancements are a little too wide?? :( Opinions appreciated!! Julie:)
  18. julieanne27uk

    Problem employee- what to do??

    Hi, I have a friend who has a hair/beauty salon, she has a major problem involving one of her employees. To cut a long story short, the other two employees are refusing to work with her due to her childish ways and problems she has caused. She has had a informal warning for being late, and a...
  19. julieanne27uk

    Conversion - big box / little box??

    Hi, Just sat at my desk at work daydreaming and a thought has come into my head... I do my Creative Conversion course in Manchester on Monday (Yipee!):biggrin: . I was thinking about what I need to take with me. I have an aluminium case with most of my nail stuff in and was wondering whether...
  20. julieanne27uk

    Manchester conversion course model question

    Hello!! I am booked on creative conversion course in manchester on 25th October. I'm really nervous but looking forward to it too:Scared: :biggrin: . I managed to rope my sister in as my model. However, as I live on the opposite side of manchester from where the course is being held, I...
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