Schrodingers Cat
Member
Hi Ladies & Gents,
Sorry for the long winded mail but I’m feeling really deflated and I’m hoping you can give me some advice.
I’m doing a training course in L&P (with a well known provider) but I feel like I just can’t do it. I never, in my wildest dreams, thought it would be so hard to get a nail to look decent. Honestly, it looks so easy and I think I have watched every single YouTube video out there to try and improve but my application is really awful. I do have a trainer hand and I’ve been practicing on this, but it’s not really the same as a real hand. My daughter has been letting me practice on her but the poor girl has been sporting the nails of Shrek for the past few of weeks so I’m a bit reluctant to try and ask for models when I feel like I’m going to do such a poor job.
I’ve only had one day training so far and it didn’t really entail a huge amount much (picking up beads, a filing routine, prep routine and a bit of practice on a trainer hand) and then I’ve been told to do 10 sets of nails on people and build a portfolio in advance of my second date. Application is sculpting (not using tips) and the one bead method, but I’m finding it really hard to get a flush cuticle and I just end up with ledges all around the nail. I’m also having problems keeping the acrylic out of the cuticle and the sidewalls, then it makes it difficult filing and I’m worried I’m hurting my daughter. I do find it helps to work a bit wetter but I can’t do that in one bead and I think that’s where I end up with the product all over the nail. I'm also finding the brush really quite soft and that makes it difficult to move the acrylic around (but that might just be me blaming my tools!!)
I keep seeing all these lovely pictures of perfectly round cuticle areas and I honestly have no idea how you achieve it. It’s amazing (so hats off to you all).
I could ask my trainer for more time I guess, but I’m sure there is only so much she can show me and I just have to learn to master it.
Any advice for me (before I throw all my stuff out the window in frustration).
Sincerely,
Frustrated from Essex.
Sorry for the long winded mail but I’m feeling really deflated and I’m hoping you can give me some advice.
I’m doing a training course in L&P (with a well known provider) but I feel like I just can’t do it. I never, in my wildest dreams, thought it would be so hard to get a nail to look decent. Honestly, it looks so easy and I think I have watched every single YouTube video out there to try and improve but my application is really awful. I do have a trainer hand and I’ve been practicing on this, but it’s not really the same as a real hand. My daughter has been letting me practice on her but the poor girl has been sporting the nails of Shrek for the past few of weeks so I’m a bit reluctant to try and ask for models when I feel like I’m going to do such a poor job.
I’ve only had one day training so far and it didn’t really entail a huge amount much (picking up beads, a filing routine, prep routine and a bit of practice on a trainer hand) and then I’ve been told to do 10 sets of nails on people and build a portfolio in advance of my second date. Application is sculpting (not using tips) and the one bead method, but I’m finding it really hard to get a flush cuticle and I just end up with ledges all around the nail. I’m also having problems keeping the acrylic out of the cuticle and the sidewalls, then it makes it difficult filing and I’m worried I’m hurting my daughter. I do find it helps to work a bit wetter but I can’t do that in one bead and I think that’s where I end up with the product all over the nail. I'm also finding the brush really quite soft and that makes it difficult to move the acrylic around (but that might just be me blaming my tools!!)
I keep seeing all these lovely pictures of perfectly round cuticle areas and I honestly have no idea how you achieve it. It’s amazing (so hats off to you all).
I could ask my trainer for more time I guess, but I’m sure there is only so much she can show me and I just have to learn to master it.
Any advice for me (before I throw all my stuff out the window in frustration).
Sincerely,
Frustrated from Essex.