I have had a look, want to try to not repeat other people's queries!
Am just starting out after deciding to try to start a career in something I am passionate about & hopefully less stressful than my current job! i known it will be hard & im going to continue to work f/t until I get a client base. I would work from home & mobile initially because of flexibility (should I do both? Which do you think clients prefer?) but I would like to open my own salon in the long term.
Couple of questions:
1. CND training - I did want to train with CND as I want to be able to say I have trained with the industry leader however they do not offer wkend or evening p/t courses - I can't take approx 5-10 days off work to train with them unfortunately so wondered who were the other industry leaders who offered p/t or wkend courses? I'm based in Leeds but have family in Lincoln & Notts so can stay there to train if anyone has any particular examples/ideas! I can only seem to find basic college courses where I have to buy cheap kits to use for the course, which is a waste of money initially & then I also have to pay for a conversion course to use a better brand! Pls let me know what you advise.
Also I have been informed that if I want to open my own salon in the long term that i will need NVQ Level 2? Is this correct? My council do not require licenses at the mo as far as i am aware. Do people just do NVQs or also/instead branded courses like CND, NSI etc?
2. Nail treatments - I want to eventually offer Enhancements but understand this is going to take a long time to perfect ( don't want to rush and get a bad rep!) I also want to offer shellac and master nail art & hope that I can do this while learning enhancements. Is this what most people do? Shall I just sign myself up asap on any credible manicure course to be able to start my shellac & nail art training & therefore my business? And then just worry about enhancements later? as I'm not sure who/how to train for these now because of CND.
3. Enhancements - wanted to do l&p and was also considering the new brisa as it works well with shellac (but obv not thinking of training with CND now so rethinking this?) is that too much too soon? Do I need to offer shellac, l&p and gel or shall I wait to see what the demand is for as its expensive training & stocking all?
Last point I am going to Prof beauty Sun to do some research, have never been before so any useful info/tips ref my above would really be appreciated. Any brand I should def visit? Any to avoid? Anything I should def do or get while I'm there? ( I've already read that I shouldn't be tempted to buy too much before my training & have taken that on board!
Thanks for your time reading & hopefully replying! I love this site & all the nights reading it has got me this far! :Love:
Am just starting out after deciding to try to start a career in something I am passionate about & hopefully less stressful than my current job! i known it will be hard & im going to continue to work f/t until I get a client base. I would work from home & mobile initially because of flexibility (should I do both? Which do you think clients prefer?) but I would like to open my own salon in the long term.
Couple of questions:
1. CND training - I did want to train with CND as I want to be able to say I have trained with the industry leader however they do not offer wkend or evening p/t courses - I can't take approx 5-10 days off work to train with them unfortunately so wondered who were the other industry leaders who offered p/t or wkend courses? I'm based in Leeds but have family in Lincoln & Notts so can stay there to train if anyone has any particular examples/ideas! I can only seem to find basic college courses where I have to buy cheap kits to use for the course, which is a waste of money initially & then I also have to pay for a conversion course to use a better brand! Pls let me know what you advise.
Also I have been informed that if I want to open my own salon in the long term that i will need NVQ Level 2? Is this correct? My council do not require licenses at the mo as far as i am aware. Do people just do NVQs or also/instead branded courses like CND, NSI etc?
2. Nail treatments - I want to eventually offer Enhancements but understand this is going to take a long time to perfect ( don't want to rush and get a bad rep!) I also want to offer shellac and master nail art & hope that I can do this while learning enhancements. Is this what most people do? Shall I just sign myself up asap on any credible manicure course to be able to start my shellac & nail art training & therefore my business? And then just worry about enhancements later? as I'm not sure who/how to train for these now because of CND.
3. Enhancements - wanted to do l&p and was also considering the new brisa as it works well with shellac (but obv not thinking of training with CND now so rethinking this?) is that too much too soon? Do I need to offer shellac, l&p and gel or shall I wait to see what the demand is for as its expensive training & stocking all?
Last point I am going to Prof beauty Sun to do some research, have never been before so any useful info/tips ref my above would really be appreciated. Any brand I should def visit? Any to avoid? Anything I should def do or get while I'm there? ( I've already read that I shouldn't be tempted to buy too much before my training & have taken that on board!
Thanks for your time reading & hopefully replying! I love this site & all the nights reading it has got me this far! :Love: