Am I qualified enough?

[DiamondDivasBea]

Hi guys,

I hope you don't mind me posting this in here. I'm a little unsure to what is classed as 'qualified' and don't want to offend anyone or post in the wrong categories.

I have always done my own hair and things for my fam and close friends and wanted to do hair and beauty after school but was put off working in a salon after doing work experience and Saturday work as a teenager. So I wound up with a job in sales (non beauty related) however I started doing children's pamper parties a little over a year ago mainly for my niece and her friends and then people on Facebook saw the pictures and word of mouth spread and I became quite in demand. I absolutely love doing them and they always go down a treat. I specialise mainly in doing hairstyles. I have never claimed to be trained and have been quite honest with people when they asked me what I did and no one has questioned me or been put off by this I just seem to get more and more compliments.
I was then asked to do bridal hair and hair styles for people for nights out ect so I invested in doing a one day bridal hair course and got a certificate for this and did the same for bridal make up. I was told that I didn't need any previous experience and could go onto trading with these certificates which I have done and I have been doing a lot of hairstyles for people for nights out and just charging £10-£15 to gain experience and actually have done a couple of wedding hair trials and booked weddings.

Although I have certificates and have set up insurance over the Internet I can't help feeling a bit like a fraud!!

Basically I've been thinking about doing a beauty (or hair and beauty course) at a local college part time in the evening to feel more confident and so I can do some part time salon work (would love to one day work on a makeup counter mon-thurs or something) I still have a full time job in sales so wouldn't qualify for any help with paying for the course and it would cost me £1.5k to 3.5k for this and I would only be L2 qual and not sure how much this would really help me given the career I want or should I just go on doing one day courses (the next one in eyelash application then waxing ect) and watching tutorials reading forums ect.

I am very business minded, already have a good client base and have taught myself how to create, develop and promote a website along with other marketing tools.

Any advice much appreciated thanks and sorry for banging on!

 

[Sharkster]

Don't beat yourself up!

If you have done some training in hair and you have insurance and you are not working outside of your training e.g. Cutting hair then I can't see a problem. And if you only want to add in a few skills like lashes and waxing many one day courses are very good. Just keep away from the courses in Sally's & Capitol as I have not heard anything good about them on here. There is a difference between trained and qualified but neither would make you more PROFESSIONAL, that is down to you.

In the mean time, if you really want to work on a make-up counter then just go for it now. Ultimately they are sales roles and they are more interested in candidates with sales experience (which you do) rather than make-up experience as they will give you on the job training, you would just need to demonstrate a flair for it.

Check on-line at Estée Lauder Jobs as that is one of the larger groups that owns MAC and Bobbi Brown, Clinique, Tom Ford etc or go into your local department store .

I hope this helps

Emma

 

[DiamondDivasBea]

Thanks a lot for your reply Emma, that has made me feel a whole lot better

I did apply for a few job roles in make up counters but didn't even get a response I won't give up though. I currently sell chemicals! and that is very boring lol.

xx

 

[Sharkster]

No don't give up, persistence will pay off!