jo sims said:
I have been a nail technician for about 18 months and i have recently moved to the Loughton area of Essex. I am considering becoming Creative trained but am a little unsure of what they are trying to achive.
Jo, thank you for your post! I represent Creative Nail Design here in the UK!
You say that you are
unsure of what we are trying to achieve?? What do you mean by this? As far as this Creative Nail Spa (or whatever it is called) is concerned, it is absolutely nothing to do with us as a company - we are distributors - we do not own salons! There
are salons up and down the country that use the word Creative in their name to denote that they are a Creative salon (some do it to get people through the door even though they are not) - if the owner of this said salon decides to sell his/her business - what business is that of ours and what exactly are we expected to do about it? If you sold your OPI salon (talking hypothetically here) to a perspective Creative salon owner - would you seriously expect Lena White on the phone berating you for making the sale??
the place had just sold it to some chinese people who plan to open there own nail salon. As we all know it is the chinese that use MMA's.
Do you know that these people are 'Chinese'??? It is totally incorrect to say that 'as we know it is the Chinese' who use methyl methacrylate -
we have
PLENTY of customers of 'Asian' persuasion who DO NOT use MMA but are qualified Creative technicians - I am equally sure that there are plenty of Asian clients use use plenty of other nail systems as opposed to MMA!
It is impossible to compete with there prices if you are using good quality products
Not true - your work should speak for itself and if you are worried (as you obviously are) I would consider
why you are worried! Maybe you are not happy with your own work and that is what is causing this worry!
if there own trainers will aid these people to go into business then why dont we just follow the lead of this particular Creative representive and go out and buy MMA's and compete with the chinese salons.
How are Creative trainers 'aiding' 'these people' into business - if someone has something to sell and they have a buyer, they make a sale - what that new buyer does with the old business is nothing to do with the seller! Since when is this supposed Creative Representative using MMA???
Up until i heard this i was considering training with Creative but now i am not so sure. If anyone can help shed some light on what Creative is like, especialy in the Essex area, can you let me know. I must also enphisize that this is only what i have been told and may not be fact but i would still like to know what you all think
I appreciate that you are airing what you have been told - don't forget that you are airing supposition to nearly 1500 users with no evidence. Tracy Leja who runs the Creative Nail Academy in Essex and twice Ambassador of the Year for us, has campaigned tirelessly AGAINST the use of MMA - so much so that she has had meetings with positive outcomes with 6 different Essex council boroughs. If you really want to know what Creative is like, phone them and speak to them - better still phone Tracey and speak to her.
Yes I have been particularly 'pointed' about this post but I don't think anyone likes an accusatory tone from the beginning when a simple phone call to the correct people could have put your mind at rest instantly!!! Our intentions have
ALWAYS been to partner and help
ANY nail technician to succeed in this exciting industry. I hope this happens for you!