MrsHarryWinston
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone! I'm MrsHarryWinston, this is my first post and I have a few questions. I spent the last couple of days reading a TON of threads and you lot are AMAZING!
Now I am ready for this post to upset some people and their might be pitchforks and torches but i have to ask.
I live in Canada and in most provinces (mine included) you do not have to be licenced to be a nail tech. Heck legally you don't even have to have training, it's completely unregulated. So here is my question.
I REALLY want to start training to become a nail tech but the esthetic schools in my city cost $3-5,000 which I CANNOT afford. I have heard good things about the Gina Wallace study at home program which is about $400 but is still a pretty hefty chink of change in our current financial position for something I may just end up getting bored with in a week.
What I am wondering is. Would it be ok to invest in like a $35 kit on ebay, NOT, I repeat NOT NOT NOT to use on people and be a "pro" etc. But to use as a tester kit on some of those little practice fingers? I want to do this as a way of seeing if it's something I'm even proficient at and think I would enjoy doing.
How I see it is, if I really TRULY suck at it or go ugggggg what was I THINKING this isn't for me (I doubt it though as I've ALWAYS loved esthetics) I won't have wasted tons of money I can't afford. If I really do love it then I will invest in the Gina Wallace program for some real training and I will be using the NSI products. (I did a TON of product research and they seem really lovely and affordable).
So what do you think? Is this one time where a person can order an eBay kit without everyone going "Noooooo! Die! Die!"?
Now I am ready for this post to upset some people and their might be pitchforks and torches but i have to ask.
I live in Canada and in most provinces (mine included) you do not have to be licenced to be a nail tech. Heck legally you don't even have to have training, it's completely unregulated. So here is my question.
I REALLY want to start training to become a nail tech but the esthetic schools in my city cost $3-5,000 which I CANNOT afford. I have heard good things about the Gina Wallace study at home program which is about $400 but is still a pretty hefty chink of change in our current financial position for something I may just end up getting bored with in a week.
What I am wondering is. Would it be ok to invest in like a $35 kit on ebay, NOT, I repeat NOT NOT NOT to use on people and be a "pro" etc. But to use as a tester kit on some of those little practice fingers? I want to do this as a way of seeing if it's something I'm even proficient at and think I would enjoy doing.
How I see it is, if I really TRULY suck at it or go ugggggg what was I THINKING this isn't for me (I doubt it though as I've ALWAYS loved esthetics) I won't have wasted tons of money I can't afford. If I really do love it then I will invest in the Gina Wallace program for some real training and I will be using the NSI products. (I did a TON of product research and they seem really lovely and affordable).
So what do you think? Is this one time where a person can order an eBay kit without everyone going "Noooooo! Die! Die!"?