Idealsummerluv
Member
Hi,
I got my license last week. I've been working in a salon for about a month now. My worst day was when a client told me her polish did not stay on and she wanted another tech to repolish. She also make a remark about how my hand was shaking and how I cleaned up after the mani. (red polish)
I do not know why polish didn't stick, as I really scrubbed her nails w/scrub fresh. Am trying to cut down on the coffee as well as use pinkie for balance.
My confidence had dwindled slightly at that point. But then I had a client come in for a fill and she was my first fill. She said she'd gone to the mall and I could see rings of fire. She commented on how they used the drill to shorten the length. I am getting pretty comfortable w/the drill, but not in using it to shorten length, so I was filing by hand. She wanted them quite short, almost to the point of why get acrylics? I wasn't confident on the fill to being with. Then she wanted a french, which I have yet to do on a client. Her friend came in to ask what was taking so long and so I asked one of the other techs to finish the french, as my client needed to leave. Plus I had knicked her cuticle.
When the clients left, I kinda lost it. I am really hard on myself. I hate that feeling I had of "choking" when she asked for the french. Up to this point, I've been really gung ho. Have even started advertising for full sets and fills.
I have done pink and whites on another tech and she also asked me to do a fill on one of her fingers and said I did fine. She said she felt like quitting the first year and told me to stop beating myself up and to not quit.
I have a nail trainor at home, as well as an excellent video of popular nail procedures.
Also, the clients want nail art around the holidays, and I have not much expertise in that area as well.
Just don't quite know how to pump myself up again....
Idealsummerluv
I got my license last week. I've been working in a salon for about a month now. My worst day was when a client told me her polish did not stay on and she wanted another tech to repolish. She also make a remark about how my hand was shaking and how I cleaned up after the mani. (red polish)
I do not know why polish didn't stick, as I really scrubbed her nails w/scrub fresh. Am trying to cut down on the coffee as well as use pinkie for balance.
My confidence had dwindled slightly at that point. But then I had a client come in for a fill and she was my first fill. She said she'd gone to the mall and I could see rings of fire. She commented on how they used the drill to shorten the length. I am getting pretty comfortable w/the drill, but not in using it to shorten length, so I was filing by hand. She wanted them quite short, almost to the point of why get acrylics? I wasn't confident on the fill to being with. Then she wanted a french, which I have yet to do on a client. Her friend came in to ask what was taking so long and so I asked one of the other techs to finish the french, as my client needed to leave. Plus I had knicked her cuticle.
When the clients left, I kinda lost it. I am really hard on myself. I hate that feeling I had of "choking" when she asked for the french. Up to this point, I've been really gung ho. Have even started advertising for full sets and fills.
I have done pink and whites on another tech and she also asked me to do a fill on one of her fingers and said I did fine. She said she felt like quitting the first year and told me to stop beating myself up and to not quit.
I have a nail trainor at home, as well as an excellent video of popular nail procedures.
Also, the clients want nail art around the holidays, and I have not much expertise in that area as well.
Just don't quite know how to pump myself up again....
Idealsummerluv