Essential Nails

[Daisyday1]

Hi,

I know online courses arent massively popular but I just wanted to know if anyone has had any experience with Essential Nails and how you got on. Also, once your have completed their courses are you able to use any products or are you only covered to use theirs?

 

[Pashaboutnails]

I haven't trained with them, but I have considered them in the past. One thing to consider is that it is like the open university where you work at your own pace and send assignments in for marking. If you know you would be disciplined and think this would work for you then good luck. For me I have done training like this but I found I need timeframes. Classroom training is better for me.
Also re your insurance question. I am insured with the Guild and they insure you for the type of training eg hard gel enhancements and not brand specific. I rechecked my insurance just recently as I am about to train in Polygel and wasn't sure what this would be classed as it is a hybrid product. I hope this helps.

 

[Jolenegreen]

I haven't trained with them, but I have considered them in the past. One thing to consider is that it is like the open university where you work at your own pace and send assignments in for marking. If you know you would be disciplined and think this would work for you then good luck. For me I have done training like this but I found I need timeframes. Classroom training is better for me.
Also re your insurance question. I am insured with the Guild and they insure you for the type of training eg hard gel enhancements and not brand specific. I rechecked my insurance just recently as I am about to train in Polygel and wasn't sure what this would be classed as it is a hybrid product. I hope this helps.

That's really helpful, thank you. I have done something else via distance learning and managed to stay fairly focused so hopefully I can do the same again. X

 

[Unevenlemming]

I'm insured with Salon Gold and they do not insure distance learning as I was looking until I read up on what I'm insured for.

 

[Leggibone]

I am doing acrylic sculpture with them, (I have done manicure and gel polish in a taught environment now) the things I'm finding are: your not given enough of certain things in the course kit (like the blooming nail trainer nails, you're not given enough for the correct amount of practice they recommend, the comments and feedback on my first card was good, but I would have like to have a hands on teacher to demonstrate it to me and watch where I'm going wrong, for instance I'm finding hard to get good sized beads of product at the right ratio, and it's frustrating without someone to actually physically help you with the correction.
But with enough practice and focus it's possible to get good results.

 

[LouLou89]

I started a course with them a few years ago and I just couldn't get on with it. I then went on to train with nail harmony, and it was the best thing I've ever done. Nothing beats having someone there to give you hands on experience!

 

[Kelly Powell]

I have actually spent loads of money with essential nails! I decided to start doing nails last years and spent nearly £2000 in courses from essential nails as they had such great reviews! I was eager to get into the industry and literally thought it'd be as simple as that! I'm a mother of an autistic 11yr old and two under 4year olds, so for me the idea of studying from home was perfect!! However as the others have said.... it's so hard to learn something you have no knowledge of when there's no one to guide you in the right direction! I've encountered so many problems I've not known how to deal with and talking to someone over the phone just doesn't cut it! I ended up throwing all my courses away and enrolled onto a cnd course for liquid and powder and a vctc level 3 in nails once a week for 6 months... I'm hoping this is the way forward as I just wasn't getting on with learning alone at home! Ultimately if I could go back in time idve probably researched more options and gone for something where I could be guided in real life instead of watching a DVD and hoping for the best! - it was as good as watching YouTube tutorials in my opinion xx

 

[NailtechJoe]

I trained with Essential Nails in 2015 and 2016 and done with them 7 courses and I achieved distinctions in all of my courses (except for manicure/pedicure and Master one stroke technician diploma which are pass or fail). I have been insured with the Guild and now with ABT and had no problems so far. What I can say is that some of their courses are a bit dated and perhaps this is something that EN should look into updating.

With respect to the acrylics course, I can't comment as I didn't do that course in particular; I specialised in Gel nails. I had to purchase one extra set of nails so that I could practice more.

There was a comment earlier about Essential Nails being like The Open University and I can say that the OU is much more stricter than Essential Nails in terms of submitting deadlines and you being responsible for your submissions; i.e. plagiarism and collusion checks and having submitted before the deadline. The quality of the printed material and books from the OU is second to none. The question papers with Essential Nails were riddled with spelling mistakes and this perhaps made me question about the quality of the course that I took. Essential Nails are more relaxed in terms of submission dates but they do warn that if you do take longer, the chances of success will be reduced. Despite having said all this, it does take a lot of dedication to achieve a particular standard in nails and doing courses from Essential Nails is not that easy. After having completed courses with them, it's up to you to carry on with your CPD and who you choose to do your CPD is entirely up to you.

I don't carry on using Essential Nails supplies as I think they are expensive for what they are.

I am speaking from my own experience as I am an OU alumni having studied 16 courses with the OU in STEM subjects and graduated with them with a BSc degree and 3 certificates along the way.

 

[Lou slatts]

I have done my gel and acrylic courses with them. They only teach the basics and then you learn more as you go on. Make sure your apex is good on the nails and make sure you practice as much as you can and get some friends and family round and do there nails for free as the training hand is great but nothing like doing it on a real hand as real hands move a lot and it's sometimes hard if client is on phone or moving around a lot. You will need more products as they don't give you enough but it's a great to get a start with nails. Wish you luck and please enjoy doing nails hope it brings you as much joy as it has to me xx