Help! Wanting to Train but no idea of systems etc.

[-x-nicola-x-]

Basically I'd like to become a nail technician!

I love nails and am fasinated about them, have mine done every two weeks but now I'd like to learn myself, don't want to ask my technician about this!

What is the better system Acrylic or Gel? Or is it best to train in both?

Also companies etc. best to use and train with?

Thankyou in advance for all your help!

 

[Mrs Geek]

Basically I'd like to become a nail technician!

I love nails and am fasinated about them, have mine done every two weeks but now I'd like to learn myself, don't want to ask my technician about this!

What is the better system Acrylic or Gel? Or is it best to train in both?

Also companies etc. best to use and train with?

Thankyou in advance for all your help!

If you go to www.sweetsquared.com and go to education you can see BEGINNERS info on line and flick through the 'Right from the Start' folio which tells you all about Foundation courses... your first step into becoming a true nail professional!

HTH's & Merry Christmas! :idea:

 

[Steepdene]

This is what I did, I spoke to one of the lovely customer service advisors for CND and am now waiting for my information pack. I was going to wait until September and do a course at the local adult education establishment, but I don't think I can wait until then!

 

[-x-nicola-x-]

If you go to www.sweetsquared.com and go to education you can see BEGINNERS info on line and flick through the 'Right from the Start' folio which tells you all about Foundation courses... your first step into becoming a true nail professional!

HTH's & Merry Christmas! :idea:

Thanks will go over and read through! Sounds great

 

[HeatherNicole]

im having this same dilemma! i thought cosmotology school was where i would start so i been looking around for a good one to enroll at, since the one i had chosen kinda turned out to be not so good lol, but then a friend of mine told me cosmo is mostly for hair and makeup, so i been looking for a accredited nail school and the closest one is 3 hours away boo! so if i cant find a fair nail school i will just enroll at a better cosmo school, i have one month to decide its driving me crazaaaay!

 

[clarethebear77]

Hi, I trained with CND about 7 years ago, I think they are one of the best, great products and great courses, After your basic training course you can do lots of little add on courses to help make you an even better tech. And there is masters training and I even did my NVQ with her. And my trainers are always there to help if I have a question or a problem even now after all this time. I am considering changing to Entity products in the future but I think the training with them was invaluable and the products are great to work with.

Merry Christmas.

 

[-x-nicola-x-]

Hi, I trained with CND about 7 years ago, I think they are one of the best, great products and great courses, After your basic training course you can do lots of little add on courses to help make you an even better tech. And there is masters training and I even did my NVQ with her. And my trainers are always there to help if I have a question or a problem even now after all this time. I am considering changing to Entity products in the future but I think the training with them was invaluable and the products are great to work with.

Merry Christmas.

Thanks.

Also once trained and got loads of practise! What is generally the best business route to go down, renting a chair in a hairdressers or mobile?

 

[clarethebear77]

Im Mobile and very happy to be, but it means not much of a social life or my clients are my social life!! I think I would see what the credit crunch is like once your trained and go from there, Most of my client's love that I go to their home because they couldnt always get a babysitter or dont feel comfortable in salons or just find it more convenient, but if you dont want to be mobile and are feeling confident rent a chair at first and if you build up a good client base get yourself somewhere. Your best form of advertising is word of mouth so always do your best set ever. Once trained get all your friends to have nails, then their friends and their friends and the lady in the post office, tesco, on the bus will hopefully start having theirs done. And of course it helps you to get lots of practice to make you a better tech. Dont be afraid to ask for help either, I still ring my trainer if I have a problem.

 

[-x-nicola-x-]

Thanks for the advice, sounds great, I think I'd have about 5-6 clients to start with friends and family after practise I know from what they've said if they like having their nails done they will pay, I'm sure they'll love it!!

Round here from the people I know the credit crunch isn't really biting in my town alone we have two dedicated nail bars that are full every hour of the day!! If I was to rent a chair I would try to make it somewhere out of my town though as the ones in hairdressers also do other treatments.

Can't wait to get started now.

 

[Exquisite Touch]

hi hun
i trained at college in fibreglass, gel and acrylic so i was an all rounder so to speak. it took a little over 38 weeks But...... I then went back to the head office of young nails and did a brush up day it was amazing all my issues i had with lifting and product placement were a thing of past. I never thought i would be asked for fibre glass but lo and behold ive had a few that want fibreglass, some want gel and others want acrylic so im glad i went the route and then went back to the distributer on more than one occasion and got further training.

Good luck in your new venture hun
De€bbie x

 

[sparklybits]

hi hun
i trained at college in fibreglass, gel and acrylic so i was an all rounder so to speak. it took a little over 38 weeks But...... I then went back to the head office of young nails and did a brush up day it was amazing all my issues i had with lifting and product placement were a thing of past. I never thought i would be asked for fibre glass but lo and behold ive had a few that want fibreglass, some want gel and others want acrylic so im glad i went the route and then went back to the distributer on more than one occasion and got further training.

Good luck in your new venture hun
De€bbie x

Good advice sometimes it is best to be an all rounder as you never know when a client will ask for silk, gel etc so do you do it or do you send her to the salon down the road.

An all rounder which to means doing training with a few companys sometimes and not puting all you eggs in one basket. Take a good look around at what is on offer from the big names, Young Nails, CND, Ezflow NSI and when you have done that you will make the right choice for you

Good luck in your search:hug: