Hi
My name is Kerrie and I live in Sydney, I trained about 10 years ago and have been doing nails on and off since then, worked in a few hairdressing salons but due to buying a house needed a regular income so i dropped doing nails, but now that my daughter is in school and a bit older i didn't want to go back to the office
so I decided I would do nails again
OMG I was rusty , I done a set on myself, which wasnt too bad, but then i always do better nails on myself , dont know why :? I found a supplier and went and bought a few basic essentials and called my sister in law and my mum and done them both a set, my sister in law had to come back a few days later for some "refinining" but i didn't do to bad, my mum's nails well she just wanted overlays, and i have to say my first set on her were pretty shocking, but after a few times refining my work im alot better.
I took the plunge and put out some flyers on cars, thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law for all her help, and i got calls an hour after we returned home! , she wanted infills, i was freaking i really wasnt trained well with them, OMG they were shocking , i almost cried, i felt so horrible taking her money for them, and felt guilty for a few days after that, telling my husband i never wanted to do nails again, but with determination i came here online, i looked up every single site i could find, i found some wonderful fantasic sites!!! and i have been like a sponge for the last 2 months, scouring every site i can find, learning about doing better infills, learning Pink and Whites even!!!!! i done a set on myself and soaked my sister in laws off and done the most amazing set on her too!!!!, but its getting close to infill time, so im just soaking up every bit of advice and information i can find about them.
I'm working from home and have made myself a little salon in my front lounge room, as it can be seperated from the rest of the house excpet the bathroom, which is handy
I have seen so many fantastic sites, and so many talented and skillful Nail Techs , I'm only hoping one day i can be in that class , but until then im slogging it out trying my hardest to improve my work, i have noticed that my work is getting better with each set, and each time i learn something new and my time is reducing, im currently doing about 1 hour 45 mins for a full set, and about 1 hour 20 mins for an infill.
I know this being my first post and you are all probably thinking OMG who is this :shock: but i spent the best part of last night and today reading all the messages here and seen what a lovely group of people post here and felt i would love to know you all and meet other techs and hopefully ask advice from time to time
Right now im trying to build a businness from home, but i was wondering how you all did it? I did the flyers and i have also done an add in the local paper, i find that people call and make appointments, but i find i get so many no shows ! do you all have that happen? I find im friendly and informative on the phone, but i just dont understand this no show thing? is it a normal thing that is just part of the business? or is it just the area where i live?
My husband said get there phone number and call if they dont show, i did that once, never again, i called politely and asked if mabye she had forgotten her appt? she said yeah well i had stuff to do so what??
I never done that again
OMG i have been rambling
I'm glad i found this place and hopefully look forward to meeting lots of you!!!! thats if you dont throw me off for maybe the longest first post
Hopefully talk to you all soon!
Kerrie