Nail Artist Career

[June21]

Hi

My daughter is interested in being a nail artisit. She does not want to be a full technician. She is very arty and has been painting some lovely designs on training nail tips.

Please can anyone tell me if they employ nail artists or advise if there are nail art specific jobs available?

Thank you

 

[shedunlop]

I cant think of anywhere where you would just be a nail artist. The amount you would be able to charge would mean that you would have to have an enormous amount of customers. As a full nail technician she would be able to earn a living and be as creative as she would like. There are many new art techniques done by encasing in and sculpting with acrylic and this is where the bigger money is and where she would probably get more satisfaction and an outlet for her artistic abilities.

Someone else on here might know something that I don't know, my husband seems to quite often! Maybe they could help you more.

 

[darek]

Hi,
If Your daughter thinks seriously about creating nail art design, she must sacrify a lot of time for training. As they say, only practise makes you master, talent and creavity is definitly not enough. So, if she has some specyfic skills and she enjoys work with acrylic 3d, why she wouldn't do this for a live? Besides, Nail tech is not only the title, is a lot of work with professional artists who inspire, teach, and help you out to find your own path for your own art. And where is one more thing : in our country (Poland) any customer wouldn't let touch his hands by somebody without Nail Technician Certification

 

[user 25446]

I totally agree with Darek.

Not in the UK or most of Western Europe unless your daughter studied and practiced to such an extent that she became an educator. However, she would have to train first as a nail technician and be capable of making nails to a very high standard in order to win any credibility in the nail industry.

Being arty is simply not enough. Unless she has some formal art training, she would need to obtain this from a school that teaches nail art to a high level and then most probably need to obtain specialist training from other nail artists who are experts in their field. All of this requires financial investment and serious dedication to develop the skills.