Thanks for the advice, I did my foundation course with Liza Smith and she was brilliant, very helpful and I really enjoyed the course.
I have always been creative (I get it from my dad) and I always wanted to be a make up artist or something along those lines, but some things just don't pan out the way you want them to.... The path I took at the time lead me working for an Advertising agency, in the creative department as an assistant artbuyer, which I really enjoyed. My job was to ensure the smooth running of the photo shoots and I dealt with the models, stylists and photographers (photography is another passion of mine) and through my 4 years of working there met some very interesting and talented people.
Unfortunately I was made redundant and to keep my mortgage payments up have taken another office job to keep me going as a PA. Something good came out of being made redundant though as it gave me the kick up the bum I needed to assess my life, where I'm going and what I want to do with it.
I have been having my nails done for years now and along with the make up took an instant attraction to it, but I suppose that I lacked the confidence in thinking I would be any good at it (plus I was told by some one who works in the nail industry that at 24 I am too old to make ago of it as I'll be old and wrinkly by the time I built my clients up)!!
But 2 months ago I took the plunge and decided to go for it and after completing and passing the Creative foundation course I'm really glad I did it and I know that with hard work and determination I hope to make a great nail tec.
I don't know where I will work, or where this whole learning process will take me, I am just going to take one step at a time and will figure it out when I get there.
Its also such a bonus to have people like yourself who have bundles of great experience taking the time out to help people like myself and point us in the right direction, I am at the moment just practising at home on friends and on my trusty nail trainer (I've had such fun scaring people with it, it's great)!!
I hope to book the next step up soon.
(Sorry for the long garbled message, didn't realise how much I'd gone on until I read it back)