I'm doing a course with the carlton institute but my deadline is coming up, I have no one to practice on, I don't have enough case studies and my enhancements still leave much to be desired. Maybe I'm just not cut out for beauty therapy. Should I just cut my losses and give up now?
Should I just give up?
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geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
Only you can answer that question. How can we? If you're passionate about it then you won't give up and will move heaven and earth to get case studies ... there are plenty of ways to get models if you REALLY want them.
You don't sound passionate to me and you do not sound like you are having fun with it. If it ain't fun then don't do it.
Perhaps you made the wrong career choice. Why did you go into it in the first place? For the love of it or for what you thought was the money in it?
sarahpoppy24
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This to me sound like a case of hormones or that some one/thing has pissed you off!!! I get like this with from time to time you need to sit down and like geeg said think are you feeling like this because you dont enjoy it or is it that you do realy enjoy it and are feeling like.... its not going to happen why bother I never get it right ill never do this im rubbish was stupid to think I could etc!!!! If this the last thing have a nice cup of tea and get positive!!! Call your tutor for advice ring friends your mum aunty etc!! Think positive and if you want this you will do it!!!:hug
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Surely you can find a family member or friend to practise on?
If you want to take this path you will find someone also if you were serious about it you would of made sure you'd completed your case studies.
Sometimes its easy to get disheartened if your not the best at something but it took me ages to get a decent set of enhancements its just practise like geeg said only you know whether or not this is for you!!x
If you want to take this path you will find someone also if you were serious about it you would of made sure you'd completed your case studies.
Sometimes its easy to get disheartened if your not the best at something but it took me ages to get a decent set of enhancements its just practise like geeg said only you know whether or not this is for you!!x
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What course you doing with em hun?I done my diploma with them,intensive 4 day course , applied for my Nvq 2 with em but didnt complete it,Ive done 2 conversion courses now and going mobile.
Ps the products Carlton supply you with are crap,get yourself on a conversion course with a proffesional brand,as you know the basics ,and you will benefit from it,and find an improvement,i found their training not enough..waste of money!!
Ps the products Carlton supply you with are crap,get yourself on a conversion course with a proffesional brand,as you know the basics ,and you will benefit from it,and find an improvement,i found their training not enough..waste of money!!
I did the nail services course with them. I have to finish because my mum paid for it. I like it when I can see an emprovement in my ability. No one will let me cause I'm so slow. I advertised on the internet for models but they either didn't turn up or were horrid. I really enjoyed the course and I do enjoy it but the amount of course work is making me hate it.
loubylou
Well-Known Member
If you do want to finish your course and get some practise start a new thread on here asking for models,
everyone is great on here and I'm sure they would give you some help and advise with your nail skills too,
its too far away from me otherwise i would have modelled for you hun and helped you out,
BUT if you really don't want to do it and your heart is not in it then you need to come clean and tell your mum,
shes your mum and mums love us no matter what remember :hug:
geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
Did you think 'doing nails' was an easy ride??
Nothing is easy if you want to do it well and become an expert at it. Course work is part of anything worth doing.
Those who do courses without the work are the cowboys who daily trash the reputation of the good techs out there who know their business. Which do you want to be?
Look there's no need to be so rude. I never thought it would be easy. I just hoped I would have more support from my college. When I get confused about something or can't work out how to do something I have to find the answers for myself. If I were at college full time I would at least have a tutor to help me.
Geeg please don't reply because so far you've not said anything helpful.
Geeg please don't reply because so far you've not said anything helpful.
Lynne Baker
Lynne The Skin!
Au contraire - I think Geeg has said several helpful things!
Everyone is slow when they start! My first pedicure took me over 2 hours.
Have you spoken to the college? Do they know that you're struggling? If you were at college full time you might very well not get the help you need because you would be in competition for your tutor's time with many other students.
Doing anything well takes time and practice and effort. Do use this site to ask for ideas, they are in abundance. I found models a number of ways. I put an advert in the local hairdressers, in the village shop and on Freecycle. I was inundated with offers! I made it very clear that I was learning, and that I would take longer than normal, and that I would charge only for the cost of the materials.
May I ask how old you are?
Everyone is slow when they start! My first pedicure took me over 2 hours.
Have you spoken to the college? Do they know that you're struggling? If you were at college full time you might very well not get the help you need because you would be in competition for your tutor's time with many other students.
Doing anything well takes time and practice and effort. Do use this site to ask for ideas, they are in abundance. I found models a number of ways. I put an advert in the local hairdressers, in the village shop and on Freecycle. I was inundated with offers! I made it very clear that I was learning, and that I would take longer than normal, and that I would charge only for the cost of the materials.
May I ask how old you are?
RedAdmiral
Well-Known Member
I always tell my classes that adult education is their decision, the information is given and it is up to you to put the work in practicing and completing homework and coursework. YOU signed up to a course that YOU need models to practice on so before you started you MUST of told your friends n family and lined up some potential models. Did you buy a nail trainer If you were that desperate you must have one and be happy practicing on that - I'm sure Carlton canpoint you in the right direction.
As for Geeg being rude it is not the case, re-read the post and decide if you really do want to do nails as you are making excuses. How many case studies have you done? If you use the same model 5 times then surely Carlton wont mind if you were really stuck but YOU need to put the hard work in - we all did.
As for Geeg being rude it is not the case, re-read the post and decide if you really do want to do nails as you are making excuses. How many case studies have you done? If you use the same model 5 times then surely Carlton wont mind if you were really stuck but YOU need to put the hard work in - we all did.
geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
Isn't that what people always say when they hear something they don't want to hear?
I asked questions. It is often difficult until you see where someone is coming from. The questions were not criticism but questions.
I will reply to any and all posts that I see fit. If one does not like the answers then there is always the option of the ignore list.
As for being rude ... questions can be painful. Nowhere was I rude. It is not always easy to be faced with the questions one has to think about.
adelekeegan1
Chatty geek
Here we go again - a member doesn't like the answer so therefore the advice is rude.
This a professional forum for professionals. All answers given have been professional, helpful and constructive.
It is up to you - I suggest that if you don't like the heat stay out of the kitchen
This a professional forum for professionals. All answers given have been professional, helpful and constructive.
It is up to you - I suggest that if you don't like the heat stay out of the kitchen
Maybe the problem is not in you, but as you have mentioned your college does not give you enough support. At the place where I studied (Margarita Belska Nail World), I received so much support, and they also arranged models for me whenever I needed one and I could take them to school even if I didn't have a lesson that day - just to practice. This way i did not waste time looking for models as they were arranged for me. You cannot expect to have perfect nails without practice... Try to contact them, they still could help you with models...
Doorie
Well-Known Member
after some time it also is a matter of will...
do you want it enough as Gigi asked...?
if you really ask me, I'd say no... but you didn't ask you asked if you should give up instead...
I'd say, no again. finish it, give it your best. this means, practice, practice, and practice again. you have some great advice here on how to find models. now just make sure you trust yourself enough to tell them *I'm just learning and it may take a lot more time than a professionnal set* and keep in mind we've all been there...
if, once you have your paper, you decide to drop it, then at least you would still of gone until the end, right? and this is a satisfaction for you.
I don't think it's the college fault. in the trainings that I give, I can classify the students, you have the independent ones, everything's fine with them, you show once, they try, they show you once they've finished, you correct, they start again, you watch them.. etc.
you also have the ones that cannot seem to hold a brush without you behind, which is a bit boring when you are not in a 121... but they're so nice so you do your thing...
and you have those who think they come and right after they'll be as good as you, and behave this way which is annoying because this attitude is a no no to proper training/learning.
not to say you're annoying cuz I don't know you, but maybe in your attitude you don't help your tutor coming to you and guiding you the way you'd like them to...
so well. while we're at it...
take a sheet of paper, separate it in 2 parts, write down the reasons why you attended the course and why you like it, what you enjoy, all the positive things on the first part... and on the second part, what you don't like, and all the bad things.
then balance them... if you want to continue, list all the solutions you can find to solve the bad part.
maybe instead you'll see straight away that there is too much and it's not for you.
do you want it enough as Gigi asked...?
if you really ask me, I'd say no... but you didn't ask
you asked if you should give up instead...I'd say, no again. finish it, give it your best. this means, practice, practice, and practice again. you have some great advice here on how to find models. now just make sure you trust yourself enough to tell them *I'm just learning and it may take a lot more time than a professionnal set* and keep in mind we've all been there...
if, once you have your paper, you decide to drop it, then at least you would still of gone until the end, right? and this is a satisfaction for you.
I don't think it's the college fault. in the trainings that I give, I can classify the students, you have the independent ones, everything's fine with them, you show once, they try, they show you once they've finished, you correct, they start again, you watch them.. etc.
you also have the ones that cannot seem to hold a brush without you behind, which is a bit boring when you are not in a 121... but they're so nice so you do your thing...
and you have those who think they come and right after they'll be as good as you, and behave this way which is annoying because this attitude is a no no to proper training/learning.
not to say you're annoying cuz I don't know you, but maybe in your attitude you don't help your tutor coming to you and guiding you the way you'd like them to...
so well. while we're at it...
take a sheet of paper, separate it in 2 parts, write down the reasons why you attended the course and why you like it, what you enjoy, all the positive things on the first part... and on the second part, what you don't like, and all the bad things.
then balance them... if you want to continue, list all the solutions you can find to solve the bad part.
maybe instead you'll see straight away that there is too much and it's not for you.
Annabel08
Active Member
I just finished my nail technology course at college and i know at times doing the case studies and getting them in on time can be hard especially if you are busy doing other things at the same time.
In my situation i knew i really wanted it and thats what kept me going.
If you know in yourself that this is what you really want to do, and when you aren't going through a rough patch with it that you do really enjoy it then i wouldn't give up.
Look at this situation as a test, If you can get through this and come out of it thinking yes it was hard, it really did test me but at the end of the day I still feel really strong and passionate about doing this as a living then think about how good and proud you will feel about yourself at the end of it all.
On the other hand if you get through it and then realise maybe this isn't right for you at least you did your best, you tried your hardest and you didn't give up. Until you do things you will never know if it right for you or not. No one can make that decision for you.
As for not having a model and your deadline coming up, I would say if you haven't done so already talk to your tutor or someone in charge of your course, they are the only people who can really help you out. I'm sure if you explain things to them they will understand and be able to sort something out for you. In my course when someone couldn't get a model on the day of the exam they would try and arrange another day that is suitable for you, the college and the model. You won't know until you ask.
I'm sure everyone on this site has had obstacles confront them and I'm sure if you asked some of them they will all have similar stories to tell, but if you really really want something you will do what ever it takes to get it, so if this is what you really want don't let it get you down.
hopefully everything will work out for you.
In my situation i knew i really wanted it and thats what kept me going.
If you know in yourself that this is what you really want to do, and when you aren't going through a rough patch with it that you do really enjoy it then i wouldn't give up.
Look at this situation as a test, If you can get through this and come out of it thinking yes it was hard, it really did test me but at the end of the day I still feel really strong and passionate about doing this as a living then think about how good and proud you will feel about yourself at the end of it all.
On the other hand if you get through it and then realise maybe this isn't right for you at least you did your best, you tried your hardest and you didn't give up. Until you do things you will never know if it right for you or not. No one can make that decision for you.
As for not having a model and your deadline coming up, I would say if you haven't done so already talk to your tutor or someone in charge of your course, they are the only people who can really help you out. I'm sure if you explain things to them they will understand and be able to sort something out for you. In my course when someone couldn't get a model on the day of the exam they would try and arrange another day that is suitable for you, the college and the model. You won't know until you ask.
I'm sure everyone on this site has had obstacles confront them and I'm sure if you asked some of them they will all have similar stories to tell, but if you really really want something you will do what ever it takes to get it, so if this is what you really want don't let it get you down.
hopefully everything will work out for you.
I trained with Carlton, total waste of money, the certificate they give you is not worth the paper it's written on, they are just about making money, I don't feel they inspire you at all...I subsequently went to college and got my NVQ's there and in doing so learned an awful lot more than I did at the Carlton. If you feel passionate about what you are doing persevere otherwise find something else to do ;-)
karentriff
Well-Known Member
On the contrary. If it wasn't for geeg's and the other proffesional's advice and help on this site I would never have qualified my correspondence course. There is nothing wrong with having to seek out answers for yourself. It makes what you learn more valuable. I too am slow but my friends that I practiced on didn't mind at all because they had a set of fair way to decent nails that cost next to nothing.
If you were truly passionate you would move heaven and earth to become a nail technician. The rest of us have had to at some stage. My motto is 'Go Hard or Go Home'
I could not agree more, you have to really want to do this. I went to college and did two courses at the same time, which ment i had to find double the models for my assessments and case studies. So I had to find 10 case studies and I have 5 children and a disabled husband to take care of to. I love nails and I would move heaven and earth to do it and I did. This is how you must feel or don't do it, because there is alot of hard work ahead of you, alot of ups and downs when things don't go right. Just make sure this is really what you want. Good luck in what ever you choose to do. xxx
