Time to call it a day

[jess-jamie]

Hi All

I just wanted to get this off my chest.

After a few week of being fed up, i have now realised its time to give up.

I did my training in Febuary in L&P, at first it was great i knew i was still learning, i didnt do the Pink and White in acrylic just the clear.

But for a few weeks i havnt been busy at all, my sister wanted her nail doing last night, so i didnt mind, i was really looking forward to it, i asked her if i could try and do the white tips in white Powder but i just couldnt do it, i fealt such a failure, so i did them in clear in the end.
I did not enjoy doing them at all, and i think its tinme to call it a day, as im not enjoying it and i carnt do the white tips.

I think il still carry on doing gel and the spray tanning as i love this.

I so much wanted to do the white tips but hay i carnt.

My hubby will kill me if i want to pack in after all the money i have spent and he will kill me if a pay for anymore training.

Time to have a serious talk i think.

Thanks

 

[tonilee]

I cant believe your going to give up after 4 months? I passed my L&P foundation with Creative back in 2006, I am still no where near as good as I want to be, it take many many many hours of practice, further training and more practice to get there.

If packing it in is going to make you feel better then fair do's but personally I think your giving up too easily, have patience, keep practicing and perhaps think about some further training.....seems better than jacking it all in after all the money and time already invested??

 

[kirsty_]

i agree with toni, you seem to be giving up far too easily. if you arent happy with doing the white tips then dont do them for now, just offer clear until you can perfect them or pay for some 121 time with your educator. I have only just passed l&p so I have a very long way to go but i know it will be hard, i'm prepared for that and cant wait for the challenges ahead. it was only last week that you were so positive about your website if i remember rightly, try to get the enthusiasm back and remember why you started in the first place. please, please dont give up yet, concentrate on what you are good at for now x

 

[chaseyboi]

Hiya

Please dont give up. I know you feel bad now but its only because you are finding p&W difficult. Maybe a 121 will help? Thats what im doing as I struggle as well. Dont let this beat you & get you down YOU CAN DO IT. A 121 with CND is only £45 for an hour & I think that's money well spent & very reasonable. If you cant afford as much 121 as you need then see if you can do an hour or so a month or a refresher day. The more p&w you do then the better you will get. Have a look at the tutorial's on the site they really help me

HTH xx

 

[fifitrix]

It would be a shame to give up now. With some help from a 1 to 1 you would probably be able to see where you are going wrong, once you have cracked it it, you won't look back.

Why not see too, if there are some geeks on here that are near you that could help you out as well.

 

[diesel1978]

I think all of us can probably agree that we have been in your position before. It can be so disappointing when you so want to be able to create the perfect pink and white but no matter how easy every one else makes it look it just is'nt clicking in to place for you. Don't despair!! Honestly! If you read back through some of my posts from years ago i am sure i too was struggling.
I think if your happy to do the gels then keep at itbut keep practising the pink and white acrylics in the meantime. Don't give up because it will click in to place one day.
Read the tutorials on here like they are your bible......thats what i did!
I practised tip after tip after tip by simply applying a tip to a orangewood stick and putting the acrylic on. Don't bog your self down with trying though.
Do five at a time, then increase the number the more confdent you get. It may take months or even longer but it WILL happen.
I honestly could'nt do the white tips when i first started but i realised the more bogged down i got with trying the more stress to perform i was giving my self. I broke it down in to chunks so that i couuld over come each problem step by step.
I started with simple tip and overlay, one i had perfected that i moved on to white tips (ready formed) with over lay. Once that was perfected it was on to good old pink and whites. I did achieve it. I'm here today and i'd like to think that my nails are of a very good standard. I took additional training courses and eventually became a creative master......something that i once thought i would never achieve.
I have been teaching now for quite some time and i see so often people getting defeated. It takes perserverance and sometimes quite alot of it but we can all achieve it. When ever i really felt down i would look through my scratch mags etc etc and take a moment to think about what i could really achieve if i kept on going!!
Waffle over:hug:

 

[mely-bely]

Do you practice EVERY day? With l&p you must practice daily. You don't have to have a person to work on, you can easily practice on a practice finger with tips. Like everything worth while, it takes time to get where you want to be. I think I can speak for the majority of professionals on this site when I say that most of us are not where we want to be because we always strive to do better.

 

[lilly]

Hi All

I just wanted to get this off my chest.

After a few week of being fed up, i have now realised its time to give up.

I did my training in Febuary in L&P, at first it was great i knew i was still learning, i didnt do the Pink and White in acrylic just the clear.

But for a few weeks i havnt been busy at all, my sister wanted her nail doing last night, so i didnt mind, i was really looking forward to it, i asked her if i could try and do the white tips in white Powder but i just couldnt do it, i fealt such a failure, so i did them in clear in the end.
I did not enjoy doing them at all, and i think its tinme to call it a day, as im not enjoying it and i carnt do the white tips.

I think il still carry on doing gel and the spray tanning as i love this.

I so much wanted to do the white tips but hay i carnt.

My hubby will kill me if i want to pack in after all the money i have spent and he will kill me if a pay for anymore training.

Time to have a serious talk i think.

Thanks

I would try and get the 45 for the 1-2-1 you'l prob find it all just clicks into place.

BUT if you can why do that just now, why dont you use the clear L&P for strength and use gel for the french until you can do the 1-2-1? no shame in that if it makes you feel better and more confident x

 

[jess-jamie]

Thanks guys for all your words, i keep thinking more training but i dont think im cut out to do nails, if you know what i mean,

When iv done a full set i spend loads of time filing as iv put the L&P on too thick and it not even if you know.

I keep hearing that some people are excellent at spray tanning but cut out to do nails, i think im one of these people.

Looking back i dont the training i had was the best and truly i regret paying for it i should have researched first and gone with cnd, nsi ect.

The reason i think im feeling down is im 100% stressed at the moment.

Im trying to make my business work but no clients so im lacking motivation, iv got my driving test coming up in 2 weeks so this will be make or break for me to go mobile.

So right im willing to fight this but i need HELP

Any advise on training, i live in Sheffield i dont drive at the moment so i carnt really travel far.

Im liking NSI, NFU, and Ezflow so has anyone got any advise on training and where.

Thanks Guys think i needed a little boast, keep it coming it helping.

 

[RedAdmiral]

I'm not going to boost your ego as that is all that is wrong! Your thinking too much and not just getting on with it! You have a gone full steam ahead, learning, making websites and promoting your self - walk before you can run. You are trying to push yourself too far, it takes a while to become proficient at anything and 4months is no time at all. If you practice smile lines every day then you would def be able to do them, so instead of letting it get you down just get on with it.
It may sound harsh but you are a business and there is no room for that attitude in business.

You have two options practice, practice, practice or focus on gel and become really good at that then when your ready move onto l&p.

 

[Poshfloss]

Hi Hun,
I originally trained with NSI, they are brill, also I have done the conversion to Creative.
Both products I love, both different........but not so much that you can't swap from one to the other.
I use whichever I feel is best for the client I have.......I try to talk them all into Creative custom blends as I love doing those. :lol: But then I get a die hard NSI fan, so use my NSI. :lol:
It is way too soon to give up.:cry:
I am still not the best, don't suppose I ever will be. But you do need to practice. :hug:
As mentioned below, buy some cheap natural tips and practice every day.
Some days just do white smile lines. :lol: Line them all up in order you have done them......you will see a difference, stick them on a piece of card, put a date on, then when you do your next practice set........compare.
You will have good and bad days, we all do.
I am starting back renting a salon in a couple of weeks, I have not done a lot of nails for ages, so I will be rusty, think I will have to have some practice days......I will need them :lol:
Keep going hun, you will eventually get ther, in the meantime continue with gels and tanning.......Loads of geeks on here can't do gels.......they can only do L&P....so it works both ways.
Lotsa luv x x :hug: :hug: :hug: x x x

 

[mum]

Why do you think you should be busy after 4 months from your training when you're not in a salon and not mobile?

You're just talking about l&p. What about manicures and pedicures?? Just doing l&p will always limit you and is not what a nail technician is all about.

You may enjoy spray tanning but it isn't exactly a skill, just a procedure. Skills take time. From training to busy in l&p only in 4 months is not possible

If you don't love doing nails and love the process of getting better then have a good think

I'm not being negative just realistic

 

[sian1979]

i certainly think you are being very very harsh on yourself. At 4 months after training i think i as well spent many nights in tears thinking i just couldnt do it........ and if i am honest nearly two years on ...even though i can certainly see my improvement.....i still spent one night last week in tears again saying i might as well jack it all in as i still think i am rubbish..... i and i think i am compared to where i want to be.

But only i can do anything about it.....i know i need to practice practice practice; but it is not good practicing your methods when they are wrong in the first place...you need to read your training notes and see where you are going wrong. Different products work very differently......for instance it is no good working with NFU.oh the same way as you would ezflow....your product will be unworkable. My advice would be stick to the one product until you get the hang of that one then try out others......it will be so much easier in the long run. Also like has been said regular practice in essentail.......just doing it as and when will not help you at all......i got a part time job employed at a local salon(only 1 1/2 days a week....but it was every week away from the chaos at home)..... this helped me a great deal.
Make sure you speak to your educator as well..... they are there to help and support you ...even after your course. Any decent company will be with you 100% and only a phone call away.......use them...i would be lost without mine.

i hope you stick at it......i am glad i have as i love doing it so much. One day you look back at this thread and laugh at it

Gigis book nail class was an invaluable tool for me.....on friends i sat quite often with the book open to the side of me.

 

[Deena]

You are expecting too much, too soon. It just doesn't work like that for most of us. I did my foundation course almost two years ago and it's only recently that I feel I'm starting to produce even halfway decent nails ... and they're still nowhere near the standard of some of the works of art you can see on this site and maybe never will be. I keep going, though, because I know it's the only way.

If you struggle to get models, as I did for ages, use a trainer hand and also cheap tips to practise your smile lines on. It really will help. However, the best thing I ever did was to get myself some 121 time with a real expert. Just one such session was worth more than all the practising I'd done put together, because she honed in on where I was going wrong and just making unnecessary work for myself. I literally improved overnight after that. I can't recommend 121 training enough.

It takes a long time, a lot of practise and grim determination to be able to produce a halfway acceptable set, but it's the best feeling when people start to comment favourably on them .... asking where you got them done! :green: Don't give up when you're not even out of the 'Starting blocks.' :hug:

 

[loubylou]

Hi All

I just wanted to get this off my chest.

After a few week of being fed up, i have now realised its time to give up.

I did my training in Febuary in L&P, at first it was great i knew i was still learning, i didnt do the Pink and White in acrylic just the clear.

But for a few weeks i havnt been busy at all, my sister wanted her nail doing last night, so i didnt mind, i was really looking forward to it, i asked her if i could try and do the white tips in white Powder but i just couldnt do it, i fealt such a failure, so i did them in clear in the end.
I did not enjoy doing them at all, and i think its tinme to call it a day, as im not enjoying it and i carnt do the white tips.

I think il still carry on doing gel and the spray tanning as i love this.

I so much wanted to do the white tips but hay i carnt.

My hubby will kill me if i want to pack in after all the money i have spent and he will kill me if a pay for anymore training.

Time to have a serious talk i think.

Thanks

Sweetie you are not a failure, doing a pink and white nail is an art as well as a skill and how do you expect to be able to do something that you have not been shown,
im in Shipley (not a million Mile's away) im willing to show you how to do them so you can practise with some knowledge behind you if you want to come over to the salon some time :hug:

 

[chaseyboi]

Sweetie you are not a failure, doing a pink and white nail is an art as well as a skill and how do you expect to be able to do something that you have not been shown,
im in Shipley (not a million Mile's away) im willing to show you how to do them so you can practise with some knowledge behind you if you want to come over to the salon some time :hug:

That is very kind of you to offer. It's great to see see someone willing to help others. well done you xx:hug:

 

[spn01]

Sweetie you are not a failure, doing a pink and white nail is an art as well as a skill and how do you expect to be able to do something that you have not been shown,
im in Shipley (not a million Mile's away) im willing to show you how to do them so you can practise with some knowledge behind you if you want to come over to the salon some time :hug:

Wow, loubylou what a generous offer and such a kind heart.:hug:

 

[tigi]

you are giving up now? after only four months? look, you are expecting an awful lot of yourself to be perfect in such a short time. i only trained last november and I am still learning and no where near great yet. It takes time and patience. I think you are giving up too soon. stop being so hard on yourself!
xxxxxx

 

[champagne]

Ok, I agree that you havent given it enough time....

BUT

If you are not eating, breathing, sleeping nails, like many of us were during training....(I had no sleep for god knows how many months) then maybe your heart is not in it and you dont enjoy doing it....thats not failure....

After my initial training I did throw myself into a rented room & I was busy, it doesnt have to take years but it does take 100s of sets of nails....

Please dont say failure.....you really dont sound like you are enjoying it.....and after all I think thats the most important element seeing as we pay shed loads to learn...

Think whats important to you....if pink & white nails arnt up there then move on xx

Ps: please dont be offended by any of that xxx