I went to a salon where i thought i was going to start part time work as a nail tech today and i did my trade manicure test on this eastern european lady. the current nail tech is also eastern european and they are both friends, i did my hand santising, analysis, filing, soaking and it came to the point where i pushed the cuticles back and got my nippers out to remove the dead skin. When I finished this part she was like what are you doing? Aren't you going to remove the cuticles? I was like, no, I don't remove live skin and was never taught to cut out the cuticles. The current nail tech said that's no good and showed me with these tiny scissors in front of me how to remove the cuticles in one swoop by cutting them out.
Basically I carried on with my manicure but by the end of it they were both unhappy as she removes them and other likes them off as that's what they do in their country! She even removed skin on the nail wall and near the free edge?! I was then told by the current nail tech that I would not make money if I didn't remove cuticles and that if they came to once they would never return! She then recommended me retraining with some Eastern European academy in central London where I would learn how to cut cuticles off but I would need to do the whole nvq again. By this time I was so annoyed as I have been to her salon 3 times now and wasted my time and paid fares for a job i thought i was starting but now I'm no good for!
What do you nail techs do???
Basically I carried on with my manicure but by the end of it they were both unhappy as she removes them and other likes them off as that's what they do in their country! She even removed skin on the nail wall and near the free edge?! I was then told by the current nail tech that I would not make money if I didn't remove cuticles and that if they came to once they would never return! She then recommended me retraining with some Eastern European academy in central London where I would learn how to cut cuticles off but I would need to do the whole nvq again. By this time I was so annoyed as I have been to her salon 3 times now and wasted my time and paid fares for a job i thought i was starting but now I'm no good for!
What do you nail techs do???