I find it interesting that people "expect" to be able to just "do nails"......
Well...... yes you can, but it does depend on how good you intend to be.
Oddly enough, when people see what I can do with nails, they "expect" me to be able to paint .....
Heaven forbid, my autistic godson (bless him) does a better interpretation of an apple that me, I'm so crap at painting, I have much more of a 3D mind, am better at creating a shape and a very "symmetrical" thought pattern.
I know so many techs that can do nails, but can't paint them to save themselves.
Know techs that can paint, but can't do a nail to save themselves.
Know techs that sculpt like a Grecian artisan, but don't know how to buff in a tip.
Know techs that can do tips, but absolutely flake at doing sculpts.
Know techs that "acrylic" just oozes from their brush to create a masterpiece..... yet cant get a grip on gel.
Know techs that shove that gel stuff around like they are masters icing a cake, yet can't create an acrylic nail.
It's interesting to see "expectations" .... but little "limitations".
I see my own limitations (I'm so crap at gels), I can do them, but I have to "carve" a nail out of a quite ugly block (so I don't do them) ..... yeah, sure I could do them, but not that interested (and too busy doing acrylics).... (so I realise my own limitations).
I want limitations, because I want perfection as an end result.
I guess what I'm talking about is, as a proud person I only do (let's say 6 out of 8 services), but I do those 6 very well and my reputation would suffer if I was do do the other 2 (but not that well).
Do you do services, just because others do them (and you don't want someone to walk out the door), or would you recommend other techs that do things better, I refer Gels to the salon up the road, but I get clients from them, that they have talked into Gels (over acrylics) and find they didn't live up to expectations .......
I find by limiting myself and being honest, I retain clients, refer clients and get referrals in return by sometimes saying "no", rather than doing something I'm not quite competent at ...... rather than an attempt (and fail).
Your thoughts ......
Well...... yes you can, but it does depend on how good you intend to be.
Oddly enough, when people see what I can do with nails, they "expect" me to be able to paint .....
Heaven forbid, my autistic godson (bless him) does a better interpretation of an apple that me, I'm so crap at painting, I have much more of a 3D mind, am better at creating a shape and a very "symmetrical" thought pattern.
I know so many techs that can do nails, but can't paint them to save themselves.
Know techs that can paint, but can't do a nail to save themselves.
Know techs that sculpt like a Grecian artisan, but don't know how to buff in a tip.
Know techs that can do tips, but absolutely flake at doing sculpts.
Know techs that "acrylic" just oozes from their brush to create a masterpiece..... yet cant get a grip on gel.
Know techs that shove that gel stuff around like they are masters icing a cake, yet can't create an acrylic nail.
It's interesting to see "expectations" .... but little "limitations".
I see my own limitations (I'm so crap at gels), I can do them, but I have to "carve" a nail out of a quite ugly block (so I don't do them) ..... yeah, sure I could do them, but not that interested (and too busy doing acrylics).... (so I realise my own limitations).
I want limitations, because I want perfection as an end result.
I guess what I'm talking about is, as a proud person I only do (let's say 6 out of 8 services), but I do those 6 very well and my reputation would suffer if I was do do the other 2 (but not that well).
Do you do services, just because others do them (and you don't want someone to walk out the door), or would you recommend other techs that do things better, I refer Gels to the salon up the road, but I get clients from them, that they have talked into Gels (over acrylics) and find they didn't live up to expectations .......
I find by limiting myself and being honest, I retain clients, refer clients and get referrals in return by sometimes saying "no", rather than doing something I'm not quite competent at ...... rather than an attempt (and fail).
Your thoughts ......