So, something a little bit different now. I recently signed up for groupon, and some of the offers that have come up have got me thinking about how much I used to love everything nail art related. I used to spend my pocket money on fancy nail art pens and nail decorations, and my idea of a great afternoon with my friends would be when they let me paint tiny butterflies or angled tips on their nails! Even whilst at university I enjoyed helping my housemate with her nails before a night out.
I once told my mum I wanted to be a nail technician, she laughed at me and said no you don't! I tried pursueing a more academic route, but that didn't work out, and I have ended up flitting between jobs I don't like. I enjoy my current job, but even that has its problems! Anyway, I have decided to give this Nail art thing another little go :)
I spent my birthday present money (and some of my own) on a groupon for an online acrylics training course and kit including a training hand that you can just click the completed nails off of when your done! Groupon is awesome, its a £500 deal that I paid £199 for! This course ends with an industry recognized qualification that would allow me to begin practicing as an acrylics nail technician, should I choose to :) However, I am a lot more interested in gel nails, and nail art, so would need to do a couple more courses before I could do the type of work I'm really interested in.
I spent a lot of time uhming and aahing whether I should go for this course, or save up some more and choose a course that covers all the forms of nail enhancements. I ultimately decided on this one as I thought acrylics is pretty much an essential skill for all nail technicians, and I can always build upon that foundation later on, assuming that I even get on with it! I may not even enjoy it that much, but then I've only wasted £200 rather than£800!
Whilst personally I don't think I am really one for huge long fake nails, I really think I would enjoy making them, as they are like mini works of art that the client will be taking with her everywhere. I have spent a lot of time the last couple of weeks watching tutorials on youtube (If you are interested, this channel is brilliant, all of her designs are stunning http://www.youtube.com/naiouk and she talks you through step by step how they have been created) just thinking I reckon I could do that :).
Anyway, my kit and course could take up to 10 days to arrive, so watch this space... If I do end up loving this as much as I think (hope) that I will, there may well be a whole seperate blog for my nail designs, or this one might become over run by nails!
Anyway, I have a couple of little stitched peices that are finished and just waiting to be photographed and uploaded, I will try to get to doing that later on today :)
Until Next Time :) S x
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