Nails at Home

angelic84

deeds wrote: »

Bearing in mind the salon that charges £50 will be a very experienced technician.

Home study doesn't give you the benefit of a 'teacher' on hand to keep you right and show you the techniques one on one. Which IMHO is necessary to get it right.
Its harder than it looks to get perfect acrylics, so you might want to start your pricing off really cheap until you properly get the hang of doing the nails, that way you can also build up a client base, perhaps with introductory offers in the local shop windows or wherever you advertised your ironing.

Plus offer vouchers so you'll get people coming back to you, be that % off or even a free polish and shine for the toes, just til you get yourself established and word of mouth gets your diary filled.
Good luck!

thanks for the advice. i have been going various salons and having my nails done so i can see their techniques. i have a few girlies that are going to let me practice on them as the course i use has a fake hand to practice on. your right about it being harder than it looks and I have managed to get one set down to just over 1 hour but i know i need to improve this. any technical help much appreciated, especially sizing tips!

Ibizavic

Hi

Good for you for starting your own nail business. I used to be a nail technician and worked from home and in 2 salons but unfortunately I had to give it up as i developed a serious allergy to the materials I was using.
I started off charging £15 for a set when I first qualified then upped it to £20 once i was a bit more experienced and i also used to airbrush or hand paint nail art for up to £5 more depending on the design or whether they had gems etc. I did Gels, Fibreglass and Acrylics.
I had PL insurance but not sure if yours would cover both your ironing and your nails as i was advised to have speciality insurance for the beauty industry. Think my public liability was covered into the multi millions but its been about 6 years since i stopped so i cant quite remember. Back then it was about £30 odd a year.
I'd advise you to practice as much as possible on guinea pigs as the fake hands are not that lifelike and its totally different with real nails rather than plastic ones! Also, if you have to buy equipment such as a UV lamp etc its better to spend a bit more and get a proper professional lamp and materials as they will work in your favour. Don't buy the lamps like Argos sell as they are nowhere near good enough for professional work.

If you need any more info PM me and i will be happy to help if I can

angelic84

Ibizavic wrote: »

Hi

Good for you for starting your own nail business. I used to be a nail technician and worked from home and in 2 salons but unfortunately I had to give it up as i developed a serious allergy to the materials I was using.
I started off charging £15 for a set when I first qualified then upped it to £20 once i was a bit more experienced and i also used to airbrush or hand paint nail art for up to £5 more depending on the design or whether they had gems etc. I did Gels, Fibreglass and Acrylics.
I had PL insurance but not sure if yours would cover both your ironing and your nails as i was advised to have speciality insurance for the beauty industry. Think my public liability was covered into the multi millions but its been about 6 years since i stopped so i cant quite remember. Back then it was about £30 odd a year.
I'd advise you to practice as much as possible on guinea pigs as the fake hands are not that lifelike and its totally different with real nails rather than plastic ones! Also, if you have to buy equipment such as a UV lamp etc its better to spend a bit more and get a proper professional lamp and materials as they will work in your favour. Don't buy the lamps like Argos sell as they are nowhere near good enough for professional work.

If you need any more info PM me and i will be happy to help if I can

Thanks so much for your help, I may well take you up on your offer as I come across problems which I am sure I will! :j