Sallys 3 day course, qualified nail tech?

[Isobel's nails]

Thank you for your reply I just want to be really good at it apparently according to friends and family I am a natural but there is lots I do not know so to start with to earn clients I am going mobile and offering manicure and gel so I will start with the salon services or cnd course and then save for nvq to be the best I can .

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[Isobel's nails]

Thank you for replying I dont think for one minute that I would be as good as you there is so much I don't know so I think I will do the salon services or cnd course to start then save for nvq I will build up my clients first just doing manicure and gel then go and be the best I can .

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[sleepingbeauty]

CND's your best bet!

 

[Isobel's nails]

Is it the one with justine ?

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[Kodipup41]

I did the training solutions/salon systems 5 day complete nail technician intensive course then had 2/3months of hard work before assessments which if you didn't qualify you had to go back again. It was very intense and a lot of hard work. It covered acrylics sculpting and tip/overlay,uv hard gel sculpting/tip overlay,manicures as a qualification and a gellux workshop.
It was ran through capital and is a recognised qualification and the educator was amazing. She was a nail tech herself and got stuck right in with us and pushed us.

Glad to finally read some good reviews on capital as I'm booked on the complete nail course with them and was starting to become really disheartened. I obvously agree that a week' course is nothing compared to college courses but 1 the college course is full time Nd I can't do that and the part time courses don' cover the right techniques that I want and 2 I plan to continue doing more courses and keep up with cpd training etc and practise practise practise

 

[Trinity]

Glad to finally read some good reviews on capital as I'm booked on the complete nail course with them and was starting to become really disheartened. I obvously agree that a week' course is nothing compared to college courses but 1 the college course is full time Nd I can't do that and the part time courses don' cover the right techniques that I want and 2 I plan to continue doing more courses and keep up with cpd training etc and practise practise practise

Kodipup - be aware this thread was originally started in 2011 and last update was 2014, their training may be very different now. You might need to search for more recent results

 

[Kodipup41]

Kodipup - be aware this thread was originally started in 2011 and last update was 2014, their training may be very different now. You might need to search for more recent results

Oops didn't even notice that....

 

[Trinity]

Oops didn't even notice that....

I guessed not, that's why I wanted to point it out. Training is easy to find, good training is really hard to find. Personally I'd steer away from Capital unless you have specific recommendations for the actual person doing the training. Capital out source their training so the trainer doesn't work for them, they're usually independent and renting the space. If the course is not fully booked they tend to cancel until it can be filled.

Academies or training schools with their own employed/affiliated trainers will usually provide better results. Look for well established brands and well known names in the business. Google is your friend

 

[VintageEsmerelda]

I agree with 3 days not being enough. I qualified with City & Guilds level 2. I didn't feel confident after college so I did a 3-day course which was one to one to go over things which I had already learned to help build my skills. 3 days is great in my opinion for skill building but not for starting from scratch. There is just to much stuff to learn. The standard from my understanding is an NVQ level 2 or a VTCT qualification for salon work.