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Everything you need to start a new career in nails! Bundle of 4 Nail Courses:
Includes: Tuition, Theory, Tools, Products, Nail Trainer, Assessment & Certification, and unlimited Student Support.
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Gel Nails are glossy & strong. They are super popular with clients of all ages because they look so natural & the shine shouts “healthy nails”. They are easier to create and apply compared to acrylic nails, making them a perfect choice for budding nail technicians.
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The Essential Nails Gel Nail Course will teach you how to make money making great Gel Nails for your clients. Gel Nails are easier to create and apply compared to acrylic nails, making them a perfect choice for budding nail technicians wanting to build a small business from home or work in a salon.
Gel nails are known to be odor-free and chip-resistant compared to a normal manicure, making them a big hit amongst clients. They also blend in and mold seamlessly with natural nails, regardless of the shape and length of the nail, making the gel course an ideal one for beginners with no experience at all.
You can be a beginner wanting to grasp Gel Nails, Gel Nail Overlays, or Gel Nail Extensions, or you could be a practicing nail technician wanting to keep up with the latest trends in the beauty industry. This Gel Nails Course will benefit you in every way.
This is an independent learning, flexible, at-home course that fits around your lifestyle and schedule. Lessons and theory are delivered online, and you carry out the practical aspects of the course on your Nail Trainer practice hand. You can watch the lessons as many times as you wish and practice for as long as you need until you're creating perfect gel nails or gel extensions. No college commitments, commute, or expensive fees - simple one-to-one, private tutoring at the comfort of your home. This gel nails course is especially designed for aspiring nail technicians; no previous experience or qualification is needed to complete this course.
On completing your Gel Nails course:
If you're looking to expand your skillset, there's no better time to master the art of Gel Polish application. Gel polish is the go-to choice for natural nails and extensions, offering a glossy, long-lasting finish that clients love.
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Gel Polish is perfect for natural nails and nail extensions. It is quick to apply, has a glossy finish that does not lift, chip, or wear for 14 days. In this Gel Polish Course, we will teach you:
All tools, products, training online, assessment, certification, and unlimited student support are included. Your tutor will be Essential Nails, nail expert Sarah Gooderham. Sarah will share her top techniques. You'll work on the unique Nail Trainer® practice hand and a live model to complete your portfolio. Once you have learned, practiced, and perfected your techniques, you simply return your portfolio to us for assessment. We'll assess your work and issue your recognized certificate, to show your clients you are a professional Gel Polish Technician.
Please Note: Before starting this course, you need to have completed one of the following courses with Essential Nails: Manicure & Pedicure, Gel Tip and Overlay, Acrylic Tip and Overlay, Fibreglass Tip and Overlay, or Acrylic Sculpting. Or have completed a course elsewhere that covered health, hygiene, and sanitation.
This comprehensive course is designed to teach you the skills and techniques needed to become a successful Nail Technician in the exciting and ever-evolving world of acrylic nails.
Join the thousands of successful Nail Technicians that have learnt with Essential Nails over the last 20 years. Enrol today!
The Essential Nails Acrylic Nail Course is designed to teach you all about how to create great Acrylic Nails, either as an overlay over the natural nail for strength and beauty, or over an extension tip to create long, elegant nails. Acrylic Nails have always been an important part of the nail industry and are one of the most sought-after nail enhancement treatments amongst clients, so once you have learned the skills you'll be earning great money either working from your own business at home or as a professional in a salon. You watch the teaching videos and answer the test questions online and copy what you see on your Nail Trainer practice hand. You then unclip your finished nails and send them to us in the post for assessment and certification. If you want to get started in nails, then this is the course for you.
The course initially covers nail trainer basics, salon skills, chemicals used, health and safety, the parts of the nail, and pre-service rules.
Techniques specific for Acrylic Nails.
You then move onto the techniques you will need to learn to make great acrylic nails, such as filing, prepping the nail, tipping, applying acrylic overlay, shaping and finishing, and polishing.
The final stage of the course is about practice. You will practice on 5 different nail shapes fitted to thumb and fingers, using the nail trainer. At the end of this part of the nail course, you will have prepped, tipped, blended, applied acrylic, shaped, and polished at least 60 sets of nails and will be competent to start working on paying clients.
Finally, you will submit your finished nails to us for assessment, and if you’ve reached the required standard of nail technician competency with acrylics, you will be issued your certificate.
A truly practical course.
Essential Nails is the only distance learning provider that require students to submit finished nails for assessment and certification. Thus ensuring that a holder of a EN certificate has proved competency in producing nails to a high standard.
The course is split onto three parts; Foundation, Essential Techniques and Working the Whole Hand.
Part 1, Foundation;
You watch the video, read sections of the manuals, answer the question papers and where appropriate, practice on the Nail Trainer.
Introduction.
By the end of this section you will be able to;
Understand why clients want nail enhancements, and their advantages.
Identify the different nail systems and their advantages and disadvantages.
Understand the basics of being a Nail Technician.
Understand the advantages of learning from home and the route to getting qualified as a Nail Technician.
Getting ready to learn.
At the end of this section you will have learnt all about the following subjects;
The contents of the kit of tools and products, what they are and what they do, specifically;
Acrylic Liquid. Acrylic powder. Cotton pads. Cuticle massage oil. Nail Adhesive. Nail Polishes. Top coat. Extension Tips. Nail sanitizer. Primer. Kitchen towels. Extender nozzles. Buffers. Kolinsky Sable brush. Cuticle pusher. Manicure brush. Files. Nail clippers. Dappen dish.
The Nail Trainer, time management and practice regime.
The outcome of this section will be that you'll understand how the Nail Trainer works and how its vital to learn and practice in a logical and consistent manner.
Salon Skills.
At the end of this section you will understand;
How you create a professional attitude, personal appearance and surroundings.
Why your appearance is important.
What qualities make a professional nail technician.
About good personal hygiene.
How prepare for and greet the client.
About good manners, courtesy and communication.
About how to deal correctly with colleagues.
About ethics in the work place.
About retail sales.
Chemicals - hazards and safety procedures.
In this chapter you will learn all about the chemicals used in the Nail Salon.
At the conclusion you will understand fully;
About the safe use of nails tools, specifically the file, buffers, sensitisation, electric files, UV lamps, tip removers, primers, acetone, gel prep, wipe off, acrylic liquids, accelerators, tip glues, acrylic powders.
About the safe storage, use and disposal of nail products and chemicals.
The risks of exposure to chemicals, both for you and your client.
The health hazards of dust and vapour through ingestion, inhalation, and absorption.
The basic chemical reactions that occur in the different nail systems; acrylic, gels and fibreglass.
Health and safety procedures.
At the end of this section the learner will know about;
Hygiene.
Disease and bacteria.
Infection, why it happens and how to avoid it.
The differences between Sanitation, Disinfection and Sterilisation.
How to handle nail tools to eliminate cross contamination.
The parts of a nail.
Following completion of this section the learner will understand;
The names for different parts of the nail, how the nail grows and the different nail shapes.
About common nail diseases, how to recognise them and what to do about them.
About common nail diseases, those that can be dealt with by a Nail Technician and those that cannot.
Pre-service rules.
At the conclusion of this section the learner will understand how to work through the pre-service check list before offering a service to the client.
Part 2 - Essential Techniques
In Part 2, you work through the practical aspects of learning nails. Working on the Nail Trainer practice had you are lead through a number of learning and practice lessons to build your hand-eye co-ordination, improve and speed up your technique and gain confidence.
Basic techniques - filing. In this section the learner will learn how to hold the file correctly, to minimise repetitive stress disorder and maximise filing accuracy and efficiency.
The correct techniques are demonstrated and a practice regime suggested.
At the conclusion of this section, the student will be able to file accurately, shaping a nail with perfect symmetry and even pressure using pre-determined file grips and finger positions.
The Acrylic overlay - 6 steps to perfect Acrylics.
The learner works on the Nail Trainer creating the extensions on the nails and saving them on special 'progress cards' at each step of the nail build.
Step 1 and 2. After working through this section the learner will have learnt about and had practical experience of;
Selecting the correct tools and products for the task.
Removing any old polish.
Preparing the natural nail to take the product.
The speed required to complete the task in a salon.
Preparing at least 10 nails, which are saved for assessment.
Step 3. Tipping. After working through this section the learner will have learnt about and had practical experience of; How to select the correct tools and products for the task.
Choosing the correct sized tip.
Shaping the free edge.
Sizeing the width of tip
Cleaning the tip's well.
Applying glue to tip.
Judging the correct amount of glue.
Placing the tip on the nail - the correct angle.
How to minimise air pockets.
Gluing times.
Cutting the tip.
Streamlining the left edge of the tip.
Streamlining the right edge of the tip.
Shaping the free edge.
Thinning the free edge of the tip.
Blending the seam left, centre and right seam.
After watching and practicing these techniques slowly the student is shown the techniques at salon speed, and having followed the suggested practice regime will have tipped, blended and saved for assessment at least 8 nails.
Step 4 applying the Acrylic. After working through this section the learner will have learnt about and had practical experience of; How to select the correct tools and products for the task.
Cleaning and priming.
The correct way of holding your brush.
Cleaning and Wetting the brush.
Forming the Acrylic ball.
The different nail zones.
Applying the Overlay zone 1 - the free edge.
Applying the Overlay zone 2 - nail crown.
Applying the Overlay zone 3 - cuticle
Blend the entire surface.
Cleaning and care of your brush.
Acrylic setting times.
How to check the Acrylic has set.
After watching and practicing these techniques slowly the student is shown the techniques at salon speed, and having followed the suggested practice regime will have applied acrylic to, and saved for assessment, at least 6 nails.
Step 5. Shaping & finishing to a perfect glass like surface. After working through this section the learner will have understood and had practical experience of;
How to select the correct tools and products for the task.
How to recognise the correct shape required.
Streamlining the left and right edges of the nail.
Smoothing the top, middle / left and middle / right.
Buffing and applying cuticle oil.
How to ask for payment.
After application sanitation.
After watching and practicing these techniques slowly the student is shown the techniques at salon speed, and having followed the suggested practice regime will have shaped, and saved for assessment, at least 4 nails.
Step 6, polishing. To enhance and protect. After working through this section the learner will have understood and had practical experience of;
Ridge fillers and hardeners.
Nail polishes and applying the polish.
How to mix the polish.
Techniques for a shaky hand.
Top coats, and interlocking to avoid smudging.
Colour combinations and matching complexions.
After watching and practicing these techniques slowly the student is shown the polishing techniques at salon speed, and having followed the suggested practice regime will have applied polish to, and saved for assessment, at least 2 nails.
Part 3. Working the WHOLE HAND. Improving technique and speed. In this section the student starts practicing on 5 different nail shapes fitted to thumb and fingers. At the end of the section the student will have prepped, tipped, blended, applied Acrylic, shaped and polished at least 6 sets of nails, with a recommended practice regime of completing another 54.
Conclusion. How to submit your question papers and completed nails.
Your test results, ENP certification and route to further skills.
Nail Art has taken the world by storm and so has Gel Polish! In this amazing new course you learn 20 different techniques and the unlimited possibilities of Gelaze Gel Polish.
Join the thousands of successful Nail Technicians that have learnt with Essential Nails over the last 20 years. Enrol today!
Nail Art has taken the world by storm, and so has Gel Polish! In this amazing new course, you learn 20 different techniques and the unlimited possibilities of Gelaze® Gel Polish. This course covers advanced techniques you'll need for creating your own long-lasting Gel Polish masterpieces and stay one step ahead of your competitors.
Recognized Industry Professional & multi-salon owner Theresa Foddering, Aka The Naildresser, will give you step-by-step instruction & guidance throughout your course. It follows the NVQ curriculum, so you'll come away with a solid foundation and a worthwhile qualification. This is a Home Learn Course; you don't need to go to college or classroom - no previous experience required, however, you will have needed to complete a Gel Polish Qualification. This will have provided you with everything you need to know about basic client care & product application.
This is a Home Learn Course; you don't need to go to college or classroom - no previous experience or qualifications required:
On completing your Nail Art Course:
As a nail technician, it's important to have a well-rounded skillset that includes both manicure and pedicure services. Providing a basic manicure is a fundamental service that every nail technician should be able to offer.
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Every Nail Technician should be able to provide a basic Manicure service for their clients. Good Nail Technicians will be skilled in both Manicure and Pedicure.
The best Nail Techs will mould these basic services into the ultimate in luxury nail services by adding those special touches that bring their clients back for more, time after time. This is what we teach you in the Essential Nails Manicure course and Pedicure course: We'll teach you not only the basics but also those special, pampering spa services that will bring you more clients and extra income.
There are two courses in the box:
You can choose to do either Manicure or Pedicure or Both.
The course covers the NVQ curriculum and provides all the tools and products you need.
On completing your Manicure Course and if completed, the Pedicure course:
* Please note that on odd occasions we may have cause to substitute items. We will always replace with similar products of the same value or greater.
This course teaches the wonderful nail art techniques of Japan. Clever and subtle use of your brush will result in you creating a superb range of artworks including flowers and fauna, insects and birds and iconic Japanese imagery.
Join the thousands of successful Nail Technicians that have learnt with Essential Nails over the last 20 years. Enrol today!
This course teaches the wonderful nail art techniques of Japan. Clever and subtle use of your brush will result in you creating a superb range of artworks including flowers and fauna, insects and birds, and iconic Japanese imagery.
Your tutor is the most talented of nail artists, and the course includes everything you need to learn at this level.
There are 3 modules, each containing on-line training, tools and materials, student support, assessment, and certification. When you have completed this course, you should be looking to display your work in a gallery - it will be that good!
Included in this Master Tech Course are three modules:
Each module contains materials and on-line training.
Plus, there's a toolkit, assessment, support, and certification:
This is a complete freehand master technician course with tuition by a multiple Las Vegas champion. The course includes everything you need to learn freehand at the highest level. The style of teaching is relaxed and fun but with all the detail you need making the course ideal for all experience levels.
Join the thousands of successful Nail Technicians that have learnt with Essential Nails over the last 20 years. Enrol today!
Here's your opportunity to learn freehand nail art at the highest level!
This is a complete freehand master technician course with tuition by multiple Las Vegas champion. The course includes everything you need to learn freehand nail art at the highest level. The style of teaching is relaxed and fun but with all the detail you need.
Included in this Master Tech Course are three modules:
Each module contains materials and online tuition. Plus, there's a toolkit, assessment, support, and certification:
If you want to master acrylic nail art to international competition standard this is how! A complete acrylic master technician course with tuition by a multiple Las Vegas champion. The course includes everything you need to learn Acrylic nails.
Join the thousands of successful Nail Technicians that have learnt with Essential Nails over the last 20 years. Enrol today!
If you want to master acrylic nail art to international competition standard, this is how! A complete acrylic master technician course with tuition by multiple Las Vegas champion. The course includes everything you need to learn Acrylic nail designs at the highest level.
It's taught in a relaxed yet comprehensive teaching style that makes the course fun.
You'll learn how to combine coloured and glitter loaded acrylics with freehand art. You'll learn how to sculpt 3D designs and encapsulate them in clear acrylic, making nails that have a vibrant glass sculpture quality, and you'll learn how to produce the latest extreme edge stiletto shapes.
Included in this Master Tech Course are three modules:
Each module contains materials and on-line tuition.
Plus, there's a toolkit, assessment, support, and certification:
