u/Aggravating-Party573

been doing nails for almost 2 years and FINALLY figured it out!!!!

these are sets i’ve done for 2 of my coworkers. the first one took 5 hours and the second took 6.5 hrs. I find myself having to wipe their nails over and over over because lint or dust ALWAYS get stuck in the inhibition layer or they touch the art to another finger before curing and i have to redo it/ clean it off their skin, which leads me to flash cure every layer of every finger… which can take so much extra time. my application and prep takes about 30mins-1 hour depending on the state of their natural nails/cuticles and based on the length of the extension as I add a rubber base on top of super long sets like the first one so that adds at least 10-15 mins. am i being too much of a perfectionist about the artwork? Is 3-5 hours for this art make sense without including the prep and application?

Hey all, I have been doing my own nails for nearly 2 years and constantly have people, even strangers, tell me I should be doing it at least as side hustle (i do really intricate art) I’ve been looking at nail tech school for over a year and I just don’t know how I’d ever afford it. I have a toddler that I am home alone with until 4:30pm M-F when my husband gets home. The school nearest to me offers night classes(this is the only one that offers night classes) spanning over a 6 months period… it would be $813/month for 7 months unless I make a down payment. Totally tuition is $5,691. My question is… how do you afford this? Did anyone receive grants?

Some pics of my nails for fun

i was scrolling on facebook reels and i saw this video of someone walking through a parking garage and filming the backrooms esque vibes. i swear this hallway herell looks exactly like where i go when im at work or a store in mall world. one room has a security camera, i think the door to the left, the door straight ahead leads to the bathrooms or sometimes a long dark hallway, one of the doors is an office, sometimes it’ll lead to a huge office with a few desks for higher ups, sometimes it’ll lead to a dental office which i also allegedly work at. sometimes it’ll lead to a thrift store… anyone been to this layout?

i wish so bad that i could attach the clip of them stomping lol

i have recurring dreams of this bathroom, it’s always super dusty like an old woman lived here and eventually couldn’t clean it anymore. the jacuzzi is kind of stained nicotine yellow, same as the shower. there’s always loads of vintage luxury products and perfumes.

heyyyy so i’m working on this koi fish pond set and it’s just not coming out the way i want. for sure changing the thumb bc i hate it. idk why i can’t make what i want to happen happen lol. here’s my inspiration pics and the 2 colors im using rn for it, i wanna use the cat eye but is that why it doesn’t look right??? helpppp

Walking around TJ MAXX and I found these ON CLEARANCE!!!! Checked the QR code before putting them in my cart and they are genuine! $10 each and both were sealed. I was going to buy the oat one in the department store! BLESS UP TJ MAXX GODS 🙌🙌🙌