I started with 6 hours, My baby sister fell asleep. It was 3 in the morning. She’s been my full support til this day. I felt so... alone, it was so horrible. Many people turned me away, family avoided me. School was no help. I always added art or designs (more than an accent finger) to make the 4 hours worth it. I am now at the two hour mark sometimes 1.5 hours. I am so proud of myself and I won’t stop, I love this industry.! Thank you Young Nails for... not letting us feel alone.
I just started doing acrylic nails on myself and friend. It takes me about 5 to 6 hours. I'm going to start timing myself and get another trainer hand so I can practice & get better!! Y'all made me realize that taking this long just starting out is normal & I really appreciate it!! I was getting so discouraged watching TH-cam videos and ppl saying it shouldn't take that long Thank you thank you thank you❤❤❤❤
My first set took me 6 hours but with time I was able to make it 4 hours. I’m still a newbie so I hope I can get it done faster in the future. It really does take practice. I think the exciting part is seeing how with every set I get better and better.💕✌🏻
it took me four hours for a gel manicure. i was so nervous i was gonna mess up or cut my client. and i was only 15 at the time trying to learn in a salon setting. two years later i’ve gotten the time down to 30 minutes. your videos have helped me so much
I am 42 and i started doing nails about 3yrs ago. My first set was a nightmare, probably took about 6hrs and by the time i got home the client only had 5 nails, the other 5 had popped off. So be encouraged, improvements will come through practice and commitment
My first set took me foreeevvverrrr! it was like watching paint dry literally! took me about 5-6 hrs. omg I was exhausted mentally afterwards. I did it at home after I got out of school on my dining room table, so there was all this space between me and my friend I was doing the set on bc the dining room table was so wide. Lawd have mercy lol but thank God for practice and growth as well as TH-cam providing education with young nails and others. It now takes me about 2hrs to 2.5 with designs on every nail.. now its the designs that slow me down more then anything ..
I have to say as a stay-at-home mom, having a 2 yr old & having to start/stop every so often, getting to finish my nails on 1 of my hands within 1 in a half days or 2 is pretty good 😂 There have been times when I was able to get it in 8 or 10 hrs if I didn’t care about intricate designs LOL You have to realize, us stay-at-home moms/parents don’t have it easy when we’re by ourselves taking care of the kids & house. We just want some peace to do our nails 😩 Shout out to all the wonderful women who can relate! Everyone is amazing but DAMN it’s tough to get alone time to save my life! 😂👏🏼😂 I know as I continue it’ll get better ☺️💕
Yes!! Me too exactly I’m also a stay at home mother with a 2yr old 😊 it is ALOT different then someone without a kid PLUS you CANNOT focus as you would like because you have to keep an eye on your kid.. and ppl might say “oh do it when they are sleep” but that’s easier said than done because when bedtime come I’m tired from the daily duties also 😩
When my child father gets her I try my best to take advantage of the time.. it’s still hard because I need to clean and then I just want to relax because doing my nails always does a number on my back 😖 I also want to let you know that I bought a magnifying glass with a ring light you can find it on amazon. It helps me SOOO MUCH! I wish I would’ve been had it years ago..
@@precioussmith1222 Exactly! 👏🏼 Sometimes I do what I can when baby is asleep but girl I need that sleep too! 😂 I pick a day where I’m just like, “okay I won’t get sleep this time & I better deal w/ my choice” 😆 Other than that I’ll definitely chose sleep over finishing my nails 🙌🏼 Thanks! I do have an overhead light at my desk to help see in the dark 😆😂 We got this girl! 🙌🏼❤️
My first set took me about the same, 5-ish hours. This was 20 years ago. I completely gave up on sculpting acrylic at that point because it was so difficult. I recently bought the young nails pro acrylic kit and man, when I “sculpted” them (it was awful, it looked like something pooped acrylic on my nails) I was blown away by how much easier it is to file-they came out looking pretty darn good! It’s not just the skill that is needed but the product can make a huge difference. I am obsessed with the cover blush. It’s so pretty!! All the mistakes I used to make have been corrected thanks to your videos. I have my prep down to almost 5 minutes and I’m almost decent at e-filing. You guys ROCK! I am so grateful for these videos! You have a customer for life!!
After I left OWC my 1st set took me 4 1/2 hours. Completely over thinking everything. Now I am down to hour and a half to 2 hours. I feel like I am never going to get faster. Thank you for this motivation 💜💜💜
this is EVERYTHING I NEEDED. i just did a set on a friend and from start to finish it took me 4. when i look at you guys and it taking you 1-2 at most, and i was getting discouraged. this video is exactly what i needed.
I love this biz talk. It takes me a good 3 hours or more for a few nails. Thank you for your honesty that it's okay to take a long time to do nails. 👍❤
Nothing like waking up to a YN video. Thank you for your faithfulness in educating us and producing great products. I am always letting people no of how awesome your product's are.
I live in the Caribbean, Barbados to be exact and in schools here you get to practise sets on fellow students and you actually have exams where you have to do a full set in a set time. So maybe it is abit different depending where you learn. But with that said, I been out the nail game in alil while and I plan to start practising and build a clientele and hopefully using Young Nails if they are accessible here because I am thinking about distribution as well. One thing at a time.
This is why I've said "Thank you!!!" in previous videos. I'm so grateful that you take the time, and make the effort, to put out these fantastic instructional videos. Also... Thank you for this video saying "It takes time... You have to 'develop' the artform and skill to do this". ♥️♥️♥️
This video was so inspiring! Sets are taking 2 hrs and i felt like thats too long but hes right it takes years, tons of practice and developing skills ! Tracy is also right knowing what to do when things go wrong!
I'm about to finish nail school and decided to do my first full set of acrylics on my sister. It took me 8.5 hours. Granted, she wanted all of them encapsulated w/ color acrylic, I was using odorless and I started to run out of product. By the end of it I didn't finish her thumbs but we opted for color acrylic with iridescent top coat. They turned out well but they started to lift after 10 days. It definitely taught me some things to do differently and to keep trying.
I spent two days on my first set lol. One hand each day. Thankfully it was my own hands so there wasn't some other person having to sit through this 😂😂 I still spend a ton of time doing my nails but I know that I can do them in an hour and a half now.
I just did my first set yesterday!😂 Took me 3 hours each hand. My cousin was so patient tho, she told me not to give up! :,D I became really impatient in the process, I wanted to cry, I felt so stressed every time I look at the clock :/ At the end, even though I got bloody tired, I am happy! I actually loved the process, loved creating new and beautiful things, I loved the smile my cousin made when she first saw her nails, I felt joy and like my job was worth it. I thanked God I didn’t give up, and i’m looking forward for all the new things I’ll see and learn! :,)
I'm in nail tech school right now and our last assignment was applying an acrylic set on a fellow student. It took me more than 3 hours. My instructor said I take to much time with prep. I watched Tracy's video on how to shave time off. Very helpful.
I just signed up for 4 classes because they have never showed us how to do acrylic and he doesn’t even know anything about gel. Thank you Ray for all your help. I’m going to take state board test next week. Thank you all so much for all your help information training classes it is invaluable to so many of us out there who don’t have what I would call great instructors so thank you so much
Love this chat about time.I was makeing 4 hours a set ( after a lot of work still had brakage but not lifting☹). I did just for frends because I was so shy about it. After a year and a half just stopped makeing nails and if I think about to start again I have a panic attack.Feels so bad.I wish I can work it out some how because use to love to make nails , but didn't fined anybody where I live to teach cuting time. A lot of classes but most of them teach russian manicure and this is what takes so so long time before even start to build a set. On videos look so easy everything but in front of a client ..🤔Love you guys!!♥️
my first ever doing anything was a fill on my wife's nails im no tech or anything just by learning what I can by watching YN! the fill took 2hr and full set 4 hrs. I will get better since I told my wife she needs to take them off weekly so I can practice and give her new nails weekly... I am a novice carpenter so I prep for ever and I sand by hand or efile for ever I get in the zone instead of trying to be quick and I only use those sticky fingers so that takes a minute to place them just right on the finger, no nail tips. SHOUT OUT TO MY WIFE FOR BEING A SPORT AND PATIENT WITH MY NAIL HOBBY!
I've only worked on myself, but my first set took at least 4 hours. I can do it in less than two now if I'm being fancy, and around an hour for just a basic set of nude nails in either gel or acrylic. I really took the advice on not overthinking to heart. You can fix a lot with a file as long as the structure is there! I'll be doing my first set on another human soon and I can't wait to see how long it takes.
This is why I love this channel you guys keep it real and its encouraging. I still struggle with time like many and I just do nails on myself so I kind of just take as much time as I want because there is really no pressure but when I'm up late trying to finish my nails and have to be up early the next day for work I lose out on sleep so this is something I really want to work on and improve. I think the biggest thing is not taking too long on prep as Tracey mentioned and also working on getting your structure right before you get into the designs because thats more important. Also, if you're doing your own nails its gonna take longer because you can't work on one hand while the other one is in the lamp so its ok to give yourself more time but on a client its a whole different story because nobody wants to sit there for 5 hours lol
This was so encouraging! My first set literally took me all night and I went to bed at 5am lol. And yes - prep takes me forever. I need to stop over thinking it...
I'm a beginner still working on myself. A few months ago I was only able to sculpt in about 6 hours no nail art. Now I'm able to do all of it in that time so I can see the difference in time for sure
So it took me about 6 hours to do a full set of nails, but after watching your video,and practicing, now I am at two and a half ,I am happy with my self so thanks again soooooo much.
thank you for this video..♥👏 i was losing myself bcs of how slow i am, my clients talk everywhere about that and it really makes me sad, but they also talk about how nice nails i make...so im working on it to reduce time and this video helped me a looot..♥
My first set on myself took 5 hours. My first(and only so far) set on someone else took me 3 1/2 hours. I had been doing my own nails for 1 to 2 years before I did that first set on someone else. It still takes me close to 3 hours to do my own nails. I am planning on going to nail tech school this fall and I am sure my first set on an actual client will take it least 3 hours.
When I was in nail school last summer i did my first set of gel nails it took me 4 & a half hrs with forms. It was a short set, built in french manicure & rhinestones on them. I'm glad my friend was so patient with me! 😅 Then on my final exam it only took me 2 hrs.
My first set was poly gel with forms on myself, nearly 4 hours later. Then I took them off and did an acrylic set on myself nearly 5 hours. I’m only doing mine and my sisters nails every two weeks so fills are still taking 2-3 hours as I identify areas of shaping that need work and fixing defects. But I’m really enjoying it.
I’m so glad I watched this. I literally do all those mistakes , and always second think. Omg lol like thank you guys for this video. This made me more confident in my work and speed. Now I want to do the need for speed class. 😩😩🖤
My first set was on myself and took about 4-5 hours. It is so comforting to know that I'm not alone, as I just thought I was taking too long and wasnt doing it right. It took time to get faster and even now I'm not that fast but I'm much better. I definitely was one of those people who were trying to make everything perfect during application and it really added lots of time
Biogel overlay refill took me 3 hrs for the first time😒 (The client never came back but gave me 5 stars on social media🙌) Now after 1 year takes me 1.5hrs, still a lot but my goal is to do it in 30-45 mins 🤗
ok im glad I watch this because I got my first client on wed and I'm still new also doing gel so imma time myself and see where I stand with time and practice with my time
You two are so funny. You sound like a brother and sister picking on each other. You made my day. Great video thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
I’m hung up on removing product and prepping. I’m picky on how they look before adding new product. Then my time is long being picky on how neat the new added product looks. Ugh too ocd
I love your Videos. I’d like hear talks on nail skin care more. I am really picky about my skin being soft and it seems the skin is ignored by my Techs so hence why I have a Nail Salon at home and fix their work.
My first set on my own hands took me 8 hours😫 I never used an e-file and hard gel, all was new. The good thing was it looked ok and no lifting at all for 2 months 🙈
I’m so glad I came across this video. I’m a beginner and my first set took me 5 and a half hours😭😂 I feel so comforted and am definitely going to keep practicing and get quicker
Jesus she said VHS oh dam... thats hard ! My 1sy set took me 5hrs as well I thought something was wrong with me I felt like giving up but I had 1 client that kept coming back even though my work was crappy she kept coming and supporting and eventually 5hrs become 3hrs and then 2hrs then 1.5 depending on the set and length
Today was my first full set. Took me 3 hours! They had severely bitten, ski jump nails, and had ripped off their previous set. 😫 I was sweating bullets.
Lord know I needed this. I honestly was ready to give up, even tho I spent so much money, I just feel so bad that I take so long. And being a perfectionist does not help
I’ve always been one of the quicker ones in my class. I had never fully done acrylics, but I had liked experimenting with my own nails and watched a lot of videos so I want so brand new. I’m done and it took me around 3 hours to do a set.
My first set (and a few sets after that) took me about 5 or 6 hours. Now I've shaved it down to between 2 and 3 hours (depending on what I'm doing as far as designs go). Slowly working my way to 2 hours.
This isn’t a topic of videos to talk about for Biz Talk BUT I’m definitely missing the old school vlogs since I’m watching them. Maybe more like that? Ever thought about those “A Day in the Life” videos or is that like too personal & too much? That would be pretty interesting 😃 A day in the life of a nail President, CEO, GM or Ramon & Stephanie’s positions (😃) etc! That would be SO cool! But probably time consuming on y’all’s part so idk! Definitely check out Paolo from Tokyo for references! His style is amazing 🤩 Habib, where’s the Mukbang? 👏🏼😂
I do my own nails I'm still at 4-5 hour mark. I switched to using polygel which is quicker but the design takes up the time in the end. But I think with me it's the fact I can only do one hand at a time & I'm thorough with everything. I can't imagine doing nails on anyone else, they might be over me with the type of time frame.
My first set took about 2 1/2 hours but that was with gel polish and minimal designs. I want to get to at least an hour on each set. I’ve been doing nails for a year now...took some time off because I got pregnant and was super sick but I’m back at it and striving to be better than I was before. 💪🏾 I know I can.
Sorry I’m behind on my videos schooling lol!! My phone broke 🥴 but I’m back now!! Yayyy My first set took me about 5 hour’s!!! I thought I would never get it !! But practice and diligence ! Believe it or not you really have to love what your doing if your hearts not in it you won’t succeed. In anything in life your work 3 quarters of your life if you don’t enjoy and love what your doing and it feels like work than it’s not for you!! I live for nails hence THE NAIL LIFE It makes me GIDDY AND EXCITED EVERY DAY!! 😍😍😍💅🏾⭕️❌⭕️❌⭕️❌love you guys!!
It’s still like that for me I think primarily because I only do nails at home not for work. I’m looking into getting into a salon though to gain that speed with doing them over and over. This is important to talk about this because it can hinder new nail techs from continuing because you compare yourself to pros. But speed comes in time and repetitive practice.
Bullseye. You don’t go from 6 hrs down to 2-3 in a month. Just doesn’t happen unless you have no life and are able to practice all day? Rock on😆when you’re married or have kids, practicing still doesn’t cut down time so quick and what a vital topic! Not talked about enough, not nearly enough.
My first sets took me 6 hours and it’d be with my sister as practice. Now it’s 2-3 hours depending. My color acrylic still takes me longer. My fills don’t take much time unless they have a lot of lifting.
Whenever I go to the salon it seems like it goes by so fast. I’m almost disappointed because it’s like a little pampering escape. But I realize they have to work fast to see more clients
I would love to hear/watch a Biz Talk on what is a good order to start leaning and perfecting nails to become a licensed tech. I'll be going to a school in the VERY near future (wish you guys had a school in Chicago! I'm a hands on type of learner, videos are great but I need just little extra). so like cuticle care, application of acrylic or gel???? Whats the best order??? HELP!!!
Sometimes I don't even want to do my nails cuz it takes so long but then I don't like going and having my nails done because they file my nails so thin that when they put the product on my my nail beds burn and then when I take the nails off they're all are all so thin so yes I do my own Nails it takes forever all day so I started doing one-handed at night second hand early in the morning so it didn't take me all day it only took me two hours to do the one hand day so two days I'm trying to teach my brain we're getting faster lol 😆 😆 lol
I couldn't tell you how long it took, for I don't remember. However I didn't know you can learn how to do nails on TH-cam, I went by memory of the steps my nail tech took to do my nails, which was yrs ago lol. I'll admit my nails weren't pretty a lot of hand filing. Now 6yrs later, I'm a nail tech and have grown
Oh. My first set. I really don’t remember it. But it was very long, about 5 hours. Now I still do full set in 2-3 hours. Still I have 40-1hour I do prep. Idk, I overthink prepping, because my nails doesn’t stick. I hate it, so many time and money wasted searching my only one. When I will get one only, then I will make less time
My first set took 4.5 hours, I am down to 3.5 now... soooo looking forward to getting faster. I've been doing nails now for 5 months... maybe 3 people a month :(
I’ve been doing nails for a year now. I still struggle with time especially for a basic full color acrylic set it took me 3 hrs but my first time it was like 5-6 so I know I’m getting better. Let’s talk more about the difference in MMA & NO MMA. How do you know the difference? Would your body react differently or/& the brushes?
My set of nails today took me around 5 hours, and I cheated and used tips so I wouldn't have to really shape anything. I've been doing my nails for over a year lol.
Tray: you got beat up a lot huh? Habib: *stops giggling* 🤨 no, no I didn’t because my older brother would protect me. Aweeee Greg IS awesome!! 😎 As an older sibling I’ve often times had to protect myself and my siblings too! 🥊
My first set in nail school, circa 1983 I was using Super Nail Acrylic. Lord it took me 3 hours to create lava rock. It was horrifyingly ugly thick and yellowish. 2 sander bands and 2 nail files 1 buffing block and 5 coats of polish. I was proud.
I’d be interested in a video talking about what things to look for when researching what nail school to go to to get your license. I’ve been doing nails for myself and friends/family going on 18 months and I have a 5 year plan of opening an in-home salon. It’s very overwhelming trying to weed out the bad/ok/good schools in order to get licensed. Thoughts?!?
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I started with 6 hours, My baby sister fell asleep. It was 3 in the morning. She’s been my full support til this day. I felt so... alone, it was so horrible. Many people turned me away, family avoided me. School was no help. I always added art or designs (more than an accent finger) to make the 4 hours worth it. I am now at the two hour mark sometimes 1.5 hours. I am so proud of myself and I won’t stop, I love this industry.! Thank you Young Nails for... not letting us feel alone.
It took me 7 hrs to do my first set🤭. Poor mom she was such a trouper, idk she had that much patience, never complained.
Wow that's soo nice 😌 most people dont like waiting that long .
@@dantayhylton9938 you are right.
My friends have been my first clients and I can’t even express how grateful I am for their patience!
I just started doing acrylic nails on myself and friend. It takes me about 5 to 6 hours. I'm going to start timing myself and get another trainer hand so I can practice & get better!! Y'all made me realize that taking this long just starting out is normal & I really appreciate it!! I was getting so discouraged watching TH-cam videos and ppl saying it shouldn't take that long Thank you thank you thank you❤❤❤❤
It's so true I'm just starting out my self and I'm still at 4-5 hour mark 😂Thank you YN for the encouragement I feel so much better now 😊
My first set took me 6 hours but with time I was able to make it 4 hours. I’m still a newbie so I hope I can get it done faster in the future. It really does take practice.
I think the exciting part is seeing how with every set I get better and better.💕✌🏻
it took me four hours for a gel manicure. i was so nervous i was gonna mess up or cut my client. and i was only 15 at the time trying to learn in a salon setting. two years later i’ve gotten the time down to 30 minutes. your videos have helped me so much
I am 42 and i started doing nails about 3yrs ago. My first set was a nightmare, probably took about 6hrs and by the time i got home the client only had 5 nails, the other 5 had popped off. So be encouraged, improvements will come through practice and commitment
Yes, very true im so glad they are talking about this. It was like that for me.
Yeah thank you so much!!! I needed this!
My first set took me foreeevvverrrr! it was like watching paint dry literally! took me about 5-6 hrs. omg I was exhausted mentally afterwards. I did it at home after I got out of school on my dining room table, so there was all this space between me and my friend I was doing the set on bc the dining room table was so wide. Lawd have mercy lol but thank God for practice and growth as well as TH-cam providing education with young nails and others. It now takes me about 2hrs to 2.5 with designs on every nail.. now its the designs that slow me down more then anything ..
I have to say as a stay-at-home mom, having a 2 yr old & having to start/stop every so often, getting to finish my nails on 1 of my hands within 1 in a half days or 2 is pretty good 😂 There have been times when I was able to get it in 8 or 10 hrs if I didn’t care about intricate designs LOL You have to realize, us stay-at-home moms/parents don’t have it easy when we’re by ourselves taking care of the kids & house. We just want some peace to do our nails 😩 Shout out to all the wonderful women who can relate! Everyone is amazing but DAMN it’s tough to get alone time to save my life! 😂👏🏼😂 I know as I continue it’ll get better ☺️💕
Yes!! Me too exactly I’m also a stay at home mother with a 2yr old 😊 it is ALOT different then someone without a kid PLUS you CANNOT focus as you would like because you have to keep an eye on your kid.. and ppl might say “oh do it when they are sleep” but that’s easier said than done because when bedtime come I’m tired from the daily duties also 😩
When my child father gets her I try my best to take advantage of the time.. it’s still hard because I need to clean and then I just want to relax because doing my nails always does a number on my back 😖 I also want to let you know that I bought a magnifying glass with a ring light you can find it on amazon. It helps me SOOO MUCH! I wish I would’ve been had it years ago..
@@precioussmith1222 Exactly! 👏🏼 Sometimes I do what I can when baby is asleep but girl I need that sleep too! 😂 I pick a day where I’m just like, “okay I won’t get sleep this time & I better deal w/ my choice” 😆 Other than that I’ll definitely chose sleep over finishing my nails 🙌🏼 Thanks! I do have an overhead light at my desk to help see in the dark 😆😂 We got this girl! 🙌🏼❤️
@@evee_sweets yes we do 😊❤️✨
@@evee_sweets I need to do my nails now, I need a fill 😩 it comes around so quick 😅
My first set took me about the same, 5-ish hours. This was 20 years ago. I completely gave up on sculpting acrylic at that point because it was so difficult. I recently bought the young nails pro acrylic kit and man, when I “sculpted” them (it was awful, it looked like something pooped acrylic on my nails) I was blown away by how much easier it is to file-they came out looking pretty darn good! It’s not just the skill that is needed but the product can make a huge difference. I am obsessed with the cover blush. It’s so pretty!! All the mistakes I used to make have been corrected thanks to your videos. I have my prep down to almost 5 minutes and I’m almost decent at e-filing. You guys ROCK! I am so grateful for these videos! You have a customer for life!!
After I left OWC my 1st set took me 4 1/2 hours. Completely over thinking everything. Now I am down to hour and a half to 2 hours. I feel like I am never going to get faster. Thank you for this motivation 💜💜💜
this is EVERYTHING I NEEDED. i just did a set on a friend and from start to finish it took me 4. when i look at you guys and it taking you 1-2 at most, and i was getting discouraged. this video is exactly what i needed.
I love this biz talk. It takes me a good 3 hours or more for a few nails. Thank you for your honesty that it's okay to take a long time to do nails. 👍❤
Nothing like waking up to a YN video. Thank you for your faithfulness in educating us and producing great products. I am always letting people no of how awesome your product's are.
I live in the Caribbean, Barbados to be exact and in schools here you get to practise sets on fellow students and you actually have exams where you have to do a full set in a set time.
So maybe it is abit different depending where you learn. But with that said, I been out the nail game in alil while and I plan to start practising and build a clientele and hopefully using Young Nails if they are accessible here because I am thinking about distribution as well.
One thing at a time.
This is why I've said "Thank you!!!" in previous videos. I'm so grateful that you take the time, and make the effort, to put out these fantastic instructional videos. Also... Thank you for this video saying "It takes time... You have to 'develop' the artform and skill to do this". ♥️♥️♥️
This video was so inspiring! Sets are taking 2 hrs and i felt like thats too long but hes right it takes years, tons of practice and developing skills ! Tracy is also right knowing what to do when things go wrong!
I'm about to finish nail school and decided to do my first full set of acrylics on my sister. It took me 8.5 hours. Granted, she wanted all of them encapsulated w/ color acrylic, I was using odorless and I started to run out of product. By the end of it I didn't finish her thumbs but we opted for color acrylic with iridescent top coat. They turned out well but they started to lift after 10 days. It definitely taught me some things to do differently and to keep trying.
I spent two days on my first set lol. One hand each day. Thankfully it was my own hands so there wasn't some other person having to sit through this 😂😂 I still spend a ton of time doing my nails but I know that I can do them in an hour and a half now.
This video was a HUGE stress reliever! Thank you YN you guys are REAL and I love it
I just did my first set yesterday!😂
Took me 3 hours each hand. My cousin was so patient tho, she told me not to give up! :,D
I became really impatient in the process, I wanted to cry, I felt so stressed every time I look at the clock :/
At the end, even though I got bloody tired, I am happy! I actually loved the process, loved creating new and beautiful things, I loved the smile my cousin made when she first saw her nails, I felt joy and like my job was worth it. I thanked God I didn’t give up, and i’m looking forward for all the new things I’ll see and learn! :,)
I'm in nail tech school right now and our last assignment was applying an acrylic set on a fellow student. It took me more than 3 hours. My instructor said I take to much time with prep. I watched Tracy's video on how to shave time off. Very helpful.
I just signed up for 4 classes because they have never showed us how to do acrylic and he doesn’t even know anything about gel. Thank you Ray for all your help. I’m going to take state board test next week. Thank you all so much for all your help information training classes it is invaluable to so many of us out there who don’t have what I would call great instructors so thank you so much
Love this chat about time.I was makeing 4 hours a set ( after a lot of work still had brakage but not lifting☹). I did just for frends because I was so shy about it. After a year and a half just stopped makeing nails and if I think about to start again I have a panic attack.Feels so bad.I wish I can work it out some how because use to love to make nails , but didn't fined anybody where I live to teach cuting time. A lot of classes but most of them teach russian manicure and this is what takes so so long time before even start to build a set. On videos look so easy everything but in front of a client ..🤔Love you guys!!♥️
Thank you for posting this so many people post their "first sets" and they're totally perfect. Mine still take a few hours and are far from perfect
Same but we just need to keep practicing ♥️
my first ever doing anything was a fill on my wife's nails im no tech or anything just by learning what I can by watching YN! the fill took 2hr and full set 4 hrs. I will get better since I told my wife she needs to take them off weekly so I can practice and give her new nails weekly... I am a novice carpenter so I prep for ever and I sand by hand or efile for ever I get in the zone instead of trying to be quick and I only use those sticky fingers so that takes a minute to place them just right on the finger, no nail tips. SHOUT OUT TO MY WIFE FOR BEING A SPORT AND PATIENT WITH MY NAIL HOBBY!
Thank you for being so real! ❤️
I've only worked on myself, but my first set took at least 4 hours. I can do it in less than two now if I'm being fancy, and around an hour for just a basic set of nude nails in either gel or acrylic. I really took the advice on not overthinking to heart. You can fix a lot with a file as long as the structure is there! I'll be doing my first set on another human soon and I can't wait to see how long it takes.
This is why I love this channel you guys keep it real and its encouraging. I still struggle with time like many and I just do nails on myself so I kind of just take as much time as I want because there is really no pressure but when I'm up late trying to finish my nails and have to be up early the next day for work I lose out on sleep so this is something I really want to work on and improve. I think the biggest thing is not taking too long on prep as Tracey mentioned and also working on getting your structure right before you get into the designs because thats more important. Also, if you're doing your own nails its gonna take longer because you can't work on one hand while the other one is in the lamp so its ok to give yourself more time but on a client its a whole different story because nobody wants to sit there for 5 hours lol
This was so encouraging! My first set literally took me all night and I went to bed at 5am lol. And yes - prep takes me forever. I need to stop over thinking it...
I'm a beginner still working on myself. A few months ago I was only able to sculpt in about 6 hours no nail art. Now I'm able to do all of it in that time so I can see the difference in time for sure
Do you have a nail insta with your work
So it took me about 6 hours to do a full set of nails, but after watching your video,and practicing, now I am at two and a half ,I am happy with my self so thanks again soooooo much.
Thank you for posting! Started last month and it takes me a while but your videos are very helpful! Much love!
thank you for this video..♥👏 i was losing myself bcs of how slow i am, my clients talk everywhere about that and it really makes me sad, but they also talk about how nice nails i make...so im working on it to reduce time and this video helped me a looot..♥
My first set on myself took 5 hours. My first(and only so far) set on someone else took me 3 1/2 hours. I had been doing my own nails for 1 to 2 years before I did that first set on someone else. It still takes me close to 3 hours to do my own nails. I am planning on going to nail tech school this fall and I am sure my first set on an actual client will take it least 3 hours.
When I was in nail school last summer i did my first set of gel nails it took me 4 & a half hrs with forms. It was a short set, built in french manicure & rhinestones on them. I'm glad my friend was so patient with me! 😅 Then on my final exam it only took me 2 hrs.
My first set was poly gel with forms on myself, nearly 4 hours later. Then I took them off and did an acrylic set on myself nearly 5 hours. I’m only doing mine and my sisters nails every two weeks so fills are still taking 2-3 hours as I identify areas of shaping that need work and fixing defects. But I’m really enjoying it.
I’m so glad I watched this. I literally do all those mistakes , and always second think. Omg lol like thank you guys for this video. This made me more confident in my work and speed. Now I want to do the need for speed class. 😩😩🖤
My first set was on myself and took about 4-5 hours. It is so comforting to know that I'm not alone, as I just thought I was taking too long and wasnt doing it right. It took time to get faster and even now I'm not that fast but I'm much better. I definitely was one of those people who were trying to make everything perfect during application and it really added lots of time
This is awesome. Thank you guys
Thank you for sharing your story Tracey, this really helps us to relate and know that we can get faster with confidence 🙏💫🙌
Biogel overlay refill took me 3 hrs for the first time😒 (The client never came back but gave me 5 stars on social media🙌) Now after 1 year takes me 1.5hrs, still a lot but my goal is to do it in 30-45 mins 🤗
ok im glad I watch this because I got my first client on wed and I'm still new also doing gel so imma time myself and see where I stand with time and practice with my time
You two are so funny. You sound like a brother and sister picking on each other. You made my day. Great video thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
It took me 10 hours on my first set 😭😭🤣
righttt this is more relatable
I love your guys pod cast !!!
My first set took me 8 hours. I've cut it down to 3-4 just by using your tips. Thank you so much for your content and advice.
My first set took me 5 hours. I tried to clean the cuticles . I wanted them to be perfect. I lost that client because I was slow.
That's so sad but it happens to me too and to many other people. It's okay. People will leave
I’m hung up on removing product and prepping. I’m picky on how they look before adding new product. Then my time is long being picky on how neat the new added product looks. Ugh too ocd
I love your Videos. I’d like hear talks on nail skin care more. I am really picky about my skin being soft and it seems the skin is ignored by my Techs so hence why I have a Nail Salon at home and fix their work.
Amazing video! And now I really reaally want to see those pink and whites in real time 30 mins🤗🤗🥰
Loved this video! It took me about 6 hours to do my first set of acrylics and that was just natural tip and overlay! Then gel polish was 2 hours!
This video really made me confident again! Thank you for your advice!
Love this thank you for your wisdom💜
My first set on my own hands took me 8 hours😫 I never used an e-file and hard gel, all was new. The good thing was it looked ok and no lifting at all for 2 months 🙈
I’m so glad I came across this video. I’m a beginner and my first set took me 5 and a half hours😭😂 I feel so comforted and am definitely going to keep practicing and get quicker
Jesus she said VHS oh dam... thats hard ! My 1sy set took me 5hrs as well I thought something was wrong with me I felt like giving up but I had 1 client that kept coming back even though my work was crappy she kept coming and supporting and eventually 5hrs become 3hrs and then 2hrs then 1.5 depending on the set and length
Today was my first full set. Took me 3 hours! They had severely bitten, ski jump nails, and had ripped off their previous set. 😫 I was sweating bullets.
Lord know I needed this. I honestly was ready to give up, even tho I spent so much money, I just feel so bad that I take so long. And being a perfectionist does not help
I’ve always been one of the quicker ones in my class. I had never fully done acrylics, but I had liked experimenting with my own nails and watched a lot of videos so I want so brand new. I’m done and it took me around 3 hours to do a set.
I love this, thank you 💙
thank you for this!! i really needed it.
My first set (and a few sets after that) took me about 5 or 6 hours. Now I've shaved it down to between 2 and 3 hours (depending on what I'm doing as far as designs go). Slowly working my way to 2 hours.
Great video!
This isn’t a topic of videos to talk about for Biz Talk BUT I’m definitely missing the old school vlogs since I’m watching them. Maybe more like that? Ever thought about those “A Day in the Life” videos or is that like too personal & too much? That would be pretty interesting 😃 A day in the life of a nail President, CEO, GM or Ramon & Stephanie’s positions (😃) etc! That would be SO cool! But probably time consuming on y’all’s part so idk! Definitely check out Paolo from Tokyo for references! His style is amazing 🤩 Habib, where’s the Mukbang? 👏🏼😂
I do my own nails I'm still at 4-5 hour mark. I switched to using polygel which is quicker but the design takes up the time in the end. But I think with me it's the fact I can only do one hand at a time & I'm thorough with everything. I can't imagine doing nails on anyone else, they might be over me with the type of time frame.
My first set took about 2 1/2 hours but that was with gel polish and minimal designs. I want to get to at least an hour on each set. I’ve been doing nails for a year now...took some time off because I got pregnant and was super sick but I’m back at it and striving to be better than I was before. 💪🏾 I know I can.
Great Video😊
Sorry I’m behind on my videos schooling lol!! My phone broke 🥴 but I’m back now!! Yayyy My first set took me about 5 hour’s!!! I thought I would never get it !! But practice and diligence ! Believe it or not you really have to love what your doing if your hearts not in it you won’t succeed. In anything in life your work 3 quarters of your life if you don’t enjoy and love what your doing and it feels like work than it’s not for you!! I live for nails hence THE NAIL LIFE It makes me GIDDY AND EXCITED EVERY DAY!! 😍😍😍💅🏾⭕️❌⭕️❌⭕️❌love you guys!!
Omg this is hilarious You guys make my day
It’s still like that for me I think primarily because I only do nails at home not for work. I’m looking into getting into a salon though to gain that speed with doing them over and over. This is important to talk about this because it can hinder new nail techs from continuing because you compare yourself to pros. But speed comes in time and repetitive practice.
Bullseye. You don’t go from 6 hrs down to 2-3 in a month. Just doesn’t happen unless you have no life and are able to practice all day? Rock on😆when you’re married or have kids, practicing still doesn’t cut down time so quick and what a vital topic! Not talked about enough, not nearly enough.
My first sets took me 6 hours and it’d be with my sister as practice. Now it’s 2-3 hours depending. My color acrylic still takes me longer. My fills don’t take much time unless they have a lot of lifting.
Watching from Trinidad 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹.
Y'all right on time
Whenever I go to the salon it seems like it goes by so fast. I’m almost disappointed because it’s like a little pampering escape. But I realize they have to work fast to see more clients
Yay, I love you guys 🥰 good morning
I would love to hear/watch a Biz Talk on what is a good order to start leaning and perfecting nails to become a licensed tech. I'll be going to a school in the VERY near future (wish you guys had a school in Chicago! I'm a hands on type of learner, videos are great but I need just little extra). so like cuticle care, application of acrylic or gel???? Whats the best order??? HELP!!!
I need to get my time down for sure!!
Sometimes I don't even want to do my nails cuz it takes so long but then I don't like going and having my nails done because they file my nails so thin that when they put the product on my my nail beds burn and then when I take the nails off they're all are all so thin so yes I do my own Nails it takes forever all day so I started doing one-handed at night second hand early in the morning so it didn't take me all day it only took me two hours to do the one hand day so two days I'm trying to teach my brain we're getting faster lol 😆 😆 lol
Lol I do this too! It gets depressing knowing that it’s going to take ALL DAY just to do my nails.. it’s bitter sweet because I love doing nails 😩
Lol..YESSSSS!! My first "client" LITERALLY fell asleep 😂...🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️..
So please tell me more about this need for speed class because I definitely need it in my life please and thank you
My first set too me 5 hrs as well lol. I'm getting better but I'm too picky. I definitely take too long on prep😮
Feeling the pain 😫 TSMFS this - it’s definitely a difficult part of the job 💗
I couldn't tell you how long it took, for I don't remember. However I didn't know you can learn how to do nails on TH-cam, I went by memory of the steps my nail tech took to do my nails, which was yrs ago lol. I'll admit my nails weren't pretty a lot of hand filing. Now 6yrs later, I'm a nail tech and have grown
Oh. My first set. I really don’t remember it. But it was very long, about 5 hours.
Now I still do full set in 2-3 hours. Still I have 40-1hour I do prep. Idk, I overthink prepping, because my nails doesn’t stick. I hate it, so many time and money wasted searching my only one. When I will get one only, then I will make less time
My first set took 2 hours to do but including the take down of my mom's acrylic set without a drill brought it up to 3 hours.
Yup mine tool me 5 hours and I did them on myself too lol now freestyle sets take me 3.5-4 hours
For an acrylic set on someone else im still over 4 hours. Thats why i invested in Gelx. I do gel x in 2 or 3 hours depending on what im doing
My first set took 4.5 hours, I am down to 3.5 now... soooo looking forward to getting faster. I've been doing nails now for 5 months... maybe 3 people a month :(
Are you guys still doing classes with covid?? I’d love to do the need for speed class !!!!
My set last night took me 6 hours and 20 minutes. I knew it would take that long 🤣 hand drawn design on every finger
I’ve been doing nails for a year now. I still struggle with time especially for a basic full color acrylic set it took me 3 hrs but my first time it was like 5-6 so I know I’m getting better. Let’s talk more about the difference in MMA & NO MMA. How do you know the difference? Would your body react differently or/& the brushes?
thanks for the suggestion, we will let the team know!
When you guys are bringing more color acrylic?
My set of nails today took me around 5 hours, and I cheated and used tips so I wouldn't have to really shape anything. I've been doing my nails for over a year lol.
Tray: you got beat up a lot huh?
Habib: *stops giggling* 🤨 no, no I didn’t because my older brother would protect me.
Aweeee Greg IS awesome!! 😎 As an older sibling I’ve often times had to protect myself and my siblings too! 🥊
P.R.E.P lol my teacher embedded that in our heads when I went to school!
My first set in nail school, circa 1983 I was using Super Nail Acrylic. Lord it took me 3 hours to create lava rock. It was horrifyingly ugly thick and yellowish. 2 sander bands and 2 nail files 1 buffing block and 5 coats of polish. I was proud.
I’d be interested in a video talking about what things to look for when researching what nail school to go to to get your license. I’ve been doing nails for myself and friends/family going on 18 months and I have a 5 year plan of opening an in-home salon. It’s very overwhelming trying to weed out the bad/ok/good schools in order to get licensed. Thoughts?!?
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How about doing a zoom need for speed. On both acrylic & Gel