torsdag 7. mai 2009
Competition-training with Amy.
After the HRTE-class we were some techs who drove to Amy’s for competition-training. Carla also came with us for the first day. OMG this training REALLY blowed me away! I have learned some totally new techniques and it was like learning to walk again. The first day I was so upset because I was afraid I would never get it to Orlando. Luckily I stayed for more days, and after some practice-nails, I found how to do it, at least so much that I can use these new techniques and practice like mad. I have decided to put all my old skills behind me and go for this new technique.
Yes, I DID enjoy the HRTE!
I LOVED it. Being with all those fantastic techs, chatting about nails, being social, getting new contacts etc… was worth the 150 USD. I KNOW I have made some very good friends and I can’t wait to see some of them in Orlando and Vegas.
The second day
THIS was the best day. Everybody set up their own tables and we practiced at each other. I am interested in competition-nails so I did some and got them critiqued. This was very valuable for me. I also showed some people to do gel…
At the end of the class Millie held a talk about how to do a press-release and how to get your name and salon OUT there. THIS was a great talk and I wished her talk had been on the first day. I would also have liked to have a talk about pricing, how to run a successful salon, how to choose a marked, how to think and work smart etc... In my opinion these are the issues people in our industry don't know enough of. I wished *I* had known more of these when I started 11 years ago. It would have saved me some sleepless nights!
At the end of the class Millie held a talk about how to do a press-release and how to get your name and salon OUT there. THIS was a great talk and I wished her talk had been on the first day. I would also have liked to have a talk about pricing, how to run a successful salon, how to choose a marked, how to think and work smart etc... In my opinion these are the issues people in our industry don't know enough of. I wished *I* had known more of these when I started 11 years ago. It would have saved me some sleepless nights!
The first *day* athe the HRTE
We were divided into groups of four and we had about 50-60 min. at each station. I’ve told about this before… The day I wrote it I was really excited, but after re-thinking, with a more critical view, I am not sure if I am fully satisfied with what I got for my 150 USD. Please, don’t take this wrong, I am VERY happy I went, and I can still fully recommend to go to a HRTE-class. BUT there are things that could be better.
I am not very interested in nail-art. For me, it was too much bling, and too little of what we really need to know: how to do a proper salon-nail. THIS is our bread and butter. I know a nail with art has to be thicker than a nail without, but sometimes it looks like the nail-art takes away everything we have learned about form and structure: ”As long as it’s long and full of bling, who cares if the nail is thick, lumpy, bumpy, unbalanced!” Unfortunately I saw some of those nails here too….
I had a chat with one of the educators and she said it was important that everybody went through the same stations, because it could be an ”eye-opener”. To a certain point I agree, because I found it interesting to hear about airbrush and Minx, some things I’ve never been interested in before. On the other hand, I will still not begin to do that at the salon, but I have still paied 150 USD to hear about something I don’t get anything from and to see lots of nail-art. For me, the first day was like going to a show in Europe, lots of demos with nail-art.
Another point I want to share is that HRTE always say that the educators do it for free, in their own spare-time. Well… 5 out of 7 educators DID get something from it, besides getting their travel expenses payed, they promoted their products and they also sold it in the end of the class. There is NOTHING wrong with that, after all, we are all business-women. BUT why not tell the truth?
Well, enough critique for now. I just thought these classes have gotten so much positive responses, that I needed to get out some not so good too. After all, they can’t get better if nobody tells anything else than positive things!
I am not very interested in nail-art. For me, it was too much bling, and too little of what we really need to know: how to do a proper salon-nail. THIS is our bread and butter. I know a nail with art has to be thicker than a nail without, but sometimes it looks like the nail-art takes away everything we have learned about form and structure: ”As long as it’s long and full of bling, who cares if the nail is thick, lumpy, bumpy, unbalanced!” Unfortunately I saw some of those nails here too….
I had a chat with one of the educators and she said it was important that everybody went through the same stations, because it could be an ”eye-opener”. To a certain point I agree, because I found it interesting to hear about airbrush and Minx, some things I’ve never been interested in before. On the other hand, I will still not begin to do that at the salon, but I have still paied 150 USD to hear about something I don’t get anything from and to see lots of nail-art. For me, the first day was like going to a show in Europe, lots of demos with nail-art.
Another point I want to share is that HRTE always say that the educators do it for free, in their own spare-time. Well… 5 out of 7 educators DID get something from it, besides getting their travel expenses payed, they promoted their products and they also sold it in the end of the class. There is NOTHING wrong with that, after all, we are all business-women. BUT why not tell the truth?
Well, enough critique for now. I just thought these classes have gotten so much positive responses, that I needed to get out some not so good too. After all, they can’t get better if nobody tells anything else than positive things!
Budapest tomorrow
Tomorrow I am going to Budapest. Because I have to practice for the competition in Orlando and Las Vegas, in June, I have to take my nail-stuff with me. I will have to find somebody to practice on.... or else, I have to practice at myself. Not the best, but better than none. :)
Nails I did today
søndag 3. mai 2009
The first *night* at theHRTE-class
The ”meet and greet”, at the first night at HRTE was great. More and more people came, but *my* friends were late. I was waiting for Carla Collier and Amy Becker, two leaders in our industry. Carla is head-judge of the Nailpro competitions here in the USA and also a top competitor. Amy Becker is still competing and was the first to beat gel with l/p in the USA. She is still competing. Those two people are the main-reason why I went to HRTE Chicago. I knew they were both going as I have had e-mails contact with them for some months.
Amy was the first to come. It was really great to, at last, get to know her in real life, not only through internet. We connected at once, both professional, but also as friends. Haha, we were both so eager to start that we met, after the other had gone to bed, to talk!
The next one to come was Carla. It was really funny because she had been looking for a blue-eyed and bright woman. When I said ”hi” to her she asked me if we had met before. I said that we haven’t, but that we had been in contact through e-mails. She looked at me and I could see she was thinking… I then said who I was, but I only said my first name. Still thinking, until Amy understood and said that it was me. We had a good laugh of that!
Amy was the first to come. It was really great to, at last, get to know her in real life, not only through internet. We connected at once, both professional, but also as friends. Haha, we were both so eager to start that we met, after the other had gone to bed, to talk!
The next one to come was Carla. It was really funny because she had been looking for a blue-eyed and bright woman. When I said ”hi” to her she asked me if we had met before. I said that we haven’t, but that we had been in contact through e-mails. She looked at me and I could see she was thinking… I then said who I was, but I only said my first name. Still thinking, until Amy understood and said that it was me. We had a good laugh of that!
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