If you love doing nails, this is a place to start. You learn manicures, gel polish, acrylics and dip powder from scratch. Then you learn how to set up your own service.
Manicures, polish, gel, acrylics and dip powder fill a nail bar's day. You work through each one in order. Knowledge checks follow every lesson.
Nicole Moore runs Made Gorgeous and has twenty years in salons. She reads your activities and answers by private message. Feedback comes from the salon floor.
Skills alone do not make a nail business. You also cover business structures, planning, bookkeeping and Xero. The money side stops being a mystery.
Nails are a steady trade. Salons, mobile techs and beauty shops all want a clean, lasting set. Many start behind someone else's chair, then build a book.
Delivers manicures, polish, gel and enhancements in a salon.
Works mobile or from home, building a book of regulars.
Preps clients, keeps stock moving and holds the room clean.
Runs the bookings, the phone and the front of house.
Advises shoppers on products and drives counter sales.
Roles are examples of where these skills are used. They are not promised outcomes, and the college makes no income promises.
Three things set it apart: a mentor, a starter kit, business training.
Your mentor covers services, pricing and keeping clients coming back. Case studies, live sessions and action plans come from salons, not textbooks.
The starter kit covers files, sticks, cleanser, polish and cuticle oil. It ships after your cooling off period ends. On a plan, that is after four payments.
Students get wholesale access to professional products through Barneys Salon Supplies. That matters once you start charging for your own work.
Awarded by the college on completion
You finish with a Certificate of Achievement from the college. The micro-credential is industry recognised.
By the end you can perform the core nail services. You work safely and cleanly with clients.
The business modules leave you with a simple plan. You learn what it takes to start small.
Ask for the course guide. It takes a minute and costs nothing.
A course advisor checks the pathway suits what you want to do.
Pay upfront or spread it weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
Open the first module and get your hands moving straight away.
None at all. The pathway is built for beginners and starts with nail care. You do not need a salon set up either.
Around 200 hours of study, with twelve months of access. Most students fit it around work and family at their own pace.
Plans start from $29 a week, with weekly, fortnightly or monthly options. There is no deposit and no credit check.
It is an industry recognised micro-credential. You finish with a Certificate of Achievement. The college is not an RTO, so it is not nationally recognised. For salon work, clients ask about your skills.
It ships once your cooling off period ends, if paying in full. On a payment plan, it ships after four payments.
Nicole Moore runs Made Gorgeous and is an Education Ambassador for CND. She has over twenty years of salon experience.
Through short knowledge checks after each lesson, plus practical activities and assignments. There are no exams.
A ten day money back guarantee applies from enrolment. Talk to the college inside that window if the fit is wrong.
The Career Academy runs online courses across beauty, business, health and admin. It has over fifteen years behind it. More than twenty five thousand students enrol each year. Beauty courses run through Ulleo, an education partner. You enrol through the college.
Picture the first set a client shows off all week.