Last week’s lesson was taught by Teacher Nicole and Teacher Joe! We had to practice the 5-petal flower on a piece of paper first, with acrylic paint! Each petal must be at 72 degrees apart, which adds up to a full 360 degrees for a even flower! My eyes were slightly crossed after practicing on paper.

My first two attempts on the nail tips above! Picture below shows the teacher’s work, look at the petals! So accurate and they look so similar!

And then we were taught how to do a three-tone 5 petal flower; just by mixing a lighter and darker colours for the contrast! Notice how teacher’s petals are slightly smaller so I made mine smaller this time as well!

I like how mine looks! I doubt I can ever master this perfectly because  I think no one wants to do this kind of art on their nails! But, this is a good practice! As what Teacher Joe says, if you can copy/paint 5 exact petals; you can copy/paint just about anything! Excellent quote!

And this sums up the completion of NA1!!! Yay, I’m moving on to acrylic extensions next and then back to NA2!

I couldn’t make it for extension theory class tomorrow because I decided to stay home and study for my major tests on Monday!

Haha I got very excited at the thought of receiving my student kit that I went to PinkRoom to get mine today instead of waiting till next week!

Low and behold… There’s so many items in the kit, yippee! It’s like ‘free’ stuff but technically it isn’t, lol!

1. AngelPro Clear, 1oz
2. AngelPro Pink, 1oz
3. AngelPro White, 1oz
4. Design Brush size #10
5. Dappening Dish
6. 50 Clear Full Tips
7. 20 White Extension Tips
8. 20 Clear Extension Tips
9. 20 Natural Extension Tips
10. AngelPro Liquid Monomer, 120ml
11. AngelPro 100/100 File
12. AngelPro 150/150 File
13. AngelPro 180/180 File
14. AngelPro Foam Buffer 180/180
15. AngelPro Shiner
16. 100 AngelPro Nail Forms
17. Charisma Dehydrator
18. AngelPro Nail Primer
19. Nail Glue
20. Lint Free Wipes
21. Wiping Paper
22. Masks

And… I’ve completed all my manicure and nail art homework! Phew! Pics next week alright?

Goodnight!

Now that official teaching lessons are over, the lessons from now on would be practicing, practicing and more practicing to prepare for our mock pedi and manicure exam!!

I managed to finish both manicure and pedicure within the time limit of 50 minutes and 60 minutes respectively, hurray!!! Also, finally I am able to grasp the technique of doing a nice French manicure with the help of Teacher Nicole! Well, I’m not there yet but I’m still trying!

Again, my partner; Ruby’s hands and feet are featured ^^

And here are my adorable classmates! Meet Agnes and Rose!

I always look forward to class every week because there’s something new to learn! This week’s lesson will be SPA manicure and pedicure lesson! I’m excited~~

I had my first pedi class last Saturday and my partner was Ruby! Hahaha excuse my meaty legs >;( We were tasked to do the entire pedicure process on one foot in 35 minutes! Quite a challenge and none of us could finish on time! Sigh… mock pedi is in about a month’s time, yikes!!

I wouldn’t be able to attend next week’s class so I had a makeup class this week with Serene! Lol we were ‘lost’ for awhile because we haven’t attend this week’s class yet so we had no idea we had to polish our own nails red first before starting! We had to do the entire manicure process this time round with 2 simple nail art in 50 minutes! I almost finished on time… was left with another coat of french tip and the nail art D: guess I have to speed up more!

Finished product: Serene’s hands! Still need lots of improvement on the French! Nicole says the red is good ^^ yay!!!!

I was 30 mins early for class last week so I set up my table really slowly.. Recently I bought more new towels in the same colour, more organisation stuff and did the labels of all the tools and products used, yay!

Learnt about cuticle care and massaging techniques today and it was so enjoyable!!! Had so much laughter with my classmates; I really like them alot!

I partnered Ruby for the entire lesson and we started on cuticle trimming on ourselves first before proceeding to do our partners! Afterwards, we learnt the massaging techniques and steps for both hands and feet! I think the massaging part was the best… because all of us get to relax for awhile!

And then it was back to polishing again! Had to polish 3 fingers red and 2 fingers French. I suck at French for nail polish since it dries up much quickly then gel polishes! Need more practice!!! Also… Teacher Nicole was emphasizing on our homework again! I think I better start filing soon lol! (wanted to do them last night but forgot that I left my box of clear tips in school -.-)

It’s gonna be pedi class tomorrow

I just ended my class at Pink Room!!! Super exciting first day cuz all students will receive their course kit! Hehe this means I get more new products/ items, which is awesome! I couldn’t sleep well last night because I was simply too excited! I also started counting down mentally since last week lol!

All products are in the pink course kit as shown, including all course notes etc! I am only disappointed that I didn’t get a pink manicure bowl… lol; almost everyone else had it in pink while I had a boring transparent one which I do own it at home We were given these products (items 13 to 16 only to diploma students):

1. Cuticle clipper
2. Cuticle pusher
3. Manicure bowl
4. Emery board
5. Buffer
6. Manicure brush
7. Orange woodstick
8. Masks
9. Clear full tips
10. Lint free wipes
11. Menda pump with acetone
12. Toe separators
13. Pink Room apron
14. Practicing/ display hand
15. Angel.Pro Cuticle Oil
16. Top coat

My course notes!

We had 6 hours of theory and we had to do a big amount of copying! I am very intrigued by the theory lessons we had, I had no idea the nail structure was so complex. We also learnt alot on hygiene, such as the differences between santization and sterilization and the steps we have to do in a manicure process and also massaging techniques. I also realised I’ve been mistaking oval shaped nails as round… Opps! Teacher Rachel; who is also the principal of the school, also started giving hints for the exams. Lol, that kinda stressed my class abit I guess since we weren’t expecting the word ‘exams’ during the first lesson. My class had about 14 students; I’m not so sure about the exact number since quite a few came for makeup class! But we do have a good mix of different ages and nationalities!

Besides the products we were given in the course kit; we had to buy more products needed for next week’s class (e.g. red, white and pink polishes, barbicide etc) I’ve totally forgotten about the $100 product voucher until the end of the class so I used up the vouchers to get more necessities. Reason being is that I want to get a new set of tools for school use so as to not get mixed up with my current ones. I’m also thinking of renting a locker because it’s tedious bringing a basket of stuff over to school and then for self-study sessions! T-T

Here’s what I’ve got for the $100 product vouchers (products are sold to us in retail price because we used vouchers for the mode of payment instead of cash) :

- Pink, white and red polish (I am surprised at the consistency of these polishes!!!! The bottles are the exact shape of Elainto’s premium polishes, very corset-looking?)
- Full set of clear tips
- Angel.Pro buffer
- Angel.Pro files x2
- Plastic backing paper towel
- Hand sanitizer
- Alcohol
- Barbicide
- Solvent

I tried on my apron just now and I couldn’t stop laughing. It was ridiculously long so I think I shall get it altered so that I don’t look that short, lol! I cannot wait for next week’s lesson! We will start on filing and polishing techniques so stay tuned for my update on my nail lessons every week