I have some work to do!

Day one of Competition challenge
Ok so now I have set my mind to this challenge of mine. I bravely picked up my nail brush today. After a 4 month break from nails its a wonder I still know what to do.

Armed with a brush on my right hand and a willing thumb on my left, I set to work. I struggled with the mix ratio, then my eye for judging the right bead for a nail seems to have gone out the window too. And then I realised that in my head I could play a clear tape of creating the perfect enhancement but my my hands and eyes felt uncomfortable judging and patting the product into place. (This is what lack of practice does)

I get onto the smile line and woopy it smiles but no where near as dramatic or as crisp as I was creating before my break.

Then I start to finish(filing). I go for the standard square and then i realise hmmmm maybe a stiletto is in order(Didn't get enough product on the left free edge anyway), So i file away.

Buffed to a shine, topcoat and then my verdict???? (I have just created an average nail. SHOCK HORROR!! and I am on a challenge to compete in less than 2 months)

So I spy my Pastel flower collection out the corner of my eye and I think Genius! Some 3 d flowers will do.... My control of the bead is way off so I go for simple and simple is what I could create.

Consistency! Consistency! Consistency! + Practice! Practice! Practice!

I will be reading my notes from courses to refresh my mind and back to basics tomorrow. Ratio practice, Smile line practise, Form fitting and Bead placement in short I am back to practising like my life depended on it. The hunt for fingers begins tomorrow.

THIS IS WARRR!!!!!

P.s I just realised how much junk I have in all my boxes so I will be doing a good clear out of unwanted stuff tomorrow.

And the reason for yet another blogger is?

I started my nail journey in the summer of 2006, with nothing to do and a creative mind and fingers that obey, I thought; why don't I go and learn a skill, nothing too difficult or mind numbing. Certainly painting nails or nail enhancements cant be such a difficult thing to do?

Considering I spend a nice chunk of my money on it and I am never happy.....( I can do this!)

So I did just that! I went scouting for a course, I really didn't know what I was looking for but just a course in nail extensions.

After the course I soon found myself wanting more (why?) cos I knew that there was so much more to the pie that I has just had a bite of and I wanted it all.

So I went searching........

Forums, more courses, product reviews, what's hot, what's not. You name it I sourced it.

Now being an internet and Google heifer didn't help because I became a slave to the game of nails (like that could ever happen right?).

10 Courses later a trunk full of a variety of brands as a result of wanting to try it all

I have now reached a level of contentment with what I know and what is marketing
and reality in the nail world (For me that is!)

(So.....?)

A serial self challenge setter... I am on a journey to develop my skill, compete and see where that puts me on the national and international are you one of the best platform, explore art and fashion with enhancements (Cos I love all things nice and would like to create some nice things too) and one day develop and offer my own products (Maleh) and an experience (House of Maleh) for nailists and luxury loving people.