Tappy Tips Training

Don’t underestimate the power of observation: as a nail tech trying to be a better nail tech, and as a business owner trying to operate a successful business ✨

What’s something that is currently a problem for you? 🌻

If there’s anything you need to invest time in learning and improving, it’s your numbers 🧮🫶

What random things do you use for your nail photos? 📸

You’re probably a better nail tech than you think you are, you just need someone to help you harness your skills 💛✨

Still have questions about in-person nail training?

Drop them below and I shall answer them 🫶✨

Grab a training session while they’re 50% off 💸

Winter can be the season that scares nail techs… or the season that builds them.
When bookings slow down, it’s easy to panic. Empty spaces in the diary are loud. (I know, because I’ve felt it too.)

However, some of the biggest growth in my career came from when I stopped only focusing on filling appointments and started focusing on levelling up.

A slow season can be used to sharpen your skills, improve your systems, build confidence, refine your work, and come back stronger than before.

So for May, I’m doing something cray-cray:
50% OFF IN-Person Nail Training 💅

To unlock the discount, you just need to be happy to film a little content from your training day, post it to your socials, and tag me.

You get:
✨ Half-price mentorship
✨ New skills
✨ Fresh content
✨ Momentum going into the next season

Use discount code “IWILLPOST” at checkout to qualify 💛

Nobody learns to hold a brush by watching someone else hold one (not efficiently anyway)

The first time you pick up a nail file, your hand doesn’t know what pressure means yet. You have to 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 the resistance. You have to mess up the bead, rebuild it, mess it up again - until something clicks and your fingers just 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.

That’s not something a video can teach you. That’s muscle memory. That’s skill development. 💛

If you’re ready to start doing, my home-based salon is available to you. Buy a session at tappytips.co.nz and come spend a few hours with me, where I can correct and guide you - so you can leave the wrong techniques behind and start repeating the 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 ones ✨

I’m allowed to say this because I did the same thing for the first 7 years of my “entrepreneurial career” 🥲💁‍♀️

I used to think the answer was always just... more. More clients, more hours, more hustle.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise I was scaling a problem, not solving one.

So I sat with the math and oh my - it was eye-opening. It was also one of the best things I could’ve done for my nail business because all of my problems made sense after that.

If your diary is full and it still doesn’t feel like enough, swipe through this. The maths is simple. 💛

If you don’t feel confident charging more yet, that’s your sign to improve - not discount 🙅‍♀️

Deep down, you may feel your work isn’t consistent yet.
That your prep could be cleaner,
or your shaping depends on the day,
or your retention is a little… unpredictable.

And that’s not a bad thing.
That’s direction!

Instead of lowering your prices to match your current level,
raise your standard to match the price you 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 to charge. 📈

That looks like:
– Investing time into learning, not just posting
– Practicing until you fully understand the steps you’re taking
– Fixing lifting issues instead of hoping clients don’t notice
– Refining your shaping so it’s recognisable, not random

Confidence in pricing comes from proof, not hype.

If you’re hesitating to charge more, listen to that.
Then go build the skill set that aligns with where you want to be 💛