What you’ll learn
A beginner course, taught in person at our East Tamaki academy.
“By the end you'll prep and file to a professional standard, and you'll meet the entry requirement for our intermediate nail courses. No prior experience required.”
Every nail service rests on the same few skills: reading the nail, prepping it correctly, and filing with control. Get those right and everything else sits on solid ground.
This one-day course suits anyone new to nails, and anyone heading into one of our intermediate courses who wants to arrive able to keep up rather than catching up. You'll cover nail anatomy, disorders and contraindications, nail health and nutrition, and the nail systems used across the industry — then move onto professional prep, and filing and buffing practised on a live model until it's clean and repeatable. Sanitisation and sterilisation to salon standard is covered throughout.
The eight modules
Taught in order, with a tutor demonstration before every practical block.
Anatomy of the Nails
Disorders
Nail Health
Nail Nutrition
Nail Systems
Nail Preparation & Filing & Buffing techniques
Sanitisation
Nz Health protection license help
How you’ll benefit from our course
One-on-one or small classes
Train one-on-one or in a small group, so your tutor sees every step and corrects your technique as you go.
Certificates you’ll gain
- Foundations of Nails
Hands-on from day one
Practical work starts on the first morning, with your tutor beside you, not after days of theory.
Learn from working professionals
Your educators still work with clients, so you learn the techniques and standards used in real salons.
What’s included
Theory and practice, together
Each module pairs the theory with a live tutor demonstration before you practise it yourself.
Live models
1 x Model, booked into your practical sessions so you finish having worked on real clients.
A year of tutor support
Technique and product troubleshooting for twelve months after you certify, plus help with your NZ Health Protection licence.
Paying for your course
Pay in full, or spread it over four or six weeks with invoices sent to you each week. Afterpay is also accepted.
A 20% deposit holds your dates with an expert educator. The balance is then split across your chosen plan. Need longer than six weeks? Ask us and we will try to accommodate you.
- Week 1 $119.80
- Week 2 $119.80
- Week 3 $119.80
- Week 4 $119.80
- Week 1 $79.86
- Week 2 $79.86
- Week 3 $79.86
- Week 4 $79.86
- Week 5 $79.86
- Week 6 $79.90
How enrolling works
Enrol
Pay in full or place your $119.80 deposit online.
Pick your dates
Our team calls you to lock in course dates that suit your schedule.
Train with us
1 Day - 6 Hours in East Tamaki, 10am - 5pm, with live models.
Get certified
Pass your assessments and take home your certificate.
Meet our tutors
Rupal Madaan
Kelly Aikins
Where this takes you
A certificate is the start of it. Here is what students actually do with the training.
Skill development
Practical, hands-on technique you can charge for the week after you finish.
Further study options
Move on to e-file, builder gel or the full nail technician pathway.
Career opportunities
Work in a salon, rent a chair, or start taking your own clients from home.
Student success
A year of tutor support after you certify, so you are never stuck on your own.