It's no secret that hair is and always will be my first love. I'm obsessed with it.
I eat, sleep, and breathe hair… sometimes literally! LOL
Well…it's time I confess that I have a 2nd love and its…
Nails…
I never talk about it, but I have a strong love for nails.
When I was in cosmetology school I felt like I was cheating on hair when I'd have to do someone's nails, but deep down inside I loved it!
The one thing I struggled with a lot was…Acrylics. Man those things do NOT come easy without practice.
And even after years of practice I still couldn't grasp the concept of the ratio to the monomer and powder.
I practiced for years off and on. I even took a few classes, but I just couldn't get it.
I've always been the type to push even harder when something get's this hard. This time I didn't do that. I sold all of my stuff and decided it wasn't for me.
The fact that I threw in the towel and stayed in the back of my mind for a few years.
I refused to let it beat me, so yesterday I told my daughter to get dressed so we could go on a field trip to our favorite store…CosmoProf!
I picked up an CND acrylic kit, and a few other supplies, came home, dusted off my nail stuff…well what I had left, and decided to take the bull by the horns and was determined to do get it done!
I prepped Nya's nails and carefully went through the steps remembering everything I did wrong and what I've seen done right.
I applied the acrylic to the first nail and all of my fears and frustration went away because finally I was able to do it!
Maybe it was my research, maybe it was my obsession with figuring it out but the whole point to this story is that although I got frustrated and “gave up” I was so hungry to learn that I challenged myself.
Now, I have a lot of work to do to perfect my technique, but for anything I've struggled with in hair this has always been my approach.
I DON'T GIVE UP!
You shouldn't give up either! If there's something you are struggling with like braiding, cutting hair, weaving, twisting, or anything.
Keep working at it, find out the correct way of doing things by learning from professionals.
Check out my DVDs, heck the perfect place to start with with my Braiding Package!
You can click here for more information about that package
But don't stop there. Keep practicing and learning. Never give up. You're worth it, you can do it!
Be blessed,
Marquetta Breslin
