FASHION NAIL ART WORKSHOP

Whether you're a nail professional wanting to strengthen your skill set or you just love fashion and art, you can learn to hand paint high-fashion prints straight onto nails.

During each 1-hour remote workshop, you'll be able to follow a step-by-step guide to creating freehand nail art inspired by fashion. Each session will take inspiration from a different designer and will include various techniques.

You'll get my one-to-one guidance and be able to ask questions along the way. I'll break down my creative process, stage by stage. Plus I'll share my tips and tricks to perfect your work; how to use your brush and other tools, creating texture, tone and shade, and achieving definition and precision.

You'll understand how to deconstruct and recreate almost any design, using just nail polish — and, if you can master nail art in polish, then gel nail art becomes a breeze.

Press-on nails — Preferably clear, I use long oval size 0-1
Blu Tac — Preferably white as it's less visible when displaying transparent designs
Nail Sticks or orange sticks
ZOYA in PURITY or other white nail polish
ZOYA in RAVEN or other black nail polish
ZOYA COLOURS or other nail polish colours — as suggested for each CONCEPT
Metal or Resin Mixing Palette, or a small rectangle of household foil, about 8 x 10cm
Nail art brush-in-bottle or striper brush
Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat or other gel-effect top coat
OPI Matte Top Coat or other matte top coat
Dotting Tool
Nail polish remover and nail wipes — to clean your brush
Household sponge, cut into 1cm squares

Cherrie is a Fashion Manicurist and Nail Artist, based in the UK. Her work has appeared on the covers and pages of Glamour (UK, Brazil, Germany), Harper's Bazaar (UK), LOVE, Numéro, Stylist, Tatler (UK), Vogue (India, Italia, Thailand, The Netherlands, Ukraine) and many more.

At London Fashion Week, Cherrie has led the nail teams for David Koma, Markus Lupfer, Margaret Howell, Marques' Almeida, Peter Pilotto, PPQ, Rejina Pyo, Sharon Wauchob and Temperley London.

She has also manicured many celebrities including actresses, Ella Purnell, Ellie Bamber, Helen McCrory, Jodie Comer, Michelle Dockery, Naomi Scott, Rebecca Ferguson and Sophie Turner; and music artists, Corine Bailey Rae, Grimes, Kali Uchis, Paloma Faith, Pixie Lott, Laura Mvula and Tinashe. As well as style icons, Alexa Chung, Daisy Lowe and Pixie Geldof and supermodels; Edie Campbell, Georgia Fowler, Karen Elson, Lara Stone and Yasmin Le Bon.

WHY THE FASHION NAIL ART WORKSHOP?

At the beginning of my nail career, I wasn't confident about doing nail art at all. Most of the time I managed to figure it out through trial and lots and lots of error. I created this workshop to give others a fast-track way to master the art of freehand.

WHAT IS ZOOM?

Zoom is a video communications platform where we can virtually group together online. You can access Zoom on your phone, tablet, laptop or computer. You'll need to DOWNLOAD ZOOM HERE prior to the workshop.

HOW DOES A ZOOM WORKSHOP WORK?

A Zoom workshop is a live, video masterclass where you'll be able to attend the session without leaving your home. Once you have booked your place, you'll receive an email with a link and password an hour before the workshop begins. At the time of the workshop, simply click the link in your email and enter the password. On joining the live workshop, your video will be automatically OFF and your microphone will be muted. You'll be invited to enable your video and microphone if you want to show your work or ask a question. However, if you wish to remain anonymous, that's totally fine too! You can ask questions in the chat box throughout the session. For better audio quality, I recommend using headphones.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT FROM THE WORKSHOP?

During the live session, you'll be able to follow my lead recreating fashion nail art, by hand. No stamps or stickers! You can watch my hands painting, up close on the live screen, while I talk you through each stage, step by step and share my tips for optimum ease and absolute precision. Not only will you feel more confident about your work, you'll walk away with the know-how, the skills and the inspiration to recreate and design any nail art you desire.

IS THERE A MINIMUM AGE LIMIT?

There is no minimum age limit per se. However, I suggest attendees be at least 14 years.

DO I NEED TO HAVE ANY MANICURE QUALIFICATIONS?

No, you do not need to be a professional manicurist or a nail artist to take part, because it’s just art. We’ll be using nail polish only, not gel. The focus is on freehand nail art; how to visually deconstruct and recreate fashion prints. The very first nail course I ever did was an at-home nail art course, and the only experience I had at that time, was painting my own nails.

CAN I CHOOSE WHICH WORKSHOP I WANT TO DO?

Yes, simply enter the date of your chosen workshop in the Which Date? field, at the checkout.

CAN I PAY FOR TWO WORKSHOPS AT ONCE?

Yes, at the checkout, simply add two sessions and enter your preferred dates.

I'VE NEVER DONE NAIL ART BEFORE, IS THE WORKSHOP SUITABLE FOR ME?

Yes! You will be able to follow a live, step-by-step tutorial. You can work at a pace that's suited to you and you'll receive my one-to-one guidance throughout the remote workshop.

I WANT TO BECOME A SESSION MANICURIST. WILL I LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND WILL THE WORKSHOP PREPARE ME?

Absolutely, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about my experience in session work. It’s good to have freehand nail art skills for certain jobs that require more than the classic manicure. Plus, I'm always on the lookout for assistants for fashion and beauty shoots, as well as shows at Fashion Week.

I'M A MANICURIST/NAIL ARTIST. IS THIS SOMETHING I NEED AND HOW WILL I BENEFIT FROM DOING THIS?

If you want to stand out from other nail techs, freehand nail art is a great skill to have. You will be able to offer your clients something special and unique. And, you can gain extra income for additional nail art services.

If you already do nail art, whatever your level, this is also an ideal way to keep in good practice, develop your craft and grow in confidence. What's more, you'll meet like-minded people, share tips and possibly open the door to further opportunities.

WHAT IF I NEED TO CANCEL MY PLACE? CAN I GET A REFUND?

Unfortunately, refunds are not possible on the online workshops. However, if you can't make a live session, don't worry! All paid bookings will be sent a video recording of the session afterwards.

If you have any more questions, feel free to email me at: nails@cherriesnow.com