23/02/2026
✨A Day in theLife of a Nail Tech✨(However my clients are lovely 🥰)
8:50 AM: Arrive at the salon, after a long walk from my front door to the salon 😂.
9:00AM: Client 1: “I just want something simple, maybe a French manicure.”
Three hours later: She has custom hand-painted picnic blankets on every finger, 3D ice cream sundaes, and Swarovski rhinestones. She leaves a $2 tip.
11:30 AM: The "Crocodile" Pedicure. An older gentleman comes in. His feet are so dry, I am genuinely concerned he might be shedding. As I am buffing his heels, a piece of dead skin flies off and lands directly in my coffee cup. ☕️🤢I drink it anyway—I need the caffeine.
1:00 PM: Lunchtime (otherwise known as "hiding in the bathroom for 4 minutes to eat a bar of chocolate”🍫)
2:00 PM: The "Wait, I wanted Almond" Client. I spent 90 minutes sculpting the perfect square-round shape. She looks at them, looks at me, and says, “I actually wanted stiletto. Can we just file these down?” She then refuses to pay for the extra time.
3:30 PM: The "Why you no boyfriend?" encounter. A new client comes in. I ask if she wants short or long. She says short. I suggest longer for a better shape. She says, "Okay, whatever you think."
After I finish: "Honey, they too long. That’s why you don’t have boyfriend". I contemplate my life choices🤔
5:00 PM: The "I’m in a rush" client arrives 20 minutes late with a design that requires 5 different colors and a curing time of 30 minutes. She proceeds to check her phone 📱every 30 seconds, messes up her nail, and says, "Can you just redo it real quick?" 🤬
7:00 PM: Clean up. I am covered in dust, my apron is on the floor, and I have glue stuck in places I didn’t know I had.
7:30 PM: I look at my own nails. They are bare, broken, and look like they haven’t seen a manicure since 2019
8:00 PM: Log onto Instagram to look at other nail techs' satisfying videos, even though I just spent 10 hours doing it myself 😭.
See you tomorrow!