An Insider’s Guide to Working as a Session Nail Artist™
For qualified nail artists who want to understand fashion, editorial and commercial session work before they step on set. Written by session nail artist Nadia Blanco.
Buy the ebook · £29
“You might already be a brilliant nail artist. But working backstage at fashion week is a completely different environment from having a client sitting opposite you in the salon.”
Being good at nails matters. Knowing how to work in that environment matters just as much. That’s what this book is about.
What changes when you move from appointments into productions, who commissions the work, and how the brief, the production and your responsibilities fit together.
Seven kinds of booking, from fashion shows and editorial to campaigns, e-commerce, moving image, brand events and private clients, and what each one realistically asks of you.
A working glossary of the words you’ll hear on set, an annotated booking conversation, and a full illustrative call sheet to practise reading.
What professional teams expect, from set etiquette and kit to confidentiality, plus an honest readiness audit and a portfolio checklist.
Research you can start today and a 30, 60 and 90-day action plan you can begin the week you finish reading.
The book includes a complete illustrative call sheet for a fictional campaign, laid out the way real productions send them, with practice questions to work through and answers at the back.
It’s the closest thing to receiving your first one, without the pressure.
Inside, you’ll find the terminology, practical exercises, production documents and professional insight that help you understand what working on set really involves.
The pages feature Nadia’s own backstage and on-set work.
Nadia has been a London-based session nail artist since 2011. Her work includes a long-standing relationship with Vivienne Westwood, commercial campaigns and moving-image productions with clients and production companies including RSA Films, Diet Coke, Evian × Humanrace, Very, Ahluwalia and Y-3, and runway work at New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks.
She trained at Lewisham College and worked at Nails Inc before moving into session work, and she still works on set.
Your download link arrives by email straight after purchase. Licensed for personal use.
This book helps you understand the industry and assess your readiness. Session Nail Artist™, my full course, goes through the process of building the career itself.
Explore the courseAn 84-page A5 PDF. The text is set large so it’s comfortable to read on a phone, and it works just as well on a tablet or laptop. You can also print the worksheets.
Straight after purchase you’ll receive a download link by email.
The book is written for qualified nail artists. It doesn’t teach technique; it assumes you can already do the nails.
No. The book is a standalone introduction to the industry. The course is a full programme on building a session career, with its own lessons, tools and community.
The ebook is licensed to you for personal use. Please don’t share, forward or resell it.
No book can promise that, and this one doesn’t. What it does is help make sure that when an opportunity comes, you’re ready for it.
