Nail Tech at Home

Do gel, acrylic and nail art well enough to book clients.

Start with Easiest Acrylic For DIY Beginners (19 min, Nail Career Education), then How To Apply Nail Tips with Acrylic Overlay - Step by Step Tutorial (33 min, Nail Career Education). All 18 lessons in Nail Tech at Home are free. No degree. A state nail licence (short course). A starter kit costs about $185. Full sets commonly $40 to $90.

To start: No degree. A state nail licence (short course). Earning: Full sets commonly $40 to $90.

1. Nail basics

   Prep, gel, shaping.

   • Easiest Acrylic For DIY Beginners (19 min, Nail Career Education, Beginner)
   • How To Apply Nail Tips with Acrylic Overlay - Step by Step Tutorial (33 min, Nail Career Education, Beginner)

2. Acrylic, builder gel and art

   The work clients book.

   • Using Plastic Wrap to Create Crystal Gel Nails (21 min, Nail Career Education, Intermediate)
   • Jenna is a Genius! Food Nails! Suzie Responds! (19 min, Nail Career Education, Intermediate)

3. Start the business

   Register it, price it, and set it up properly from day one.

   • Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup (16 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
   • How To Price For B2B | Startup School (18 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
   • Your Prices are Killing You on eBay & Poshmark. The Magic $46.01 Rule. (10 min, Daily Refinement, Intermediate)
   • How to Price Smart and Sell Smarter | Clicks to Riches Show Ep. 18 (75 min, Printify, Intermediate)
   • Pricing CNC Products - Making a Custom Logo Sign (16 min, Carbide 3D, Intermediate)

4. Get local customers

   Google Business Profile, local SEO, reviews and social posts.

   • Complete SEO Course for Beginners: Learn to Rank #1 in Google (117 min, Ahrefs, Beginner)
   • How to grow on instagram from 0 | STEP BY STEP GUIDE | organic Instagram growth tips (21 min, Jade Beason, Beginner)
   • Start CRUSHING your INSTAGRAM game!! (14 min, Peter McKinnon, Intermediate)
   • Enterprise Sales | Startup School (23 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
   • The New Rules of SEO (2026) (12 min, Neil Patel, Intermediate)

5. Books and taxes

   Simple bookkeeping and taxes for the self-employed.

   • ACCOUNTING BASICS: a Guide to (Almost) Everything (14 min, Accounting Stuff, Beginner)
   • LEARN ACCOUNTING in Under 5 Hours! (291 min, Accounting Stuff, Intermediate)
   • How to Do Your eBay Taxes in 5 Minutes (No More Line by Line) (15 min, Daily Refinement, Intermediate)
   • Everything Resellers Need to Know About Taxes and Bookkeeping (27 min, Daily Refinement, Intermediate)