Learn Nails Online.
Start Taking Clients in 8 Weeks.

Gel, Acrylic and Dip. Professional kit delivered to your door, and a trainer reviewing your work 7 days a week.

16+ years training nail techs across Australia. 14-day money back guarantee.

Not sure yet? Grab the info pack — full course breakdown, kit list and payment plans, sent straight to you.

Work From Home

Get skilled in 6 to 8 weeks and start taking your own clients from home.

Same-Day Feedback

Submit your work in the app and get trainer feedback back the same day.

14 Day Guarantee

Try it for 14 days. Change your mind for any reason and we’ll refund you.

Thousands Trained

Thousands of students just like you, trained by us over 16+ years.

What Do You Actually Get?

Fifteen modules across all three nail systems, a full professional kit delivered to your door, same-day video feedback from a trainer, and lifetime access. Most students are ready to take their first clients in 6 to 8 weeks.

What’s Included

  • Full professional kit and products, delivered to your door
  • All 3 nail systems — UV Gel (with BIAB), Acrylic and Dip
  • Same-day video feedback on your practical work through our student app
  • Trainer support 7 days a week
  • Lifetime access plus free refresher training
  • Our Business Builder course — pricing, clients, getting set up
  • Certificate of Completion
  • 14-day money back guarantee

Everything You Need to Start Doing Nails

This is the same Nail Technology Certificate course thousands of our students have used to start charging clients for professional nail services — from home, mobile, or in a salon.

You learn all 3 nail systems: UV Gel, Acrylic and Dip. Plus manicure, pedicure and gel polish services. The full professional kit arrives at your door, so you’re practising in your first week and working with the same products once you finish.

Most students are ready to take their first clients in 6 to 8 weeks. There’s no time limit if life gets busy.

You’re Not Left On Your Own

How the Training Actually Works

  1. Watch the lessonShort video lessons you work through at your own pace.
  2. Practise on your kitAt home, on your own table, with professional products.
  3. Submit it in the appPhotograph your work straight in the student app and send it through.
  4. Trainer feedback, same dayA trainer watches your work and sends back video feedback on what to fix. 7 days a week.

So if something’s going wrong, you find out today — not after you’ve done it forty more times.

Your First Week

From Enrolling to Your First Piece of Feedback

  1. Day 1 — you’re inYour login comes through straight away. Start Module 1 that night if you want to.
  2. Next business day — your kit shipsPacked and sent the next business day after you enrol.
  3. 3 to 5 days — your kit arrivesWhile you wait you work through the theory: safety, hygiene, products, workspace setup.
  4. End of week 1 — first practical submittedUnpack, set up your table, start practising, and submit your first piece of work.
  5. Same day — trainer feedbackYour trainer reviews it and tells you exactly what to work on next.

Will This Actually Work For Me?

I’ve never studied online before.

You’re not left alone with a video library. You submit your practical work through the app and a trainer sends back video feedback the same day. Support runs 7 days a week, so you’re never stuck waiting until Monday.

I left school early. I’m not academic.

This is hands-on training, not exams. No prerequisites, no experience needed. You start with the basics and build up to live models, at whatever pace fits around work and kids. Plenty of our students hadn’t studied anything in years.

Will I actually get clients?

The Business Builder course is included — how to price your services, find your first clients and set yourself up properly. Australia’s beauty industry is deregulated, so you don’t need a licence to start charging for nail services.

Our Students Succeed In Beauty

Click any of the videos below to hear from students about how our training changed things for them.

Wendy

“I was selected to be an ambassador for one of Australia’s leading nail supply brands”

Maya Aleksa

“I joined up 10 years ago.. I fell in love with nails”

Natalie Croker

“I even sent an assessment in on a weekend and I had feedback … that night”

Brooke Simpson

“It felt like a one on one relationship because of the app and their feedback that they give you right away!”

Aimee Campbell

“I now have my own business that I work around my kids”

Marlize Britz

“National Institute of Beauty stood out to me as I could do everything from home”

What It Costs

Limited time: free Nail Art Course and Kit with your enrolment.Enrol today and it's added automatically — nothing to claim.

Nail Technology Certificate — 3 System Training

UV Gel (with BIAB), Acrylic and Dip. Professional kit and products included.

$3,634$1,899SAVE $1,735

plus delivery, calculated at checkout

  • Full professional kit and products delivered to your door
  • Same-day video feedback from your trainer, 7 days a week
  • Lifetime access plus free refresher training
  • Business Builder course included
  • Certificate of Completion
  • 14-day money back guarantee
Want to split it up? Pay the $1,899 through Humm, Zip or Afterpay and break it into instalments with them. The course still costs $1,899 — nothing extra from us. Subject to their approval and account limits.

Need Longer to Pay?

Our own weekly plan: $399 deposit, then $46.44 a week for 38 weeks.

Total payable $2,163.72, including the payment plan fee and kit delivery.

No credit checks, processed securely by credit card or bank account / direct debit. (Paying upfront works out cheaper)

Want to think it over? Download the info pack and we’ll send the full breakdown, kit list and payment options through.

14 Day Money Back Guarantee

Try It. Change Your Mind. Get a Refund.

You enrol, you get your login, your kit arrives. You go through the lessons and have a proper go with the products.

If you change your mind within 14 days — for any reason — here’s what happens:

  1. Tell your trainerA message through the app or a phone call. You don’t need to justify it.
  2. Return the kitYou just need to send your kit back to us
  3. We refund youYour money back, in full.

We do it this way because reading about a course and actually doing one are two different things. You should be able to find out which side of that you’re on.

Where These Skills Can Take You

What You Can Legally Do

Australia’s beauty industry is deregulated. You don’t need a licence to perform nail services — what you need is proper training and the confidence to charge for your work.

Your Certificate of Completion is what you use to arrange public liability insurance, what a salon employer will want to see, and what some councils ask for when you register a home business.

The Business Builder course walks you through all of it.

Work From Home

Set up a nail space at home and work your own hours. The lowest-cost way to start, and the most flexible around kids and another job.

Go Mobile

Nails pack neatly into a case. Travel to clients, skip the overheads, and build a round in your own suburb.

Rent a Chair

Salon presence without the setup cost. Many salons rent space to nail techs and you can leverage their existing clients.

Open a Salon

More commitment and more upfront cost, but it’s yours. The first step either way is getting properly skilled.

The Certificate, Explained

Straight Answer

When you finish, you receive a Certificate of Completion in Nail Technology. That’s a skills certificate. It is not a Certificate III, it’s not a nationally recognised qualification, and we won’t tell you it is.

National Institute of Beauty is a Government Accredited RTO (#46214). We deliver both accredited and non-accredited training. We deliver nails this way on purpose — a Certificate III takes a year or more, and much of that time goes on units you’ll never use behind a nail desk.

Nails is deregulated. You don’t need a qualification to work in it. What you need is the skill, and something that shows you’ve been properly trained — for insurance, for a salon employer, for your council.

If a nationally recognised qualification is specifically what you need, call us on 1300 461 992 and we’ll point you in the right direction.

No Clock Running

Take As Long As You Need

Most students finish in 6 to 8 weeks. But if you get sick, or work goes mad, or the kids need you — the course is still there. Nothing expires. Nobody’s chasing you.

And it doesn’t end when you finish. You keep access for life, along with free refresher training. Going back over acrylic a year later, or rewatching the sculpting forms module the night before a client — it’s all still there.

Trainers are still there too, 7 days a week.

Meet Your Trainers

The people who’ll be watching your work and sending your feedback.

Karen Harrington

Founder & 40+ Years in Nails, Beauty Therapy and Training

Bianca Frost

15+ Years in Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy, Nails and Training

Gai Harrington

15+ Years in Lash Extensions, Nails and Training

Your Kit — Included

Ships the next business day after you enrol. Usually arrives within 3 to 5 days. Professional grade, with enough product to get through the course and keep working afterwards.

Everything That Turns Up

  • 1 × Professional Nail Drill
  • 1 × UV/LED Lamp
  • 3 × Dappen Dish (1pcs)
  • 1 × Cuticle Clipper
  • 1 × Tip Cutter
  • 1 × Gel Brush (Green Handle) #8
  • 1 × Professional Kolinsky Sable Acrylic Brush Round size 8
  • 1 × Chamois Buffer with Handle
  • 1 × Block Buffer (6pcs)
  • 3 × 100/100 White file with pink centre (2pcs)
  • 1 × 500 Count Tip Tray – Natural
  • 1 × 500 Count Tip Tray – French
  • 1 × Gel Wipe 100ml
  • 1 × Cuticle Oil with Squeeze top 25ml
  • 1 × Anti-Bacterial Spray 125ml
  • 1 × illume Bondfast 15ml Acidless
  • 1 × Acrylic Liquid 125ml
  • 1 × Nail/Tip Glue 10ml
  • 1 × Acrylic Powder White 50gm
  • 1 × Acrylic Powder Blush 50gm
  • 1 × Professional Building Gel Clear 20ml
  • 1 × Professional Building Gel White 20ml
  • 1 × Dip System Pro Base 15ml
  • 1 × Dip System Activator 15ml
  • 1 × Dip System Pro Top 15ml
  • 1 × Dip System Brush Saver 15ml
  • 1 × Dip Powder Tray

Full Course Breakdown

Every skill needed to perform professional nail and manicure services: UV Gel, Acrylic and Dip System, plus add-on services like manicure, pedicure and gel polish.

Welcome to the course! Learn how to navigate, find, and complete coursework, use the assessment app, and understand practical assessments. Explore nail anatomy, diseases, disorders, and contra-indications affecting service provision.
Our OHS and Safety module ensures your salon maintains a safe environment for both you and your clients. The Sanitation & Hygiene section focuses on preventing cross infection, covering cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization protocols, while also providing insights into product ingredients, skin overexposure management, and conducting professional client consultations with accurate record-keeping.
In this module, you’ll learn about the products and equipment used across different nail systems, along with setting up your workspace and maintaining your brushes, files, and implements.
Before you begin working on your models, it’s essential to grasp the fundamentals of each procedure step, such as nail shaping, natural nail and cuticle preparation, sizing, attaching and blending tips, distinguishing between a refill and rebalance, and executing each service correctly.
This module focuses on the Dip System, covering product usage, maintenance, and step-by-step instructions for various nail techniques, such as natural look, permanent French, colored nails, refills, and rebalances.
This module delves into the Acrylic System, beginning with product understanding and care, followed by detailed instructions for various nail techniques, such as achieving a natural look, permanent French, colored nails, refills, rebalances, and utilizing sculpting forms.
This module focuses on the Builder Gel System, covering product usage and maintenance, followed by step-by-step guidance for various nail techniques, including achieving a natural look, permanent French, colored nails, refills, rebalances, and using sculpting forms.
This module covers buffing and polish changes to maintain nail appearance between refills, polish application techniques, repairing broken nails, prepping damaged or lifting nail enhancements, applying temporary tips, and removing all nail enhancement systems.
Training on nail care techniques designed to improve both the appearance and health of nails. Covering nail shaping, cuticle care, polish application, and hand massage.
In-depth instruction on techniques for enhancing the appearance and health of the feet and toenails, including nail trimming, cuticle care, exfoliation, massage, and polish application.
Advanced techniques beyond basic manicures and pedicures, covering nail enhancements, specialty treatments, and advanced nail art techniques.
Product selection, application techniques, curing methods, and proper removal procedures for gel polish services.
The products and equipment needed for using gel polish with nail enhancements, safety guidelines for lamps, selecting the right polish, curing techniques, applying gel polish on enhancements, and removing it correctly.
Removal methods, tools and techniques to take gel polish off safely with minimal damage to the natural nail.
Drills and drill bits used in your services, nail plate and cuticle preparation, tip blending, maintenance cutback, decorative coating removal, buffing and cleaning, enhancement finishing and refining, and nail enhancement removal using the drill.
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Questions We Get Asked Most

$1,899 paid in full. On the weekly payment plan it’s a $399 deposit then $46.44 a week for 38 weeks — $2,163.72 total, which includes the payment plan fee and $75 kit postage. Both options include the full professional kit and products.
Yes. Everything you need is on this page, and you can enrol and start the same day. If you’d rather talk it through first, call us on 1300 461 992 — but you don’t have to.
Pay in full by card, or take our weekly payment plan — $399 deposit then $46.44 a week. That’s our own plan, processed securely through Stripe, with no credit checks. Humm, Zip and Afterpay are also available, subject to their approval and account limits.
No. Our weekly payment plan is run in-house through Stripe, so there’s no credit check and no third party involved. Humm, Zip and Afterpay run their own approval process if you choose one of those instead.
Your kit is packed and shipped the next business day after you enrol, and usually arrives within 3 to 5 days. You can start Module 1 straight away while you wait — the theory modules come first.
A professional nail drill, UV/LED lamp, brushes, files, buffers, tips, acrylic liquid and powders, building gels, the full dip system and more — the complete list is above. It’s professional grade, so you keep using it once you start taking clients.
You work through video lessons at your own pace, then submit your practical work through our student app. A trainer reviews it and sends you video feedback on what to fix. Support runs 7 days a week, and you keep lifetime access for refreshers.
The same day. You submit through the app and a trainer reviews it and sends video feedback back, 7 days a week. You’re not waiting until Monday to find out whether you’re doing it right.
Most students finish in 6 to 8 weeks. There’s no time limit on the course, so you can go slower if work and family need you to. You’ll be practising from the moment your kit arrives.
No. Take as long as you need, and you keep lifetime access afterwards along with free refresher training. Trainers stay available to you 7 days a week.
You have 14 days. Tell your trainer, we arrange to have the kit returned, and we refund you in full. You don’t need to justify it — changing your mind is reason enough.
None at all. There are no prerequisites. The course starts with the basics and builds up to working on live models across all 3 nail systems.
A Certificate of Completion. National Institute of Beauty is a Government Accredited RTO (#46214) offering both accredited and non-accredited courses — this one is a skills course with a certificate of completion. It is not a Certificate III or a nationally recognised qualification. If that’s specifically what you need, call us on 1300 461 992 and we’ll point you in the right direction.
No. Australia’s beauty industry is deregulated, so you don’t need a licence to perform nail services. Proper training still gives you an advantage, and your Certificate of Completion helps with things like insurance, employment and council registration.
Yes. Our Business Builder course is included — it covers pricing your services, finding your first clients and setting yourself up properly.

Ready When You Are

Start today on a $399 deposit, pay in full, or take the info pack away and think it over. Either way, you’ve got 14 days to change your mind.

Prefer to talk it through? Call us on 1300 461 992, 7 days a week.