We recently connected with Jessica Delgado and have shared our conversation below.

Jessica , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today How do you feel about asking friends and family to support your business? What’s appropriate, what’s not? Where do you draw the line?

Sometimes your own friends or family won’t support you at all but don’t take it personal and don’t expect them to support you, just focus on the ones who Are supporting you because sometimes the person you never thoughts you’de run into again becomes your biggest most loyal supporter. By biggest supporter I’m talking about the clients who share my work on their story, word of mouth, offer me food or drinks , pay my worth without questioning plus tip , the ones who do the most for me. Not all money is good money, some peoples negative energy is not even worth doing business with them, I feel that it’s not appropriate to ask for freebies or discounts either, that’s where I cross the line. I’ve had to fire clients because I am an empath and their energy just wasn’t for me.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Jessica I’ve been a nail tech for 8 years,I am also a crafty girl, photographer, content creator and editor. I would also consider myself a therapist with all this venting that happens in my nail room, I’ve been thanked an handful of times by clients for listening to them and giving them advice. Everything started off as a hobby but people started actually paying for my services. My family always complimented my talents so I always knew I wanted to do something in the art/ beauty/ fashion industry ! I got into nails at 18 years old, working a 9-5 and I hated working for someone so much that I just started doing nails self taught on YouTube for 3 years and believe it or not I started getting lots of clients, I worked in my bedroom and random people/ acquaintances would still support me. Now I have an actual private room for my clients to have some privacy/ girl time. I went to Tucson college of beauty, now it’s been 4 years since I got my nail license ! Taking that risk was the best thing I ever did, sometimes you think no one will support you,or you are scared to fail some how, or that you aren’t good enough but those are just negative thoughts, it comes faster than you think once you put that work in. Do it scared !

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

My biggest advice to build your audience for social media is to show yourself. show the person behind the business, people wanna see your personality, your space, how clean you are, your retention, post consistently and get creative, everything is content , reels are the best type of content. I love to do giveaways during the holidays. Share other peoples small businesses and interact with people who are showing you support. reach out to other people who do the same as you and collab and make magic together ! Never stop investing into perfecting your craft

Have you ever had to pivot?

I got pregnant during Covid, I had to stop doing nails for about 2 years because I couldn’t be near anyone , people would come in knowing they were sick,they didn’t respect that I was pregnant and they didn’t care to take a Covid test either. that didn’t stop me from hustling, thats when I started getting into my crafty girl era, people would pay me to paint them stuff , and they would pick it up at my door step. now I make multiple incomes from crafts/ painting, nails makeup and photography. I feel so blessed to be able to make my own schedule. And most importantly I get to do what I love.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @my.naiiil.faiiiry
• Facebook: Jessica Cordova
• Other: Instagram : @crafty.giiirl for my crafting page on instagram

  Instagram: @aesthetic.lenzzz is my photography page

  Instagram: @jethickaaa personal page

  Threads @my.naiiil.faiiiry

  Tik tok @jethickaaa

Image Credits

@aesthetic.lenzzz on instagram