MANICURE

What it is: AKA masque; concentrated treatment product used in manicures and pedicures. Composed of mineral clays, moisturizing agents, skin softeners, aromatherapy oils, and other beneficial ingredients, which combine to cleanse, tighten, tone, hydrate, and nourish the skin.
How to use: Used as a luxury upgrade element to any manicure or pedicure service.
How to apply: Decant a single serving and apply to the skin with a spatula or masque brush. Often covered with thin plastic and warm towels to harness heat from the body and allow the skin’s pores to open and receive the efficacy of the ingredients.
How to remove: Rinse off with warm water or wipe away with hot, wet towels.
How to store: Store with lids closed tightly in a cool dark place.
What it is: AKA masque; concentrated treatment product used in manicures and pedicures. Composed of mineral clays, moisturizing agents, skin softeners, aromatherapy oils, and other beneficial ingredients, which combine to cleanse, tighten, tone, hydrate, and nourish the skin.
How to use: Used as a luxury upgrade element to any manicure or pedicure service.
How to apply: Decant a single serving and apply to the skin with a spatula or masque brush. Often covered with thin plastic and warm towels to harness heat from the body and allow the skin’s pores to open and receive the efficacy of the ingredients.
How to remove: Rinse off with warm water or wipe away with hot, wet towels.
How to store: Store with lids closed tightly in a cool dark place.
What it is: Formulated to bond color to the natural nail, this nitrocelulose or gel-based product is used to promote adhesion of color and prevent staining.
How to use it: Used in manicures or artificial nail services to bond polish or gel polish to the surface of the nail.
How to apply it: Applied in a thin layer smoothly and evenly over a prepared natural nail or enhancement covering the tip.
How to remove it: Removed with acetone-based product remover.
How to store it: Store with lids tightly closed in a cool, dry place and keep away from heat and light.
This series will help you elevate your nail game for effective and efficient salon services, from ensuring a proper foundation to increasing your speed, revenue and value when creating salon shapes and designs that are sure to impress your clients and give you a stress-free creative environment.
Do you have questions for the artist? GlossaryLive will present a LIVE interview with this artist. Email your questions to be featured during the Q&A session.
This series will help you elevate your nail game for effective and efficient salon services, from ensuring a proper foundation to increasing your speed, revenue and value when creating salon shapes and designs that are sure to impress your clients and give you a stress-free creative environment.
Do you have questions for the artist? GlossaryLive will present a LIVE interview with this artist. Email your questions to be featured during the Q&A session.
This series will help you elevate your nail game for effective and efficient salon services, from ensuring a proper foundation to increasing your speed, revenue and value when creating salon shapes and designs that are sure to impress your clients and give you a stress-free creative environment.
Do you have questions for the artist? GlossaryLive will present a LIVE interview with this artist. Email your questions to be featured during the Q&A session.
Alisha is recognized as one of the nail industry’s leading experts in training & education. In her 28 years experience, her work has been described as ‘ground-breaking’ through her career as a platform artist & motivational speaker for thousands of promotional & educational events. She’s also competed in hundreds of nail competitions around the globe, notably winning the World Nail Championship in 2005 in Pink & White Sculptured Nails. She’s also the featured artist in many training videos, including acting host of the current Milady Standard Nail Technology DVD series.
Alisha is recognized as one of the nail industry’s leading experts in training & education. In her 28 years experience, her work has been described as ‘ground-breaking’ through her career as a platform artist & motivational speaker for thousands of promotional & educational events. She’s also competed in hundreds of nail competitions around the globe, notably winning the World Nail Championship in 2005 in Pink & White Sculptured Nails. She’s also the featured artist in many training videos, including acting host of the current Milady Standard Nail Technology DVD series.
Alisha is recognized as one of the nail industry’s leading experts in training & education. In her 28 years experience, her work has been described as ‘ground-breaking’ through her career as a platform artist & motivational speaker for thousands of promotional & educational events. She’s also competed in hundreds of nail competitions around the globe, notably winning the World Nail Championship in 2005 in Pink & White Sculptured Nails. She’s also the featured artist in many training videos, including acting host of the current Milady Standard Nail Technology DVD series.
What it is: An implement with a spoon-shaped end, used to gently push back the eponychium to expose the excess cuticle attached to the nail plate.
How to use it: Used at the start of each service to gently push back the surrounding skin to expose the nail plate. Some pushers have a scraping end, shaped like half a nail nipper, that can gently scrape away the dead skin to clean the nail plate.
How to disinfect it: Scrub with soap and water, and dry. Next, submerge in hospital grade disinfectant for the recommended amount of time, then remove, rinse, dry and store.
How to store it: After disinfection and sanitization, store covered, in a clean dry area.
Cuticle Pusher
An Implement with a spoon-shaped end used to gently push back the Acuna Cube to expose the excess cuticle attached to the nail plate.
Used at the start of each service to gently push back the surrounding skin to expose the nail plate.
Pushers have a scraping end shaped like half of a nail Nipper that can gently scrape away the dead skin to clean the nail plate.
Scrub with soap and water then dry next submerge in hospital grade disinfectant after disinfection and sanitization store covered in a clean dry area.