What it is: AKA hoof stick; a plastic pusher with a rubber end that is used to push the surrounding nail skin during a manicure.
How to use it: Used instead of a metal nail pusher for sensitive clients or for homecare between salon visits.
How to disinfect: Scrub with soap and water and dry. Then submerge in hospital grade disinfectant.
How to store: After disinfection and sanitization, store covered, in a clean dry area.
What it is: The bones that make up the fingers and toes. The fingertip bone, which determines the overall length, shape, curvature and spread of the nail unit. Each hand and foot has 14 phalanges. Each finger and toe has three, except for the thumbs and big toes that house two phalanges.
What it is: A disposable slender, thin stick like a pencil usually made from orangewood with tapered ends that proffer one with a point and one rounded for manicuring.
How to use it: Used by nail professionals for cleaning debris from under the free edge, along the sidewalls, for cleaning up polish and many applications in nail art too.
How to store it: Orangewood sticks are disposable and thrown away after each client.
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Assorted Nail Lacquers
What it is: AKA lacquer, enamel. A bottle & brush formula of polymer resins, plastisizers, solvents & pigments that create a hard, flexible nail coating.
How to use it: Used to beautify or strengthen the nail.
How to apply it: Most often used with a base coat, then 2 layers of color, then finished with a shiny or matte top coat.
How to remove it: Apply acetone or polish remover on a cotton pad, then gently press to the nail & slowly pull off the nail polish towards the free edge.
How to store it: Store with lids tightly closed in a cool, dry place & keep away from heat & light.
Pink Nail Nipper
What it is: A metal implement used to carefully trim away dead skin around the nails.
How to disinfect it: Scrub with soap and water, and dry. Then submerge in hospital grade disinfectant.
How to store it: After disinfection and sanitization, store covered, in a clean dry area.
What it is: Used on the natural nail and surrounding skin to condition and protect, it acts as a barrier product, which contains ingredients designed to seal the surface and hold sub-dermal moisture in the skin.
How to use it: Rub and massage into the nail and surrounding skin to stimulate the matrix by increasing blood circulation, while conditioning and protecting the nail. Aids in healing and repairing damage, helps address any roughness and softens tough skin at the eponychium.
What it is: An implement designed specifically to shorten the free-edge of fingernails and toenails safely, quickly and efficiently.
How to use it: Use during a manicure or pedicure to shorten the nails. Sometimes used to shorten plastic nail tips when a tip cutter is not present.
How to disinfect it: Scrub with soap and water, and dry. Then submerge in hospital grade disinfectant.
How to store it: After disinfection and sanitization, store covered, in a clean dry area.
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What it is: Also known as reusable implements; these are tools used in a nail service that are generally stainless steel and must be properly cleaned and disinfected between clients.
How to disinfect: After each client, sanitize implements by washing in hot soapy water and scrubbing with a nylon brush. Dry with a clean towel. Next submerge in disinfectant for the manufacturer’s recommended time. Remove the implements from disinfectant, rinse, pat dry and store.
What it is: A preparation (such as a lotion or cream) applied to the skin to prevent or relieve dryness.
How to use it: Used in nail services to help treat dry skin and prevent it from drying out again. Moisturizers do this by holding water in the stratum corneum, the outermost layer of the skin. (Lanolin, the conditioning secretion from sheep’s skin found in their wool, is an ingredient used in many skin and hair care products used for its moisturizing ability.)
What it is: The manipulation of the soft tissues of the body using stroking, kneading, rolling and pressing actions.
How it is used: Used in manicure and pedicure services to relax and rebalance the body to complete the treatment and give the client an all over feeling of wellbeing.
