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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.
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.
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Brush on nail glue
What it is: A quick-drying type of adhesive that is applied in liquid form, which dries to then hold two materials together.
What it is used for: Adhesive is used to adhere nail tips to the natural nail for a tip and overlay service.
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.
Dual sided, stainless steel, professional implement
Precision Application And Multiple Use
Precision Designed
A Multitude Of Uses
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.
Strong and 100% lint free
What it is: Lint-free wipes are created from a tighter weave of cotton, so the wipe does not shed any material/fabric and contaminate or stick any debris to the nail during a service.
How to use it: Used to clean implements and cleanse nails before, during and after services where any contamination and debris must be removed to leave a squeaky clean nail. Lint-free wipes do not leave any fibres behind.
Dual sided, stainless steel, professional implement
Precision Application And Multiple Use
Precision Designed
A Multitude Of Uses
What it is: Specialist tools/utensils used to perform nail services. Implements can be multi or single-use and manufactured for purpose.
How to use it: Each implement has a specific job during the nail service; these include metal nail clippers, metal or glass nail files, tip cutters (for cutting artificial nail tips), nail nippers for nipping away hangnails, efile bits, stork scissors for cutting fiberglass mesh, cuticle pusher for gently pushing back the proximal nail fold.
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 at least 10 minutes. Then dry and store. If the tools have come into contact with any bodily fluids, then sterilize them in an appropriate sterilizer.
Nail files and buffers (emery boards) require brushing off the debris, washing in soapy water and spraying with appropriate disinfectant. Ideally you will have a set that is allocated to each client, so there is no cross contamination.
How to store: Place in a clean, dry place (a drawer lined with clean paper towels) away from any unclean tools.
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Brush on nail glue
What it is: A type of adhesive that is applied in liquid form, which dries to then hold two materials together.
How to use it: Adhesive is used to adhere nail tips to the natural nail for a tip and overlay service.
Ceramic dish with a heavy base and a cork top
Pink Crystal Dappen Dish
What it is: A small glass or plastic container with a lid, that holds a minimal amount of monomer liquid for one service use when sculpting or creating an overlay using the liquid & powder artificial nail system.
How to store it: Take any leftover monomer and create a small bead. Wipe this into a lint-free wipe and then use a fresh lint-free wipe to clean the dish. Discard the lint-free wipes according to your local hazardous waste disposal rules & regulations.