Manicure

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A manicure is a beauty treatment for fingernails and hands. A manicure can treat just the hands or nails or both. A manicurist can provide various services for nails, such as the application of artificial nails such as tipss, acrylicss and gelss. A manicurist can also apply treatments to real nails, such as filing and polishing. Fancier manicures include painting pictures on the nails or applying small decals or imitation jewelss.

A standard manicure usually includes filing and shaping of the nails and the application of polish. Some specialty manicures, such as the French Manicure, may also be offered. Treatments for hands usually include soaking in a softening substance and application of lotion.

In many areas, manicurists are regulated and must be licensed. Because the skin is being manipulated and sometimes trimmed, and because there is a risk of tools being used on multiple people, proper sanitation is critical.

Table of contents

1 Common manicure tools and supplies
2 Preparation
3 Services provided
4 Massage Procedures

Common manicure tools and supplies

Nail polish

Nail polish remover

Cuticle clippers
Cuticle scissors
Cuticle remover cream
Emeryboards
Orangewood stick
Hand lotion
Finger bath
Finger brush
Cotton wool
Sanitizing towels
Sanitizer
Metal or plastic container to hold implements being sanitized
Trash can

Preparation

A manicurist prepares for a customer by ensuring that the working area and tools are sanitized and conveniently located. This might include sanitizing the working surface, such as a table top, placing clean metal implements into the jar with sanitizing liquid, and having sanitizing towels and new tools such as orange sticks and emery boards arranged neatly near the working area. This reassures the customer that the manicurist understands the values of cleanliness and attention to detail.

Services provided

There is such a wide variety of services available from manicurists, and each manicurist might have a specialty. A reputable manicurist ensures that a client knows what services are available and explains the procedures and costs.

Standard services for a basic manicure include sanitizing the customer's hands before proceeding, removing old nail polish, filing nails to a desired length and shape using either emery boards (gentler) or metal files (work more rapidly but can be more stressful on the nails), and pushing the cuticle away from the nail using cuticle remover and a cuticle pusher. Manicurists often offer to soak and trim ragged cuticles with cuticle scissors, but some customers prefer not to have their skin cut, even if it is loosened, dead skin. In most cases, the manicurist also applies at least one layer of nail polish, if only a simple clear polish.

For colored nails, the procedure takes longer, as the manicurist must apply and allow to dry at least three layers: the (usually clear) base coat, the color coat, and the final (usually clear again) top coat.

Massage Procedures

Remove all the customers jewelry and push their sleeves up if they are wearing sweaters or long sleeves.
Stretch their arm across the table comfortably.
Apply 5 dots up the arm with massage cream
Rub some massage cream on your hands and begin working in the lotion into the customer's arms.
Use rotary movements beginning at the elbow going down towards the wrist. Slide up the arm. Repeat 3 Xs. Flip arm and repeat on the other side.
Wring arm going up, slide down arm; repeat 3 Xs. Flip arm; repeat 3 Xs.
Hack arm up and down arm both sides; 3 Xs.
Criss cross around both sides of wrist
Place customer's arm upright, elbow on the table hold hands, and teeter totter your and customers hands/wrist 3 X's
Begin at the top of the wrist and use rotary motions going down the thumb and pinkie then go back to wrist, then rotate down next two fingers. Then repeat movements down middle finger. Pinch each finger tip as you slide off the finger
One finger at a time rotate and flex each finger
Make sure all the lotion is rubbed in all the way