The Nail School

Manicure
01.Examine clients hands for contra indications and sanitise yours and your clients hands with hand gel or spray.

02. Using an emery board file and shape your clients nails to the required length. Always file inwards towards the centre of the nail along the edge.

03. Using a glass or crystal file, run the file under the free edge of the nail to bevel the layers of the nail. The nail plate grows in three layers and if you dont bevel the free edge to seal the layers, the layers can separate along the free edge.

04. You can if you wish use a buffing file to smooth the top of the nail plate using the file stroke as shown in the image to the left.

05. Put a small amount of cuticle cream onto each cuticle of one hand. Massage gently into each cuticle.

06. Place the hand into the cuticle soak and start on the other hand repeating steps 2 to 5.

07. Take out the first hand from soak and place the other hand into soak. Dry the first hand on a towel.

08. Apply cuticle remover to each cuticle.

09. Using the hoof stick in circular movements over the back of the nail plate gently push back the cuticles.

10. Scrape off non-living tissue from the suface of the nail plate with the cuticle knife.

11. Using the cuticle nippers, take off any hang nail. Wipe both hands to remove any residue of products.

12. You are now ready to do the massage. Put massage cream into the palm of your hand rub hands together and start the massage.

13. Smooth the cream over the arm and hands using effleurage movements.

14. Massage wrist.

15. Massage the top of the hand between the joints.

16. Massage the digits. Finish off by gently pulling down the finger.

17. Turn over the hand and massage the palm.

18. Interlock fingers with your client and push back and forward, to the left and right.

19. Wipe nail plates with non acetone to make squeaky clean ready for the nail vanish.