1. Manicuring
Module 25

2. Introduction
Long polished nails were a mark of distinction between aristocrats and laborers
Luxury for very few
The biggest/fastest growing services in salon

3. Manicure Latin Manus = hand Cura = care
Artful treatment and care of the hands and nails
Write in on page 850

4. Purpose of Manicures
Improve the appearance of the hands and their nails

5. Why Study Manicuring? Knowledge of the structure of the nail
(Highlight the bullet points)
Knowledge of the structure of the nail
Knowledge of the composition of the cosmetics used
Ability to give a manicure/pedicure efficiently and effectively
Ability to care for the client’s manicuring problems or concerns

6. Knowledge to be able to distinguish between disorders that may be treated in the salon and those diseases that must be treated by a physician
A thorough awareness of the procedures involved in sanitation and disinfection

7. Adhere to State and Government Regulations
Scope of Practice (SOP)
List of services legally allowed to perform in your state
May lose license if illegal services are performed
Legally liable if client is injured

8. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Provides guidelines for protecting cosmetologists from chemicals that can affect your health
Hypersensitivity reactions

9. OSHA Hazard Communication Standard requires ventilation for chemical services
Personal protective equipment (PPE)

10. Work with Nail Technology Tools
Equipment:
Permanent tools used
Do not need to be replaced unless not in good repair
PP 851 – 855
“Did You Know” Boxes PP 853
Highlight name of each piece of equipment

11. Disinfection Container
Large enough to hold enough liquid to cover several service sets
(sets of tools to be used in a service)
After removed from container must be rinsed dried and stored properly

12. Disinfectants must NEVER touch skin!
Use tongs or tweezers to remove
Wear gloves!!!!
Can be irritating to skin

13. Paraffin
Petroleum byproduct
Sealing properties
Added for extra charge

14. Ventilation System Chemicals can affect a worker’s health
Dust, odors and vapors can affect breathing and respiratory health
Symptoms are not seem right away
Months/years to see/feel affects
Fans/windows not a ventilation system
Breathing zone – 2 foot sphere around head/face

15. Figure 25 – 11a
Inside a source-capture ventilation system
Figure 25 – 11b
Portable 2 stage carbon filter ventilation system

16. Implements Must be disinfected, sanitized or disposed of after use
Small enough to fit into a disinfectant container
PP 857 – 859
“Did You Know” Boxes – PP 856, 858
State Regulatory Alert – PP 856

17. Sanitation for Implements (write on PP 856)
Wash with soap and warm water, rinse
Metal implements must be completely immersed in container filled with an approved disinfectant. (Follow manufacturers’ instructions for required time).
Rinse and dry thoroughly with clean towels
Store Properly - Follow state regulations for storage

18. Highlight name of each piece of equipment
Multiuse – reusable – can be properly cleansed and disinfected after use
Single-use – disposable – cannot be cleaned and disinfected – must be thrown out

19. Multiuse Implements
Metal pusher – used to gently scrape cuticle tissue from natural nail plate
Improper/careless use can cause microscopic trauma or injury
Microtrauma – tiny, often unseen openings in the skin – leads to infection
Nail nippers – used to carefully trim away DEAD skin around the nail

20. Single-use Implements
Wooden pusher
Used to remove cuticle tissue from nail plate
To clean under free edge
-to apply products

21. Materials Supplies used that must be replaced for each client
Highlight name of each material
Supplies used that must be replaced for each client
PP 859 – 861
Caution Box – PP 861

22. Gloves PPE – personal protection equipment
Protect from exposure to microbes
OSHA recommends nitrile gloves for better protection from chemicals

23. Abrasive Files Grit – the roughness or smoothness of the file
Lower the number the rougher the grit and the more aggressive its action
The higher the number the more smooth

24. Lower grit abrasives Less than 180 grit
Aggressive - quickly reduce thickness of any surface
Produce deeper & more visible scratches
Use with caution

25. File prepping – rub another file across the edge to remove sharp edge
Medium grit files
150 – 180 grit
180 grit used to shorten and shape natural nails

26. Fine grit 2 way or 3 way buffer 240 grit and higher
designed for buffing, polishing
Removing very fine scratches
2 way or 3 way buffer
Creates shine

27. Professional Nail Products
Know how to properly use
Know what ingredients
What it does
Proper storage
Remove from containers correctly
Highlight name of each product

28. Acetone – colorless, inflammable liquid, miscible with water
Soap
Used to clean cosmetologist’s & client’s hands
Infection control tool during pre-service hand washing procedure
Acetone – colorless, inflammable liquid, miscible with water

29. OSHA – DO NOT pour used chemicals
down drain
Throw on ground

30. Nail Creams Nail Oils Barrier products
Designed to seal & hold subdermal moisture
Nail Oils
Designed to absorb into nail plate
Increase flexibility
Soften and moisturize

31. Cuticle removers
Deigned to loosen and dissolve dead tissue on the nail plate
High pH value – caustic
irritating to the skin
2 - 5% sodium or potassium hydroxide
Added glycerin
Used according to manufacture's directions!!!

32. Nail bleach Designed to apply to nail plate/under free edge
Remove yellow surface discolorations or stains
Contain hydrogen peroxide
Wear gloves while bleaching nails

33. Gel polish Base Coat Lasts 10 – 21 days Natural nails
Creates colorless layer
Helps prevent polish from yellowing or discoloring nails

34. Nail hardeners Protein hardener
Improve surface hardness or durability of weak/thin nails
Protein hardener
Clear polish and hardener
Large molecules that cannot absorb into nail plate

35. Other nail hardeners Hardener ingredients
Contain reinforcing fibers (nylon)
Hardener ingredients
methlylene glycol creates bridges or crosslinks between keratin strands
Makes nail plate stiffer
More resistant to bending & breaking
Non-irritating to skin

36. Useful for thin weak nail plates
If signs of excessive brittleness or splitting, discolorations, of nail bed or adverse (bad) reactions stop using

37. Learn the Necessary Components to Perform the Basic Manicure
Basic manicure is the foundation of all nail technology services
Procedure should take 30 – 40 minutes
3 part procedure
Pre-service
Service
Post-service

38. Hand Washing Prevent the spread of communicable disease
Before and after each client
Clients wash too
“Did You Know” Box – PP 867

39. The Manicure Table Messy table creates a bad impression
Neat table will help client feel confident about your abilities
Follow all rules of sanitation and disinfection
Do not ask client to sit at dirty table PP

40. Client Consultation Talk to the client
Complete a client health record and service and product card
Discuss client’s general health, lifestyle, needs, and services to be offered
Use your knowledge to select the most appropriate service

41. “Focus on” – PP 868 Analysis: Recommendations: Information-gathering
Ask questions
Touch the skin, nails – educate the client
Recommendations:
Explain benefits and results of the recommended service (s)
Home care products and how to use

42. Portray yourself in a professional manner
Focus on client
Look directly at client while speaking in a tone that demonstrates integrity and confidence
Support your recommendations with facts and information
Be friendly and helpful

43. Discussing client’s general health
Diabetic
Carefully file and push Pterygium
NEVER nip cuticles
Heal slowly easily get infections
Damage can be deadly if skin is cut or scrapped
Arthritis - Hands held gently
Circulatory disease – massage very carefully if at all

44. (Write in on PP 868)
Contraindicated – avoiding a procedure or condition that may produce undesirable side effects
Contraindication – condition that requires avoiding certain treatments, procedures to prevent undesirable effects

45. Choosing a nail shape Shape of client’s hands Length of fingers
Shape of cuticles
Nails should be shaped to mirror the shape of the cuticle
Type of work client does
People who work with their hands require shorter nail length

46. Square nail Round nail Straight across the free edge
No rounding at edges
Round nail
Slightly tapered
Extend just a bit past the tip of the finger
Common choice for men

47. Oval nail Pointed nail Squoval nail Ideal shape Thin delicate nail
Tapered somewhat longer than usual to enhance the slender appearance of the hand
Squoval nail
Extend only slightly past fingertip
Nail tip rounded off
Square nail with ends rounded

48. Handling Blood During a Manicure (write in on PP 889)
Put on gloves
Apply Pressure
Stanch Bleeding
Complete service
Discard used materials
Clean table and disinfect implements
Remove gloves and wash hands

49. Finishing the nails Nail strengthener Base coat Colored polish
Top coat

50. Basic Manicure Procedure
Pre-service sanitation – PP
Basic Manicure Procedure – PP

51. Post-service procedures –PP

52. Men’s Manicure Conservative Square or round shape
Clear matte or dull finish

53. Hand and Arm Massage Keeps the hands flexible Well-groomed SmoothPP

54. General Movements Effleurage Petrissage Tapotement
Strokes in which hands glide over an area of the body
Petrissage
Kneading is lifting, squeezing and pressing the tissue
Tapotement
Rapid tapping or striking motions

55. Purpose of massage is inducement of relaxation
Vibration
Continuous shaking movement
Friction
Various strokes that press 1 layer of tissue over another (deep rubbing)
Purpose of massage is inducement of relaxation
Firm but gentle and slow rhythmic movement

56. Spa Manicure (PP 873 – 874) Relaxing massage Exfoliation
Check for allergies
Distinctive names that describe the treatment
“Did You Know” PP 873

57. Theme Manicures
Waterless manicures

58. Aromatherapy
1870’s
Essential oils
Requires study and training

59. Paraffin Wax Manicure (PP 875-877)
Traps moisture
Heat opens pores
Exfoliates dead skin cells
Increases blood circulation
Petroleum by product
Sealing properties
Holds moisture

60. 125 ° °
Use only approved heaters
Will not harm artificial or natural nails
Plastic bag application
Cheesecloth application
Single-use commercial gloves

61. Nail Art PP 877 – 878 French Manicure Smile Line Color fading
Color blocking
Marbleizing

62. French Manicure
Free edge is polished, tipped or sculpted in an opaque color
Tropical – more bold colors on free edge

63. Hot Oil/ Conditioning Oil Manicure (write on PP 879)
Heated creams/oils
Beneficial for ridged or brittle nails
Nail biters –keeps cuticles soft

64. Nail Problems (write on PP 883)
Hangnails – loose fringe of skin left around nail
Callus – thickened skin – softened with creams and lotions
Stains – may be bleached or using slightly dampening pumice powder to buff

65. (write PP 877) Booth Manicure Electric Manicure
Given while another service is given
Electric Manicure
Portable device operated by a small motor
Read directions and receive training before using!