Manicuring

Scope of practice (SOP)

The lists of services that you are legally allowed to preform in your specialty in your state

What are the 4 types of nail technology tools that you will incorporate into your services?

1. equipment

2. Implement

3. Materials

4. Professional nail products

Equipment

Equipment includes all permanent tools used to perform nail services that are not implements

Manicure table

Usually incudes a drawer and a shelf for storing properly cleaned and disinfected implements and professional products

Finger bowl

Used for soaking clients fingers in warm water to soften the skin and cuticle

Disinfection container

Large enough to hold sufficient liquid disinfectant solution to completely immerse several service sets of implements. Container that do not allow the entire implement to be submerged are not acceptable for use in professional salons.

All disinfectant containers must be what?

Kept closed when not in use to prevent contamination and evaporation

What order do implements need to be CLEANED

Scrubbed with warm water, liquid soap and a brush and then ringed and patted dry

What holds lint free wipes and needs to have a lid to protect the contents from dust and contaminants?

Gauze and cotton wipe container

What container with a self closing lid should be located next to your workstation?

Trash containers

2 types of light units

Uv lamps and led lamps

Electric mitts

Are available for both hands and feet

Higher cost service or add on

What coats the skin of the hands and feet? And is a upscale service?

Paraffin bath/tub

Paraffin bath

Has an automatic thermostat that maintains the paraffin and an ideal temperature for applications to the hands and feet paraffin is applied to enhance moisturization

What type of equipment are gloves?

(PPE)

What does BBP mean?

Blood form pathogens

What does UP mean

Universal precautions

What is a service set?

Clean disinfected or sterilized implement (The tools that will be used in a service) Service sets of implements are placed in a pouch through for being autoclave. The pouches are stored in a clean dry place at the start of each service compliment the implement storage pouch in front of a client so that they can see it has been properly disinfected.

How many times can you use a set of gloves?

Gloves are a single use equipment. A new set is used for every client and they may need to be changed during the service according to the protocol.

Gloves are thrown in what container?

The trash

After removing a set of gloves what will be your next immediate step?

Hand washing or apply anti microbial gel cleanser

What important step will you take before putting in a new set of gloves?

Hand washing or apply antimicrobial gel cleanser

How many times can you use a stainless steal implement?

multiple use (reusable)

What is an implement?

Tools used to perform your services

-can be multiple (reusable)

-or single use(disposable)

What metal implements will corrode during disinfection?

Nickel plated metal implements

How many times can you use a nail file?

Once it is a single use implement that cannot be reused and must be thrown away

What is a multi use implement?

Those that can be refused after infection control procedures have been performed

What is a metal pusher used for?

To gently scrape cuticle tissue from the natural nail plate

What is a nail nipper used for?

A stainless steel implement used to carefully trim away, dead skin around the nails

What are tweezers used for?

Multitask implements that can be used for lifting small bits of debris from the nail plate, retrieving and placing nail art, removing implements from disinfectant solutions and much more

What are nail clippers used for?

implements used to shorten the free edge quickly and efficiently

How do you use nail clippers?

Clifton nails from each side to prevent stress damage to the sides of the nail plates and then file to shape the nails

What gets the exception of cleaning and disinfection?

Nail polish brushes, they are stored in an oxygen free water free liquid, which does not allow the growth of microbes

Who uses a nail brush?

The nail technician and a client

What is a nail brush used for?

A nail brush is used by the client when he or she arrives into the salon as a part of handwashing

-A nail brushes used by the nail technician to remove surface breeze during a service

-A nail brush is used by the technician during handwashing between clients

-nail brushes used to scrub the implements before disinfection

How should nail oil be applied?

With disposable brushes or droppers

What does a lower grit mean?

The larger, the abrasive particles on the file and more aggressive it’s action is

What are lower grid files usually not used for?

Natural nails

What are higher number grit files used for?

to remove scratches and smooth surfaces through polishing

What do you need to do with a new file?

You must prep or edge before using them on a client to prevent harming the client with the sharp edges

What is file prepping?

To prepare

To prepare a file for use rub another clean, unused file across the edges to remove the sharp edge

What is medium grit 180 used for?

To smooth and refined surfaces and is used to shorten and shape natural nails

What is fine abrasives 240 and higher used for?

They are designed for buffing polishing and removing very fine scratches

What nail technology equipment Conveying length but is usually 36 inches to 48 inches long in width is normally 16 inches to 21 inches long?

Manicure table

The surface of a manicure table must be what?

Hard and impenetrable surface, such as glass

The chair with no wheels and low armrest are for?

Clients

Raising implements without proper cleaning and disinfection is against what type of regulation?

State regulation

What type of soap is recommended for handwashing?

Liquid soap

Hand washing

Handwashing before a service

Is known to remove over 90% of pathogenic microbes if performed correctly

What are the two types of polish removers?

Acetone based and non-acetone based

What is acetone?

It is a colorless, inflammable liquid miscible with water, alcohol and ether, and has a Sweetish odor or burning taste

What products are designed to soften dry skin around the nail plate and increase the flexibility of the natural nails

Nail creams lotions, and oils

What type of remover is designed to loosen and dissolved dead tissue on the nail plate?

Cuticle removers

Polish enamel, lacquer or varnish are what

Color coatings applied to natural nail plate

What is a base coat?

Basecoat creates a colorless layer on natural nail

Promotes that adhesion of polish or enhancement

Reduces the potential of staining of natural nail plate

What hardener is a combination of clear polish and a protein such as collagen

Protein hardener

Nail hardness should not be used on what type of nails

hard, rigid or riddle nails

methylene glycol is what

Also called the protein hardener

What is applied over colored, polished prevent chipping and add shine

Topcoat

What nail coatings are highly flammable?

All base coats, top coats, and nail polishes and hardeners

What is the purpose of nail conditioners?

To reduce brittleness of the nail

What are nail conditioners?

Oils, lotions, or creams

What is the cosmetic treatment of the hands involving cutting shaping and often painting of the nails removal of the cuticles and softening of the skin

Manicure

What three parts can you break down your nail care procedures?

Pre-service actual service and post service

What is an organized set up plan for cleaning and disinfecting your tools implementing materials for setting up the basic manicure table and for meeting greeting and escorting your client to the service area called

The pre-service procedure

which service is an organized step-by-step plan for accomplishing the actual service the client has requested such as manicure pedicure or nail tips are

Service procedure

What is fulcrum?

To ensure the stability of your hand holding the pusher place, a finger of that hand on a finger of the hand being worked on to perform a stabilizer

What do you apply to the nail to prevent staining?

A base coat

What is the most successful nail polish application?

The first is the base coat and is followed by two coats of polish color and then one application of topcoat

The manipulation of the soft tissues of the body

A massage

effleurage

A succession of strokes in which the hands glide over an area of the body with varying degrees of pressure or contact

Friction

Incorporate various strokes that manipulate or press one layer of tissue over another

What is a dry manicure?

Eliminates the soaking process

What reactions do essential oils make?

They induce a relaxing or invigorating or simply create a place in front garden during a service

What practice involves using a highly concentrated non-oily and volatile essential oils That are extracted from seeds, bark sleeves, woods, and or resin

Aromatherapy

What type of oils can people who haven’t studied a aromatherapy use?

Blended oils

What luxurious add-on service is designed to trap moisture into the skin while heat encourages skin points to accept its benefits

Paraffin wax treatments

What petroleum byproduct has excellent ceiling properties to hold moisture into the skin

Paraffin

What service contains products that support chosen them from lotions to oils

Theme manicures

What includes all permanent tools used to perform nail surfaces other than implements

Equipment

What is the recommended angle that you hold a polish brush?

30 to 35° angle

How many coats of polish do you need to apply to a woman’s nails?

Four

What type of polish remover is preferred when removing polish from nail enhancements

Non-acetone

Why is non-acetone removers chosen to remove polish off of nail enhancements

Because they will not to solve the enhancement products as quickly as acetone