Complete list of pedicure tools and kits

With the onset of the summer season, any fashionista gets an arsenal of sandals and shoes of various colors and designs. All of them are united by one feature - heels and toes are visible in them, and therefore care for them should be more thorough. A pedicure will help to correct small flaws and emphasize the virtues of beautiful feet, and a multi-colored varnish coating will emphasize style and originality. To make skin and nail care comfortable not only in the salon, but also at home, you must make sure that you have all the necessary tools and accessories.

In professional salons, you can find a huge number of different files, scrapers, tweezers or scissors. They may vary in material, shape and size, and all of them may be needed for quality service. Of course, for home use, such a large number of devices, often almost indistinguishable from each other, is not necessary to acquire. But to manage with a couple of tools will not work either. You must be ready to spend a tidy amount in advance to purchase everything that may be required even for the simplest nail treatment.

There are some differences both in appearance and cost, and in the functionality of conventional and professional pedicure tools.Most often, products for home use are less durable, since they do not have to work at such a frequency. Because of this, their cost is significantly lower. In addition, not every tool from the salon will be required for simple home care. The minimum kit for individual use in home care includes the following tools.

• Nail scissors and cuticles. Thin nails are most conveniently trimmed with small manicure scissors, which, if necessary, can also be used to trim the cuticle. They can be with a long or short tip, have a thinner or wider handle. It is impossible to predict which shape will suit a particular girl, but when choosing, you need to focus on how such scissors fit into your hand. Fingers should freely enter the rings, the carnation should not be too tight, but too loose will interfere with work.
• Nippers with trihedral tips. This tool is more convenient than scissors to cut the cuticle and burrs due to the special shape of the blades. They adhere more closely to the cutting edge and do not leave torn edges.

• Tongs for nails. The nail plate on the toes is thicker and stronger than on the hands, so it is quite difficult to cut it off with ordinary scissors. Small tweezers will come to the rescue, which can easily cut a fingernail in one click on the handle.
• Nailfile. An ideal option would be to purchase a whole set, which will include several tools of different sizes and abrasives. This is necessary in order not only to file the edge of the cut nail, but also to bring it to a certain shape and give smoothness. The finest-grained nail file can be ground the surface of the nail plate before applying the gel or varnish.
• File or grater for the skin. Graters for the skin will also have to be purchased in a set, since different areas of the skin will require different stiffness. More rigid graters remove the upper coarse layer of skin from the heel, various corns and corns. A softer file will help treat the skin around the nail and on softer areas of the foot.

• Recent years are becoming increasingly popular. multi-sided laser graters. They are made of stainless steel, so they can be used both with dry and with wet pedicure. The instrument got its name due to small teeth on the working surface, which removes the dead layer of cells. Such small nicks are applied to the metal with special laser equipment.
• Brush. For extremely sensitive and dry skin, a grater can be perfectly replaced by a simple brush with a short and stiff bristle. Also, this tool perfectly cleans the surface under the nail, where road dust constantly gets into the summer season.

• Scraper. Overdried and rough skin does not succumb even to a file of the lowest abrasiveness. In such cases, nothing remains, except how to cut off these dead areas. In order not to cut or injure living tissue, a special scraper was developed. In it, a sharp blade is hidden in a neat nozzle that adjusts the thickness of the cut layer and prevents an inexperienced person from injuring himself. Usually, it is necessary to cut off the skin only if for a long time the skin was deprived of even minimal care, so the tool is not very useful. But in some cases, doing without it still will not work.
• Pusher. This tool got its name from the English “push” - push. It is designed to move the cuticle, which has grown on the nail plate. It is best to purchase a double-sided pusher, on the second end of which there is a small clove.This clove is convenient to remove excess pterygium from the nail (a thin, almost transparent layer of skin near the nail bed) without injuring the nail plate itself with a sharp blade.

These products will be enough to make the easiest manicure yourself. It should be borne in mind that you first need to soak your feet in warm water (you can do this in an ordinary basin), wipe with a towel and remove debris or felled particles of the nail with wet towels or cotton pads.

A complete list of all professional tools and devices for skin and nail care includes, perhaps, more than a hundred positions. The description of each of them will take more than one page. All of them can be grouped according to certain criteria and be divided into the following subgroups.

• Tools and tools for working with the nail. These are various scissors with straight and curved blades, nippers, files and tongs of various shapes and sizes, made of different materials. This also includes all tools and all equipment for applying care and decorative coatings on the nail plate. These are various varnishes and gels, rhinestones, tools for painting and printing on nails. Special ultraviolet lamps that allow gel polish to harden on nails. Good salons use special floor lamps, larger than table lamps, for the convenience of clients. Special tools for nail decoration, such as brushes, dots and fimo.

• Tools and tools for working with cuticles. This subgroup includes both ordinary manicure scissors and nippers that can be used for the nail itself, as well as specialized shovels, pushers, wooden sticks and cutters. To this subgroup can be attributed special means to soften and remove the cuticle. Means that actually dissolve this thin film of skin on the nail are called "removers."

• Tools and products for skin care. This includes a variety of nail files and graters for leather, bristles with coarse bristles and pumice. A wide range of different scrapers and blades to deal with coarse areas, removers for corns and corns. A very interesting device for salon pedicure is special socks soaked in special chemical compounds. They are worn for a certain time, after which the upper layer of dead cells slides from the foot, like snake skin.

• Auxiliary equipment and accessories. This group includes special bathtubs for pedicures, chairs and coasters. Containers for storage and disinfection of tools, special hoods and vacuum cleaners designed to rid the skin and the surrounding area of ​​nail dust. These are various consumables in the form of disposable slippers, various wraps, dry and wet wipes, gloves for the master, socks for the client. This subgroup can include special magnifiers that greatly facilitate the work of a professional and allow you to see and eliminate more defects in the nail and skin, or make a very thin picture even on the smallest nail.

In addition to professional and home pedicure tools, there are those that can be used both in the salon and individually. Most often these are some sets and special cars. For example, one of the most popular devices for processing leather and nails both in the salon and at home care is a small grinder with several cutters. The only difference between a professional tool and a conventional one is its power and variety of nozzles.

Ready-made kits for foot care from renowned manufacturers can be purchased for home use, while the master in the salon can serve the client, taking exactly such tools out of the box. Ultraviolet and LED lamps, various hot tubs and makeup products are also considered universal tools and equipment.

Those who purchase nail and skin care tools for the first time will have to carefully select a reliable manufacturer and quality products. Pay attention to the following points when choosing.

• A good tool is easy to use. It sits perfectly in the hand, does not slip and does not require much force when pressed.
• The sharpening of any cutting edges should be such that they do not tear, but cut the skin.
• High-quality blades of a scraper or a special razor do not close the cut area and move smoothly and smoothly.
• The material must be hard and anti-corrosion, since the pedicure involves frequent contact with warm water.
• The thicker the nails on the toes, the larger the size of the forceps should be.
• If possible, it is better to choose several varieties of one tool, so that during the procedure to find out which one is more convenient and better.
• Not every expensive product is quality, but good tools cannot be too cheap.

Do not be very upset if the first tool chosen is not perfect, experience comes with time. However, there are several manufacturers whose product reviews for many years remain mostly high both from professionals and from ordinary users. For example, one of the oldest and most famous German firms Zinger or the more modern Camillen 60.

There are many manuals and examples of using this or that tool on the network, and some packages even have small instructions. Since each device is designed for a specific purpose, the instructions for their use will vary significantly. There are some general rules that are best followed.

• A sander only processes dry skin. If you put the cutter on a wet area, then it will either scroll on it “idle” or damage tender steamed skin.
• It is strictly forbidden to take with wet hands those devices that are connected to the mains. In addition, it is advisable to clean the basins and baths with water away from such devices.

• A hardware pedicure is not done on feet that have a rash, inflammation or sore. It is necessary to solve the health problems of the foot, and then go on to restore beauty. Pruning and the simplest home manicure can be done, but it is better to wait for the healing of all areas. The same rule applies in case of ingrown or damaged nails. This is a priority problem, and pedicures can be postponed.
• All tools must be in good condition, they must be clean and sharp. After each procedure carried out at home, all equipment must be thoroughly washed with soap and dried.

If personal tools are easy to wash after using soapy water, then salon tools require more thorough disinfection. This is due to the fact that in the salon with the same scissors or nippers they process the nails of different people. For those who want a more thorough care of their home arsenal, you can safely take the example of salons.

Disinfection can be carried out using special solutions: "Mikospor", "Gigasept" and others like that. To do this, immerse the tools in a container filled with a solution, and keep them in it for the time indicated on the packaging of the disinfector. Another great tool that you can use to process personal tools is ordinary alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.

Sterilization in salons is carried out in special equipment at high temperatures. To acquire such expensive and massive equipment home is impractical. An ordinary foil and an oven can come to the rescue. Clean, dry instruments are laid out on the foil in such a way as not to touch each other, and put for 15 minutes in the oven, heated to 200 degrees.

Even the best tools, when improperly used or stored, quickly become unusable. To prevent this from happening, you need to set aside for them a special drawer for the nightstand or a deep box. It is good if each tool will lie in a separate compartment or be pulled to the side of the box with a small rubber band. Such organizers can be easily made independently or by example from the Internet. Of course, do not drop and drop your tools, use them for other purposes and leave them in the water for a long time.

It is advisable to regularly check the sharpness of all cutting edges and sharpen them in a timely manner. If there is no experience of independent sharpening, then it is better to give a pedicure tool to a specialist. Spring products (tongs or wire cutters) should always be kept open to prevent the spring from stretching.

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