Professional pedicure: a review of techniques and tools for the procedure

It is impossible to leave feet without attention and care. The appearance, comfort when walking and health depend on their care. You can take care of them at home, but a professional pedicure is preferable.

Pedicure is one of the body care treatments. Without well-groomed legs, the image of a neat and beautiful girl cannot be created. A professional pedicure has a number of features that distinguish it from home.

• giving an aesthetic appearance to the legs quickly enough (in 40-60 minutes);
• the procedure is performed by a specialist who will not do anything unnecessary and do no harm;
• maintaining skin hygiene;
• year-round foot care;
• fungal prophylaxis;
• protection against ingrown nails;
• removal of ingrown nails;
• elimination of corns;
• prevention of foot deformity;
• flatfoot warning;
• elimination of skin residues that clog the space under the nails and create a favorable environment for the multiplication of dangerous bacteria.

There are two main types of professional pedicure: the first is classic, and the second is hardware. Doing this or that procedure, they take care of the nails, feet in a complex and prevent the development of dangerous fungal diseases. Although there are two main types, there are many techniques based on them. Each of them has its own characteristics.

Unlike hardware pedicure, classic involves manual foot skin care. The procedure is popular with masters and girls who are accustomed to take care of themselves (or do not have money for salon procedures). To make a classic pedicure, you will need the following tools:

• scissors;
• file;
• pumice;
• forceps.

Before removing the coarse heels, the skin of the feet is cleaned, softened by immersion in a soap solution with the addition of salt. Then they pick up pumice and rub the heels to remove the untidy rough “crust”. After that, cuticles of nails are separated by trimming or pushing away with a special wooden stick, the feet are treated with a scrub. If the client wishes, then after polishing her nails are painted. The procedure is considered complete when a nourishing cream is applied to the foot and a light massage is performed.

A good master never shortens the nail plate “under the root”, leaving a noticeable edge of the nail. He does this not because it can not be otherwise, but to prevent the ingrowth of the nail into the skin.

Japanese pedicure has one fundamental difference from all other techniques. Making it, the master uses natural and natural products (scrubs, herbal solutions, minerals, polishing pastes, base and essential oils, herbal bags). He does not treat even the roughest skin of his feet with metal tools and synthetic devices. With the help of a careful and delicate Japanese pedicure, heal the disturbing small wounds on the legs, remove cracks, soften the coarsened areas of the skin, eliminate corns and corns.

The European pedicure has one nuance: putting in order the foot, the master never cuts the cuticle, does not use water and metal tools. He works with special cosmetics. From their use, the skin and cuticle soften. After applying a scrub, remove corns, calluses, and if it does not help, use pumice. After applying the oil affect the cuticle, pushing it with an orange stick. After staining the nails, a cream is applied to the foot.

Girls are reluctant to sign up for a European pedicure. Not everyone likes that the cuticle is pushed back, not cut off. Customers are afraid that the nails will soon look untidy. But if you do such a pedicure regularly, the cuticle will become thinner and the nails will not become sloppy even after three weeks.

Hardware pedicure is popular with thin-skinned girls (for example, between the fingers or in the cuticle area). Unlike classic hardware pedicure, this is a dry method of treating feet and toes. The master acts on the skin with a special device, which is an electric machine with different cutters. Depending on the model, the rotation speed and reverse of the machine vary. Some have a built-in vacuum cleaner responsible for collecting coarse or keratinized skin particles.

Using a pedicure apparatus, the skin of the legs is polished, not cut off, as is the case during the classic pedicure procedure. They treat the skin of the feet and heels with wide nozzles (dense layers of keratinized skin lend themselves better to this), while thin ones work on the fingers and in the cuticle area (they are designed for “jewelry” work). At the end of the treatment, the skin is exposed to grinding.

The result depends on what means and cosmetics are used when doing pedicures.

They do not always keep their feet steaming in warm water with shampoo, laundry soap or salt. Tasha oil not only effectively softens rough skin, creating the impression that everything happens in the SPA-salon, but also accelerates blood flow, fights swelling, refreshes and removes excessive dryness.

It contains natural sugar and whitecurrant seeds, which have an abrasive effect. When applying a product called "Crystal Shoe" on the feet, they soon notice that the traces of peeling and pollution on them have disappeared. Other ingredients - rose oil and cranberries - make the skin smooth and soft.The maximum effect is achieved if you hold the legs in water before applying it.

MIKO essential oil cares for toenails. Lemon is one of the components of this product, which is responsible for giving them a healthy glow. Also contains rice bran oil, with the help of which they mitigate and slow down the cuticle growth; tea tree oil and manuka with antibacterial action.

Cream "White Tea" gently envelops the feet. It helps moisturize, soften and nourish the skin thanks to macadamia nut vitamins, shea butter, blackcurrant seeds in the composition. The tool is instantly absorbed and begins to act.

From the “Intensive Nutrition” means a sharp and awakening aroma of sea buckthorn. Although it is inexpensive, it copes with nutrition and hydration. If you use the cream regularly, microcracks will heal and the corns will soften.

Masters often remove corns with a budget composition called Get Off. They bring their feet to perfection, removing the growths formed on the skin. All that is needed is to spray it on problem areas and remove the atrophied particles of skin with a suitable tool.

Foot care is an important procedure. While some hide imperfections in closed shoes and boots, others visit a beauty salon, where they do professional pedicures. It happens that the first and would be happy to change something, but they are afraid to get burned with the master. Specialists give such advice:

• Do not go to the first salon found. Masters do not search for ads, and laudatory reviews on the Internet, although they take them into account, do not completely trust them. It is better to find a specialist on the recommendations of acquaintances, friends or relatives.
• A true professional, as a rule, does not work for pennies in a second-rate salon, does not huddle in the corner near the exit of the hairdresser. He has a spacious bright office with high-quality equipment.
• He works in special protective clothing (apron, kerchief, face mask), and not in tights with a t-shirt.

• Passes a medical examination annually.
• The master works strictly according to technology, without departing from it.
• He uses a high-quality milling machine, and not the first one that was bought based on feedback from the Internet. She has a power of 40 watts or more. Because otherwise you will have to make efforts in order to process the foot without stopping the cutter (the optimal speed of its rotation should be 10-20 thousand rpm / min).
• In order not to be difficult to find a master and not to trust unfamiliar people with your legs, you can learn professional pedicure by signing up for special courses.

Plain pedicure is still in fashion. He is considered a classic of the genre and an interesting solution for stylish nail-art. It is not necessary to paint the nails on the arms and legs the same way. They are painted with different varnishes, but only so that the color on the legs is combined with what is on the hands.

Today, nowhere without a picture (themes: floral prints, geometric patterns, abstractions, marble coating). They decorate all or several toenails (on others, the coating is left plain). The main thing is not to overdo it with the complexity of the patterns: the simpler and more concise they look, the better.

Toenails are given an oval, rectangular or rounded shape. When staining, two techniques are often combined (plain coating + geometric pattern, jacket + pattern) and used to enhance the effect of rhinestones, pebbles, beads. In the trend colors: red, white, black, blue, blue, peach, pink, lilac, purple.

See how to make a classic pedicure in the next video.