The fair sex has long ceased to be limited only to the processing of fingernails - pedicure today is an equally important procedure. Although someone may consider that it is worth doing this procedure only in the warm season, when wearing shoes that open your toes begins, this point of view is very erroneous. Today's pedicure consists not only in painting nails, but also in getting rid of corns and corns, softening the heels, preventing ingrown nails and general care.
The main types of procedures and their differences
Existing pedicure options today will not only satisfy the most demanding beauty, but will also suit any wallet. It is worth noting that each species has both certain advantages and disadvantages. In general, it is important to start with the fact that experts recommend doing a pedicure once every two weeks. Of course, it is better to contact the salon, but at home it will be quite successful. As part of this procedure, it is important to remove excess skin, soften roughness and adjust the shape and size of the nail plate.
Aesthetic pedicure, that is, painting and other decoration of the nail, is carried out at will. As a coating on the nails, it is customary to apply either persistent gel polish, or ordinary with an additional fixative, or a therapeutic solution.
By the way, both at home and in the cabin, it is necessary to ensure that the tools used are sanitized.
Classical
Classic pedicure is considered the oldest and most simple. For its implementation, use sophisticated familiar tools, which, perhaps, are found in almost any household of the fair sex: scissors, wire cutters, nail files, brushes and others. The procedure begins with the fact that the legs are immersed in a container of hot water for a period of five to ten minutes. This is necessary to soften both the cuticle and the hardened skin.
Although an ordinary liquid can easily cope with the task, water that contains sea salt, essential oils or dried herbs, such as chamomile or calendula, will be much more beneficial.
Then, gently wetting the heels, you can begin to process the cuticle. As a rule, she is pushed to the hole with a special wooden stick, and then removed either with the same stick or with special scissors. If wounds occur during this process, then they must be decontaminated. Then the nails themselves are trimmed and brought to the desired shape with a nail file, and the heels are processed with a pumice or grater. In the finale, you can massage your feet with moisturizer or oil, as well as make up nails.
The main advantage of this type of pedicure is its simplicity - it is easily performed at home. In cases of going to the salon, you can guarantee that its cost will be the minimum of all presented.
Numerous difficulties are possible with the removal of ingrown nails, the removal of rough calluses or cutting of the cuticle. If you do not follow safety precautions and do not handle all the damage, you can even introduce an infection. This explains why classic manicure is not recommended for patients with diabetes mellitus, suffering from poor blood supply to the feet and having sensitive skin.
Hardware
Such pedicures as hardware have been around for over forty years. The procedure is carried out using a special device that has several nozzles, also called milling cutters. Milling cutters differ in size, shape, and purpose. Using them, the professional successfully removes the cuticle and burrs, forms a nail, cleans and polishes the plate itself, and also eliminates rough sections of the skin, corns and corns.
It is important to ensure that even before using the cutters, the legs are treated with antiseptics and softening compounds that affect already dead skin cells. By the way, you do not need to soak your feet beforehand - they must be dry.
Compared to the classic, this pedicure is much safer and less painful.Therefore, it is allowed to make it even for owners of sensitive skin. The process itself is carried out quite soon, with a minimum likelihood of wounds and damage. Among the shortcomings are the need for a cycle of procedures in overly complex situations, as well as the lack of the ability to relax due to annoying sound. Hardware pedicure is about a third more expensive than classic. It is advised to do it from once every two weeks to once a month.
By the way, devices that allow you to carry out the procedure at home exist.
Liquid Chemical Engineering
The treatment of the legs with the use of liquid substances, as a rule, is proposed in cases where the condition of the skin of the legs is very running. In order not to injure the feet, removing numerous corns and corns, it is better to turn to special preparations that simplify the task.
Carbamide
Urea pedicure is recommended for those who struggle with a large number of corns or suffer from hyperkeratosis. Urea, also called urea, is a special substance whose feature is to penetrate deep into the skin and soften its dead cells. In addition, getting to the epidermis, small molecules deliver useful substances there.The procedure begins with the antiseptic treatment of the legs, after which a urea solution is applied to them. After waiting five minutes, the rough dead skin can be removed either with the help of a special spatula, or with a regular napkin.
Following the processing of the feet is carried out to the end, and they are polished. At the final stage, the nails are processed, including polished and painted.
Hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen pedicure is very popular for home use. First, in a basin with two or three liters of hot water, you need to dilute from five to six tablespoons of sea salt and hold the legs in them for about ten minutes. Then a whole bottle of three-percent hydrogen peroxide is poured into the same liquid. The resulting solution will remain for another six or seven minutes. Finally, softened rough skin is removed either with a pumice stone or with a special device.
It is important to mention that this type of pedicure is prohibited for women in a position with hypertension and varicose veins. The same applies to thrombophlebitis disease.
Acid
The essence of acidic pedicure is that corns and coarsened areas of the skin are treated with acid preparations. As a rule, these are lactic, fruit, salicylic and other acids. Processing is carried out in the same way as with a urea pedicure, but with other substances.
It should be recalled that rough sections are separately treated, and cuticles are separately treated - radically different drugs are used for them.
Other varieties
In general, there are a huge number of pedicure options for every taste and budget. For example, preparative and acidic enzymatic types of pedicure can be performed on completely different formulations with different costs. In addition, specialists in stop processing, struggling with increasing competition, regularly bring unexpected methods and techniques to the market.
One of the latest innovations was the fish pedicure, popular in Asia, in which the legs are processed inside the aquarium with fish feeding on dead particles of the epithelium.
Hygienic
Hygienic pedicures are often called medical. Its main feature is that, in addition to the aesthetic function, it is also responsible for treatment and prevention. Usually it is carried out using an apparatus with cutters and special tips that can remove corns and other coarse areas. On a hygienic procedure, it will be possible to painlessly cure ingrown nails, cracking heels, warts and areas affected by the fungus.
A special advantage of such a pedicure is the zero chance of cuts, which is extremely important for patients with diabetes. In addition, there is an increase in blood circulation and an improvement in appearance.
Aesthetic
The purpose of an aesthetic pedicure is to make the legs visually attractive. Therefore, it is this kind of variety that involves the use of colored varnishes, inventing various design options, increasing the length, applying stickers, piercing the nail and other means.
The “freshest” ideas for painting nails include the “watercolor” effect, 3D drawings, the use of gradient, foil and rubbing, as well as the application of “cat's eye”.
Japanese
Japanese pedicure combines several techniques. This SPA-pedicure, which is an effective treatment procedure, and unedged pedicure, eliminating the appearance of wounds when removing the cuticle, as well as massage.
For the Japanese procedure, natural remedies are used, which indicates the usefulness of this variety, however, its price may seem rather high.
Hot
A hot pedicure is performed with paraffin, which moisturizes the legs and softens the rough skin. Such a procedure is possible at home, but only in the presence of a special cosmetic substance. First of all, the feet are prepared for a pedicure - they are scrubbed, rubbed with a brush, freed from rough skin and sanded with a special nail file. Immediately necessary and tidy up the nails - give them a beautiful shape and polish the plate. Paraffin is placed in a water bath.
While it is melting, the feet need to be greased from the heart with a fat cream or natural oil. The melted substance cools to a temperature acceptable for the feet, after which the legs descend into the substance and immediately get out. This is done two or three times so that a decent layer forms on the skin. “Paraffin” feet are wrapped with cling film and a warm towel, and then they lose motion for thirty minutes. Half an hour later, paraffin can be removed.
Which is better?
Perhaps you can not make a single conclusion about what type of pedicure is considered the best, because it all depends on the purpose of the procedure. For example, if it is not difficult to independently perform classic pedicures at home, then the salon can be visited solely for aesthetic purposes, and in the case when the feet have not been looked after for a long time, only a medical pedicure will save.
Moreover, no matter how good the processing, the lack of regularity will lead to the same unsatisfactory results.
See how the classic pedicure is performed in the next video.
