| It has become an industry-wide standard in many | | | | duration, or the end of the treatment. Premium |
| establishments to offer pedicures. Pedicure services | | | | products tend to contain essential oils that are both |
| like any other beauty service, requires a set of | | | | nourishing for the skin and have pleasant fragrances. |
| special pedicure equipment & supplies | | | | These products can also be sold at your |
| Pedicure Equipment Includes the Following: | | | | establishment for clients to take home and add to |
| • pedicure chair for clients & pedicure stool | | | | their personal regimens. Towels are also important in |
| for nail technician | | | | the pedicure treatment for use by your clients and |
| • pedicure spa | | | | by technicians. Towels help with drying and |
| • pedicure starter kit & towels (for both | | | | maintaining cleanliness during the pedicure treatment. |
| client and technician) | | | | Having towels available in an array of sizes should |
| • pedicure tool kit: nail filers & buffers, | | | | help to reduce loads for laundering. |
| clippers, scissors, pumice stone | | | | Pedicure Tool Kit |
| • disinfectants, soaps, cleansers & | | | | The tools needed for an excellent pedicure |
| disposable liners | | | | experience include the usual nail care supplies (nail |
| • a wide selection of nail polish, nail polish | | | | clippers, scissors, cuticle tool, nail filers & buffers) |
| remover, cotton pads | | | | in addition to a pumice stone to soften the areas of |
| Pedicure Chairs & Stools | | | | the feet where skin tends to toughen. In an effort |
| After deciding to offer pedicure services in your | | | | to reiterate the importance of sanitation, it is advised |
| beauty salon or spa, a pedicure chair is the next | | | | that you provide disposable filers that clients can |
| logical purchase in delivering the best service to | | | | take home at the completion of their pedicure |
| clients. The pedicure chair is of great importance | | | | treatments. The other tools mentioned above will |
| because it sets the comfort level for the rest of the | | | | need constant cleaning & disinfectant application. |
| client’s experience at your establishment. A | | | | Items Needed for Nail Polishing Treatments |
| standard, well-padded pedicure chair is fine, however | | | | One of the most anticipated parts (and most |
| it is an increasing trend for businesses to offer | | | | noticeable) of a pedicure is the painting of the nails. |
| pedicure chairs that have additional amenities. These | | | | Offering a wide selection of nail polish to your clients |
| include self-heating, massaging features; cup holders | | | | enables them to express their personality and that |
| for beverages, magazine racks, and interchangeable | | | | kind of expression is an important part of the beauty |
| covers for the chairs should you wish to alter the | | | | experience. An impressive collection also encourages |
| theme or colors of your establishment. When looking | | | | your clients to return and choose another color for |
| to purchase a pedicure chair, look for adjustable | | | | their next pedicure. Basic products needed include the |
| height features and footrest as well as a chair that is | | | | nail polish, nail polish remover, and cotton pads for |
| upholstered in plastic, vinyl, or any other | | | | removal. Wipes are also becoming more popular as |
| easy-to-clean material. A chair with additional | | | | the removal of the polish is easier and faster. |
| compartments may also prove helpful in storing | | | | Items Needed for Optimal Cleanliness |
| technicians’ tools & supplies. Above all, | | | | Disinfectants, soaps, and cleansers are a given when |
| the notion of sanitation and maintenance of clean | | | | operating an establishment that handles health & |
| equipment is essential to deliver the safest, | | | | beauty treatments with regular volumes of clients. |
| pleasurable pedicure experiences. On that note, | | | | When deciding on what items to use on both your |
| purchasing a pipe less as opposed to a piped pedicure | | | | clients and to sanitize the equipment used, consider |
| chair is most ideal in that it lessens the instances of | | | | hypoallergenic solutions with less irritable ingredients, |
| bacteria collecting in the pipes of the footbaths. As a | | | | as these are likely to agree with everyone, |
| business owner and more importantly, a provider of | | | | regardless of skin type. The solutions used on your |
| health & beauty treatments, it is your | | | | equipment for sanitation procedures are just as |
| responsibility to ensure that your clients enter a safe | | | | important as the surfaces are ones your clients come |
| space for relaxation, free from the risks of infection. | | | | into contact with regularly. EPA registered |
| In conjunction with the pedicure spa, you will also | | | | disinfectants are ideal for this purpose. As noted by |
| need to purchase a height-adjustable pedicure stool | | | | the International Nail Technicians Association and the |
| for the technician’s use in order so that | | | | Nail Manufacturers Council, this solution acts as a |
| technicians are able to deliver the most exceptional | | | | bactericide, virucide, and fungicide. Attention paid to |
| service, comfortably. | | | | the labeling and usage of these solutions is highly |
| Pedicure Spas: | | | | recommended. When in doubt, ask your clients if |
| To create the most luxurious pedicure experiences, | | | | their skin is extra sensitive to certain types of |
| the purchase of a pedicure spa would be most ideal. | | | | solutions so that you can ensure the best experience |
| Pedicure spas tend to be comfortably padded and | | | | possible for them. |
| equipped with massage mechanisms providing your | | | | Disposable liners are used to reduce the risk and |
| clients with tension relief and relaxation. The chairs in | | | | prevent the spread of infectious elements present in |
| these pedicure spas are attached to a footbath | | | | the footbaths. They are to be replaced after each |
| where clients soak their feet prior to receiving their | | | | client’s treatment. The best liners are those |
| treatments. These footbaths, unlike the standard | | | | made of recyclable plastic because they are durable |
| pedicure chairs, also are equipped with water jets | | | | and lightweight. Their recyclable quality also is more |
| propelling water over the feet as they’re | | | | environmentally friendly—important because |
| soaked. New pedicure spas can cost from $3,000 to | | | | they are disposed of so regularly. Keep into |
| $4,000, but the investment is necessary if you are | | | | consideration, however, that the use of disposable |
| concerned that your clients receive the most | | | | liners does not eliminate the need for your technicians |
| satisfactory experiences. | | | | to clean pedicure equipment entirely—it merely |
| Other Supplies & Equipment for Your Spa: | | | | acts as a more safe & convenient alternative to |
| Pedicure Starter Kit | | | | cleaning the footbaths between each client’s |
| To perform the pedicure, your technicians will need | | | | use. |
| to make use of pedicure starter kits. The typical kit | | | | Keep in mind that all of the factors in your purchasing |
| will include all of the products needed for a pedicure | | | | process have the ability to make or ruin what could |
| including but not limited to: foot bath solution, skin | | | | be the best pedicure experience they’ve ever |
| exfoliant, moisturizer, and a softening mask product. | | | | had. |
| Each item is either involved with the preparation, the | | | | |