nail care steps and techniques on how to take good care of our nails and things that we have to do to maintain our good grooming and hygiene all the time. Tools and equipment to be used in taking good care of our nails and self.Nail care, the maintenance of the fingernails and toenails, is important for health as well as cosmetic reasons. Good nail care can prevent fungus infections of the nail, painful ingrown fingernails and toenails, and infections of the skin in the hands and feet. Nail care is especially important for those with diabetes, as infections of the feet in particular are dangerous. To care for your nails, keep them short and trimmed (in the shape of the fingertip for fingernails; straight across for toenails); keep your hands and feet and their nails clean (change your socks daily); and wear pool shoes, flip-flops, or other protective wear when in places like public pools or gym showers where you could get a fungal infection. Don't bite nails or pick at them or the cuticles. Also avoid tight shoes and artificial nails. Diabetic patients are often recommended to go to a podiatrist to care for and check their feet and toenails. 1. Stop … peeling off your gel mani. “The no. 1 thing I tell people not to do is peel off their gel manicure,” Poole says. “Because, as you peel the gel off, you end up peeling away super-thin layers of your nail along with the formula, which can cause divots that linger for months. Doing this can even cause your nail to peel after the fact, which will cause your polish to chip faster; plus, it just won’t look pretty.” Instead, Poole recommends soaking your nails in a bowl of acetone-based polish to loosen the gel from your nail bed. “Put a ton of cuticle oil on and around your nails first (to help hydrate them and the skin surrounding it), and soak your tips in the remover for 10 minutes,” she explains. Then, gently remove it using light pressure and the flat, slanted tip of an orange stick (a long wooden cuticle pusher) that you can pick up at any beauty supply shop or drugstore. Stop … cutting your cuticles. If you have a hangnail on the side of your nail bed, it can sometimes be painful if you don’t get rid of it. However, if hangnails aren’t trimmed away properly, you can actually cause more to crop up. Poole’s advice: It’s better to never cut your cuticles and instead, apply a cuticle-removing formula over the perimeter of your nail bed, and then push your cuticle back using the flat tip of an orange stick or cuticle pusher. Then, gently remove the free-up dead skin with a tissue or the softest side of a buffing block to reveal a hangnail-free, clean-looking nail bed. Try Sally Hansen Instant Cuticle Remover and The Body Shop Nail Block.

1. NAILCARE
1.) MATERIALS,TOOLSANDEQUIPMENTTABLE
TOOLS are the articles used in any nail care service which are durable or permanent and
are hand-held. Tools are also referred to as implements.
The tools commonly used in giving manicure and pedicure are the following:
Callous Remover is a tool
designed to strip off calluses and
corns.
Cuticle Nail Pusher is a tool
used to push back and loosen
the cuticles.
Cuticle Nipper is an implement
used to cut the cuticles.
Cuticle Scissor is an implement
to cut stubborn cuticles.
Finger or Manicure Bowl is a
small bowl used for soaking the
fingers to soften the cuticles.

2. Foot file is made of metal or
sandpaper, with a rough file on
one side to remove calluses and
a fine file on the other to
smoothen the feet.
Foot Spa Basin is a large
rectangular container used for
bathing and soaking the feet
when giving a pedicure.
Manicure Tray is a flat
container where all the
necessary tools and implements
are placed for use by the
manicurist.
Manicure Nail Brush is a
plastic handled brush with
nylon bristles used to clean dirt
and cosmetic residue from the
nail surface and skin.
Mixing bowl is a small open-
top, rounded cup-like container
used for mixing the aromatic
oils and other fluids for the
hand or foot spa.
Nail Buffer is an implement
used for smoothening and
polishing the nails.