This document provides instructions for performing a hand spa treatment. It discusses analyzing a client's hand condition, preparing necessary supplies, and correctly following hand spa steps. It also covers nail structure, including the nail body, root, and free edge as well as structures beneath and surrounding the nail like the nail bed, matrix, lunula, cuticle, and eponychium. Nail growth rates and factors that influence growth are also addressed. The goal is to educate on providing nail care services and hand treatments.

1. PERFORM
HAND SPA
QUARTER 1 LESSON 1

2. Hand Spa is a hand care treatment to pamper our
tired hands and to keep the nails look healthy and
strong. This treatment is another way to relax and
relieve stress from day to day activities
accompanied by massage and has many beneficial
effects. Hand Spa which is used by professional
skin care technicians done in salon and spa shops
was found helpful to combat anti-aging.

3. LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the learner is expected to:
1. Analyze condition of the clients’ hand
2. Observe safety precautions and sanitation at all times
3. Prepare the necessary tools, supplies/materials and
equipment for used in hand spa;
4. Perform the steps in hand spa following the steps
correctly.

4. Lesson 1.1 Nail Structure
•It is very essential for a
manicurist to have
knowledge on the
different parts of the nails
for this will be your basis
in giving nail care
services to your clients.

5. Understanding Nail Structure
•The nail is an appendage of the
skin. Nail is a horny, translucent
plate that protects the tips of the
fingers and toes. It is composed
mainly of keratin, a protein
substance that forms the base
of all horny tissue.

6. Understanding Nail Structure
•The nail is whitish and
translucent in appearance
and allows the pinkish
color of the nail bed to be
seen. The horny plate
contains no nerves or
blood vessels

7. Understanding Nail Structure
•Onyx is the technical term for the nail. The
condition of the nail, like that of the skin, reflects
the general health of the body. Onychology is the
study of nail. The nails vary in thickness, being
heaviest on the thumbs and big toes.

8. Understanding Nail Structure
•The characteristics of healthy nails are firm and
flexible, slightly pink in color and the surface is
smooth, curved and unspotted, without any
hollows or wavy ridges.

9. Diagram of the nail and its structure.

10. The nail consists of three parts: nail body, nail root
and free edge
•Nail Body or Nail Plate - visible portion of the nail
that is attached to the nail bed.
•Nail root - beginning of nail found at the base and
is embedded underneath the skin.

11. •Free edge - end portion of the nail plate
which extends beyond the fingertip. It is
shaped during manicure.

12. •Nail root - beginning of nail found at the
base and is embedded underneath the
skin.

13. Structures Beneath the Nail
• Nail Bed – the skin upon which the nail body or
nail plate rests. It is supplied with many blood
vessels and nerves. The blood vessels supply
nourishment for the nail.

15. Structures Beneath the Nail
• Matrix – part of the nail bed which contains nerves
and blood vessels and is located beneath the nail
root. It produces cells that generate and harden the
nail and will continue to grow as long as it receives
nutrition and remains in a healthy condition.

17. Structures Beneath the Nail
• Lunula – halfmoon shape found at the base of
the nail where the matrix connects with the nail
bed.

19. Structures Surrounding the Nail
• Cuticle - the overlapping skin around the nail. A
normal cuticle should be loose and pliable

20. Structures Surrounding the Nail
• Eponychium - cuticle extension at the base of
the nail body which partly overlaps the lunula

21. Structures Surrounding the Nail
• Hyponychium – portion of the skin under the
free edge of the nail.

22. Structures Surrounding the Nail
• Nail Walls – folds of the skin overlapping the
sides of the nail.

23. Structures Surrounding the Nail
• Nail Grooves - are slits or tracks in the skin at
the side of the nail upon which the nail moves as
it grows.

24. Structures Surrounding the Nail
• Mantle – deep fold of the skin in which the nail
root is embedded.

26. Nail Growth
•There are factors that can influence the growth of
nails such as nutrition, general health and disease. A
nail grows forward, starting at the matrix and
extending over the tip of the finger. Like hair, nails
grow faster in warm weather. Adult’s nail growth is
about 1/8 inch per month whereas the nails of the
children grow faster than those of the elderly.
Toenails grow slowly but they are thicker and harder
than fingernails.