Question:
Hi there
Been wondering whether to offer manicures to clients whilst when they are having their hair done for a couple of hours. I rent a room in a hairdressers and lots of ladies come in to have their hair done.
I suppose I'm a little hesitent as I am not quite sure how to do it from a practical point of view, as normally they would be resting their hands in a bowl on a table to soak for instance - it could be quite tricky balancing a bowl of water on their lap. Or should I cut that part out or maybe do just cuticles and shape?
Does anyone else do this and can offer some guidance.
Regards
Deb
Hello Deb
It shouldn't be a problem if you buy a manicure cushion (a flat plastic square) with towels over it that you can place on the client's lap. If you have a mobile trolley with a flap that moves out you could place that over the client as well (rather like a flap that goes over a hospital bed for food) if you see what I mean!
I think it would be nice to offer manicures and pedicures at the hairdressers and I'm sure you will get a lot of business.
Love
Thanks Sue, I had visions of that sort of table. I have a trolley so could put everything on there I guess. The only way to find out is to give it a go!
Deb
Hi Deb,
I did this for two years fairly successfully. I had the sort of trolly that lotusflower mentioned and once I got into it I had no problems at all. In fact I used to follow the client from the basin to the stylists chair manicuring as I went! Any extra income has to be worth going for.
you could skip the soaking. Really, if you're using good quality products, you don't need to soak. It doesn't actually benefit the nail anyway - and, as i said, if you're using good cuticle removers, you don't need it to soften them.
what I would do with a waterless manicure is:
[ul][*]shape and shorten nails as desired[*]apply cuticle remover (if i feel my client needs it, i will apply a solar pack and move onto the next step) and do cuticle work [*]exfoliate hand and arm with nice, relaxing massage movements. either ask client to wash hands - or have some heated, wet towels and remove it that way, and return to cuticle work if that was skipped[*]massage[*]really work in some cuticle oil and buff[*]if client wants polish, remove free standing oil and apply polish
[/ul]
hth
Hi there
Yes you are quite right you don't need to do nails with water, you can opt for oil or cuticle remover. I could use either removing any oily residue with scrubfresh or something similar if they are having polish. Have now worked out some menus with basic shape and polish or buff , gents manicure with buffing and hand cream if they want it, shape, cuticles, polish/buff and hand cream, or something like that!
Deb379
do you use creative? They're fab. I adore the Solar range - that's what i use in the manicure above.
another thing you could use - if you use creative spa - would be the exfoliating crystals and activator, eliminating the need for wet towels :)
Been wondering whether to offer manicures to clients whilst when they are having their hair done for a couple of hours. I rent a room in a hairdressers and lots of ladies come in to have their hair done.
I suppose I'm a little hesitent as I am not quite sure how to do it from a practical point of view, as normally they would be resting their hands in a bowl on a table to soak for instance - it could be quite tricky balancing a bowl of water on their lap. Or should I cut that part out or maybe do just cuticles and shape?
Does anyone else do this and can offer some guidance.
Regards
Deb
Answers:
Hello Deb
It shouldn't be a problem if you buy a manicure cushion (a flat plastic square) with towels over it that you can place on the client's lap. If you have a mobile trolley with a flap that moves out you could place that over the client as well (rather like a flap that goes over a hospital bed for food) if you see what I mean!
I think it would be nice to offer manicures and pedicures at the hairdressers and I'm sure you will get a lot of business.
Love
Answers:
Thanks Sue, I had visions of that sort of table. I have a trolley so could put everything on there I guess. The only way to find out is to give it a go!
Deb
Answers:
Hi Deb,
I did this for two years fairly successfully. I had the sort of trolly that lotusflower mentioned and once I got into it I had no problems at all. In fact I used to follow the client from the basin to the stylists chair manicuring as I went! Any extra income has to be worth going for.
Answers:
you could skip the soaking. Really, if you're using good quality products, you don't need to soak. It doesn't actually benefit the nail anyway - and, as i said, if you're using good cuticle removers, you don't need it to soften them.
what I would do with a waterless manicure is:
[ul][*]shape and shorten nails as desired[*]apply cuticle remover (if i feel my client needs it, i will apply a solar pack and move onto the next step) and do cuticle work [*]exfoliate hand and arm with nice, relaxing massage movements. either ask client to wash hands - or have some heated, wet towels and remove it that way, and return to cuticle work if that was skipped[*]massage[*]really work in some cuticle oil and buff[*]if client wants polish, remove free standing oil and apply polish
[/ul]
hth
Answers:
Hi there
Yes you are quite right you don't need to do nails with water, you can opt for oil or cuticle remover. I could use either removing any oily residue with scrubfresh or something similar if they are having polish. Have now worked out some menus with basic shape and polish or buff , gents manicure with buffing and hand cream if they want it, shape, cuticles, polish/buff and hand cream, or something like that!
Deb379
Answers:
do you use creative? They're fab. I adore the Solar range - that's what i use in the manicure above.
another thing you could use - if you use creative spa - would be the exfoliating crystals and activator, eliminating the need for wet towels :)
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