Pedicure Tools, Supplies & Equipment

Series Summary

The pedicure is traced back in history Egyptian officials under the Pharaohs; whether these were the first instances of pedicures no on can now say. Caring for toenails and fingernails is an important part of health and hygiene and should be practiced by everyone whether they care for their nails themselves or hire an esthetician or beautician to do basic care and beautification of the nails.

Considering becoming a cosmetologist, beautician, or an esthetician? Or would do you want to know how to do it yourself? Would you like to learn for free how to give a manicure? In this free online video series learn from our expert cosmetologist Danielle DeCamp as she teaches and demonstrates techniques of a pedicure including: how to exfoliate the feet, massaging the feet, soaking the feet before the pedicure, removing cuticles, how to remove excess oil from the feet, what tools are used, shaping the toe nail, applying nail oil, how to apply the base coat of polish, applying the top coat of nail polish, how to put on decals on the toenail, adding color polish to the toenail, how to remove excess nail polish, cleaning up after a pedicure, and what shoes to wear after a pedicure.

Video Transcript

" Hi, I am Danielle DeCamp with Intuition Salon and Spa and I am the foot care specialist. Today we are going to talk about the care and the procedures to do that. Now first thing that you want to do is set up earlier implements and everything that you are going to need. So I have brought out a towel and in my pedicure sandals, also I have got a little my implements when I am finished and then obviously the spa tub is filled up with water and usually you want to use lukewarm water, may be a little bit hotter depending on your clients… you know what they want. I have also put in some tea tree oil aromatherapy, that also softens the feet a little bit and I have got some blue crystals here to make the water a little bit blue and when they are here you want to turn on the spa, probably the vibration and heat, just for a little bit of massage while they are in there and then here are some of the implements that you are going to need. You are going to need a foot file or you can use a pumice stone and that scrubs away all the dead skin on the feet. This is the cleaner, another nail, it is a manicure brush. You also are going to need a nail buffer for the nails and nail clip. And these are cuticle cutters, after you push back the cuticles you are going to want to clip those and this is the implement that you use to push them back with and this depends on what you want. This is more round and this is more flat depending on your preference and your clients, you are also going to want orange wood sticks and these are used to put on if they want crystals or something in the end and also this is a file for the toenails, here we also add some sanitizing, foot soak and some foot lotion. This is another aromatherapy and then here is your cuticle remover. Down in here we have got our cotton to remove the nail polish, sea salt, which we actually make here at our salon, we use that for scrub and we will add lot some more things depending on what your client wants, different kinds of things to exfoliate with. This is actually moisturizing exfoliant for the feet that is for the massage and here we have also got some nail polish remover and these are different aromatherapy products. The nail polish you are going to want your base, your top coat, whatever your client wants for their nail color. We also going to want some oil for the toenails and for the feet and you are also going to want some crystals for them to choose from for the end of the pedicure with their polish for decorations. And that is the basic set up."