Pedicure Routine
- Wash hands
- Spray feet with sanitiser or wipe with antiseptic
- Examine the feet and nails
- Soak both feet, choose nail varnish and check consistency
Foot 1
- Remove foot from water and dry
- Remove nail polish and check nails
- Clip/file nails to acheive a straight edge
- Apply cuticle cream and massage, place back into the water to soak
Foot 2
- Reapeat the steps for Foot 1
Foot 1
- Remove foot from water and dry.
- Apply cuticle remover
- Gently push back cuticles with cuticle pusher/hoof stick
- Clean under the free edge with orange tipped stick
- Gently loosen the eponychium with cuticle knife. (Keep wet and flat)
- Use cuticle nippers where necessary to remove rough edfges or excess eponychium
- use nail brush if necessary
- use rasp or callus file to remove hard skin. Alternatively use hard skin remover, scrub or cream exfoliator. (Place tissue/couch roll uner foot for hard skin and dispose after use.
- Rinse foot and dry
- Remove any rough edges on the free edge and buff nails if required.
- Wrap in towel if necessary to keep warm and place foot to one side.
Foot 2
Repeat steps above 1-11
Foot 1
Perform foot and lower leg massage.
The Pedicure Massage Routine
Support the leg at all times. Esure patron is comfortable and relaxed. Warm foot cream or lotion
- 8 X Efleurage strokes from toes to knees, slide down the back of the leg towards the foot.
- 8 X Petrissage (thumb kneading) to the front of the leg from ankle to knee
- 8 X Petrissage (palmer kneading) to the calf
- 4 X Double handed Effleurage from ankle (tarsus) to knee (patella)
- Tapotement (whipping) of the toes (metatarsals and phanges)
- 4 X Effleurage to foot
- 4 X Finger Petrissage to ankle,including Achilles Tendon. Slide down to toes (phanlanges)
- Petrissage over the top of the foot (metatarsals)
- 4 X Efleurage the foot
- 4 X Depp thumb kneading to sole of foot
- Using the palm of the hand apply pressure to sole of foot and flex pushing towards the patron (Dorsiflexion)
- Roatate foot X 2 clockwise
- Roatate foot X 2 anti-clockwise
- 8 X Double handed Efflurage from ankle to knee and slide down to finish on toes (phanlanges)
Finish with polish routine.
Carry out customer service and record details.