Pam, Hi ... The only thing I see missing from your wonderful sounding pedi is your callous removal. Now that doesn't have to be 1/2" thick callous...even that "rough" skin feeling will go away with some filing. Get yourself a GOOD pedi file. One that I love is a metal one..resembles a butterknife and has replaceable grits. I use a fine grit on one side and a medium to coarse grit on the other. After the foot comes out of the soak...well I have different steps ..but... at that time I would (following your procedure) file the bottom of the feet. heels, sides, balls of the foot...around the toenails (sometimes) . I would use the coarse grit at this point (not on the toes tho) You will need more pressure on the heel area and any thick callous...mild pressure to easy on the rest. After the coarse grit..I use a sloughing lotion..you use the mango scrub... then I put them in to soak again...do the other foot...when taking that first foot out again to dry off...I would then use the fine side of the pedi file and smooth everything out...this is usually a quick procedure...then I massage..blah blah blah... here is what I do... IF feet need it..I will also use my efile on them ...using a med-coarse sanding band. (when coarse filing) good luck! Pati
soak feet for 5-10 minutes ( I Use pedi-redi in my tub) remove one foot dry off remove polish apply cuticle lotion IF callous needs it use callous remover trim nails file nails push back cuticles and trim file callouses use sloughing lotion put foot back in and repeat on other foot. when that foot is done put it back in and remove first one...dry off use fine grit on heels, toes and anywhere else that "smoothing" is needed. apply lotion and massage foot and leg to knee clean off toenails with acetone clean off toenails with scrubfresh leave foot out and repeat on the other one.. when both feet are done and nails are clean.. put flip-flops on (or pedi-slippers) put in toe separators polish (base,color,color,top) clean up spray with CND speed dry Pati 'Good friends are like stars... You don't always see them, But you know they are always there. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Apr 2, 2010 11:16 pm Subject: NailTech:: My First 2 pedicures, & lots of questions! Well, I was SO lucky today! My 10:30 client said she wished the massage therapist/nail tech had time for a pedicure today, well, she didn't but I did! I've been doing this client for 20 years now, so it was a good one to start my pedicure career with! Things went well! I did a run thru with my mom the other day, and every time I left the room to get something, I added it to my list! lol~ I have a list of things I need, and a list of things to do! (pre warm booties, plug in tub, lay out supplies and tools etc.) Oh, and I found a great light to use for the pedicure services, thanks to my mom and dads garage. When I did my mom the other day, she mentioned that my dad had the perfect light and I could try getting it away from him, but he was using it for his saw table! OMG! I could only imagine what this light looked like, but it really does work well! And its pretty! A nice silver chrome style floor lamp that adjusts both up and down and has an arm that swings 360 degrees, it uses what I call an aquarium bulb, the tubular type. Good job on that one Mom and Dad! Ok.. so, my next pedicure client is a shy guy. About 30 years old, Lol! "Hey, no body better see me gettin' this pedicure!" Too funny! So... he is WAY taller than the first lady! I had to have him scooch up the table about a foot so I could re-adjust my body supports! His feet were hanging off the edge of the table for cripes sake! MUCH bigger feet than the lady too! Gawd! Anyone see the movie "Duece Bigelow?" Yea.. like that kind of feet! Now, here is where it gets interesting.. I take his left foot out of the pedicure tub, and start to massage the mango sugar scrub all over, and I notice his skin is peeling off! WHAT! YIKES! Don't DO this to me! I am SO new to this, and WTH is going on here! I ask him if he has had any problems with the skin peeling on his feet, and he says, "Oh yea, ever since I was a kid that left foot has always peeled like that". huh? He was right, the right foot didn't have any skin peeling off, JUST the left foot! What is going on with THAT!? What am I supposed to do to get the peeling skin off? Or not? Just leave it on? ew! Either way ew! Anyway, after the mango scrub, I put it back in the tub for more soaking, and moved on. I noticed when I was doing the cuticle work later that the left foot still felt a little rough, hmmm... suggestions here? I want to do the right thing, but what is it? Let me outline my steps, to see if anyone has any suggestions or if I need to add anything: Sanitize feet with spray Place in Pedicure tub (warm water, with fragrant Olbas sport oil) Let soak 5 min Take one foot out, remove nail polish mango scrub, back in tub repeat with other foot soak 5 more min dry feet, proceed to massage table with body support system apply cuticle cream massage feet and lower legs leave lots of cream on and put plastic paraffin protectors on feet slide on warm socks & then heated booties clean up pedicure tub while client "softens" remove booties, socks, and bags rub in remaining cream push back cuticles clip & file nails clean nails with scrubfresh base coat, polish color, topcoat dry with small hairdryer for 2 min inbetween each coat clean up where I colored outside the lines apply oil help client with shoes and socks Ok, anything else to add or change around? I appreciate any suggestions you may have! 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