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77 Young Nails 101 Akzentz
79 OPI Products 103 Belava
81 CND 105 Farouk Systems
83 Estelina’s Spa Products 107 Beech Sandals
85 China Glaze 109 Light Elegance
87 Cuccio Naturalé 111 King Research
89 Soft Touch 113 Young Nails
91 NSI 115 Thermal Spa Products
93 Mehaz Worldwide 117 Soft Touch
95 Backscratchers Salon Systems 119 T4 Spa Concepts & Designs
97 Tweezerman 121 Estelina’s Spa Products
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manicures Young Nails
Vanilla Latte Manicure Created by MiniLuxe Nail and Beauty Lounge, Newton, Mass.
Rock Star Glitter Toes
Want to bring out your client’s inner rock
star? Try creating a custom service using
1. Remove old polish, soak the client’s fingers, and
apply cuticle eliminator. a combination of gel and glitter to get
2. Open a fresh package of implements. Prep nails. these hip and trendy nails. (You can also
3. Exfoliate hands with LaLicious Coffee Bean Sugar call it The Bling, Bling Pedi, Disco Toes,
Soufflé Scrub. Glitter Toes or Sparkle Toes.)
4. Massage hands and arms with LaLicious Vanilla
Body Butter.
5. Clean nails with alcohol. 1. Prep nail beds, pushing back cuticle.
6. Apply base coat and polish. (Optional) To continue Using an electric file, etch the nail with
the theme, use OPI’s Los Angeles Latte or Espresso a medium arbor band. Apply one coat of
Your Style. Apply top coat. Swipe and two coats of Protein Bond.
7. Allow the client to dry her hands at the drying bar
2. Apply a layer of Base to all five toenails
Ingredients and apply OPI Drip Dry to nails.
on the first foot and sprinkle a thin layer
• L aLicious Coffee Bean Sugar
Soufflé Scrub and Vanilla of your glitter additive on all five nails.
Body Butter 3. Cure for two minutes under a 36-watt
• cuticle eliminator UV light. After curing, brush off remaining
• polish glitter with a nail brush.
• base coat
4. Repeat steps 1-3 to toenails on the
• top coat
• OPI Drip Dry other foot. (If you want to add an addi-
tional layer of glitter, repeat steps 2 and
3 on both feet.)
5. Apply a single coat of Flex, floating the gel
on the nail. Cure for two minutes. (Repeat
Created by Extremedys 2012, West Hollywood, Calif. Minx Nail Coatings this step to toenails on the other foot.)
6. Apply Finish gel. Cure for two minutes.

1. Place Minx under the Minx Heater and prep the nails. (Repeat this step to toenails on the other
Then take a Minx nail template and size it to match foot.)
your client’s nail bed. Make a record of each client’s 7. Shape and condition toenails.
size.
2. Clean the nail bed with a lint free pad and rubbing Note: You can mix the glitter additives
alcohol; do not use acetone. Remove the Minx nail
together for a multi-dimensional look.
from the backing sheet and hold under the heat until
the product visibly softens. Apply Minx to the center To create the toenails on this page, we
of the nail bed and work out towards the sides, cuticle mixed Young Nails Royal Red, Golden
to free edge. Orange, and Lava glitter additives. Be as
3. Once all the nails are applied, file off the excess mate- creative as your (and your clients’) minds
rial with a Minx Crystal File. Be sure not to file over the
will allow!
top of Minx. Allow the product to cool for 20 seconds
before you file.
Ingredients
•M  inx Lamp
4. Under heat, apply even pressure to each nail, starting •M  inx Nail Templates
from the center and working out to the edges. Then • r ubbing alcohol and pad
check each nail and smooth out where needed. Use an • c rystal file
orangewood stick to help smooth out the nail.
5. Once the nails meet your approval, ask the client to self
check the application.

www.youngnails.com
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manicures OPI Products Tropical
Tea-House Escape
Dress to Impress Created by DaLonnie’s Hair & Nail Studio, Las Vegas In today’s hectic world, clients crave relaxation.
It’s easy to turn every manicure or pedicure into a
soothing mini vacation with Manicure/Pedicure
1. Purchase small metal utensils at a local craft store
that will make nice impressions on the nail. Paper clips by OPI. The aromas of our soaks, scrubs, masks,
can be used as well. Try bending them into interesting and massage lotions transport the senses while
designs. treating your clients’ skin with nature’s most
2. Dip impression tools into acrylic powder so the wet soothing botanicals. Mix and match to create
acrylic won’t stick to the tool. a menu of service experiences your clients will
3. Apply a layer of Young Nails Pink Acrylic, and while it is want to repeat.
still wet press the impression tool into the acrylic and
remove immediately, leaving an impression. Engage each of your client’s senses to create an
4. Sculpt the free edge with Young Nails Black Acrylic.
unforgettable service: Dim the lights to encourage
5. Press the impression tool into the black acrylic and
remove immediately, leaving an impression. total relaxation. Offer refreshing beverages. Use
6. Pinch a C-curve into the nail. Apply black acrylic and the power of scent to promote feelings of well-
silver glitter and acrylic to the impressions on the nail. being. Play meditative music to promote calm.
7. File off the excess acrylic and shape the nail. Help clients reconnect with a caring touch and
Ingredients 8. Apply Young Nails Finish Sealer for a high shine. don’t skimp on the massage.
• small metal utensils
(paper clips work as well)
• Young Nails Pink and 1. Offer your client tea or tropical juice.
Black Acrylic, Artistic Nail 2. Soak feet for 5-10 minutes in Green Tea Soak,
Form, and Finish Sealer remove polish, and shape toenails. (Add fresh
flower petals or citrus slices to the water.)
3. After detailing cuticles and smoothing calluses
with the OPI Foot File, apply Tropical Citrus Scrub
and scrub away dry skin.
4. Apply White Tea Mask, cover with plastic,
Created by The Palms Nail Bar & Spa, Salem, N.H. Tropical Spa Manicure and wrap in a warm towel for 5-10 minutes.
Remove with warm, moist towels.
5. Perform a luxurious massage with White Tea
1. Sanitize the client’s (and your own) hands with
or Tropical Citrus Massage lotion. Finish nails.
coconut-scented hand sanitizing gel.
2. Place the client’s hands in a pineapple-shaped bowl
that contains warm, tropical-blended oils (coconut, Ingredients: Manicure/Pedicure by OPI
lime, and tangerine). • Soak (cleanses, soothes and softens hands
3. Prep the nails. and feet, while treating the senses to exotic
4. Exfoliate hands and lower arms with Qtica Smart Spa aromas) Green Tea • Espresso
Exotic Mango Sugar Scrub. Melt the scrub off by rinsing • Mask (ultra-hydrates with shea butter extract
hands off in the coconut bowl. while pampering ingredients silken hands and
5. Wrap California Mango Mud Mask Extreme Crème over feet) White Tea • Cappuccino
the client’s arms and hands; then wrap the hands in hot
• Scrub (natural sugar crystals reduce calluses
towels that are scented with citrus essential oils. Ingredients and banish dry, rough skin, while extracts
6. Rinse off the mask. • California Mango Mudd Mask
7. Massage arms and hands using Essie’s Kiwi Lime or Extreme Crème, Mango Magic soften and help rejuvenate) Tropical Citrus •
Coconut Pineapple lotion. Cuticle Treatment Oil, and Cucumber • Espresso • Green Tea
8. Polish nails. Natural Cuticle Softener • Massage (provides the ideal slip for a non-
• coconut, lime, tangerine, and greasy spa massage; nourishes with botanical
citrus essential oils extracts, antioxidant vitamins, and hydrating
• Qtica Smart Spa Exotic Mango emollients) Tropical Citrus • Cucumber •
Sugar Scrub White Tea • Cappuccino
• Essie lotion (Kiwi Lime or
Coconut Pineapple)
• polish, base coat, top coat

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manicures
Almond SpaManicure
Zen Manicure Created by Yuko System Salon, Beverly Hills, Calif. CND’s new Almond SpaManicure is a
soothing menu addition to comfort and
1. Soak the client’s hands in either green tea or cherry blossom water indulge your clients with a deeply moistur-
(their choice). izing and relaxing new service. Designed to
2. Exfoliate the client’s hands using Phi Ten USA Green Tea Scrub. calm and restore even the most stressed
3. Brush hands with paraffin for softness. Leave on for 5-10 minutes. hands, this service will provide long-lasting
4. Using stress stones, perform a hot stone massage. benefits beyond a basic manicure.
5. File, shape, and polish the nails.
6. Do a final hand massage with Phi Ten USA Green Tea Lotion.
1. Prep client’s hands. Shape and smooth
free edges with the Kanga File.
Ingredients • green tea
• c herry blossoms
•p  araffin
2. Place a smaller bowl within a larger
• s tress stones
•P  hi Ten USA Green Tea Scrub •p  olish bowl on your table. Fill the larger (outer)
and Lotion •b  ase coat, t op coat bowl with warm water halfway up the side
of the smaller (inner) bowl. Add enough
Almond Milk Bath to the smaller bowl to
fully immerse fingertips and soak for one to
Created by Heart’s Content Nail Spa, Belgrade, Maine Fallen Leaves and Cider Manicure two minutes.
3. Pour warm water into the inner bowl to
create a milky solution, and gently swirl
1. To create the scrub, stir together the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, fingers to mix. Remove hand and towel dry.
apricot kernel oil, jojoba oil, almond oil, and apple oil. Pour the
4. Apply CuticleAway evenly around the
minced apple on top. Serve hot apple cider to your client.
cuticle of each nail, then push back cuticles
2. Soak hands in warm water. Add a cinnamon stick and a soaking
tablet that you’ve sprinkled with apple oil or nutmeg to the soak. up to the eponychium, remove hangnails,
3. Prep nails. and clean the nail plate.
4. Exfoliate hands with the homemade autumn apple pie scrub. 5. Massage a scoop of Almond Moisture
5. Massage hands and arms with CND’s Scentsations (in Apple & Scrub into the hands for one to two minutes
Cinnamon). to gently exfoliate the skin. Rinse hands with
6. Polish nails. Ingredients water and remove scrub with a soft sponge.
Dry hands with a clean towel.
• 3/4 cup brown sugar                                                      2 drops nutmeg essential oil • 1/8 tsp. apple oil (optional)
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon OR • 3 tsp. apricot kernel oil                                  • soaking tablet 6. Apply a thin layer of Almond Illumi-
2 drops cinnamon essential oil • 3 tsp. jojoba oil                                                    • C
 ND Scentsations Lotion nating Masque to the top of hands and
• cinnamon stick         • 2 tsp. almond oil                                                  (in Apple & Cinnamon)                fingers, and wrap hands in warm towels
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg OR • 1/2 fresh apple, minced or heated manicure mitts. After three to
five minutes, remove towels/mitts and
remaining masque with a soft sponge. Dry

Vinomanicure Created by Zi Spa & Salon, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho hands with a clean towel.
7. Massage a dollop of Almond Hydrating
Lotion into each hand and arm.
1. Steep the client’s hands in Napa Valley Spa Grapeseed Bath Tea. 8. Remove all oil and debris from the nail
2. Exfoliate hands with Napa Valley Spa Grapeseed and Rosemary Scrub. plate with ScrubFresh to cleanse. Apply
3. Massage in Napa Valley Lavender Grapeseed Lotion.
color or buff to a high-shine.
4. Perform a hot stone massage.
5. Dip hands in, then remove paraffin to lock in moisture.
6. Prep nails.
7. A pply base coat, two coats of polish, and top coat.

Ingredients •N
 apa Valley Spa brand • hot stones
Grapeseed Bath Tea, • paraffin
Grapeseed and Rosemary • polish
Scrub, and Lavender • base coat
Grapeseed Lotion • top coat
cnd.com
800.833.NAIL

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manicures Estelina’s Anti-Aging
Full-Coverage Nails Created by Dashing Diva (multiple locations) Hand Treatment
If you’re looking for a great service for your
1. Sanitize your and your client’s hands. Remove polish and clean the baby boomer clients, add this luxurious spa
nail plate with acetone. Push back the cuticles. This is crucial to service — Traitement Pour Les Mains. Estel-
obtain an accurate fit. ina’s four-step anti-aging hand treatment is
2. Organize the nail sizers by arch and C-curve. Measure the client’s
an intensive, richly hydrating, rejuvenating
side arch, C-curve, and width of each nail. Arrange the nails in the
“facial” for the hands with the soothing
proper order.
3. Prep the nail bed by lightly buffing the nail plate with a 180- to 240-grit aromatherapeutic scent of the organic
file to remove shine. (You can trim the natural nail down or leave the French vanilla bean. The products are made
nails the original length.) Remove dust with a nail brush, then apply from highly beneficial natural ingredients
Start Right pH Balancer, or any pH balancing agent, to the nail plate. with antioxidants such as alpha-hydroxy
4. With a Swipie or a Q-tip, apply Skin Shield to the exposed areas fruit acids, vitamins A, C, E, and omega-3
around the nail bed. fatty acids.
5. Apply Rapid Bond Glue to the bottom third of the full-coverage nail.
Slowly lower the nail onto the nail plate at a 45-degree angle and hold
Ingredients: Estelina’s Spa Products
it in place for five seconds.
L’Exfoliant
Ingredients 6. Using a Swipie or Q-tip, clean any excess glue from around the nail
Le Serum
• acetone and under the free edge.
• Q-tip 7. Holding the finger angled downward, apply Bond Accelerator around Le Masque
•P rescription Nails Starter the base of the nail near the cuticle and under the free edge. La Creme
Kit: Skin Shield, Rapid Bond 8. Cut and shape the nails to the length and shape the client desires.
Glue, Bond Accelerator, nail 9. (About two weeks later) When it’s time for removal, the client can 1. Apply L’Exfoliant and massage to exfoliate
sizers, full-coverage nails, either soak off the nails in acetone at home or in your salon. In the salon dead skin cells. Gently massage with long
Start Right pH Balancer environment, a Sonic Touch Nail Remover, an ultrasonic nail remover upward strokes from the fingertips to the
that safely warms acetone, gives the client the fastest soak-off time.
wrist. Exfoliate until the dead skin cells start
sloughing off, do not rinse.
2. Apply a small amount of Le Serum to
Created by Painted Red Nails, Osterville, Mass. Cranberry Almond Cleansing Manicure the hands. Do not remove and follow with
Le Masque (step 3) to allow this intensive
hydrating treatment to absorb deeply.
1. Sanitize hands, remove polish, and shape nails.
3. Continue by gently spreading a small
2. Exfoliate your client’s hands, arms, and elbows with
amount of Le Masque on each hand. Let
Belle Luce Cranberry Fig Sugar Scrub.
3. Rinse in warm water. (For a special touch, you can it rest on one hand and continue on the
add fresh cranberries floating around in warm water other. Remove any remaining product from
in a pretty bowl.) both hands with a warm towel. Pat dry and
4. Pat excess water off, leaving hands slightly moist. follow immediately with another applica-
5. Create a paste by combining a small amount of Dr. tion of Le Serum.
Hauschka Cleansing Cream with a few drops of 4. After applying Le Serum use a small
water. Gently press the paste into the client’s hands amount of La Creme and give your client a
and arms. (No need to scrub.)
firm, relaxing massage until absorbed.
6. Use a steamy warm towel to gently remove the paste.
7. Pat dry and, using pure raw organic almond oil,
perform a thorough hand and arm massage. (Don’t For best results tell your clients to always
miss the elbows.) Ingredients use Le Serum and La Ceme together in
8. Prep nails (nipping hangnails as needed) and polish. • Belle Luce Cranberry Fig Sugar the morning and evening for an incredible
Scrub hydrating mini treatment. Also recommend
• Dr. Hauschka Cleansing Cream
they use SPF protection to help in the fight
• fresh cranberries
against aging and sun damage.
• pure raw organic almond oil
• base coat
• top coat
• polish Estelina's
www.estelinas.com
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manicures China Glaze Polish Swirl
The Stiletto Created by Lynn Lammers, Redlands, Calif. China Glaze introduces the new Color Swirl
method of applying their polishes. Select four
1. Shape and file the natural nails. Remove the surface China Glaze colors of your choice. Carefully
shine, dust the nails, and apply primer to all 10 nails. drip the colors into a bowl of water, swirl with
2. Sculpt all 10 moons with glitter acrylic. a stylus, and then immerse the nail through
3. Go back to your first nail and apply the form. (Pinch
the polish. You’ll be amazed at how simple it
the end of the form into a point in order to achieve the
stiletto tip.) is to make such unique nails.
4. Using a pink camouflage powder, extend the nail bed
out past the natural free edge. Keep the camouflage 1. Fill a China Glaze Manicure Soak Bowl with
pink very thin. room temperature water and drop in four
5. After you’ve extended the nail bed, apply the white tip
beads of different polish, one at a time. Be
in an extreme stiletto shape.
6. When you’re satisfied with the smile line, apply a sure to have an adequate amount of lacquer
transparent pink acrylic over the entire nail bed to add so it will drip off the brush. Hold the brush
depth to the nail. approximately ½-inch from the surface of the
7. File the nails to refine the shape and dust them off. water when dripping the polish. Allow polish
8. Apply a UV gel top coat and cure.
to disperse thoroughly between drops.
Ingredients 2. Use a stylus tool to begin pulling from
• nail form inside the circle of polish.
• glitter acrylic
3. Repeat a second time pulling across the
• pink camouflage powder
• white acrylic circle with the stylus tool.
• UV gel top coat 4. Continue until you have achieved the
desired blend.
5. With the client’s palm facing up toward
the ceiling, slowly immerse the nail through
Created by Spa Newberry, Boston Caviar Spa Manicure the colors.
6. While nail is submerged in water, allow

1. Prep nails. polish to set for 10 seconds.

2. Place hands in Bodipure Green Tea Soak. Pat dry with a towel. 7. Using your stylus tool, gently pull remaining
3. Apply Universal Companies’ Clair Topper Cuticle Remover to polish away from the client’s finger.
nails, making small pearls with each drop. Push back cuticles 8. Remove the nail from the water and use
with sterilized tools. polish remover to remove excess polish from
4. Apply Universal Companies’ Cuticle Oil to nails, then buff.
finger. Apply your choice of top coat and
5. Exfoliate with Pevonia Botanica EXFO-ZYM Caviar Hand &
Foot Peel. Rinse. allow to dry.
6. Apply Pevonia Botanica Youth-Renew Caviar Hand & Foot NOTE: After each nail, the water should be
Mask. Let sit for a few minutes. replaced.
7. Don’t remove the mask. Apply Pevonia Botanica Youth-Renew Ingredients
Hand & Foot Cream and massage both the cream and the •U niversal Companies’ Cuticle Oil
You can see a video of this technique at
mask into the client’s hands. and Clair Topper Cuticle Remover
8. Use polish remover to clean fingernails before applying polish. • Bodipure Green Tea Soak NAILStv (www.nailsmag.com/nailstv). Type
Apply base coat, two coats of polish, and top coat. Let dry for •P evonia Botanica EXFO-ZYM China Glaze in the search menu.
a few minutes. Caviar Hand & Foot Peel
9. Apply a drop of OPI Drip Dry to each nail, then spray with •Y outh-Renew Caviar Hand & Foot
Onyx Professional Mink Oil. Mask, and Cream
• OPI Drip Dry
•O nyx Professional Mink Oil Spray
•b ase coat, top coat, polish

www.chinaglaze.com
800.621.9585

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manicures
Warm Milk & Wildcrafted Lavender Manicure Created by Spa Radiance’s PURE, San Francisco
1. Prepare soaking bowl with warm milk, rose petals and French
lavender. Mist environment with SpaRitual Infinitely Wise
Fragrance Mist.
2. Perform consultation with client and let her choose appropriate
bath salt (SpaRitual Close Your Eyes Salts, Open Your Eyes Salts,
or Look Inside Salts.)
3. Wash and dry hands. Sanitize hands with SpaRitual Visionary
Cleanser. Prep nails.
4. Apply a generous amount of SpaRitual Cuti Quench to cuticles.
Massage and soak.
5. Soak hands in SpaRitual Harmonizing Soak Tonic and one scoop of
Ingredients chosen salts. Pat hands dry.
•m ilk 6. Apply SpaRitual Cuti Clean to nails. Remove stains with cotton
• rose petals pad. Push back cuticles. Brush nails clean. Dry. Nip dead tissue.
• French lavender 7. Apply a drop of SpaRitual Cuti Cocktail to cuticles and massage.
•S paRitual Infinitely Wise Fragrance 8. Apply a warm layer of SpaRitual Infinitely Loving Oil and a generous
Mist, Close Your Eyes Salts/Open Your amount of SpaRitual Affirming Scrub Masque over the oil. Gently
Eyes Salts/Look Inside Salts, Visionary
scrub in a circular motion for three minutes.
Cleanser, Cuti Quench, Harmonizing
9. Wrap hands in plastic and cover with a warm towel for five
Soak Tonic, Cuti Clean, Cuti Cocktail, minutes. Rinse hands to remove the masque and clean beneath
Infinitely Loving Oil, Affirming Scrub the free edge. Pat dry.
Masque, Eloquent Toner, Instinctual 10. Spray SpaRitual Eloquent Toner on hands and arms.
Moisturizing Lotion 11. Apply SpaRitual Instinctual Moisturizing Lotion to hands and
•b ase coat, strengthener, polish, top coat arms.
12. Remove residue with Visionary Cleanser and wipe nail.
13. Apply base coat, strengthener, two coats of polish, and top coat.
Created by Gil Ferrer, New York City The Hand Shake
1. Examine the client’s hands and determine her skin
care needs.
2. Dice up your selected fruits (like strawberries,
papaya, kiwi fruit, and avocado).
3. Place the fruit in a blender and add a large dollop
of King Research’s Love & Kisses cream. Blend until
the mixture has a “smoothie” consistency.
4. Pour the mixture into a large bowl and allow the
client to soak her hands for 10 minutes.
5. Using a warm, wet towel remove fruit residue from
the hands.
6. Perform a 40-minute reflexology massage using Ingredients
Love & Kisses lotion. • fresh fruit (avocado,
strawberries, kiwi fruit,
papaya)
• King Research Love &
Kisses Protective Cream
for Hands & Skin
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Cuccio Naturalé
Paradiso Manicure
Treat your client to Paradise. Elevate your Spa
Manicure to the next level with a series of
scented spa treatments featuring soothing soaks,
exfoliation organic sea salts, refreshing spa elixirs,
regenerating deep dermal vitamin-enriched wraps,
extended massage and hydrating body butters.
Try our Cuccio Naturalé Scentual Spa Signature
Services. Available in Soothing and Moisturizing
Milk &- Honey, Anti-Aging and Revitalizing
Pomegranate & Fig, Regenerating and Healing
Papaya & Guava Nectar, and Energizing and
Balancing Tuscan Citrus Herb with Clary Sage.
1. Spray your workstation with one of our
tantalizing elixirs. All services should start with
spraying sanitizing spray onto the nail surface.
2. Open the Natural Nail Client Guard sealed
sterilization pouch in front of your client.
3. Drop one effervescent ball into warm water
and soak hands and nails for a few minutes.
4. Apply Apple Cuticle Remover with Alpha
Hydroxy Fruit Acid to cuticles; massage gently and
soak. Push back cuticles and clean under nails.
5. Gently massage Pomegranate Skin Polisher
with Alpha Hydroxy Acid or Milk & Honey Sea
Salts for hands (this is a finer formula than the
pedicure and body version) onto hands, wrists
and arms. Wipe off with a moist towel.
6. To promote skin cell regeneration, apply a
liberal amount of Deep Dermal Wrap evenly on
hands and forearms with the application brush.
Wrap plastic wrap, warm moist towel, electric
mittens or plastic gloves and let sit for 5-10
minutes for an intense treatment. Gently wipe
off with a moist warm towel.
7. Do an extended hand and forearm massage
with Body Butter (warm in a lotion warmer or
microwave for a hot butter massage).
8. Clean Nail Plate then apply Cuccio Naturalé
Forte Nail Strengthener, which can be used as
a base coat or by itself. When dry, apply one of
Cuccio Naturalé cuticle oils of your choice gently
massage the cuticle oil onto the cuticles.
www.cuccio.com
800.762.6245
manicures
Colorful (Acrylic) French Mani Created by Christie’s Nails, Ocean View, Hawaii The No-Buffing Acrylic Nails
Take care of your clients and yourself with
Soft Touch’s Overcoat for Acrylic Nails.
1. Remove the old product with tip cutters or by filing it down.
2. Cut away any lifting and prep the nail before filling the cuticle area. This incredible product requires just two
3. Grasp the finger securely using an over-hand grip. This gives you more quick and easy steps to eliminate buffing
control when you are filing. Pull the finger away from the nail so you can and top coat entirely. This gel system cures
file deeper into the corners without touching the skin with the file bit. Use in seconds without UV light. The no-chip
a carbide bit to carve the smile line. Set your electric file to a very slow gel protection leaves a dazzling shine that
speed. Brace your right hand against your client’s finger with your pinky.
won’t yellow.
You must always brace your right hand to have control. Run the edge
of the carbide bit along the nail starting up in the corner and continuing
down into the smile. Because it is self-leveling, it also benefits
4. When you have gone a little more than halfway across the nail you may nail professionals by eliminating discomfort
want to adjust where you are bracing your pinky so you can carve up into caused by the constant repetitive motion
the other corner of the nail.
required with buffing. Add Overcoat to your
5. Make sure you remove nearly all of the old colored acrylic.
6. Apply a nail form. acrylic full sets and fills to shave precious
Ingredients 7. Place one acrylic bead at the end of the nail on the nail form. Press the minutes off your manicure time. More time
• carbide bit product up into one corner of the smile, then up into the other corner. At means more clients and more profit.
• nail form this point it is not necessary to keep the smile line clean. You can overlap
• tip cutter the tip color onto the smile line — just make sure you have the product
• 3:1 mix ratio of colored 1. Apply acrylic product as you normally
tucked all the way up into the corners.
powder to glitter 8. With a carbide bit, refine the smile line, removing excess product. When would. File and shape nails. (You do not
• UV gel top coat the excess acrylic has been removed you will be left with a crisp smile need to buff.)
line. File and shape the nail. 2. Apply a bead of the Overcoat Gel to the
9. (Optional) Apply a UV gel top coat as the last step. center of the nail.
3. Brush the liquid Perfector over the bead
of gel, spreading it as you would nail polish.
Created by The Nail Lounge, Naples, Fla. The Citrus Sensation Mani Keep product away from the cuticle area.
4. The crystal-clear results will be dry in
less than a minute without the need for
1. Light a lemon-scented candle next to the client to
begin the experience. light-curing.
2. Shape nails.
3. Dip a lemon half into grapeseed oil, then organic Note: You’ll want to wipe the brush in a
sugar. Use this to exfoliate the client’s hands. circular motion on a lint-free pad or towel
4. Apply softener to cuticles, then place in mitts.
before returning it to the Perfector bottle.
5. Have the client wash her hands.
6. Apply Qtica Mandarin Honey Moisture Mask. This will prevent build-up or hardening
7. Perform cuticle maintenance. of the brush. If hardening occurs, simply
8. Remove the mask with a hot wet towel. switch the caps on the Perfector and Brush
9. Massage the client’s arms and hands with Qtica Cleaner. Switch caps after every full set to
Mandarin Honey Lotion.
keep the brush free of build-up.
10. Prep and polish. Garnish with lemon slice nail art
if desired.
Ingredients
• fresh lemon
• organic sugar
• grapeseed oil
• cuticle softener
• Q
 tica Mandarin Honey Moisture
Mask and Mandarin Honey Lotion
• base coat, top coat, polish
•E rgo Soy Candle (in lemon verbena)

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manicures
Rosetini Manicure
Ingredients
• Epicuren After Bath Rose
Petal Moisturizer
• Aromatherapy Freshening
Mist in White Rose Petal and
Massage Rose Oil
• Serendipitea’s Shanghai Rose
Rose Petal & White Tea
• paraffin
Created by Lisa Wong, Vista, Calif.
1. Prep nails.
2. Apply CND Performance Tips in natural.
3. Mix CND Soft White and Silver Shimmer for the tip.
To achieve the smile line with a twist, use the tip of a
size 10 brush to get the detail of the little twist. Sculpt
it high enough so that when you apply the pink over
the top, you can file down and it won’t file into the
white.
4. Sculpt the lunula (moon) with the same Soft White
mixture.
5. Apply the body of the nail with a mixture of CND
Neutral Opaque, Perfect Pink, Metro Brown, and a hint
of Copper and Silver Shimmer over the twist. Do not
bring the pink up over the tip of the nail.
6. File the nails to the desired shape with a Blizzard.
Apply CND Solar Oil and buff with a Boomerang
padded board to a high shine.
7. (Optional) Apply a small silver bead in the middle of
the silver swirl with top coat.
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Created by Mimosa, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
1. Place Epicuren After Bath Rose Petal Moisturizer,
Serendiptea’s Shanghai Rose Petal and White Tea
loose tea, and cuticle remover in small bowls.
2. File and shape the nails.
3. Add Aromatherapy Massage Rose Oil and water
to the loose tea. Have the client soak her hands
for a few minutes.
4. Apply cuticle remover and perform cuticle work
as needed.
5. Lightly spray the hands and arms with
Aromatherapy Freshening Mist in White Rose
Petal.
6. Massage hands and arms with massage oil.
7. Place hands in paraffin dip. Wrap the hands in
plastic and towels for a few minutes. Remove oil
and paraffin using towels.
8. Spray rose-scented mist on the hands and arms.
9. Massage moisturizer into hands and arms.
10. Remove excess lotion with a towel. Remove
excess lotion from the nails. Apply polish.
French Twist
Ingredients
• CND Performance Tips
• CND Acrylics: Soft White, Silver
Shimmer, Neutral Opaque, Perfect
Pink, Metro Brown, and Copper
• CND Solar Oil
• CND Boomerang
Indestructible
Manicures & Pedicures
Create nail enhancements with color that
will never chip, crack of fade over time.
Create indestructible manicures and
pedicures with unsurpassed adhesion
and strength. NSI gel chemistry makes is
possible. Balance UV Color Gels make it
beautiful.
1. After thoroughly prepping the nail and
applying Balance Bond Primer, always
begin by applying any Balance Builder Gel
or One-Step Clear Gel in polish-like strokes
from the cuticle to the free edge. Cure for
90 seconds. For the best results, use an NSI
Ultra Pro Full Hand Lamp.
2. Apply your choice of Balance UV Color
Gels and cure for two minutes. For deeper
color intensity, apply a second layer of
color gel and cure for two more minutes.
Remove the tacky dispersion layer with NSI
Cleanse.
3. Apply Balance Finish Clear for a high-
gloss shine and cure for 90 seconds.
Remove the tacky dispersion layer with NSI
Cleanse.
Your client leaves the salon with chip-
proof, dent-proof, wear-proof color that
never loses its luster. With no drying time
needed, clients can be on their way imme-
diately.
For other Balance UV Color Gel design
ideas and step-by-step demos, go to
www.nsinails.com.
www.nsinails.com
800.354.6741
manicures Recipe for a Safe Salon
Raspberry & Roses Manicure Created by Mystic Nails, Puerto Rico
Creating a clean salon is the number one
concern for salon owners, nail technicians,
and clients. One key factor that is vital to
1. To make the scrub, combine the yogurt and
salon safety is using tools that are in line
olive oil. Tear the rose petals into tiny pieces,
then stir them in. Put the mixture in the refrig- with state regulations.
erator until chilled. Stir in the sugar immediately
before use. Mehaz Professional offers a premium
2. Soak hands in warm water. Add rose petals and line of implements that can be sanitized
river rocks to the bowl. and disinfected in accordance with state
3. Exfoliate hands with the homemade raspberry guidelines. All implements are handcrafted
sugar scrub. Do not rinse. in Solingen, Germany, which is known for
4. Using a spray bottle, spray chilled rose water providing the world’s finest cutlery. Mehaz
onto the hands to start removing the scrub.
implements are made from the highest-
Ingredients 5. Use towels dipped in chilled rose water to
quality stainless steel and come with a
•2  1/2 oz. raspberry yogurt completely remove it. Once the scrub is
• 1 /2 cup brown sugar completely rinsed off, spray hands once more lifetime guarantee.
• 1 1/2 Tbs. olive oil with the rose water.
•2  roses, remove 6. Prep nails. Flowery, whose founder invented the
(and reserve) petals 7. Massage hands and feet with any floral lotion. emery board in 1910, has been the leader
• r iver rocks 8. Polish nails. in salon safety since the introduction of the
• r ose water Purifiles line in 1992. Purifiles are immersible,
• fl
 oral-scented lotion sanitizable, and reusable, and they last three
•b  ase coat, top coat, polish times longer than washable files. D-Files
are disposable files individually wrapped for
single use, with two grits on each file. D-Files
Disposable Foot File System consists of a
Swedish Clover Fot Fil handle with removable,
Created by Salon Third Day, El Paso, Texas Tooty Fruity Mani disposable abrasive pads to smooth away
calluses and rough skin. D-Files Disposable
5-Second Competition Buffer and D-Kit
1. Select desired clay cane. Carefully, thinly cut slices of
the cane on a cutting board with a razor blade. Put Disposable Service Kits (with basic items for
aside all precut slices. manicures and pedicures) are also available.
2. Prep nail as usual. Apply desired tip. Cut to desired
length, shape, blend, and add bonder. Educating your clients is an important
3. Once you have applied desired glitter or colored step in your quest to become the cleanest
acrylic on all 10 fingers, add glue on the desired area salon on the block. Be sure to explain to
where precut clay canes will be placed. your clients how you go out of your way to
4. With two orangewood sticks, gently hold down the create a safe nail salon by disinfecting your
corner of the clay canes until fully secured. Repeat this
implements and disposing of any single-use
process on desired nails.
5. Begin applying pink acrylic on entire nail bed, products. That, combined with impeccable
remembering to fully encase clay canes. service, is the key to salon success.
6. File sides and cuticle area as usual with either 180-grit
file or e-file (medium grit).
7. If using gel top coat, apply gel top coat and cure for
Ingredients
• fimo clay canes
three minutes. Otherwise, buff and polish as usual. • razor blade
• glitter and colored acrylic
• two orangewood sticks
• pink acrylic
• 180-grit file, or e-file with
medium-grit sanding band
• UV gel top coat (optional)
www.flowery.com
www.mehaz.com
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manicures
Cosmopolitan Manicure
Ingredients
• CND Scentsations Wash and
Lotion (in cranberry)
• lime slices
• Qtica Lime Zest Sugar Scrub
and Therapy Lotion
• red food coloring
• Epsom and rock salts
• Nail Tek Hydration Therapy
base and top coats and polish
Created by D’Hair to be Different, Las Vegas
1. Lay down pink acrylic and make a smile line.
(Reverse application).
2. Put a small drop of clear ice acrylic mix on
the tip, right in the center.
3. Place a platinum heart on top of the clear ice
mix and push it down.
4. Cover the entire free edge with black acrylic,
covering over the platinum heart.
5. Cap the whole black free edge with the clear
ice mix and push a glittered circle into it.
6. Cap over the glittered circle with the clear
ice mix.
7. File the nail into shape to make a perfect
smile line. Apply Young Nails Finish gel and
cure. The outer design will show the clear
ice mix sparkling on top of the black acrylic.
The heart design will be clear on the under-
side of the nail.
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Created by Lavender Nail and Body Studio, Oakland, Calif.
1. Sanitize your and your client’s hands.
2. Place your client’s hands in a martini glass filled
with CND Scentsations Wash (in cranberry),
red food coloring, fresh lime slices, and Epsom
and rock salts.
3. While wearing terrycloth gloves, exfoliate your
client’s hand and lower arm with Qtica Lime
Zest Sugar Scrub.
4. Wrap hands in steamed towel for a minute,
allowing sugar crystals to dissolve. Slowly pull
off the towel to remove the scrub.
5. Prep nails.
6. Perform a “double massage” — first massage
CND Scentsations Lotion (in cranberry) onto
hands and arms, then massage Qtica Lime
Zest Therapy Lotion onto hands and arms.
7. Apply Nail Tek Hydration Therapy base coat,
two coats of polish, and top coat.
Hidden Heart Manicure
Ingredients
•Y oung Nails French Pink and
Frosted Pink Acrylic (equal parts)
• Black Acrylic
•C lear Acrylic and Ice Glitter
(mixed together)
• Celebrate Confetti
• Finish
Beautiful Wrap Nails
Creating a signature wrap service will help you
stand out from other salons. An alternative to
acrylic and gel services, wraps can be used to
create beautiful, natural-looking nails with the
added strength of an enhancement.
1. Have client wash hands and nails thoroughly
with Hygienic Elegance Cleansing Wash.
2. Remove the shine from the natural fingernails
using a 600-grit abrasive applied to one side of the
SeptiFile handle. Wipe the dust from the nails.
3. Apply a thin coat of Stikr to the four nails of one
hand, keeping 1/16” away from the cuticles. Acti-
vate by spraying with Kikr 7”-10” away from nails.
4. Repeat steps 1-5 for four nails on other hand,
then the two thumbnails.
5. Remove shine only on the free edge where arti-
ficial tip goes, using the 240-grit SeptiFile abra-
sive. Remove dust.
6. Apply a thin coat of Stikr to the free edge and
apply artificial tip.
7. Apply a thin coat of Stikr to the seam line of all
10 nails once tips have all been applied. Spray and
activate with Kikr 7”-10” away from nails.
8. Cut tips to desired length, and shape using a
240-grit Septifile abrasive.
9. Apply a Stress Strip of either Fiberglass or
Silk across the seam line, staying 1/16” away
from cuticle.
10. Apply a thin coat of Stikr to saturate the Stress
Strips on all 10 nails, then reapply and activate
with Kikr.
11. Apply a Fiberglass or Silk Pre-Cut Cuticle Fit
to all 10 nails, staying 1/16” away from all edges,
including tip of nail.
12. Apply a thin coat of Stikr to saturate all 10 nails,
making sure to seal all edges. Repeat, then acti-
vate with Kikr, spraying 7”-10” away from nails.
13. Repeat Stikr/Kikr application 2 more times, for
a total of 4 applications of Stikr and 3 applications
of Kikr.
14. Smooth entire nail surface and blend product
around the cuticle using the 240-grit SeptiFile,
then the 600-grit abrasive. Follow that with the
White Smooth Buffer, then the Gray Shine Buffer.
www.backscratchers.com
800.832.5577
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Magic Massage
Ingredients
• manicure towel
• Cuccio Naturalé
Body Butter
Created by Kaya Beauty, Henderson, Nev.
1. Serve the client a cup of hot, freshly
brewed African Rooibos Tea.
2. Prep nails.
3. Sprinkle some tea leaves into a bowl of
brewed Rooibos Tea. Soak client’s hands.
4. Add some tea leaves to the Body Shop
Shea Butter Scrub and exfoliate the
client’s arms and hands with this blend.
Remove the scrub with hot towels.
5. Massage the client’s arms and hands
with the Body Shop Shea Body Butter.
6. Apply base coat, two coats of polish, and
top coat.
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Created by Elaine Watson, Valencia, Calif.
1. Start the massage by giving your client a “relaxer
movement.” This will loosen up stiff joints and prep the
hands and arms for the massage. Place the client’s elbow
on a cushion covered with a towel, and brace the arm with
your hand. Then with your other hand hold the client’s wrist
and bend it slowly back and forth. Bend it five to 10 times
until you feel the client is relaxed. Then glide your hands
down to the fingertips. 
2. Begin the full massage using a teaspoon size dollop of Cuccio
Naturalé Body Butter in a scent she chooses. Slowly bring
the client’s arm down and brace it with your left hand. With
your right hand, hold the little finger at the base of the nail
and gently rotate it to form circles, about three to five times.
Work each finger, from the pinky toward the thumb.
3. Next make circular palm movements. Place the client’s
elbow on the cushion and, with your thumbs in the client’s
palm, make circular movements in opposite directions.
4. Now make circular movements on the wrist. Hold the client’s
hand with both of your hands, placing your thumbs on top
of the client’s hand and your fingers below the hand. Move
your thumbs in a circular movement in opposite directions
from the client’s wrist to the knuckle on the back of the hand.
Move up and down, three to five times.
5. The last time you rotate up, wring the client’s wrist by bracing
your hands around the wrist and gently twisting in opposite
directions. Then glide your hands up to the arm and slowly
and deeply rub in circular motions back down to the wrist.
Do this on both sides of the arm.    
African Rooibos (Red Tea) Manicure
Ingredients
• African Rooibos Brewed Tea and Leaves
•B  ody Shop Shea Butter Scrub and Shea Body Butter
• base coat, polish, top coat
Quality Implements Create
Quality Services
In order to create truly unique services, you first
have to make sure you are adequately prepared.
This includes doing everything from writing an
amazing service menu to understanding what
tools you can’t live without. Here is your “recipe”
for successfully purchasing quality nippers — a
nail tech’s best friend.
1. When building your mani/pedi toolbox,
choose implements to perform all specialized
tasks. If you’re a busy nail tech, complementing
your skills and talents with the right tools
(designed exclusively for the professional) will
keep customers coming back.
2. Handling sharp implements confidently is key
to client comfort. Nail technicians have to rely
on several implements for delicate procedures
and precision work. Pick nippers in a variety of
handles and jaw sizes. Rest your hand periodi-
cally and alternate with the right assortment of
nippers that flow with the way you work.
3. No matter what style nippers you use, blades
should be ultra-sharp, perfectly aligned and
precisely calibrated to always close evenly with
no gaps. Any well-made tool should feel good
to hold — like a natural extension of the hand.
Just as nippers can provide you with alternate
handling, they can also help change your field of
view when you need to see more of your work
surface or see it from a different angle.
4. Your tool kit should feature nippers expertly
crafted from the best materials with the highest
quality-control standards to ensure smooth
performance. As a professional, you deserve the
best in durable, dependable, stainless steel tools
— including nippers that are autoclave-friendly
(sterilizable to meet the highest standards of
safety and sanitation) and that are wear-resis-
tant (built to withstand repeated use).
5. Look for tools that are guaranteed to perform
and guaranteed against manufacturing defects.
Make certain your purchases include free sharp-
ening and a life-time guarantee. Buy from a
trusted, proven company to ensure safety and
optimal performance for the life of your tools.
www.tweezermanprofessional.com
800.645.3340
pedicures
Green Tea Pedicure
Ingredients
•Y  amaguchi Spa Green Tea
Contouring Lotion, Firming
Spray, and Clay
• s oy-enzyme milk
•d  istilled water
•g  reen tea bags
•p  olish, base coat, top coat
Created by Soothe Your Senses, Chicago
1. Soak feet in a warm bath infused with
organic dried mint and Soothe Your Senses
Refresh Foot Bathe, a blend of sea salts and
dried chamomile.
2. Cleanse and exfoliate feet with Soothe
Your Senses Renew Foot Scrub, a mix of
cane sugar, sage, and tea tree oil.
3. Apply Soothe Your Senses Revive Foot
Creme, a deep moisturizing mask.
4. Cocoon feet within a fresh, cooling
peppermint leaf wrap, then warm feet with
hot towels.
5. Massage legs and feet with Soothe Your
Senses Replenish Leg & Foot Moisturizer.
6. Trim, file, and polish nails.
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Created by Benu Spa & Salon, Dallas
1. Light a green tea-scented candle and serve green tea while
the pedicure is being performed.
2. Soak the feet in soy-enzyme milk.
3. Mix Yamaguchi Spa Green Tea Clay and warm distilled
water in an Asian mixing bowl using a whisk. This should
be done in front of the client.
4. Apply a thin paste to the feet and legs. Wrap the legs in
warm towels.
5. While the paste is drying, file and shape the toenails.
6. Brush off the dry clay using a loofah glove or with your
hands.
7. Using tea bags soaked in warm water, press the tea bags
to the skin to remove any residue. Do not wash as the clay
contains many moisturizing benefits.
8. Massage Yamaguchi Spa Green Tea Lotion into the feet
and legs.
9. Lightly spray legs and feet with Yamaguchi Spa Green Tea
Firming Spray and gently pat into the skin. The spray is a
light oil that seals in moisture.
10. Use a foot file as needed on the heels.
11. Apply polish or buff the nails.
Mint Julep Pedicure
Ingredients
•S  oothe Your Senses Refresh Foot
Bathe, Renew Foot Scrub, Revive
Foot Creme, and Replenish Leg &
Foot Moisturizer
•o  rganic dried mint
•p  eppermint mint wrap
•p  olish
•b  ase coat
• t op coat
Jessica’s Recipe for
Healthy Nails
The perfect recipe for healthy nails starts with the
right ingredients. Spice things up with products
personalized for your needs, and provide nails
with the right nutrients needed to take them from
drab to fab. Cook up a recipe for success with an
individualized treatment from Jessica Cosmetics
that’s sure to turn up the heat!
Jessica Cosmetics offers eight treatments for
a variety of different nail types — including
Rejuvenation (for dry nails), Recovery (for
brittle nails), Restoration (for damaged nails),
Reward (for normal nails), Fusion (for peeling
nails), Critical Care (for weak nails), Life Jacket
(for nails that break easily), and Flawless (for
nails with ridges). Choose a custom base coat
treatment tailor-made for your client’s nail type
and follow Jessica’s secret recipe for long, strong,
healthy nails.
1. Start with a clean, dry nail, and analyze your
client’s nails.
2. Choose the appropriate base coat treat-
ment for your client’s nail condition, and apply
two coats.
3. Apply two coats of your favorite Jessica
Custom Colour.
4. The finishing touches include one coat of Top
Priority ultra-sealing glaze followed by Brilliance
high-gloss fast-drying top coat.
5. Before your client leaves the salon, a drop of
Quick Dry prevents nails from smudging, wrin-
kling, and scratching.
For best results:
• Generously apply treatments and colours
using 8-10 strokes.
• Apply under and over the nail and make sure
you seal the edges.
Finally, don’t forget to send your client home with
a top coat, her favorite Jessica Custom Colour
and Phenomen Oil or Nourish Therapeutic
Cuticle Formula for at home maintenance.
www.jessicacosmetics.com
800.582.4000
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Peppermint Spa Pedicure
Ingredients
•T raditional Medicinals Organic
Peppermint Tea Bags
• organic mint leaves
•T he Body Shop Peppermint Mineral
Crystal Soak, Peppermint Refreshing
Foot Spray, Cooling Peppermint Foot
Mask, Cooling Peppermint Foot
and Leg Gel , Pumice Foot Scrub,
Peppermint Foot Lotion or Cooling
Intensive Foot Rescue
• peppermint essential oil
• unscented paraffin wax
•H arvest Lights All Natural Soy
Peppermint Twist Candle
• base coat, top coat, polish
Created by Pamper Me Please Travel Spa, Washington, D.C.
1. Light a Harvest Lights All Natural Soy Peppermint Twist
Candle to set the mood and serve the client peppermint tea.
2. Mix water with a few drops of Peppermint Essential Oil and
shake up the mixture. Spray the mist on a warm eye cloth and
place over the client’s eyes.
3. Add fresh organic mint leaves, Peppermint Mineral Crystal
Soak, and a Traditional Medicinals Organic Peppermint tea
bag to the foot bath. Soak the client’s feet.
4. Spray Peppermint Refreshing Foot Spray on the feet.
5. Prep nails.
6. Apply Cooling Peppermint Foot Mask to feet.
7. Apply Cooling Peppermint Foot and Leg Gel to feet.
8. Exfoliate feet with Peppermint Pumice Foot Scrub.
9. Spray hot towels with the Peppermint Essential Oil mist,
wrap them around the client’s feet, then remove.
10. Apply Peppermint Foot Lotion or Peppermint Cooling
Intensive Foot Rescue (for feet in need of extra moisture).
11. Add Peppermint Essential Oil to unscented paraffin, then dip
client’s feet in wax, and remove.
12. Polish toenails, and send the client home with a bag of mints.
Creating the
Perfect Manicure
As a nail artist, you might think there is
only so much you can do with a colored gel.
When your client goes to pick that perfect
nail polish color, are they wondering if they
can find something that is special for them,
or maybe has just a bit more sparkle? With
Akzentz Options colored gels, you can mix
or layer different colored gels to create any
color you desire. Not only are there over 75
colors in the collection, but we also have
highly pigmented art colors to help change
the hue of any gel polish mixture you make.
How about a new take on Classic Red?
Add a layer of Iced Violet on top to create
a completely custom look. With Akzentz
Options you can create the perfect manicure
no matter what your clients desire. Let your
imagination run wild.
1. Start with clean dry nails.
2. Remove shine and clean with Akzentz
Nail Prep.
3. Dehydrate the nail plate with Sure Bond.
4. Apply a thin layer of Base & Gloss or Opti
Bond. Cure for two minutes.
5. Apply Options Classic Red. Brush it onto
the nail like polish. Cure for two minutes.

Created by Green Bliss Eco Spa, Los Angeles Gentlemen’s Rock Pedicure 6. Apply a layer of Options Iced Violet.
Brush it onto the nail like polish. Cure for two
minutes.
1. Soak the client’s feet in warm water and Buddha Nose 7. Apply a thin coat of Base & Gloss. Cure for
Detox Bath Salts (or any Dead Sea salt soak with two minutes.
male-friendly essential oil scents). 8. Wipe off dispersion layer with Gel Cleaner.
2. Prep nails.
9. Finish with Nail & Cuticle Oil.
3. (By request) Wax off hair on the client’s toes.
Note: For extra strength, you may apply
4. Exfoliate the client’s feet with Naturopathica Citrus Salt
Scrub. Options Clear prior to your color and cure
5. Use Cuccio Naturalé Earth Stone Lava Pumice to lessen for two minutes.
calluses on heels and the mounds of the big toes. Rinse
off scrub.
6. Using Buddha Nose Bodhi Balm, perform a foot
reflexology massage.
Ingredients
•B uddha Nose Detox Bath
7. Apply Priti matte base coat to nails. (Optional, apply a
Salts and Bodhi Balm
requested polish color, like black or dark green, to nails.)
•N aturopathica Citrus
Salt Scrub
•C uccio Naturalé Earth Stone
Lava Pumice
• Priti matte base coat

www.akzentz.com
800.720.7833

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pedicures
Beach Feet Pedicure
Ingredients
• Callo Peel
• J essica’s ZenSpa line Blissful
Bath, Gentle Cuticle Remover
Gel, Purify Enzyme Scrub,
Balanced Stimulating Mint
Mask, Pampered Silkening
Souffle, Refreshed Foot Spray
• base coat, polish, top coat
Created by Polished Nail Studio, Chicago
1. Add a few scoops of One Minute Manicure
Oxygen Pops to the pedicure water. Drop
in a few slices of fresh lemon. Allow feet to
soak.
2. Perform the basic pedicure steps. Clip and
shape the nails, reduce the cuticles and
callus, and push back the cuticles.
3. Mix one scoop of Oxygen Pops with a
dollop of Head to Toe Total Body Sugar Buff.
Massage mixture into the foot and calf.
Repeat on other leg.
4. Rinse scrub off, using lemon slices to help.
5. Massage legs and feet with Essie Smoothie
Lotion in Lemon & Guava.
6. Wrap both feet in a hot towel scented with
Estelina’s Oil Therapy in Lemon Spice.
7. Finish with another light massage using
Estelina’s Oil.
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Created by Andrew Michaels Spa • Salon, Boston
1. Soak feet in Jessica’s Blissful Bath to sanitize and deodorize feet
and soften skin.
2. Clip and shape the nails and apply Jessica Gentle Cuticle
Remover Gel. Return feet to soak.
3. One at a time, dry feet and brush with Callo Peel. Wrap both feet
in plastic and allow to sit for at least 10 minutes.
4. Push back cuticles, clean nails, and remove excess dead skin
around the nails.
5. Rinse feet lightly. Apply Jessica’s Purify Enzyme Scrub to both
feet and legs, massaging each foot and calf.
6. Rinse feet and buff with a foot paddle.
7. Brush Jessica’s Balanced Stimulating Mint Mask onto feet and
legs. Rinse off after five minutes.
8. Apply Jessica’s Pampered Silkening Souffle and perform a
thorough massage on legs and feet.
9. Mist feet with Jessica’s Refreshed Foot Spray.
10. Remove excess lotion from the nail bed and apply base coat,
polish, and top coat.
The Lemon Drop Pedicure
Ingredients
•O  ne Minute Manicure Oxygen Pops
•E  ssie Smoothie Lotion in Lemon
& Guava
•E  stelina’s Essential Oil Therapy in
Lemon Spice
•H  ead to Toe Total Body Sugar Buff
• fresh lemon slices
The Art of the Safe Pedicure
Enhance your services with the versatile Belava
Pedicure System, which includes the Belava
pedicure foot bath, the Belava disposable liner,
the Belava heater/massager unit, and the newest
addition — the Belava pedicure mats.
1. To perform a pedicure, place a new Belava
disposable liner into the Belava pedicure tub.
Fill the pedicure tub with warm water. Add
the soaking solution of your choice and/or any
essential oils and perform your pedicure.
2. In order to create a more luxurious pedicure
experience you can add heat and massage
features with the Belava heater/massager unit.
Once you’ve set the heat and vibration to the
appropriate settings, place the Belava pedicure
tub filled with water and soaking solution, onto
the heater/massager unit. Because of the inter-
locking design of the heater/massager unit, the
pedicure tub will stay fixed on the base unit,
preventing any tipping of the foot bath. With
the pedicure footbath set in place on top of the
heater/massager you can continue to perform
your pedicure while your client enjoys relaxing
vibration and soothing heat.
3. The versatility of the Belava pedicure
system allows you to expand your pedicure
services in the form of a waterless pedicure.
You can use the Belava heater/massager on
its own, without the pedicure foot bath, to
perform waterless pedicures, or dry massage
during manicures, other services, or in the
waiting room. Place a towel over the top of the
heater/massager unit. Set the heat element to
the low heat setting to provide a comfortable
level of heat. Set the level of massage to suit
your client’s needs. Apply lotion or other skin
treatment to your client’s feet and place them
on the towel.
4. The Belava line of pedicure mats are
currently offered in three different designs.
The pedicure mat protects the wood floor and
carpeting from spills and protects clients from
slipping when they step out of the tub. The
mat is easy to clean, which further protects
clients’ bare feet. Happy pedicuring!
www.belava.com
888.708.7131
pedicures The Perfect Long-Lasting
Champagne Pedicure Created by A Perfect Pair Nail Salon & Spa, Dunedin, Fla. Customized Manicure
Your signature manicure doesn’t have to
include a kitchen cabinet’s worth of homemade
1. Prepare a soak made with Keyano Aromatics concoctions to be special. Make your manicure
Champagne Fizz Ball and a splash of stand out by using a top-of-the-line system to
champagne.
produce extraordinary, long-lasting results.
2. Soak the client’s feet for 15 minutes. Serve chilled
champagne, freshly dipped chocolate-covered
strawberries, and red grapes. Ingredients:
3. Manicure toenails. CHI Nail 2-Way Buffer File
4. Exfoliate feet with a freshly made champagne CHI Nail 2-Way Buffer Block
and grape salt scrub that consists of Epsom salt, CHI Ceramic Base Coat
crushed green grapes, and a splash of Keyano’s or CHI Ceramic Base Coat Bonder
Ingredients Champagne Oil.
5. Apply Keyano’s Champagne & Rose Butter
CHI Ceramic Nail Lacquer
•K  eyano Aromatic Champagne Fizz CHI Ceramic Top Coat
Ball, Champagne Oil, Champagne & Cream to warm feet to moisturize and soften.
CHI Ceramic Nail Instant Drying Drops
Rose Butter Cream Let penetrate for 10 minutes.
• c hampagne 6. Rinse feet. Massage Keyano Champagne Oil into
the feet and legs. 1 .File nails in one direction by using the CHI
•E  psom salt
7. Cleanse and polish toenails. Nail 2-Way Buffer File to achieve the ideal nail
• c rushed and pureed fresh grapes
•O  PI polish: Birthday Babe and 8. Apply nail art (optional). shape.
Happy Anniversary 2. Prep the nails by using the green side of the
•b  ase coat CHI Nail 2-Way Buffer Block on each nail. This
• t op coat removes the shine and oil from the nail for a
smooth application of the base coat.
3. Thoroughly wash the nails and be sure they
are completely dry.
4. Apply the CHI Ceramic Base Coat evenly
Created by The Nail Loft, Austell, Ga. Flowers in Bloom Pedicure to protect the nails from discoloration and to
prevent the nail lacquer from chipping. For
1. Bathe feet in a basin of flowers containing resistant nails, apply the CHI Ceramic Base
passion fruit and aloe vera extracts and a Coat Bonder to nails for maximum adhesion of
calming foot soak that includes anti-bacterial the nail lacquer.
tea tree oil. 5. Apply two coats of your favorite shade of
2. Shape toenails, tidy up cuticles, smooth feet
CHI Ceramic Nail Lacquer evenly to nails.
and heels with a foot file.
6. Apply a sheer or shimmer shade of CHI
3. Mix a sea salt scrub with a jasmine essential
oil and massage into feet and legs to Ceramic Nail Lacquer on top for a unique
moisturize skin. custom look. Try P-CHI’s & Cream or Over-
4. Rinse off the product and apply a peppermint night Celebrity.
mask. Wrap feet and legs for five minutes 7. Apply one coat of the CHI Ceramic Top Coat
and remove the product with hot towels. to seal in the look.
5. Offer a paraffin dip. Ingredients 8. For instant drying, apply the CHI Ceramic Nail
6. Massage feet and legs with lemongrass- • fresh flowers Instant Drying Drops to prevent smudging.
based essential body oil. • foot soak with tea tree oil
7. Apply base coat, two coats of polish, and a • s ea salt scrub
top coat. • jasmine essential oil
•p  eppermint mask
• lemongrass oil
•u  nscented massage and body oil
•p  araffin
•p  assion fruit and aloe vera extracts
•p  olish, base coat, top coat

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pedicures
Pick-Me-Up Pedicure Created by Samone Spa Bar, Chicago
1. Fill the pedicure basin with CND
SpaPedicure Foaming Sea Soak.
2. Trim and file nails to desired length.
3. Protect hands with gloves, then apply Be
Natural Callus Eliminator to dry areas on
soles of feet. Be careful not to allow it to
come in contact with broken skin. Wrap
feet with paraffin protectors.
4. Remove protectors after five minutes.
Rinse thoroughly.
5. Use a foot file to gently remove dry skin.
6. Exfoliate with CND’s Sea Salt Glow or
a.h.a. Sea Scrub.
Ingredients 7. Massage a small amount of Warm
• CND SpaPedicure Foaming Spirit Special Attention Cream or CND
Sea Soak, Sea Salt Glow or Cucumber Heel Therapy on feet for three
a.h.a. Sea Scrub to five minutes.
• Be Natural Callus Eliminator 8. Wrap feet in hot towels to produce a
• Warm Spirit Special calming effect.
Attention Cream or CND 9. Polish toenails.
Cucumber Heel Therapy
• polish, b
 ase coat, top coat
The Upscale
Pedicure Sandal
Incorporate The Upscale Pedicure Sandal® into
your pedicure service as a benefit for clients
for their beautiful feet and their foot health.
Yoga Sandals® provide a dynamic dual-action
between the heel bone support and the toe
separators that align the bones and exercise
the muscles of the feet. This action increases
foot mobility, promotes correct forward foot
motion, relieves pressure on the metatarsals
and digital nerves, and improves balance and
body alignment.
Market The Upscale Pedicure Sandal® as
part of your pedicure service, stressing the
client’s overall wellness. Your clients will
enjoy the sandals designed with their health
and beauty in mind. Packaged in their own
unique tote bag, the sandals also make
wonderful gifts for friends and family. Beech
Sandal Co., LLC provides a free retail display
to every spa and salon, creating a powerful
visual impact that describes the value of The
Upscale Pedicure Sandal®.

1. Your client elects to have her manicure

Created by Element Day Spa, Los Angeles Grandma’s Milk and Honey Cookies Pedicure
1. Add a Cuccio Milk & Honey Fizz Ball and
AquaLeaves to the pedicure tub. Soak the client’s
feet in the milk and honey bath for five minutes.
2. Prep nails.
3. Exfoliate client’s legs and feet with Cuccio Milk
& Honey Sea Salts. Rinse with warm water and
pat dry using a hot towel.
4. Using the provided application brush, apply
a generous amount of Cuccio Deep Dermal
Transforming Wrap onto the client’s legs and
feet. Cover the areas with clear plastic wrap,
then cover with warm towels for 10 minutes.
Wipe off the mask with the towels and pat dry.
5. Massage the Cuccio Milk & Honey Body Butter
Blend into the client’s legs and feet.
6. Clean the nail bed with sanitizing spray, then
complete the pedicure with polish application.
first, then moves to the pedicure station.
2. After a relaxing foot treatment, the sandals
are placed on the feet, naturally separating
the toes. Polish the toenails.
3. With the hands now completely dry, the
client is ready to get on with her day in her
smudge-free sturdy pedicure sandals.
4. Since she can go about her normal routine
in the pedicure sandals, she will reap the
health benefits of the sandals all day long.
Ingredients
•C  uccio Naturalé Scentual Spa
Signature Service Enhancement
Kit (Milk & Honey): AquaLeaves,
Pedicure Fizz Balls, Exfoliating
Sea Salts, Body Butter Blend, and
Deep Dermal Transforming Wrap
• s anitizing spray
•b  ase coat
•p  olish
• t op coat

YOGA SANDALS® FOOTWEAR

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pedicures
Fruit Smoothie Pedicure
Ingredients
• 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1 /4 cup of fruit (include a variety
of pineapple, apple, orange, and
banana) or canned fruit cocktail
• OPI AvoJuice Silk Body Wash
and Skin Quenchers Juicie (in
Cran & Berry)
• sugar or a fruity sugar scrub
• polish, base coat, top coat
Created by The Nail Station, Huntington, Ind.
1. Fill the pedicure basin with warm water. Add 2 Tbs. Haken
Mineral Spa Crystals (in Cranberry) and two drops of Source
Vitál Bio Essential Anti-fungal Oil. Soak the client’s feet.
2. Prep nails.
3. Spritz the client’s foot with Source Vitál Aromatic Algae.
Exfoliate with a foot paddle and rinse in the basin. Dry
foot.
4. Apply Haken Spa Yogurt Mask (in Cranberry).
5. Dip Spa Essential Paraffin Strips in warm Pinnacle by
FPO Nurture Infused Therapeutic Paraffin (in Kicked Up
Cranberry). Apply four strips to each foot.
6. Wrap feet in plastic bags, then slip them into foot booties.
Let the client relax for five minutes, then remove the booties,
bags, mask, and paraffin.
7. Massage feet for two minutes. Apply Source Vitál Cool
Mask to feet. Wrap feet in towels and let sit for two
minutes.
8. Massage feet with Source Vitál Nourishing Body Cream for
two minutes.
9. Apply Haken Whipped Body Butter (in Cranberry) to legs
and massage for two minutes. Follow with warm towels.
10. Cleanse nails, then polish or buff to a shine.
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Created by Artistic Trends Salon, Sellersville, Pa.
1. Combine fruit in a blender. Add yogurt and heat
through in a crock pot. In a pinch, you can substitute
canned fruit cocktail for the fresh fruits. Serve a fruit
smoothie (made of the same fresh fruits and yogurt,
add either seltzer or peach schnapps to thin it out) to
your client when using this mask.
2. Soak feet in warm water. Add OPI AvoJuice Silk Body
Wash (in Cran & Berry) to the soak.
3. Exfoliate with any fruity sugar scrub. To make your
own, make the same crushed fruit salad in the blender,
then mix it with 1/2 cup of sugar. Heat through with
some water in a crock pot. Scrub client’s feet and legs
in a circular motion, then rinse off.
4. Prep nails.
5. Using a fan brush, smooth on the homemade fruit
smoothie mask. Wrap feet in towels for five minutes.
Rinse.
6. Massage feet and legs with OPI Avoplex Skin
Quenchers Juicie (in Cran & Berry).
7. Polish nails.
Cranberry Pedicure
Ingredients
•H aken Mineral Spa Crystals, Spa Yogurt
Mask, and Whipped Body Butter (in
Cranberry)
•S ource Vitál Bio Essential Anti-fungal
Oil, Aromatic Algae, Cool Mask, and
Nourishing Body Cream
• Spa Essential paraffin strips
•P innacle by FPO Nurture Infused Thera-
peutic Paraffin (in Kicked Up Cranberry)
• base coat, top coat, polish
Gel Polish Services
Light Elegance gel polish is less like a colored
gel and more like a traditional nail lacquer.
Imagine using a nail lacquer that does not
smell, dry, smudge or have your client return
to your desk with a nick or scratch within a
few minutes. This is what Light Elegance gel
polish can do for you. You can couple the gel
polish with glitters or clear gels to get new and
exciting designs and services.
One outstanding characteristic of performing
gel polish services like this in your salon is that
your clients can not do this at home nor would
they want to do it themselves! Performing gel
polish services on your clients will create a
loyal devotion to you and (when done right)
nearly a cult-like following. Yes, your clients
will truly appreciate what you can do for them
because they will completely understand
that the products you are using on them are
products that they cannot use.
In addition to this, the appearance and
performance factor of Light Elegance gel
polishes is extraordinary. There will be no
rubbing off of the gel polish from the free edge
of the fingernail, nor will your client return to
the salon with her polish scratched off. If you
want to learn to perform remarkable services
and help to secure your business and clients’
loyalty, we can help. Try Light Elegance gel
polishes and glitter additives to add truly
unique service options for your clients.
www.lightelegance.com
(800) 275-5596
 pedicures
Pumpkin Fritter Mani/Pedi
Mint Julip, Philadelphia Come Clean and
Pumpkin Fritter Mani/Pedi Created by Mint Julip, Philadelphia Put Clients at Ease
On several Top 10 Lists of Salon Satisfaction,
customers rate “Overall Cleanliness” toward
the top of the list! It’s clear — your clients are
1. Soak hands and feet in Trillium Organics Clemen- decidedly more comfortable in a salon that
2 tine Clove Wash for 20 minutes.
sparkles. Put them at ease about disinfection
2. Mix together 3 Tbs. freshly boiled pumpkin (canned
and you’ll boost the likelihood of repeat business.
pumpkin may be substituted), 2 Tbs. sugar in the
raw, and 2 drops of pure vanilla extract to create Here’s a three-step plan from King Research:
your pumpkin fritter antioxidant mask. Add 1 tsp.
Trillium Organics Clementine Clove Oil immedi- 1. Educate. Brush up on your own knowledge of
ately before using on client. safe salon practices. Review the guidelines below,
3. Saturate your client’s legs, feet, arms, and hands as well as the specific guidelines in your state. Let
generously with the mask. your clients know that you disinfect all of your
Ingredients 4. Wrap the client’s feet and hands with hot towels
(or electric booties) for 15 minutes.
tools in Barbicide — an EPA-approved, hospital-
•T rillium Organics Clementine grade, disinfectant. That means it kills everything
Clove Wash and Oil 5. Clean the mask off and prep nails.
from fungus to staph to hepatitis and HIV!
• boiled or canned pumpkin 6. Massage feet for 10 minutes with Alaffia Hand-
crafted Shea Butter. Massage hands with Organics 2. Embrace. Now that you know it, do it! At
• sugar in the raw 3
Pumpkin Hand Repair Cream. the end of each day, everything washable gets
• pure vanilla extract
•A laffia Handcrafted Shea Butter 7. Apply base coat, two coats of polish, and top coat. scrubbed and soaked. Sweep the floor after
•O rganics Pumpkin Hand Repair every service and wipe down your chair and
Cream station with the new Barbicide Wipes Disin-
• base coat fecting Towelettes.
• top coat 3. Energize. Bring your commitment to disinfec-
• polish tion out in the open. Dangerous new staph infec-
tions like MRSA and VRE, which are resistant to
currently prescribed antibiotics, are in the news
and clients are nervous. Download free mirror
Created by Mujeres Salon, Eugene, Ore. Green Tea Gel Toes clings at www.barbicide.com to assert your
6 “commitment to clean.”

1. Prepare the toenails for the pedicure by pushing
back the cuticles, remove the shine, and clean with
Light Elegance Cleanser.
2. Apply LE Bonder to the toenails and cure.
3. Apply LE Gel Polish (try “Friday at 4”) and sprinkle
a light coat of “Pink Glitter” over the gel polish and
cure, then dust off the excess glitter.
4. Apply LE Super Shiny and cure.
5. Cleanse the toenails.
6. Get a warm bowl of water and put green tea leaves
into the water for 30-60 seconds (if you Names:
Alternate are using
tea bags, then remove the tea bags after the 30-60
Pumpkin Pie Mani/Pedi
seconds and place some bay leaves in the water).
Halloween Combo
7. Place 12 drops of LE Cuticle Oil into the water.
55 8. Soak your client’s feet in the water for a few
Smashed Pumpkin Delight
minutes.
9. Exfoliate your client’s feet with the salt scrub.
10. Wrap your client’s feet with towels
MODEL: that have
KARRIEMA been
DAWSON
soaked in warm water.
11. Remove each foot (one at a time) and massage
with the invigorating cream containing mint. 8/24/08
General Disinfection Guidelines:
• Dilute Barbicide or Barbicide Plus according to
directions on the label.
• Container should be labeled to indicate it
contains Barbicide or Barbicide Plus.
• Barbicide solution should be changed daily.
To Clean and Disinfect Tools:
• Clean and remove all visible debris. (Scrub
tools with warm water and soap or detergent
such as Ship-Shape Comb and Brush Cleaner
from King Research.)
Ingredients • Rinse thoroughly and pat dry with a towel.
• L ight Elegance Gel Polish, Cleanser,
Bonder, Super Shiny, Glitter, and
• Fully immerse and soak in Barbicide solution
for 10 minutes to disinfect.
Cuticle Oil • Rinse and pat dry with a towel.
•g  reen tea leaves (or 3 green tea
• Store in “Clean” storage container.
bags and bay leaves)
• salt scrub
4:14:19 PM
• f oot cream containing mint

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pedicures
Margarita Pedicure Created by Radiance Salon and Day Spa, Carson City, Nev. Lomasi Pedicure
Use Young Nails’ Lomasi scrubs, lotions,
1. Fill pedicure basin with water. and creams to create indulgent services.
2. Add a shot of tequila to detoxify feet. Use matching scents for themed services
3. Rub lime slices on skin and nails to whiten. (Mango Manicure anyone? Pomegranate
4. Exfoliate feet and legs with a blend of sea salts and Pedi?), or why not let your clients mix and
organic essence of lime oil to slough away dead match scents? Whatever you do, upsell this
skin cells. unique hour-long service for $50, and keep
5. Trim, file, and buff toenails.
your clients coming back for more.
6. Massage Coconut Body Butter onto legs and feet.
7. Drizzle warm organic coconut oil, infused with lime
1. Give your client’s toenails a dry pedicure
Ingredients and ginger, over the client’s legs and feet.
8. Place feet in heated booties for five minutes. by: cleaning, filing, shortening, etc. Pick out
• t equila • ground ginger • polish 9. Polish toenails. your favorite Lomasi scrub scent. Begin
• lime slices • The
 Body Shop • base coat with a quarter size in the palm of your hand
• sea salt Coconut Body Butter • top coat and begin massaging the feet and lower leg
• lime oil • organic coconut oil
to remove all dead skin. Scrub the feet dry
—Lomasi scrubs are sugar-based so you will
have better results with a dry massage.
Created by Havana Nights Nails & Spa, Chicago Mojito Pedicure 2. Soak the client’s feet in the hot bath
letting them relax for 10-15 minutes. The
scrub will dissolve, leaving the water silky
1. Fill pedicure basin with cool water.
2. Add a shot of Bacardi rum and lime juice to detoxify and cleanse feet. and enjoyable.
3. Exfoliate feet and legs with a homemade mix of sugar and lime juice to 3. Remove one foot from the water and dry
buff away dry, lifeless skin. it completely. Add a drop of your favorite
4. Push back cuticles, clean nails, and remove excess dead skin around Lomasi Creme to a small handful of scrub.
the nails. Try Ivory Blossom Creme mixed with Lemon
5. Rub lime wedges on the skin and toenails for a lightening effect. Grapefruit scrub for an exhilarating experi-
6. Apply a mint mask — using CND’s Marine Masque as a base, add ence. Begin rubbing and massaging the feet
your own fresh crushed mint leaves. with the mask mixture. Once all the scrub has
7. Massage legs and feet with a blend of Neaclear Unscented Foot Lotion
dissolved to a creamy mixture, wrap the foot
and lime peel essential oil. Ingredients tightly with a hot towel and let the foot sit for
8. Trim, buff, and polish nails • Bacardi rum • mint sprigs • Neaclear unscented foot lotion
4-5 minutes. Repeat on the other foot.
• refined sugar • polish • CND Marine Masque
4. Using the hot towel, remove the scrub
• lime • lime peel • base coat, top coat
• club soda essential oil mixture. You can also rinse the feet in the bath
if you choose. Apply your favorite Lomasi
Lotion and massage into foot and leg.
5. Clean nails and proceed with base coat,
Hot Buttered Rum Pedicure Created by Jill Wright Spa for Nails, Bowling Green, Ky. polish, and top coat of your choice. Don’t
forget to apply rose oil to the cuticles. And
1. Soak the feet in warm water infused with Bacardi white rum and essential oil of cinnamon most importantly, don’t forget to retail the
or clove. items to your customers — a guaranteed way
2. Prep nails. Use a callus eliminator and wrap feet in plastic wrap to let it work. Remove.
to finish the service with a few extra bucks!
3. In the palm of your hand, blend hot buttered rum mix (homemade or store-bought)
6. Make sure your client books another
with a teaspoon of rum. Exfoliate feet and legs with the scrub. Use a foot file on heels,
then rinse. appointment for three weeks out to experi-
4. Pat the area dry and do cuticle work as necessary. ence another awesome Lomasi pedicure!
5. Massage legs and feet with a teaspoon of cocoa butter.
6. Place cinnamon sticks between the toes as separators, then polish as usual.

•B  acardi rum (airplane-size bottle) • c ocoa butter

Ingredients • s tore-bought hot • cinnamon or clove essential oil R

buttered rum mix • callus eliminator

• c innamon sticks •p  olish, base coat, top coat
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pedicures Created by Nail Taxi (a mobile boutique),
Adding Paraffin Treatments
Cinnamon Bun Pedicure Atlanta/Chicago/Washington D.C./Richmond, Va.
Consider incorporating a soothing,
moisturizing paraffin dip into any of your
1. Soak the client’s feet for 10 minutes in Maxim Pedi Redi Foot Soak
(in Pink Grapefruit). custom signature services, it will increase
2. Prep nails. Use a foot file on calluses. customer satisfaction and your bottom line.
3. Groom cuticles with CND Solar Oil.
4. Exfoliate client’s legs and feet with Nail Taxi Cinnamon Bun Scrub 1. A paraffin treatment deeply moisturizes
for two minutes. Rinse. the skin and conditions nails and cuticles. The
5. Warm through SpaRitual Moisturizing Lotion, then massage into treatment is outstanding in its ability to reju-
client’s legs and feet. venate, hydrate, nourish, and increase circula-
6. Apply polish or buff to a shine with the OPI Brilliance Buffer Block.
tion in the skin.
2. Investing in a quality unit now will bring years
Ingredients •M axim Pedi Redi Foot Soak (in
Pink Grapefruit)
• SpaRitual Moisturizing Lotion
• base coat
of return on your investment. By choosing
•C ND Solar Oil and Solar • top coat a professional unit you can be sure you are
Speed Spray •p olish or OPI Brilliance exceeding your customers’ expectations. Look
• Nail Taxi Cinnamon Bun Scrub Buffer Block for a unit with an extended warranty and a
stainless steel tank.
3. The size of the machine should accom-
modate both the hands and feet. The recom-
Created by The Beauty Lounge Inc., Chicago Latté Pedicure mended size is 6” deep by 12” long. Select a
machine that offers a choice of colors so you
1. Combine the oatmeal with the honey. Add a few drops of warm water can match the machine to your salon’s decor.
and mix lightly. (Oatmeal is great for dry, itchy skin.) Look for a unit that is energy efficient as well.
2. Soak feet in warm water. Add a half cup of dry organic milk powder to the 4. After treatments, the wax should not split
soak and run the pedispa’s jets for a short time to get a nice foam. (The and crack upon removal. Instead, the wax
foam is the “latté” part — just make sure you don’t foam over the top!)
should peel off easily, maintaining its pliability.
3. Prep nails.
5. Not all waxes are equal. Remember that
4. Exfoliate feet with the homemade honey oatmeal scrub. Leave on for two
minutes. Rinse. quality counts. Look for a company that offers
5. Massage legs and feet with Cuccio Naturalé’s Body Butter (in Milk & a wide selection of scents. Match your scent
Honey). Wrap feet in warm towels. to your specialty service or switch scents with
6. Polish.
Ingredients the seasons to keep clients intrigued.
6. Look for a company that offers basic acces-
• 1/2 scoop of dry organic oatmeal • 1/4 tsp. honey
• dry organic milk powder • Cuccio Naturalé Body Butter (in Milk & Honey) sories — disposable liners, terry mitts and
booties, moisturizing cream, and a cleanser.
Terry mitts and booties will retain heat and
help extend the duration of the manicure or
Chocolate Pedicure Created by A Perfect Pair Nail Salon & Spa, Dunedin, Fla. pedicure. Disposable liners aid in the removal
of the wax and keep all accessories clean and
1. Combine 1/3 cup cocoa, 3 Tbs. heavy cream, 3 tsp. ready for your next client.
oatmeal powder, and 3 tsp. honey to make a chocolate 7. Always use a cleanser prior to the treat-
mask. Serve champagne, freshly dipped chocolate straw- ment; this will help maintain the cleanliness
berries, and a selection of chocolate candy to your client. of your wax. Basic hygiene should always be
2. Soak feet in warm water. Add cocoa powder and choco- followed along with antibacterial paraffin wax
late extract to the soak.
for extra assurance of cleanliness.
3. Prep nails.
4. Exfoliate with any chocolate sugar or salt scrub. To make 8. Use a moisturizing cream immediately
your own, combine 3 Tbs. brown sugar, 1 tsp. almond oil, following the removal of the wax.
Ingredients 1 tsp. honey, and 1/4 tsp. cocoa butter. After scrubbing,
• c ocoa powder • c hocolate scrub or THERMAL SPA PRODUCTS INC.
rinse.
•h  eavy cream brown sugar and
5. Apply the homemade whipped chocolate soufflé mask.
•o  atmeal powder almond oil
After 10 minutes, rinse.
•h  oney • s hea butter
6. Massage feet and legs with chocolate shea butter and a
• c hocolate extract • c hocolate massage oil
warm chocolate oil drizzle.
www.thermalspaproducts.com
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pedicures
Apothecary Spa Ritual Pedicure
Ingredients
•g  round herbs (peppermint leaves, ginger
roots, lavender, rose petals, green tea leaves,
lemongrass)
• salts (Himalayan and Dead Sea salts)
• organic sugar
• a romatherapy/essential oils (spearmint,
lemongrass, rose, lavender, peppermint,
ginger, lemon, and other preblended oils)
•A  mber Products Unscented Massage Cream
• pure shea butter
• base coat, polish, top coat
Created by Havana Nights & Spa, Chicago
1. To create the Cinnamon 2-in-1 Scrub and Mask,
combine the ground cinnamon and honey. (As
long as you use equal parts of each, the recipe
works.) The cinnamon grains are great for
exfoliating, and the honey is a great moisturizer,
which means you don’t have to use a separate
mask. (It also makes a great retail product.)
2. Soak feet in warm water. Add wash (in Cinnamon
Bun Heaven) to the soak.
3. Exfoliate feet with the homemade cinnamon
scrub. Leave on for 10 minutes to let the honey
do its work as a mask. Rinse.
4. Prep nails.
5. Massage feet and legs with lotion (in Cinnamon
Bun Heaven).
6. Polish nails.
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Created by Blu Water Day Spa, Kensington, Md.
1. Guide the client through the process of selecting the
perfect blend of ingredients — herbs, salts, and essential
oils — from the “apothecary bar” based on the type of
treatment she’s looking for (i.e. relaxing, energizing,
detoxifying, or recharging).
2. Add a few drops of the chosen essential oil to warm
water to create an aromatic foot soak. Soak client’s feet.
3. Place a warm neck wrap on the client for total relaxation.
4. Exfoliate feet and legs with the customized salt
(Himalayan or Dead Sea salts) or organic sugar scrub.
5. Prep nails.
6. Moisturize the calves and feet with a masque made of
pure shea butter, water, ground herbs and essential oils.
Wrap warm towels around calves and feet.
7. Massage calves and feet with Amber Products Unscented
Massage Cream blended with chosen essential oils.
8. Apply base coat, two coats of polish, and top coat.
Cinnamon Holiday Pedicure
Ingredients
•3  Tbs. ground cinnamon
•3  Tbs. honey
•B  ath & Body Works Temptations Wash
and Lotion (in Cinnamon Bun Heaven)
•p  olish
•b  ase coat
• t op coat
An Overcoat for
Natural Nails
If you’re looking for an easy way to help your
clients grow their natural nails longer, look no
further than Soft Touch’s Overcoat for Natural
Nails. This two-step, self-leveling gel formula
cures to a high-gloss shine without buffing or
top coat in less than a minute.
In addition to protecting and strengthening
natural nails, it also helps polish last longer. So
put Overcoat on your menu as an add-on to
your any of your signature manicure services
and increase your service charge for just 10
extra minutes worth of work.
1. Prepare the nails by removing polish or any
other topical coating. Push back the cuticles
and shape the nails. Lightly buff the nail with
a fine abrasive to remove natural oils.
2. Apply a bead of the Overcoat Gel to the
center of the nail.
3. Brush the liquid Perfector over the bead
of gel, spreading it as you would nail polish.
Keep product away from the cuticle area.
4. Apply two coats to medium-length nails.
You might want to add an additional coat for
longer nails. The crystal-clear results will be
dry in less than a minute without the need
for light-curing.
Note: You’ll want to wipe the brush in a
circular motion on a lint-free pad or towel
before returning it to the Perfector bottle.
This will prevent buildup or hardening of the
brush. If hardening occurs, simply switch the
caps on the Perfector and Brush Cleaner.
Switch caps after every full set to keep the
brush free of buildup.
www.softtouch.net
800.237.7229
pedicures Botanical Escapes Renewing
French Gel Toes Created by Polished.ca, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Rose Aroma Spa Pedicure
Botanical Escapes products were created to bring
the essence of nature’s healing powers into your
1. Remove the shine from the old gel. salon. Our products are designed to rejuvenate,
2. Soak cotton with acetone and apply onto the nail and wrap with
refresh, and renew your clients’ senses, making
aluminum foil. Leave it on for 10 minutes.
3. Scrape the peeling gel off with a cuticle pusher. their experience at your salon something they
4. Apply cuticle softener and push back the cuticles. will go back for again and again. Your customers
5. Buff the nails with 180- to 240-grit block. will love our blends, which are rich in natural
6. Shorten the free edge, but leave the nail a little longer. ingredients. You can create a whole menu of
7. Using a medium sanding band, remove the excess hard skin signature services using the Botanical Escapes
around the nails. Dust the nails and wipe well with prep. line from T4 Spa Concepts and Designs.
8. Apply a gel bonder and let it dry to chalky white.
9. Apply a thin layer of base coat and cure for two minutes. 1. Fill portion cups with Botanical Escapes salt, gel
10. Using a square brush, apply white gel to the free edge. Use gentle
and mask and place on bamboo tray with dispos-
vertical strokes and cover the free edge from side to side.
able buffers, files, pedicure sponges, and towels.
11. Perfect the smile line from the middle to the right and the middle
to the left. Flash cure for three seconds. Repeat on all five toenails 2. Place SaniSmart disposable liner in pedicure
Ingredients and then cure for two minutes. tub, fill with warm water. Add Botanical Escapes
• s oak-off solution 12. Apply a second layer of base coat using light floating strokes. Rose hydro-therapy salt.
• c uticle pusher Turn the nail to each side to make sure the surface is even, and 3. Remove nail enamel or polish. Soak feet for 5
• 1 80-240 grit buffing block then flash cure for two seconds. Repeat on all five nails and then to 10 minutes with body massage in a T4 pedi-
• c uticle softener cure for two minutes.
•A  kzentz Options Base ‘N cure spa. Remove feet and pat dry.
13. Wipe the dispersion layer with a cleanser. Shape the free edge 4. Exfoliate feet with Botanical Escapes Rose
Gloss, Options Brite White and shorten it a little. Apply lotion and cuticle oil.
• c leanser Salt Glow Gel in circular massage motion. If
necessary, concentrate on and use a Sanismart
disposable pedicure sponge to remove calluses.
Remove salt glow gel with a warm moist towel
or rinse and pat dry.
Created by HIVE Salon + Spa, Los Cabos, Mexico Grated Coconut & Passion Fruit Pedicure 5. Smooth on Botanical Escapes Shea Butter Mint
Mask on feet, avoiding the nails. Wrap each foot
1. Soak feet in a blend of Dead Sea salts, with a warm moist towel, leaving toes exposed.
four essential oils (tangerine, grapefruit, Place a warm towel over customer’s eyes.
lime, and sweet orange), and passion 6. While the feet are masked, massage Botan-
fruit extract. ical Escapes e9 oil into the cuticle area and nails.
2. Push back cuticles, cut and file nails, and Remove cuticles, file and buff nails with Sanis-
buff heels and feet. mart disposables. Dispose used items.
3. Scrub feet with a scrub that consists of
7. Remove towels and wipe any excess mask off
virgin coconut oil, almond oil, essential
the feet. Rinse if necessary.
oils, organic sugarcane, freshly pressed
passion fruit extract, and freshly grated 8. Massage feet with Botanical Escapes Rose
coconut. Hydration Lotion.
4. Massage legs and feet with a balm that 9. Clean surface of nail plate. Apply thin coat of
consists of wild honey, virgin coconut Botanical Escapes Nail Strengthener. Polish if
oil, and shea butter. desired.
5. Polish nails.
Ingredients 10. Drain spa and discard liner. Clean spa as
directed by state board.
•S
 ignature Soak Blend: Dead Sea salts, essential oils (tangerine, grapefruit, Option: Use an Aroma Diffuser with 1-2 drops of
lime, sweet orange), passion fruit extracts, antibacterial agents
Botanical Escapes Rose Essential Oils to diffuse
•S
 ignature Fresh Coconut, Passion Fruit & Organic Sugarcane Scrub: virgin
rose scent during the spa treatment.
coconut oil, almond oil, essential oils (tangerine, grapefruit, lime, sweet
orange), organic sugarcane, passion fruit extract, grated coconut
•S
 ignature Balm: wild honey, virgin coconut oil, shea butter
•b
 ase coat, top coat, polish

www.t4spa.com
866.556.2372

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pedicures
Polka Pedi
Ingredients
•N  SI Balance One-Step Clear Gel,
Balance Color Gel (custom blend
green and hot pink), Cleanse, Builder
Clear Gel, and Glaze ‘N Go Top Coat
• s mall, tapered brush for polka dots
Created by Beauty Bar, Toledo, Ohio
1. Soak the client’s feet in Beauty Bar Bellini Milk Bath
(in Peach) for five minutes.
2. Scrub bottoms of feet with a foot file. Prep nails.
3. Exfoliate with Beauty Bar Champagne Scrub.
4. Mix 1 tsp. champagne oil into Beauty Bar Merlot
Vinotherapy Mask, then apply to legs and feet.
Wrap in warm towels. After 15 minutes, remove the
mask with warm towels.
5. Massage Beauty Bar Bellini Body Butter into legs
and feet.
6. Apply base coat, two layers of polish, and top coat.
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Created by Risé Carter, West Conshohocken, Pa.
1. Perform a pedicure as you normally would.
2. Prep the toenails on one foot.
3. Apply a thin coat of NSI Balance One-Step Clear
as a base coat. (You do this so the pigment of the
colored gels doesn’t penetrate and stain the natural
nails. It also helps the gel come off more easily when
it comes time to remove them.)
4. Cure for 90 seconds in the UV lamp. Wipe tacky
layer off lightly saturated with NSI Cleanse.
5. Apply one coat of NSI Balance Color Gel. (Custom-
blended green for the big toes and Hot Pink on the
rest of the toes is shown.) Cure for two minutes.
Leave the tacky layer.
6. Apply a second coat and cure for two more minutes.
Remove tacky layer with Cleanse.
7. Use a small tapered brush to apply polka-dots to the
big toe and freeze the dots for 10 seconds.
8. Apply dots to smaller toes two at a time and lock for
10 seconds at a time.
9. Apply a thin coat of NSI Builder Clear Gel. Cure for
90 seconds. Buff it lightly to smooth it out.
10. Remove the dust and apply a layer of NSI Glaze ‘N Go.
Cure for 90 seconds. There is no tacky layer to remove.
Bellini Pedicure
Ingredients
•B  eauty Bar Bellini Milk Bath (in Peach),
Champagne Scrub, Merlot Vino-
therapy Mask, and Bellini Body Butter
• c hampagne oil
•p  olish
•b  ase coat
• t op coat
Estelina’s Peach Margarita
Spa Pedicure
Ingredients: Estelina’s Spa Products
• Spa Mineral Sea Salts
• Sluff Me & Scrub Me 2in1 Lotion
• Spa Mineral Clay Mask
• Spa Treatment Scrub
• Satin SkinScents Body Lotion
• Spa Treatment Crème
• Fragrances: Tequila, Margarita, Peach
• A fresh lime sliced
1. Add a capful of Spa Mineral Sea Salts, 5
drops of Margarita fragrance, 4 drops of Peach
fragrance and 3 drops of Tequila fragrance to
warm water. Mix well with slices of lime. Soak
the client’s feet.
2. Once the toenails have been cleaned and
prepped, start working on the skin.
3. Start with 2in1 Body Exfoliator lotion. Place
desired amount in your hand and add 4 drops of
Margarita, 3 drops of Peach and 1 drop of Tequila.
Mix and apply to your client’s legs and feet. Exfo-
liate until the dead skin cells start rolling off. Do
both legs at once to save time. Do not rinse.
4. Continue with Spa Mineral Clay Mask. Place
desired amount in your hand and add 4 drops
of Margarita, 3 drops of Peach and 1 drop of
Tequila. Rub together and apply to your client’s
legs and feet. Apply Mask to both legs.
5. While the Mineral Mask is pulling impuri-
ties and moisturizing the skin you can work
on the bottom of the feet with Foot Scrub with
ground pumice. At this time do not soak feet
in the water. File both feet dry for five minutes
and then add a desired amount of Foot Scrub to
your hand with 4 drops of Margarita, 3 drops of
Peach, and 1 drop of Tequila. Mix well and apply
to both feet. Continue to file with the scrub on.
Finish it off by exfoliating the entire foot with
your hands. Soak both feet and remove mask
and scrub with a sponge or warm towels.
6. Add desired fragrance combination to Satin
Skin Lotion and massage legs and feet. For a
cracked heel treatment use the Spa Treatment
Crème with desired fragrances, and cover with
plastic wrap.
7. Once massage is done, clean and polish toe
nails and serve your client another drink.
Estelina's
www.estelinas.com
800.745.FOOT (3668)