Vicki Peters Demonstrates the VP Safety Bit
Vicki Peters has redesigned the popular VP Safety bit for full nail contouring and cuticle work.
Wile the Competition Like a Filing Magician
Filing is so important to nail appearance, and with the advent of e-files, the techniques for hand-filing can be easily forgotten. Excellent hand-filing skills can help a competition tech rise above the pack, while everyday techs can woo clients with a deft hand and light touch.
Pink Cadi Electric File
INM offers premium quality professional electric nail filing with its Pink Cadi Electric File.
The Electric File Is Our Friend
It’s hard to overcome a history of adversity, but today’s electric files have come a long way, baby. With some patience and practice, techs can get a lot of help from this handy tool.
by Tim Crowley
Safe Electric Filing Is a Technique that Takes Time
But once you have, using an electric file will become habit — a safe one.
The Electric File Is Our Friend
It’s hard to overcome a history of adversity, but today’s electric files have come a long way, baby. With some patience and practice, techs can get a lot of help from this handy tool.
Milady Revises Its Standard Cosmetology Book
Milady's Standard Cosmetology textbook features a fresh layout, new photography and illustrations, reorganized chapters, and new information on sanitation and infection control.
The Electric File Extraordinaire
Become a nail-service superhero with super-human abilities when you master these 16 uses for your electric file. They’ll help you battle fatigue, decrease service time, and create crazy nail art.
What Bits to Start With
Choosing new bits can be such a confusing and overwhelming decision when first starting out because we have so many choices.
Reassuring Clients About Using An E File
My teaching has taken me all over the world, most recently to Amsterdam to teach electric filing techniques. I was asked a question that is quite universal, “How do I reassure my clients that my electric filing is safe?”
Electric File Sanitation
There is a specific protocol in cleaning your electric file bits so you can offer a sanitary nail service when using your electric file. You should treat your bits the same as your metal implements and adopt the same procedures for sanitation and disinfection.
Learning to Use an Electric File Safely
For the novice tech, learning how to use an electric file safely takes practice. Here are a few pointers on balancing the electric file so you can become more comfortable and confident about adding electric filing to your services.
Finding Your Electric File
Electric nail file machines come in all shapes and sizes (not to mention colors and maximum RPM). With all these options, the possibilities can be overwhelming. To help you find your ideal file, we've rounded up a variety of machines and highlighted specifications of interest: from ergonomic handpieces to volt-change capabilities to battery operation.
Drill Bit Cheat Sheet
Do you have a cheat sheet for the specific use of each drill bit? One of my clients asks what every bit is for every time shee comes in.
I’ve Got an Electric File Question
Some questions get asked and answered again and again. Electric files, what with all the controversy they can kick up, are a source of perpetual wonder. We wrangled manufacturers of electric files and bits and got them to share the answers to the questions they hear most.
How to Use Kupa Bits for Backfills
Kupa has created a bit that makes backfills easier and faster.
Colorado Deals with E-File Training Fraud
The Colorado Office of Barber and Cosmetology Licensure has cracked down on two schools for issuing fraudulent electric file certificates in violation of Rule 9 of the office’s rules and regulations.