
Papaya Pineapple Pedicure
Step-by-step by Jeanet Spa & Salon, Toronto

Step-by-step by Jeanet Spa & Salon, Toronto

Tweezerman’s professional line of sanitizable and disposable pedicure tools can be used in the salon to give clients a perfect pedicure.

Bonnie Rios of Rio Rancho, N.M., shows how she does her waterless pedicure using CND’s Almond SpaManicure System.

Feet by OPI offers excellent conditioning, exfoliating, and moisturizing products for pedicures.

Innovative Beauty’s Black Ice Foot File has a non-lifting, plated surface with sand powders plated directly onto the foot file using an electric high frequency system.

Step-by-step by Talons Nail Evolution, Victoria, B.C., Canada

At Extremedys2010 Hand & Foot Spa in West Hollywood, Calif., the French manicure isn’t just for women anymore. The salon offers a popular “Boy French” nail style that gives its male clients a “healthy-looking, groomed nail that doesn’t look like polish or a traditional French manicure,” says owner Naja Rickette.

It’s the mandatory element to every pedicure — the foot and calf massage — and there’s no one way to do it.

Pedicures can be quite tough on a nail tech’s body. Holding legs while clipping toenails, massaging calves and ankles, and scrubbing down thick callus can all quickly lead to sore backs and arms — and cranky dispositions. Here’s what some techs have done to keep their poise during strenuous pedicures.

Xenna Corporation’s CalleX Ointment thins and softens hardened skin and exfoliates dry, cracked heels.

Sanitas Skincare’s Callus Cream is an extra-strength treatment formulated to re-texturize and soften hard, callused skin.

Beech Sandals’ Pedicure Slippers have toe separators to stretch toes and the sole of the foot for comfort, and to help keep polish from smudging after a pedicure.

International Pedicure Association. Past webinar topics have explored infection control, media and public relations, and customer service.

The Pedicute from Continuum Foot Spas is a mobile foot spa with an adjustable leg so the foot rest can be raised and lowered during the service.

Step-by-step by The Painted Nail, Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Tropical Shine’s Replace-A-File system consists of a disinfectable plastic file core and a replaceable strip.

AB Happy Feet 20% Glycolic Treatment Pads contain pure, medical-grade glycolic acid to slough off dead skin on the thick layers of the feet while cleaning and moisturizing.