My Other Life: G Elizondo, bowler
G Elizondo, nail technician. In her other life: bowler.
by Judy Lessin
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G Elizondo, nail technician. In her other life: bowler.
We asked NAILS readers what new retail products they’ve recently introduced. Far and away the most popular move was to add a new polish line from the top professional brands. Cuticle care products and lotions were also popular choices. Foot care follows in fourth place, then skin care, with Entity’s Nanovive Skin Revival System a particular favorite.
Don’t have quite enough room in your salon for a full-fledged pedicure throne? Today’s crop of pedicure carts and footbaths offer comfort, style, and pampering for both the client and pedicurist.
Dr. Krista Archer, a Manhattan foot specialist, offers her patients a new treatment, an in-office laser called the CoolTouch CT3 plus CoolBreeze, that treats discolored, thickened, fungal toenails.
Why are pedicure products from foot care veterans and newcomers flying off the shelves? With client interest in spa services and total body health at an all-time high, it seems pedicures are a most noteworthy service in the salon.
The photo on the right shows the patient after two CoolBreeze treatments. Onychomycosis, or fungal infection of the nail and nail bed, is the most common of all diseases of the nails in adults, says Dr. Krista
"A pedicure is a must" for beautifully groomed toes, says Harper's Bazaar. Ji Baek, owner of Manhattan's Rescue Beauty Lounge, talks to the magazine about moisturizing, cleansing, and polish.
The Barielle line of nail, skin, and foot care products was acquired by Fisk Industries in January, 2011.
Blame it on Descartes. Modern society fragments our body, mind and spirit into warring entities. In some forms of religious interpretation, the body is portrayed as the enemy, as the source of unholy appetites and base impulses. We feel differently, and embrace the body, even with its occasional sneezes, pimples, hiccups, and cravings for raw cookie-dough, as our most tangible expression and daily experience of the sacred.