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Footspa Cleaning Guidelines for Nail Technicians

After last year’s bacterial outbreak in a Watsonville, Calif., salon, the California Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology laid out cleaning regulations for salons using whirlpool pedicure footspas. Use this step-by-step guide to make sure you are getting your footspas clean enough to protect your clients.

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The Help Desk

by Staff

"I have been a nail tech for a little over two years and I still have trouble blending the tips so that they don’t show through the acrylic at all. Do you have any advice?"

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“20/20” Hindsight

by Staff

Did the media finally get it right? The nail community debates the merits of the long-awaited story on MM A usage that aired on the ABC news magazine show “20/20.”

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Let’s Keep the Watsonville Story Alive

by Cyndy Drummey

It doesn't show our industry in the best light, but it keeps us on our toes.

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Just My Opinion: Sanitation Routines Need to Be Stepped Up

by Marc Spilo, president, Spilo Worldwide

Recorded occurrences of service-related ailments and scrutiny from state boards are on the rise and rightly so.

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Debate on Disinfectable Nail Files Continues in California

by Patricia Oropeza, NAILS senior editor

If you’re a nail technician in California, you’d better dispose of your nail files after using them on your clients, even if the file manufacturer claims they can be disinfected.

Technique

Keep Your Electric File in Shape

by Patricia Oropeza

You need to give your drill some TLC if you want it to last a long time — and do its job properly. Keeping it clean and dust-free are the first steps to keeping an electric file in good condition.

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Files Come Under Fire

by Patricia Oropeza, staff writer

Nail files are being closely scrutinized in California, and manufacturers and nail technicians are crying foul. Is the state’s regulating agency being fair in its seemingly sudden crackdown on proper file disinfection?

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How to Keep Your Paraffin Unit Clean and Safe

by Staff

You might think – and more importantly clients might think – that dipping multiple sets of hands and feet into the same pool of warm paraffin every day is a less than sanitary situation. You’d be wrong.

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Are Your Files Clean Enough?

by Patricia Oropeza

Do you disinfect your hand and foot files before using them on clients? New regulations in California may cause you to think twice before reusing them. Make sure you’re up to date on the dos and don’ts of proper nail file disinfection.

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Watsonville: News at 11

by Cyndy Drummey

Far be it for me (as a member of the media) to criticize the rest of the media, but you have to wonder why the news picked up on this story six months after it happened, and is now blowing the story out of the water without doing much follow-up.

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Foot Spa Horror Story: Don't Let It Happen to You

by Trina Kleist

NAILS shows you how to keep your pedicure spa clean and protect your clients. By following a few simple steps and using inexpensive cleaning products, you can protect the health of your clients and your business against bacterial infections.

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To Scrub or Not To Scrub

by Staff

Research on handwashing techniques in hospitals has found that the traditional surgical scrub, where people take a brush or sponge and vigorously wash all the way up the arm, are not only unnecessary, but even counter-productive.

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As I See It: The Great National Wash-Up!

by Cyndy Drummey

I’m suggesting that as an informal movement to prepare ourselves for whatever new or old clients come through our doors, we designate October National Wash Your Hands Month!

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Nails And Nurses Don't Mix

by NAILS Staff

If you believe CNN, you may have to say farewell to some of your clients in the medical field, or at least transition them to natural nails.

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