Why Study Manicuring?
Multiuse Manicuring Implements
Single-Use Manicuring Implements
Professional Nail Products
Basic Nail Shapes
Nail Art Techniques
100

This is a cosmetic treatment of the hands involving cutting, shaping, and often polishing of the nails, cuticle removal, and skin softening

What is a manicure?

100

Multiuse implements are also known as this, and must be properly cleaned and disinfected after each use

What are reusable implements?

100

Single-use implements, also known as this, are used once on a client and then discarded

What are disposable implements?

100

These loosen and dissolve dead tissue on the nail plate to more easily and thoroughly remove it

What are cuticle removers?

100

Completely straight across the free edge with no rounding at the outside edges

What is square?

100

Tradionally, the nail bed is one color, such as pink, peach, or beige, and the nail's free edge is another color, such as white

What is a French manicure?

200

This is the list of services legally allowed in your state

What is the scope of practice?

200

This implement gently scrapes cuticle tissue off the natural nail plate

What is the metal pusher?

200

Disposable abrasive nail files come in grits that are categorized as coarse, medium, and fine-grit. These are the grits for each category

What is:

Coarse- less than 100 grit

Medium- 150 to 180 grit

Fine- 240 and higher

200

These are barrier products because they contain ingredients that seal the surface of the skin around the nail and hold the subdermal moisture in the skin

What are nail creams?

200

Has a square free edge rounded off at the corner edges

What is squoval?

200

With color fading, also called these 2 names, one color fades into the other, and the meeting point is a combination of the two

What are ombre or color graduation?

300

Many clients will request manicure services; this could be an additional ______ for you

What is revenue stream?

300

This is a stainless steel implement used to carefully trim away dead skin around the nails

What is a nail nipper?

300

A two- or three-way buffer is often referred to as this

What is a shiner buffer?

300

These are 3 other names for nail polish

What are enamel, lacquer, and varnish?

300

Slightly tapered and extends a bit past the fingertip

What is round?

300

Blocks or sections of color on the nail

What is color blocking?

400

Some clients cannot, due to _______, maintain their own nails

What are health constraints?

400

This implement shortens the nail's free edge

What are nail clippers?

400
These are used to remove cuticle tissue from the nail plate, clean under the nail's free edge, and apply products

What are wooden pushers?

400

This creates a colorless layer on the natural nail and nail enhancement that promotes polish adhesion

What is a base coat?

400

A conservative nail shape complimentary on most hands

What is oval?

400

A swirled effect created when you combine two or more colors while wet and then mix them on the nail with a stylus

What is marbleizing?

500

Clients love the ______ and pampering manicures provide

What is relaxation?

500

This implement is used in many ways during nail services including by clients for hand washing and during the manicure to removing filing dust or debris from the nail plate

What is a manicure brush/nylon nail brush?

500

The action of removing the sharp edge of a file by rubbing another (clean, unused) file across each edge is called this

What is file prepping?

500

This is a colorless flammable liquid that is a potent solvent and effectively removes oils and prepares nails for polish

What is acetone?

500

Tapered and longer than usual making it suitable for thin hands with long fingers and narrow nail beds

What is pointed?

500

To create designs or specific shapes easily, use a commercially prepared this, a precut sheet of clear, thin plastic with a sticky backing that is machine cut into various shapes or designs

What is a stencil?

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