Each representative of the fair sex at least once in a lifetime visited a manicurist. He performs the usual manipulations, processing nails to give them a stunning look, and hardly anyone thinks especially about the process features, the tools used and their disinfection. We will talk about this and how to properly organize the workplace for the convenience of customers and the wizard in the article later.
Organization of the workplace of the manicure
Work related to the implementation of manicure and pedicure is carried out by service enterprises: hairdressers, beauty salons, hotels and others. The workplace of a manicurist is equipped in a room with good ventilation, where it is always light and dry. If several masters work at the same time, especially of different types of services, the workspace of the pedicure master is isolated. Such a service is provided in a separate office.
Comfortable conditions should be created not only for the master, but also for the clients: a dressing room and a toilet room, a waiting room. According to sanitary requirements, a prerequisite is the presence of a room in which instruments are sterilized. It must be isolated from all others.
According to the official document of SanPiN 2003, the area of the room in which the master will work should not be less than 12 m², and the height of the walls - 1 m 80 cm. Paint, film or tile are applied to the walls. Wallpaper, as a finishing material, is not allowed. The flooring must be even, smooth and free from gaps. It should not be difficult during wet cleaning.
Furniture for workplace equipment
The workplace of a manicure and pedicure master is easy to organize. It is enough to purchase a table with drawers in which all necessary accessories, tools and tools will be stored. In addition to the table, you must have two chairs: one for the master, the other for the client.
The table should have a smooth surface that can be easily washed and disinfected: plastic, oilcloth, linoleum or an arc material. Optimum table height - 70 cm, width - 60 cm.
For the table, you need to choose a place well lit by natural or artificial sources aimed at the client’s hands. To perform a pedicure, you need to have a special chair that has levers for adjusting the foot supports in height.
Working chairs and armchairs in the waiting room for clients are upholstered with easy-to-clean material. The most commonly used dermatin. The back of the chair for the client should be adjustable in height. This creates comfortable conditions for the client during the procedures, and he again wants to be served in this salon.
Manicure at home
You can start your own business for the provision of nail services without leaving your home. No documentation allowing you to open your own business is needed. For the peace of mind of customers and their safety, you can get an IP registration and go through a medical commission. In this case, the entrepreneur will have to report to the tax office in accordance with tax requirements. To avoid this, you can apply for a patent. Then it will not be necessary to prepare reports and pay additional taxes.
A nail salon at home is a profitable business. No need to spend money on renting a room.It is enough to select two or three squares of free space in the apartment. The workplace of a manicurist at home should be neat, in fact, like the whole apartment, otherwise customers are unlikely to want to be served in inappropriate conditions.
Before starting work at home, you should get an education. First you need to finish special courses. In the future, in order for the services provided to be of high quality and diverse, you need to improve your skills by attending workshops, contests, etc.
Workplace for home services
To make the client feel comfortable, the workplace of a manicurist should be equipped. To do this, you need:
- To purchase furniture: a table and 2 chairs, if there are no suitable ones at home.
- Buy an ultraviolet lamp for drying varnish coatings, a sterilizer, hair dryers, tools: tweezers, nail files, buffs, spatulas and more.
- Stock up on supplies: forms for nails, gels, varnishes. It is important that their assortment can satisfy the most fastidious customer.
- To purchase tools that allow you to care for your nails and in general for the client’s hands.
- Have in stock towels, napkins, gloves, disinfectants.
Services of the master at home
Serving in the home salon, the client must have the right to choose services. Therefore, their approximate assortment should be quite diverse:
- Manicure and pedicure procedure.
- Nail extension
- Varnishing.
- Services of a concomitant nature: removing extended nails, correcting them and creating an interesting design.
At the request of the client, the master must take care of his hands. And in order to have something to offer the client, you need to constantly monitor the trends of modern fashion.
Professional set of tools for manicure and pedicure
The presence of a complete cosmetic set will allow the master to carry out his work at a high level worthy of the best beauty salons. The tools process natural and acrylic nails. Depending on the configuration of the kit, they work from the mains or batteries.
The workplace of a manicurist should be equipped with a set of tools, which consists of the following devices:
- conical shape nail files;
- tips for removing cuticles of the same shape;
- an abrasive disc with which nails are processed;
- a disk for polishing nails, which removes all the protrusions on the surface, and it becomes smooth;
- small disk, which polishes the surface of the nail plate to a glossy shine;
- a hair dryer with a nozzle for quick drying of varnish;
- manicure and pedicure tweezers;
- a pin with which the cuticles are removed;
- finger dividers;
- carvers for removing calluses;
- brushes and pumice stones for pedicure;
- cutting tools: scissors, nippers, various tweezers;
- towels, napkins, oilcloths and gloves;
- nail polish remover;
- tips, patterns and forms with which to build nails;
- varnishes of various colors and shades;
- drugs that eliminate the problems of nails;
- disinfectants for tools, hands and table surfaces.
Disinfection
When doing a manicure in a salon or at home, a person wants to enjoy this process and be sure that there will be no negative consequences. For this, the workplace of the manicure master and all the tools used in the work are disinfected.
Often only tools are processed, and the workplace is somehow forgotten. It is not right. Disinfection begins with him. The master should regularly clean here, keep his hands and clothes clean. You can disinfect the skin with approved preparations, such as Sterillium, Oktenisept, Kutasept F. Ideally, to work with each client, the master should wear disposable latex gloves. Everything that lies on the table must be treated with disinfectant solutions.This will help prevent infection with fungal and other infections.
The workplace of a manicurist should be processed after each client. Used and unused tools lying on the table are immediately placed in a disinfectant solution for a period of 5 to 30 minutes, depending on the product.
At the end of the working day, the master wipes the table with the appropriate solution, removes the nozzles, rotating parts from the tools, and puts them into the disinfectant solution. On the table, used towels and napkins are changed to clean and ironed.
It is not recommended to use cloth napkins and use towels several times without washing them. Disposable products should be used.