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Nail Tech: Ch. 13

Pedicuring

TermDefinition
Acetone A colorless, flammable liquid; miscible with water, alcohol, and ether; and having a sweetish odor or burning taste; used as a solvent.
Aromatherapy Involves the use of highly concentrated, nonoily, and volatile essential oils to induce such reactions as relaxation or invigoration or simply to create a pleasant fragrance during the service.
Dimethyl Urea Hardeners A hardener that addas cross - links to the natural nail plate; however, unlike hardeners containing formaldehyde, DMU does not cause adverse skin reactions
Effleurage A succession of strokes performed by gliding the hands over an area of the body with varying degrees of pressure or contact.
Essential Oils Oils extracted fromm seeds, bark, roots, leaves, wood, and / or resin using various forms of distillation.
Fine - Grit Abrasives Abrasive that is 240 grit and higher designed for buffing, polishing, and removing very fine scratches.
Friction In massage, various strokes that manipulate or press onee layer of tissue over another.
Implements Tools used to perform nail services that are multiple use (reusable) or disposable.
Light Emitting Diode (LED) Lamps A type of ultraviolet - energy (UV) releasing lamp used to polymerize UV curable gel nail enhancements.
Lower - Grit Abrasive Boards and buffers less than 180 grit that quickly reduce the thickness of any surface.
Manicure A cosmetic treatment of the hands involving cutting, shaping, and oftent painting of the nails, removal of the cuticles, and softening of the skin.
Massage The manipulation of the soft tissues of the body.
Medium - Grit Abrasives 180 to 240 - grit abrasives that are used to smooth and refine surfaces and shorten natural nails.
Metal Pusher A stainless steel reusable implement used to push back the eponychium; that can also be used to gently scrape cuticle tissue from the natural nail plate.
Multiuse Implements Reusable items that can be cleaned, disinfected, and used on more than one person, even if the item is accidentally exposed to blood or body fluid.
Nail Clippers A reusable implement used to shorten the nail plate quickly and efficiently.
Nail Cream Barrier products that contain ingredients designed to seal the surface and hold in the subdermal moisture in the skin.
Nail Nipper Is a stainless steel implement used to carefully trim away dead skin around the nails.
Nail Oils Oils designed to absorb into the nail plate to increase flexibility and into the surrounding skin to soften.
Oval Nail A conservative nail shape that is thought to be attractive on most women's hands. It is similar to a squoval nail with even more rounded corners.
Paraffin A petroleum by - product that has excellent sealing properties (barrier qualities) to hold moisture in the skin.
Pointed Nail A tapered and longer - than - usual nail to emphasize and enhance the slender appearance of the hand. Pointed nails are usually worn as a style statement by fashion - concious people who do not need the strongest, most durable nails.
Protein Hardener A combination of clear polish and protein, such as collagen.
Round Nail A slightly tapered nail, usually extending just a bit past the fingertip.
Scope of Practice The list of services that you are legally allowed to perform in your specialty in your state.
Service Sets Sets of all the tools that will be used in a service.
Single - Use Implements Disposable; an item that cannot be used more than once, either because it cannot be properly cleaned and all visible residue removed or because cleaning and disinfecting damages or contaminates it.
Square Nail A nail completely straight across the free edge with no rounding at the outside edges.
Squoval Nail A nail with a square free edge that is rounded off at the corner edges.
UV Lamps Also known as the UV light bulb; a special bulb that emits UV light to cure UV gel nail enhancements.
Wooden Pusher A wooden stick used to remove cuticle tissue from the nail plate ( by gently pushing), to clean under the free edge of the nail, or to apply products.
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