For Tina <3s Nails:
Footlogix is a great line for footcare. Their cream mousses with clotrimazole also address the problem that many people have and mistake for dry heels - a foot infection, or "athlete's foot". Your client's calluses will never go away if they are the result of an infection. They will shortly recur in a few days after your pedicure, as you can never completely smooth infected skin. A fungal infection can be a scaley edge or a fine, lacey ruffle around the heel. Also, an owner of a disinfection company told me at a beauty show that cracks in the heels is fungus, fungus, fungus!! (There is a lot of fungus going on in the world, and I bet alot is on the floor at airport security - another reason to use Footlogix #7+ before you leave home, and it comes in retail travel size !! )
The Footlogix company can educate you on the very important subject of athlete' foot to help your clients, and to help protect yourself as a working technician.
If you are not familiar with Moccasin Tinea Pedis, you may want to look it up on the internet. In my state we are not permitted to work on infected feet, and I would roughly say about 80% of clients have some type of foot or toenail infection. It is necessary to know how to recognize an infection to protect yourself and your other clients, and to know when to "suggest", not diagnose, when someone needs to address an infection with over-the-counter anti-fungal treatment or see a foot care specialist/podiatrist. If you educate yourself on great footcare you will become a Footcare Rockstar to your clients.
I could go on and on and on, but I will stop here :biggrin:.
PS - You also need to know the difference between the effectiveness of fungicidal creams containing terbinafine (Lamisil) and butenafine (Lotrimin Ultra) vs. the clotrimazole in Footlogix. The first two over the counter creams are needed to clear the infection, the clotrimazole in Footlogix is more for great preventative maintenance. Clotrimazole slows growth of fungus, but may not clear it completely. (Per Dr. Margaret E. Parsons, dermatologist)