Urgent help needed asap before 2pm! Please help!

[scarlett_d]

hi i have 2 clients booked in today at 2pm,

both booked in for a manicure and pedicure. 1 female and 1 male.

However i cant find my manicure bowl anywhere. can you recomend anything else that i can use that i can buy from a supermarket or high street store.

please help me i wwould be so gratefull

scarlett
xxxxxxx

 

[BlushBeauty1]

Maybe a basin that you wash dishes in?? It wont look very good though, you could maybe put fake petals or stones in it? xx

 

[scarlett_d]

Maybe a basin that you wash dishes in?? It wont look very good though, you could maybe put fake petals or stones in it? xx

surely a wash basin would be 2 big? i was thinking possibly a small tufferwear tub?? scarlett x

 

[BlushBeauty1]

sorry i thought you said pedicure!! you will be able to pick up a nice glass bowl from any supermarket xx

 

[scarlett_d]

do u think a glass bowl would be sufficent and look profesional? thankyou indeed for your help x

 

[lovin it]

i agree a nice glass dish would be fine i used to use one before i had proper equipment as long as its filled with bubbles etc it will look the part!

 

[mum]

I realise I'm too late for the poster but the suggestions have solved the problem and I agree, a glass bowl is perfectly acceptable.

A point I would like to make though is the fact that a wet manicure is definitely not the only option. In fact I believe it to be wrong to assume it is. (Scarlett, this is no criticism of you so please don't take it as such. It is just a general observation)

Some clients don't feel they've had a manicure unless it involves a soak but many times this is inappropriate as an effective treatment. The soaks main purpose is to soften the cuticles prior to removing them. However, water is one of the most harmful chemicals to the nails! It causes peeling and makes this much worse if delamination has started. It makes weak nails weaker and porous nails soggy. Then the evaporation of the water takes with it essential moisture that is naturally in the nail plate.

There are many excellent products for cuticle removal that need not involve water soaking not least good nail oil!

I personally rarely, if ever, do wet manicures. If you want the nail to soak something up then let it soak up oil

 

[Aislinn]

Wow, I never thought of that before, using oil instead of water!!

You learn something new on here everyday :biggrin: x

 

[scarlett_d]

I realise I'm too late for the poster but the suggestions have solved the problem and I agree, a glass bowl is perfectly acceptable.

A point I would like to make though is the fact that a wet manicure is definitely not the only option. In fact I believe it to be wrong to assume it is. (Scarlett, this is no criticism of you so please don't take it as such. It is just a general observation)

Some clients don't feel they've had a manicure unless it involves a soak but many times this is inappropriate as an effective treatment. The soaks main purpose is to soften the cuticles prior to removing them. However, water is one of the most harmful chemicals to the nails! It causes peeling and makes this much worse if delamination has started. It makes weak nails weaker and porous nails soggy. Then the evaporation of the water takes with it essential moisture that is naturally in the nail plate.

There are many excellent products for cuticle removal that need not involve water soaking not least good nail oil!

I personally rarely, if ever, do wet manicures. If you want the nail to soak something up then let it soak up oil

Thankyou very much for your advice i am verry glad to hear that this is optional as i hate working with water and have some amzing oils.
to be honest i doubt i will use water from now on

Thanks once agin
scarlett
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