Nails are important to your overall sense of confidence, especially if you express yourself with your hands, as many of us do.
So, taking care of their health to ensure they not only look their best, but are healthy is as important as taking care of the skin on your face. Equally important is the hygiene of the salon where you're getting your nail treatments done.
Consumers are becoming more savvy about how to identify good nail practices in salons, but there are still horror stories of dirty salons and practices that lead to infection. First, look around the salon and ask yourself: Is it clean and tidy? Is there dust in the nooks and crannies or on the displays? Is your nail therapist's appearance pleasing and do their own nails look good? Is the table at which you're sitting immaculate, including all of the towels, polishes, oils and products around you? And does your technician offer you hand sanitiser and use it on their own hands before starting on your nails?
Another tell-tale sign of bad practice is the use of nippers on cuticles. This should simply never happen.
Cuticles should never be cut because this tissue is living and cutting it leaves it open to infection.
