I met recently conducted a study on hygiene rather disquieting beauty salon in the magazine Choice.
This study asked a group of lucky buyers nail salon shadow to visit beauty salons and professional report on their hygiene. He has visited more than 50 studies have been nail and, according to the study, has attracted more than one third of the salons that proved unsatisfactory, with their main complaints such as poor hygiene, poor customer service and sloppyManicures.
Entering the salon, the participants were instructed to complete a request manicures, nail artists say they have never had a professional manicure first, then ask the salon professional to describe what the process to follow. After the session is over, participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire, reporting on various aspects of their experience - watching hygiene, how long did the manicure and what it will cost and whether theThe experience was satisfactory or not.
According to the report, 92% of the technicians who did not want to use metal cuticle clippers on the shadow shopper wearing gloves. Not worse, they sealed with an implementation of this package, even if half of the nail technicians claimed the instrument was in an autoclave (autoclave is the process of heating above the boiling point in a pressure device - is the surest way to sterilize equipment). The buyer also reportednumerous violations of hygiene materials such as nail files, which should be disposable or cleaned between clients. A few salons had surfaces that were not cleaned between customers and were covered with dust, or even pieces of skin. In a salon, a technician holding dirty implements in the drawer.
Some of the latest comments of respondents regarding the low hygiene standards have been living were as follows:
"The coach took the scissors metal... used on someone else's feet ... they used to cut the skin a little of the nails. Then he went to use them on me. "
"This room had a smell unbearable that burnt my throat and I felt bad."
"The technicians washed the towels in the bathroom of the foot."
"Counters and floors were dirty, instruments reused and technicians did not wash their hands, not for nothing."
"The technician had open wounds on his hands. I asked to wear gloves."
Although severalstate health officials of the government have their own guidelines for health and safety that nail artists will follow is a fundamental requirement for hand washing infection control - or with soap and water or 70% alcohol (or alcohol, and chlorhexidine) and rub. After basic hygiene guidelines, both should clean the nail artists and their customers hands before a manicure.
According to the complaints of customers shade, most have not been asked to wash their hands beforetreatment, and only 8% of the nail technicians were actually observed to wash their hands immediately before the manicure. 64% of salon workers do not wash their hands and in 28% of the visits, said the buyer is not sure if the nail technician was all hands to be clean or not.
What to look for a beauty salon
Here are some of the things that are on a visit to a beauty salon:
- Use only accredited salons and technicians and look for certificationsCompetence, which should be clearly visible in the living room.
- The salon should be modified to clean and tidy, with linen and towels between clients.
- All chemical containers must be clearly indicated.
- Tools of metal that can penetrate the skin must be sterilized in an autoclave.
- Do not use disposable nail implements should be rinsed, washed in warm water and detergent and dried, or cleaned with 70% alcohol between clients.
- Some studies implemented to keep the nailespecially set aside for each regular customers. Ask your nail technician to do this for you if you are a regular customer of a beauty salon.
- Implements nails should be clean and dry. Let none of you use a tool for you, the left is sitting in water, even if the water contains disinfectant.
- Do not use a foot bath, when your legs the night before or the day of the pedicure, if you have shaved or cut on the legs, as this makes them more susceptible toInfection.
- If you wear acrylic nails, ask your nail artist to explain the procedure, what products to use and how to care for your nails at home.
- Do not be afraid to ask questions about the manicure, because the chemicals are used and how the equipment was cleaned.
I usually go to the salon is very professional and clean, the technicians are very competent and certified and all procedures are explained in detail when asked. So I went to the futureand has spoiled me for almost an hour and I have some nice nails (nail in it was a nail bath, filing and cuticle work and polishing) and a massage. Maybe next time I'll nail for tattoos or those Tammy Taylor nails go!
