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Regardless of whether you are starting up your own salon or you are reorganizing your salon’s cluttered closets, ensuring that you have the right nail salon equipment and nail technician supplies can help you to better serve your customers, stay organized, and keep your salon running like a well-oiled machine.
So how do you make sure that you have the right nail technician supplies and acrylic nails supplies on hand? Read on for a complete nail salon equipment checklist to follow when ordering, restocking or re-organizing your nail salon supplies, and to ensure that your customers leave with beautiful nails!
1. Nail Clippers - First and foremost, you can’t very well trim your customers’ nails to begin their manicures without having the proper nail clippers. However, nail technicians and salon owners shouldn’t purchase any old nail clippers to do the job. A true nail technician requires a few different types of nail clippers, including the following:
Nail edge clippers - Standard nail clippers aren’t strong enough to clip a customer’s acrylic nails. Nail edge clippers allow you to shape acrylic nails, such as creating a straight edge or rounded edge easily.
Standard nail clippers - It’s also helpful to have a pair of standard nail clippers on hand for customers who do not have acrylic nails.
Toenail clippers - Although you might feel compelled to use standard nail clippers for pedicures, you are likely to find that these also aren’t strong enough to trim toenails. Having a pair of clippers designed specifically for trimming toenails will make your pedicure that much easier.
2. Acrylic Nail Tips - Although you can purchase acrylic nail tips and acrylic nail kits at any regular department or beauty supply store, not all of them are designed for salon quality. Additionally, many salon suppliers offer sets of nail tips of up to 500. Purchasing these larger sets will not only give you a variety of sizes for different sized nails and hands but also keep your salon stocked.
3. Acrylic Nails Kit - Acrylic nails are a very popular customer request in today’s salons; therefore, it’s important to ensure that your salon has acrylic nails kits on the list for nail technician supplies. A complete acrylic nails kit should include the following items:
Acrylic Powder
Acrylic Liquid
Dappen Dish (glass cup)
Brush
4. Nail Cleanser - Nail cleanser is different from nail polish remover, which also makes an appearance on this nail salon equipment checklist. Nail cleanser helps keep nails as well as the skin around the nails clean to help prevent infections. It also helps acrylic nails tips to stick better to the natural nail after application.
5. Nail Polish Remover - As mentioned above, nail polish remover is a must-have item on the nail salon equipment checklist. Our advice? Be sure to select a quality nail polish remover that also serves as a moisturizer to prevent dryness in the hands.
6. Hand Soap - Although many nail technicians opt to use any old antibacterial soap, it’s best to use a soap that is good for soaking as well as cleansing hands. However, antibacterial soap can also leave hands feeling dry and tight. Using a hand soap that is gentle for soaking will help soften the nails and nail beds.
7. Manicure Bowl: A manicure bowl is a good item to have nearby when soaking is necessary. A small, round bowl will certainly do the trick, however, there are bowls designed specifically for for resting hands on it while nails soak.
