Nov.
2013
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In this
Issue:
Whirlpool
chairs
Staph
problems
Hello everyone! Welcome to the November edition of
the Island Girl Newsletter! I hope everybody’s
Halloween sugar highs have worn off, cuz I’m about to
throw some knowledge your way - so listen up! This
month, we’re here to talk about an issue that is very
near and dear to our hearts. Safety and Sanitation!
Nothing is higher on our list of priorities than making
sure our clients are treated carefully, and with only the
highest quality products our industry has to offer!
Is It Really Worth the Risk?
I’m sure we’re all familiar with this sight.
Rows upon rows of pedicure chairs, with their
massaging backs and attached foot baths
 Cleaning
with jets like a hot tub. They’re found regularly in nail salons throughout the country.
supplies
And they can be perfectly safe to use - IF
used correctly. Here’s the issue. Many salons
 Gardener’s
are NOT using them correctly, and putting
Recovery their clients at great risk in the process! To understand why, let’s take a look at
chairs work. The tub is filled up with warm water from an
Manicure how these whirlpool
attached faucet, and with the flick of a switch air and water circulates through the tub to make frothy bubbles. Sounds wonderful
Bad Bugs...
right? But the issue lies in what you can’t see. Underneath that
When getting a pedicure, it’s so important to
make sure that all of the tools and equipment are chair is a pipe that, once the pedicure is over, carries your water
properly disinfected, or risk picking up a nasty
away. But it’s also through this pipe that the new water comes in
little add on! And if improperly cleaned, a toenail
fungus or plantar wart could be the least of your to create your bubbles! So essentially, when the water rushes in
through the pipe, it’s bringing in with it all the bacteria, viruses,
worries! The Staphylococcus Bacteria is a commonly occurring bug that lives on most surfaces, fungi, and anything else that was in peoples tub water before you
and causes relatively little damage. But mix it
sat down - for as many pedicures as it’s been since they last
into some pedicure water, add an open skin lesion cleaned the pipe! And if that doesn’t sound bad enough, consider
like a clipped hang nail, and you’ve got a recipe
for disaster. Each year, a crop of lawsuits pop up some of the side effects of contaminated water or unclean tools; we
around the country, suing nail salons for damages cover one of the worst offenders in the box to your left. Now as I
from Staph Infections stemming from improperly said, these chairs are not something to entirely be afraid of, as
sanitized instruments. So don’t be a statistic! Al- they can perfectly safe when cleaned properly. In order to do that,
ways make sure you choose a reputable salon for the basin must be filled with a mixture of hot water and a hospital
your nail care needs! And you can rest easy know-grade disinfectant. The jets are then turned on so that the watering that here at IGN, we’ve consistently passed
disinfectant mixture can be run through the pipes, and must reour state board inspections with flying colors!
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Due to such an overwhelmingly
main running for 10 to 15 minutes to be effective! And keep in mind that
positive reaction to our
this has to be done between each and every client! At the end of the day, all
Gardener’s
filters, jet covers, and other removable pieces must be taken out and disinRecovery
fected separately before being reassembled to continue use for the next day.
Manicure
Now, this is a lot of work to go through, hence the reason why many salon
we’re extending our October
employees don’t do it. And as far as the average customer is aware, you see
Special all the way through Nothem wipe out the bowl and assume that everything is clean and good to
vember too!
go! But that doesn’t necessarily mean that it is, and that is why here at Island Girl Nails we’ve made the decision not to use whirlpool foot spas, and
Don’t miss out on this opporinstead use FootsieBath tubs. They are small, light weight, and most imtunity to get our signature
portantly fitted with disposable plastic liners that are removed after every
Island Girl Manicure plus a
client. So we can guarantee you that nobody else’s feet have ever touched
sugar scrub and either a parafthe surface of your tub before you, virtually eliminating any chance of confin dip or polish for just
tamination and cootie spreading! Plus the plastic is 100% recyclable, so we
can feel good about doing our part to eliminate waste as well!
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Our High Standards in
Sanitation
We love when things sparkle, from our polishes to
our counters; but especially our tools, cuz that
means they’re super clean! To get that shine we
reach for Barbicide , our trusty disinfectant. Believe us, if it’s going anywhere near a client it’s
getting a good dunk in the Barbicide first! We
also chose all of our equipment with your safety in
mind. All of our tools are either glass or metal, so that they are completely
submersible and therefore, disinfectable. And any non-disinfectable products
like polish remover pads and toe separators are single use only, and then discarded. Our big comfy pedicure chairs are always wiped down with a bleach
wet wipe and sprayed with Barbicide between each client; and each foot file
gets a good spraying as well, then set aside to disinfect for 24 hours before its
next use. Our disinfectant trays are dumped each night, and refilled each
morning, so we know for sure that it’s fresh and ready to do it’s duty! I guess
you could say that our love of disinfection borders on obsessive, and you know
what - we’d be okay with that! When it comes to keeping our clients safe,
sound, and happy...we think there’s no such thing as being TOO thorough!
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We can’t believe we’re already approaching the end of 2013! Remember, as we get
closer to the holidays, our calendar will start
filling up fast - so book your appointments
sooner rather than later! Well, that wraps up
another month at IGN. Have a wonderful
Thanksgiving, and we’ll see you in December!!
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