Chapter 6: Manicuring – Nail Technician Study Guide and Review Notes
Effleurage - correct answer ✔✔A succession of strokes in which the hands glide over an area of
the body with varying degrees of pressure or contact
Petrissage - correct answer ✔✔Kneading, lifting squeezing and pressing tissue
Tapotement - correct answer ✔✔Rapid tapping or striking motion of the hands against the skin
Vibrations - correct answer ✔✔A continuous trembling or shaking movement
Friction - correct answer ✔✔Various strokes that manipulate or press one layer of tissue over
another
Treatment manicures - correct answer ✔✔Are sometimes called spa manicures
Themed manicures - correct answer ✔✔Salons serve refreshments during service that supports
the theme. Ex: hot cocoa manicure pedi for Valentine's Day
All manicures can be performed using the ____ techniques - correct answer ✔✔Dry manicure
Wax treatments that are designed to trap moisture in the skin while heat encourages skin pores
to accept benefits. - correct answer ✔✔Paraffin
Nail technicians should _____________Treatments on clients who have impaired circulation or
skin irritations such as cuts, burns, rashes, warts and eczema - correct answer ✔✔Avoid paraffin
, An application that uses dipping the hand, using a plastic bag or cheesecloth method - correct
answer ✔✔Paraffin application
Paraffin treatments could be booked as a _________treatment - correct answer ✔✔Stand
Alone
Once paraffin wax treatment is used on a client it becomes - correct answer ✔✔Contaminated
and must never be reused
Roll up a hand towel and support the entire fore-arm from the elbow to the palm for clients
who experience: - correct answer ✔✔involuntary movement
Clients with ________ need assistance choosing a nail color. - correct answer ✔✔Altered Vision
Clients with ____________need to be handled gently, never applying pressure directly on joints
- correct answer ✔✔Painful joints
Clients with _______need room for the caregiver and you must always accept any assistance
they offer to provide - correct answer ✔✔Caregivers
Clients whom you should Move any obstructions or tripping hazards, clearing all the rugs or
mats from the floors - correct answer ✔✔Limited mobility clients
Do not nip the cuticles with the nippers instead use a curette to gently remove non living tissue
from the nail plate - correct answer ✔✔For clients with health considerations
Completely straight across the free edge, with no rounding at the outside edges - correct
answer ✔✔Square nail
Effleurage - correct answer ✔✔A succession of strokes in which the hands glide over an area of
the body with varying degrees of pressure or contact
Petrissage - correct answer ✔✔Kneading, lifting squeezing and pressing tissue
Tapotement - correct answer ✔✔Rapid tapping or striking motion of the hands against the skin
Vibrations - correct answer ✔✔A continuous trembling or shaking movement
Friction - correct answer ✔✔Various strokes that manipulate or press one layer of tissue over
another
Treatment manicures - correct answer ✔✔Are sometimes called spa manicures
Themed manicures - correct answer ✔✔Salons serve refreshments during service that supports
the theme. Ex: hot cocoa manicure pedi for Valentine's Day
All manicures can be performed using the ____ techniques - correct answer ✔✔Dry manicure
Wax treatments that are designed to trap moisture in the skin while heat encourages skin pores
to accept benefits. - correct answer ✔✔Paraffin
Nail technicians should _____________Treatments on clients who have impaired circulation or
skin irritations such as cuts, burns, rashes, warts and eczema - correct answer ✔✔Avoid paraffin
, An application that uses dipping the hand, using a plastic bag or cheesecloth method - correct
answer ✔✔Paraffin application
Paraffin treatments could be booked as a _________treatment - correct answer ✔✔Stand
Alone
Once paraffin wax treatment is used on a client it becomes - correct answer ✔✔Contaminated
and must never be reused
Roll up a hand towel and support the entire fore-arm from the elbow to the palm for clients
who experience: - correct answer ✔✔involuntary movement
Clients with ________ need assistance choosing a nail color. - correct answer ✔✔Altered Vision
Clients with ____________need to be handled gently, never applying pressure directly on joints
- correct answer ✔✔Painful joints
Clients with _______need room for the caregiver and you must always accept any assistance
they offer to provide - correct answer ✔✔Caregivers
Clients whom you should Move any obstructions or tripping hazards, clearing all the rugs or
mats from the floors - correct answer ✔✔Limited mobility clients
Do not nip the cuticles with the nippers instead use a curette to gently remove non living tissue
from the nail plate - correct answer ✔✔For clients with health considerations
Completely straight across the free edge, with no rounding at the outside edges - correct
answer ✔✔Square nail
