Manicure Service for Michigan State Board Practical Exam

This evaluation is a Basic Manicure
Here is a packing list for this topic area:
3 Towels
2 PST towels
Cotton
Manikin Hand (outside of bag)
2 Nail Files
Manicure Bowl & Nail Brush
Cuticle Remover
3 Orangewood Sticks
Massage Cream
Polish Remover
Fingerbath solution
Here is a breakdown of steps and tips for this topic area:
Manicure Set Up (10 minutes)
SANITIZE HANDS
Put on gloves and wipe down station
Even the sides of the table
Dispose of gloves in single use bin
Sanitize hands
Open bag, grab sanitized kit, close bag
Set up workstation
Place one towel down flat and then roll a 2nd towel as a wrist rest for the hand to rest
Place PST towel over both towels and tuck in back under the wrist rest
SANITIZE the hand then place on wrist rest towel
SANITIZE HANDS
Manicure Demo (20 minutes)
Grab cotton and put polish remover on cotton then remove any existing polish
Only one nail will have polish
Season the files and then file and shape the nails
Start with the pinky
Do not do back and forth motion - do one side to other side in one swoop or corner to center
Dispose file in Single Use bin
Sanitize hands
Soak hand in finger bath and use nail brush to clean the nails
Sanitize hands
Apply cuticle remover on each nail plate with the orangewood stick (wrap cotton on the end of the stick) starting with the pinky
Push back cuticles with a new orangewood stick also wrapped with cotton then dispose in Single Use bin
Be careful to not apply onto the skin
Use cotton to remove cuticle remover, then dispose in Single Use bin
Clean under free edge
Apply lotion and massage hand
Use cotton to remove lotion from nails on the hand with nail polish solution or 70% alcohol, dispose in Single Use bin
Manicure Clean Up (5 minutes)
SANITIZE HANDS
Dispose of items in appropriate bins
SANITIZE HANDS
Grab a pair of gloves and wipe down the station and wipe down underneath the items AND THE ITEMS ITSELF
Dispose of wipes and gloves into single use bin
SANITIZE HANDS

[@lulucarter8486]

Thank you so much for all the videos you made as they helped me be more prepared. I’m happy to say I just took my exam yesterday and I passed it! I went in for relicense as I never kept up with my license and the last time I took the state board exam was over 20 years ago. Thanks again. God bless you!

[@HairByDesiree]

i am so happy this has helped you ♥ thank you for ur support and welcome back to the industry!

[@monie2514]

Much Royal Oak love to you, if you can can you please do one for aesthetics & teller's also even within cosmetology do you still have to do acrylic overlay?

[@HairByDesiree]

I don't believe we have to do an acrylic overlay! I don't know about aesthetics either. Sorry! Thanks for the comment!

[@monie2514]

@@HairByDesiree please let us know if you can bring your tripods within state board since now you have the privilege of taking your state board any part of it in your home at the school or at the testing site? How many tahoes is needed since you can have them any color according to Michigan rules how many tiles is needed for the State board?

[@LouieVlle]

Bruh....if you sanitize yo hands one more time😂. I only sanitized mine and my mannequin hand 1 time before the service. And passed the first time for my manicuring license.

[@ghostiegalaxi]

Idk if Cosmetology is any different but I've been told you could fail every hands on things you do but if your Sanitation is good you'll still pass, so I'm sure as hell going to over sanitize to ensure I pass 😭

[@monie2514]

Not that you will ever respond back but I wish that you could have did it more closer up close so people can see it's kind of at a distance!! where you really can't see well how you're doing the mannequin hand.🧐🤔

[@HairByDesiree]

Maybe someday I will make a video that shows it from my POV :) Thanks for the comment!

[@monie2514]

@@HairByDesiree the choice is yours to say that it might be some day that means it may not never be and people need to know. When checking an esthetician and cosmetology exam, when it comes to skincare nails and on-base off-base curl etc

[@serenajohnson3205]

So no wet sanitizer for the manicure setup? I go for my Michigan practical in June. I want to pass this time around.

[@jessicad.8115]

@@serenajohnson3205did you ever psss

[@MarieGeiger-w9m]

@@serenajohnson3205 I take mine in a week! Were these videos pretty accurate to how the test is?

[@chloeketelhut6548]

do u actually polish the nail?

[@HairByDesiree]

I polish the hand in preparation for the exam but *during* the exam, I do not polish!!