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      When I visited New York a few months ago, I realised what a growing industry the manicure and pedicure business was. New York was one of the first places to do nails on a large scale and the trend seems to have spread across the world like wildfire! I have noticed nail treatments growing in popularity in the salons in Britain and both my female and male clientele have expanded vastly in the last few years.

      What I have seen in the nail bars in other nail progressive countries is a quick, clean and professional service for the price of a glass of wine! I realised that both women and men are now regularly having treatments, not just as an occasional treat but almost as a necessity, just like their regular dose of cappuccino!

      Hands make the first touch when greeting someone new, in the form of a handshake. Hands show the world you have pledged your married life to someone with a wedding ring. Hands are kissed by others in some countries as a welcome and hands show some of the worst signs of stress in nail biters! So there is a clear emotional connection between us and our hands and nails. It is always good to look after hands and to appear well groomed at all times. The simplest manicure will revolutionise hands and nails and make us feel instantly better.

      Feet, on the other hand, are rarely exposed but when they are they need to be shown to their full potential! Well groomed feet make all the difference and paying them a little attention provides fantastic results. Impressions are everything so why not let your body scream confidence all the way down to your toes?

      It seems in modern day living you are now behind the times if your weekly schedule does not include a 45-minute appointment with a nail technician. It is rare for some to see the week through without either a manicure or a pedicure, even if it just a quick self-varnish.

      If you haven’t had a nail treatment before go to a nail bar and try it out! It is the right of all of us to treat ourselves once in a while and why not the hands and feet, which are often neglected and overlooked. We use them every day and having a warm wax or hot oil treatment, or wrapping them in warm mitts can really make a difference.

      Currently fashions remain fairly similar to seasons past and the French style of varnish is still a favourite for making the nails look clean, fresh and well maintained. However, shorter dark nails are also coming into the limelight now and the vamp look is also very popular.

      Colour should not be worn for fashion necessarily but to inspire the wearer and perhaps to match a particular outfit or accessory – this is when nail colour is at its most visually powerful! ‘Sqoval’ nails (nails with a tip in between square and oval) have been the height of fashion for many years but may not be to everyone’s taste, so wear the nails you love regardless of fashions. You know what you like and it will be hard to feel comfortable wearing anything else.

      01 the structure

      the structure

       Having a manicure or pedicure these days is as popular as going for a coffee! In some cities it is unheard of to miss a nail appointment as the practice is now not merely a pampering treatment but a grooming necessity.

      Our hands are used a great deal in communicating with others. We touch others with our hands and it is easy to make judgments on a person from the state of their hands and nails: bitten and they are stressed, pressurised and busy; too long and they have too much time to spare. Yellow nails scream out ill health, while dry hands suggest they do manual labour jobs and will be rough to touch. Why let people make assumptions before they have even spoken to you?

      The hands and feet are known as body extremities and both these are prone to bad circulation and neglect. Feet can sometimes seem just that little too far away to reach and nail varnish takes longer to dry than we think we can afford! Physiologically feet need to be looked after well, especially as they support our whole body weight for many hours of the day, but hands, too, are in constant use and should be well looked after and regularly groomed. Investing a little time every week on our hands and feet makes all the difference.

       The skin

      Skin is made up of three main layers. The epidermis comprises the top set of five layers and is about as thick as a piece of paper; the dermis is the second main layer and is more complex in structure. The third is called the subcutaneous layer and is made up of fat cells.

      The epidermis’s main function is that of protection, as the top surface layers consist of dead skin cells and have no other direct function. Skin cells are constantly shed throughout the day and we lose hundreds of thousands every time we wash our hands, scratch or change clothes! The epidermis protects the underlying tissues from damage and also traps bacteria by secreting a sticky oil called sebum from glands deep in the hair follicle. Sebum is made up of cholesterol and acids and provides a natural moisturiser that gives suppleness to the skin. The acids are used to neutralise many types of bacteria and prevent internal infections. It is in the epidermis that we see physical

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