Nail Tech Secrets

There is a video online this morning, from the show, and this accompanying article, focusing on the death of Kimberly Jackson, from an MRSA infected pedicure bath.  I think the article is the transcript from the video, in case you can’t see the video - if not, it is very similar.
ABC News: Drug-Resistant Staph Tops [...]

I ran across this article over the weekend:

From Dallas, WFAA.com:
Hall is among several women who confirmed to News 8 that after they got pedicures in whirlpool foot spas at Beverly Hills Nails, skin infections broke out on their legs.
Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed there is a complaint against the salon.
Beverly Hills Nails manager [...]

Put a nice large towel or some newspaper down to cover your workspace. Paraffin doesn’t damage things too much, but it is a pain to scrape off the inevitable droplets. Using whatever appliance you have chosen to warm your paraffin, turn it on, and make sure it is on the lowest setting. Add [...]

You probably don’t know this yet about me, but I am a huge stickler for sanitation, made even more paranoid about it because of my husband’s near fatal battle with MRSA last year. One of the truly great reasons for doing your own nails is the avoidance of bacteria that will thrive in a [...]