4 Tips to avoid damaging your manicure at the pool

An occasional dip in the pool shouldn’t affect your clients’ manicure.

In fact, summer is when the number of visits to beauty salons to show off perfect hands and feet at the beach and pool increases the most. However, there are a couple of precautions you should be aware of in order to educate your clients if you know they intend to spend the summer like a fish in water.

Unless someone spends a lot of time in a swimming pool, the chlorine used for disinfection should not affect nail polish. The problem, on the other hand, can occur with cuticles or built-up nails.

If your client frequently swims in a pool that is disinfected more than once a week, the chances of the skin’s natural oils drying out are very likely. Because of the chemicals, hands and especially cuticles can become dry and dehydrated.

In addition, prolonged contact of built-up nails (gel and acrylic) with water can also be detrimental if we do not ensure a perfect build-up. We must take into account not to build excessively close to the cuticle because with the growth of the natural nail, lifting can occur. If you know that your client is going to spend many hours swimming this summer, always recommend that she checks during the first week after the construction that there are no cracks. In this way, we prevent moisture from the beach and the pool from getting trapped between the natural nail and the construction causing serious infections.