COS 32 - Advanced Manicuring and Pedicuring

Transfer Status

CSU

Prerequisite

COS 12

Unit(s)

2.00

• Lab: 102.00 Contact hours/0.00 Out of class hours/102.00 Total hours/2.00 Unit(s)
• Total: 102.00 Contact hours/0.00 Out of class hours/102.00 Total hours/2.00 Unit(s)

Course Description: In this course students will perform advanced nail services on clients. Services include manicuring, pedicuring, safe use of manicuring equipment, nail enhancements and extensions, and safe removal of nail enhancements, acrylic, wraps and gel polish. Students will work towards California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology practical operations and hours in subjects learned. This course is a capstone course in the Manicuring sequence.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Perform complete and comprehensive client consultation to ensure safety.
2. Perform all safety sanitation and disinfection duties in a safe and timely manner.
3. Demonstrate safe performance in nail enhancement services.
4. Safely and effectively handle all equipment necessary to perform nail enhancements.
5. Synthesize information to identify infections and various disorders, analyzing clients skin and nails for contra-indications, determining whether or not services can be provided.
6. Effectively and correctly apply and remove acrylic and light-cured gel nail extensions.

Topic Titles / Suggested Time Topic

Lab

1. Class Activities
2. Demonstrations
3. Discussion
4. Multimedia Presentations

1. Exams/Tests
2. Portfolios
3. Class participation
4. Lab Projects
5. Practical Evaluations
6. Mid-term and final examinations

Reading Assignments

1. Read the segment 'Safety in the Salon" in your text. Be prepared to discuss in class.
2. Read about hazards in the salon in the manual by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, "Laws and Regulations". Prepare five questions you should ask your client to discern whether any service is safe.

Writing Assignments

1. Using your notes from today's lecture, "Nail Enhancement Practices", write a three-paragraph essay outlining each method of acrylic application.
2. After performing a thorough consultation on another student, use the information to write up a profile. This profile should include the state of your client's skin and nails, as well as any contraindications noted.

Milady. (2023). Milady’s Standard Cosmetology with Standard Foundations + Student Workbook for Milady Standard Foundations + Workbook for Milady’s Standard Cosmetology. Cengage Learning, 14th. 9780357925256.

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