Stylish
• The manicure salon must stay fulfilling the guidelines that were marked in the Memory of the project of works of the saloon and in the successive upgrades that have been made.
The Order
• The saloon must be in permanent order (each thing in its assigned place) being responsibility of each one his/her work place and its own material. Likewise when a Technician or an Assistant finish a service they must leave the workspace in perfect order for the following client.
Facade
• To check the state of cleaning and illumination of the facade regularly.
Window
• To treat that the image that was given to the window doesn’t deteriorate with the passing of the days, keeping the posters in its place, upgrading the posters of prices ,that are clean, etc.
The Reception
• The reception must be in perfect order putting special attention to the following elements:
• To have always visit cards in the counter
• To have always candies to the client’s disposition
• To have clean the telephone
• To have clean the TPV
• To have clean the fax
• To have everything in order
• To have orderly the magazines
• To have the seats / armchairs in perfect cleaning
The Magazines
• The magazines will be upgraded regularly following the next approaches:
• To have a relation of magazines to buy
• To have magazines for men, women and children
• Having always two copies of the most read magazines .
• Keeping always in the saloon the last number of the magazine and the previous one
• To have every day a copy of two different newspapers.
• The deteriorated magazines should be always changed.
• To have a magazine shelf system that favors to see of a blow of view the magazines that there are and avoid to revolve the magazines until finding the one that one is looking for (to avoid the deteriorations)
• To have in permanent order the magazines and the shelf.
The interior ilumination
• In a regular way all the elements of illumination will be controlled to check they are in operation and no one is failing. Any element of illumination that fails must be restored immediately. A salon with fused lights gives the sensation of abandonment.
Furniture
• The whole furniture must be in perfect state. Any deterioration of it must be solved immediately.
Utensils of each Nail Technician
• Each nail technician must have his/her utensils in a perfect state of order and cleaning. The Manager of the saloon will make periodic revisions to guarantee this point.
• An exhaustive revision will be made to the following elements of the shopping cart
• Cortatips, spatulas, Scissors, Pliers, Pincers.
Sterilization of utensils
• The manicure utensils will always be sterilized after each use.
Music
• The music must be current, agile, and fresh. (Homologated by the mark). You must watch that the volume is in accordance with the image of the saloon and don’t interfere in the attention to the client.
• The radio will never be used.
Civil Works (Floors, Roofs, and Walls)
• It is necessary to make sure that the cleaning company uses the appropriate products for the cleaning and Floors maintenance.
• It is necessary to dedicate special attention to the area of Pedicura.
• Roofs and walls should be repaired when the grade of deterioration justifies it.
Air Conditioning
• A good air conditioning transmits a sensation of well-being. Hence it is necessary to make sure that the maintenance processes are carried out regularly every week.
• Always maintaining the appropriate temperature to carry out the services (approx. 20ºCelsius)
Rest rooms
• The rest rooms must be in perfect operation state and cleaning, making sure that it never lacks hygienic paper nor soap. In case of problems the saloon directress will take charge of solving it. Every time that somebody of the personnel uses the rest rooms he/she should wash his hands before passing again to the area of work of the manicure salon.
Warehouse
• The warehouse will always be orderly, clean, and organized in such a form that the biggest benefit in its use is taken out.
Room of the personnel’s rest
• This room must be orderly and clean. It is responsibility of each one to pick up their things and to order them every time that use them. Among the personnel they will establish a weekly shift of responsibility of that room.
Box offices
• It should be demanded order and cleaning to the personnel that uses these facilities.
Washing Machines and Driers
• These elements must be orderly and picked up in all moment.
THE CLEANING
General Norms
Each manicure salon will have a company of cleaning that cleans the saloon at least three times every week.
This company must carry out the following works:
• To sweep the whole saloon
• To scrub the whole saloon
• To clean the windows
• To clean the toilets
• To clean the employees’ room
• To clean areas of Pedicura
• To clean the reception
• A day of maintenance in the cleaning of a manicure salon
Before opening the salon in the morning
The Manager of the salon must check that the cleaning that has carried out the specialized company is correct, annotating the shortcomings that may occur during it to be commented with them as soon as possible.
During the day of work
Each Technician or Assistant is responsible for having clean all his/her work utensils.
When a technician has finished a client and the work place is full with the previous client’s remains, that work place will be cleaned.
Always will be picked out any object on the floor or outside of place.
If the rest rooms are dirty the manager of the saloon is the one in charge of solving that situation. It is necessary to review in a regular way the state of the rest rooms.
The local dedicated to the personnel’s rest must be in perfect order and cleaning being assigned among them those responsible for it.
The towels will be washed as they accumulate in the basket of the clothes. The Manager of the manicure salon will be who assigns who has to make it in each moment
To the closing of the saloon
The whole personnel will be devoted to make a review to the manicure salon about the cleaning of his particular utensils, as well as of the saloon in general.
Until the saloon is not perfectly ordered, swept and cleaned the employees won’t leave it.
Maintenance of the weekly cleaning
Once a week a “general cleaning” will be made where during the labor day everybody will pay special attention to the cleaning.
Maintenance
Product exhibitors
Windows
Warehouse
Rest rooms
Area of washing machine and dryers
Air conditioning
Civil works
Maintenance of the annual cleaning
The “Day of the Cleaning” will coincide with a general inventory. During that day will be taken advantage to revise the product stock and to eliminate obsolete or deteriorated product, and be thoroughly cleaned the whole saloon with special attention to floors, furniture, illumination, and civil work.
Considerations about the cleaning
The form of sweeping
• You don’t sweep the dirt towards you but from left to right and vice versa.
• Avoid to make it with abrupt movements for not lifting the dust.
Sweep small surfaces, gathering the dirt and picking it up immediately with the collector
The form of cleaning glasses and mirrors
Use a bottle of spray to clean glasses and drying paper.
Apply the glass cleaner in small quantities on the surface to be cleaned.
Rub the surface with the drying paper until it is clean and dry.
Bags of garbage
Substitute the bags of garbage whenever you see them full.
Cleaning utensils
Keep the utensils of cleaning always clean.
You never should
To bother the client with your cleanings.
To sweep lifting powder or among the feet of the clients.