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What equipment to start as a nail technician?

To start your business as an independent nail technician, you need to offer yourself the perfect manicure kit. The following list is for materials to get started as a nail technician. It’s not exhaustive, but it will help you get started and find your way around the gear you need.

Rechargeable Maryton Pro Nail Drills 1,000 ~ 30,000 RPM
Rechargeable Maryton Pro Nail Drills 1,000 ~ 30,000 RPM

As a nail expert, you need electrical devices:

  • A UV or LED lamp: allows the drying of semi-permanent varnish or nail art, the hardening of gel and acrylic for the application of false nails.
  • A nail drill: it saves precious time and offers an incomparable quality of work. The nail drill machine is equipped with several interchangeable bits.
  • As an option, an electric table vacuum cleaner to suck up nail dust and residues of varnish and false nails.
Lightweight Portable 6W LED UV Mini Small Sized Mouse Nail Lamp
Lightweight Portable 6W LED UV Mini Small Sized Mouse Nail Lamp

To do gel nails or other nail services, you also need specific equipment:

  • For the cuticles: a cuticle pusher to take off and push back the flesh.
  • For the nails: coarse grain, medium grain and fine grain files to file the surface and the free edge of the nails, false nails or to remove the gel.
  • For the realization of nail art and the shaping of false nails: manicure brushes of different sizes.

Read also: Where do white spots on nails come from?

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