Nail care

tool for trimming toe or finger nails

thumb|A pedicure in progress thumb|Street pedicure in Bamako A pedicure is a cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails, analogous to a manicure.

thumb|265px|A woman giving another woman a manicure. Belleville, Ontario, 1930s. alt=|thumb|260x260px|Manicure closeup – clear nail polish being applied A manicure is a mostly cosmetic beauty treatment for the fingernails and hands performed at home or in a nail salon. A manicure usually consists of filing and shaping the free edge of nails, pushing and clipping (with a cuticle pusher and cuticle nippers) any nonliving tissue at the cuticle and removing hangnails, treatments with various liquids, massage of the hand, and the application of fingernail polish. When the same is applied to the toe

extensions placed over fingernails

tool used to gently grind down and shape the edges of nails, usually after the nail has been trimmed with nail clippers

The art of decorating nails

alt=Cutex Advertisement, Zan-e Rooz 6 January 1968|thumb|Example of Cutex ad. This advertisement appeared in the Zan-e Rooz|Persian magazine Zan-e Rooz, Issue 148 - 6 January 1968 Cutex is an American brand of nail care products, owned by Revlon, Inc. The original product was developed and established in 1911 by Northam Warren Company, based in Stamford, Connecticut.

American nail polish manufacturer