Professional Pedicure Masterclass: Russian E-File Technique for 40-50-Minute Services
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Pedicure used to stress me out. Clients with thick old coating, toenails growing in weird directions, skin that looked like cuticle but wasn’t. I’d spend way too long on each foot and still worry about the result.
What you’ll learn
- Complete professional pedicures in 40-50 minutes using Russian e-file techniques.
- Remove old coating safely with red-band carbide bit at proper RPM settings.
- Master flame bit cuticle work — Forward for pterygium, Reverse for pocket opening.
- Cut cuticles professionally using two scissor grips — 45-degree and 90-degree techniques.
- Apply gel polish on toenails — base selection, one-coat color, runny top coat.
- Use one-phase gel technique for white and light colors without base coat.
- Handle problem cases: double cuticle, thick coating, thin sensitive skin.
- Shape toenails correctly — straight free edge, softened corners, no ingrown risk.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- PEDICURE –> 6 lectures • 1hr 30min.
Requirements
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Pedicure used to stress me out. Clients with thick old coating, toenails growing in weird directions, skin that looked like cuticle but wasn’t. I’d spend way too long on each foot and still worry about the result.
Now I finish a full pedicure in 50 minutes — removal, cuticle work, coating, shaping — and my clients rebook every month. This course is how I got there.
Three real clients, three different situations:
The first is a straightforward hygienic pedicure without coating. I show you my complete workflow — orange wood stick, flame bit in Forward and Reverse, two scissor grips, cuticle remover, Monarda oil at the end. Nothing fancy, just clean technique that works.
The second has old coating from another salon. Red-band bit for removal, proper degreasing (this matters — skip it and your coating lifts), one-coat red polish, and the filing trick after top coat that makes everything look crisp.
The third is the tricky one. Double cuticle from over-buffing, thick inherited coating, thin sensitive skin. The kind of feet that make you want to refer the client elsewhere. I show you how to handle it without cutting into live tissue or spending two hours.
Plus one-phase white gel technique — no base coat, just primer and gel. Game changer for light colors.
The core movements are the same as manicure — same flame bit angles, same scissors, same coating logic. But you’ll learn the adjustments for toes: shaping to prevent ingrown nails, working with thicker skin, handling the different growth direction. If you know manicure, pedicure will feel familiar. If you’re starting here, everything transfers.