Top Care Nails

I have been going here 7 years and this is by far the best nail salon on New Mexico! The staff is excellent and extremely hygienic. The prices are good and the salon staff are knowledgeable. Vivian is outstanding!

After ten years my nail tech moved to Texas. I was heart broken and never thought I would find another locale that provides excellent service, quality products, savvy staff, an overall all in one salon. I stopped treating myself because the outcome of each visit every where I went was a complete disappointment and a waste of my time and money. My cousin kept telling me to go see anyone at Top Care Nails so I did. I'm a Virgo and can be a little picky at times. Fortunately, the staff are experienced and able to comply with my demands. They do as I ask with a smile. They know I'm color blind and are always happy to help me match and come up with stylish designs. I'm once again a completely satisfied customer. Thanks Michelle!

Paraffin Wax for Hands and Feet (Respondent from Top Care Nails)

We (Top Care Nails) are offering paraffin wax baths which included in our pedicure and manicure services. Why we offer this treatment? Here is the reason. Clients’ hands or feet are typically dipped into a tub of warm paraffin wax. The heat will retain for several minutes. As the wax hardens, the paraffin's natural emollient softens skin and the heat opens pores. When the cooled wax is pulled away from the skin, it also removes dead skin cells, leaving skin smoother.

Paraffin wax treatments are also beneficial to dry, cracked hands and feet. Paraffin is an excellent moisturizer because it forms a light waterproof coating over your skin that helps it retain the oils produced by your body. This "waterproofing" makes paraffin treatments great for soothing and healing dry, cracked skin -- particularly winter-worn hands and feet -- because it offers protection from external elements. There are more benefits from the paraffin treatment which we do not tell here yet.

Why Not to Worry When Receiving This Kind of Treatment ?

There are a few factors that prevent paraffin from ¬being a good conduit for transferring bacteria and other pathogens. One is that because paraffin is an oil-based wax and does not contain water, it doesn’t provide an acceptable breeding ground for bacteria, fungi, and viruses to grow. Another is that during the act of dipping a hand into paraffin, the wax completely encapsulates whatever comes in contact with it, thus preventing it from touching any of the liquid wax around it. This can be seen when the hand or foot is removed from the wax. The wax covering prevents the skin from coming into contact with the rest of the wax in the bath.

Moreover, we have been following these “must to do things” strictly since we started the business:

1/ Have two separate baths for dipping: one for hand and one for feet.

2/ Always keep the baths clean

3/ although some manufacturers recommend cleaning the unit every month, while others say to do so after every 25 uses. We usually clean the unit every week (in the winter) or as often as needed (in the summer).

4/Always clean hands and feet thoroughly with soap and water

5/ For clients who need an individual use of paraffin treatment, we do use the “ladle” technique; which is a direct result of the general public’s heightened awareness of salon sanitation.

Here is the picture of how we use the “ladle” technique:

a/ Paraffin is scooped into a plastic liner for individual use.





b/ Put clients’ hands or feet in the bag. While the clients’ hands are in the bag spread the wax around their hands or feet to ensure full coverage.



• We hope this will clear all the misunderstandings.

Regarding; Top Care Nail SaIon on Golf Course Road. I do not comment or rate restaurants or businesses. This will be a first for me. This involves a health issue and I feel obligated to let others know what I saw today.

Today I sat next to a woman who had multiple open sores literally covering her legs, arms and feet. The sores were raw and open, I got a very good look at them as I was seated in the pedicure chair next to her. The manicurist asked this woman what happened to her feet. This woman answered that she’d been moving furniture that day. The nail salon worker did not comment any further and proceeded as usual with the standard pedicure. The nail salon worker did wear gloves during the pedicure.

Now this particular salon does a paraffin wax dip for your feet as part of the pedicure. And sure enough the nail salon worker dipped that woman’s feet into the vat of paraffin wax. I couldn’t believe it !!! That vat of paraffin is not solely used for just her, other customers feet are dipped into that vat too. YUCK !!! I don’t know the cause of this poor womans skin condition and have empathy for her.

The nail salon worker should have never dipped that womens sore covered feet into a communal vat of paraffin wax. Needless to say I am shocked and totally grossed out. My pedicure proceeds and my nail salon worker begins to prepare my feet to be put into that same vat of paraffin wax, the same wax that was used for this women with open sores on her feet.

By this time the women with open sores is gone. I told my nail salon worker clearly that NO I WILL NOT PUT MY FEET IN THAT WAX !! (I didn’t yell, just capitols for emphasize) I ask my nail salon worker if she saw the other woman’s feet ??? The nail salon worker nods yes. I go on to explain, “Did you see that she had sores on her feet? That the sores were open and she had her foot in the wax and NO Way will I put my feet in that same wax. The nail salon worker was not alarmed nor did she seem concerned.

Before I left the salon I spoke with the manager and told him what happened. He said he’d take care of it. What exactly the manager will do, I don’t know. I have two concerns here, the nail salon worker should never have put that womens ( who had open sores) feet into the communal paraffin wax. My nail salon worker was ready to put my feet into that very same contaminated wax not 5 minutes later knowing and seeing that other customers feet. My nail salon worker was aware of the other pedicure customers sore covered feet, it was a very obvious and remarkably unpleasant sight. I will never go to this salon again. If the nail salon workers did this once they’ve done it before, I just happen to see it this time. Please beware.