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Kit Sanitation in Action
Client two must be as safe as client one. Every time.
Module 1 taught the principles of hygiene. This is the reset ritual, the fixed sequence you run between every client so nothing carries from one face to the next.
THE BETWEEN-CLIENT RESET: CLEAR to BIN to CLEAN to TURN OVER to RE-DECANT to RE-CHECK.
- Clear the station of the last client's used items.
- Bin every disposable, mascara/lip/lash wands, sponges, applicators, cotton. One client, then gone.
- Clean surfaces and hands to protocol.
- Turn over tools: contaminated brushes/tools out of the clean zone into turnaround; bring in a sanitised set.
- Re-decant fresh product onto a clean palette; never serve client two from client one's decant.
- Re-check the zones hold before the next face sits down.
The non-negotiables, in action
- Decant, never double-dip. Work from a clean palette with a clean spatula every time, this keeps the source product clean. No fingers in product.
- Disposables are single-client. Anything wet or shared-risk (mascara, lip, lash wands, sponges) is one-use, then binned. Never re-dip a used wand into the tube.
- Tools need real turnaround. A face-touched brush is dirty until it has been through the correct cleaning/drying/disinfection for its material, an alcohol spritz is not a reset.
- Never work over active infection (conjunctivitis, cold sores, weeping breakouts, styes), that decision doesn't change because you're busy.
"I sanitised it" is a claim, not a fact. A quick wipe is not disinfection, and disinfection is not sterilisation. The right level depends on the tool, the material and what it touched. Match the method to the item, don't assume one spray covers everything. (Specific products and contact times live in your Academy protocol, Level 3.)
Carry enough sanitised brush sets and disposables for the whole day's client count, not one. Real hygiene is a quantity decision made while you pack, not a hope on the morning.
Run the reset. The last client just left the chair. Perform the full reset out loud, in order, on a real station. A partner watches for the step you skipped.
- The reset ritual
- The fixed between-client sequence you run every time so nothing carries from one face to the next.
- Decant vs double-dip
- Working from a clean palette with a clean spatula keeps the source clean; dipping a used tool back into product contaminates it.
- Single-client disposables
- Anything wet or shared-risk (mascara, lip, lash wands, sponges) is one-use, then binned. Never re-dipped.
- Tool turnaround
- The full cleaning/drying/disinfection a face-touched tool must go through for its material before it re-enters the clean zone. An alcohol spritz is not a reset.
- Match method to item
- The right hygiene level (wipe vs disinfect vs sterilise) depends on the tool, its material and what it touched. One spray does not cover everything.
Between clients you tell yourself: "I sanitised the brush with alcohol spray, it's fine." What is the professional correction to that thinking?