Feeling good with Manicure and Pedicure in Rio de Janeiro

To have a Manicure and Pedicure in Rio de Janeiro you can usually look for the “cabelereiro” sign which means hairdresser in Portuguese. You can find them almost everywhere in Copacabana. In my case I found a sign in the Nossa Senhora Copacabana street just by Rua Paula Freitas.

Now, I have never had a manicure before and being the very masculine heterosexual man that I am, I couldn’t help but feeling a little like a girl. Then again, it didn’t make things better that I was the only male customer in the room also. But for the sake of the many tourists out there I gave it a shot to see how it really is.

Anyway, the treatment started out smooth with me sitting in a chair having my finger nails cut. Then the manicurist brought out a terrible tool which had me reminded of school, using your nails on the blackboard making that screeching sound!

A finger polishing “thing” is used to round the edges of your finger nail. I really had to concentrate on keeping calm during this ordeal because of tickling and the “black board” sensation. But it passed quickly with the therapist putting on some cream and applying a “finger bath”.

The nails were then cleaned for loose skin both on the sides of the nail and on the nail it self.

This was when I was asked if I wanted some kind of paint on my nails. In a brief moment I saw the career of drag queening before me and in panic rejected the offer.

The treatment of the feet is much the same as with the hands. First beginning with finger nail cuts, then the terrible polishing, before cream, footbath and removal of loose skin. A big file is used, so this might give a tickling notion for some.

At the end of the pedicure, cream is applied on your foot, and you receive a brief foot massage which is nice.

The prices for the manicure was 8 reais ($2.5) and the pedicure was 9 reais ($3) for a total of 17 reais.

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