Frequently asked questions
What is on this page?
Three different products that often get grouped together. Single-use collagen gloves and socks soaked in a moisturising serum, listed in several scents, which are worn for ten to twenty minutes during a service. Paraffin wax in boxes of six with case quantities for the heat treatment step. And disposable gloves in salon packs, which are protective equipment rather than a treatment. VOESH supplies 12 of the 38 listings, Avry eight, Sunny Care six, DND six, and LAVIS four.
How do collagen gloves and socks fit into an appointment?
They turn dead time into a service. The client wears them while the other hand or foot is being worked on, so they cost nothing in chair time and give her something visible to pay for. Soak and scrub first, because a liner over unexfoliated skin does far less, open the pack in front of her, leave them on for the recommended time, then massage the remaining serum in rather than wiping it off and wipe the nail plate with remover before any polish.
Collagen liners or paraffin?
Liners need no equipment, cost a fixed amount per client, and can be added to any appointment on the spot, which suits a salon that offers the treatment occasionally. Paraffin needs a heater that is switched on and maintained and is cheaper per treatment once it is running, and it delivers heat in a way a liner cannot, which is what clients with stiff hands come back for. A salon that promotes the treatment as a service will do better with paraffin and a working heater.
How should a salon buy these?
Treatment liners in the two or three scents the salon will actually promote, a few deep, rather than one of everything. Paraffin by the box unless the treatment is genuinely on the menu, since a case is six boxes and takes a small salon a long time to use. Disposable gloves the other way around: buy them deeper than feels necessary, because they are the item a salon runs out of on the busiest afternoon of the month, and running out stops services rather than reducing an upsell.
What is on the spa gloves and socks page
38 listings at wholesale for the hand and foot treatment step of a manicure or pedicure, eight of them out of stock as this page was written. VOESH supplies 12, Avry Beauty eight, Sunny Care six, DND six, LAVIS four, and two come from other suppliers. The page covers three different products that often get grouped together: single-use collagen gloves and socks, paraffin wax liners and boxes, and disposable gloves in salon packs.
The three products on this page
| Product | What it is | Where it goes in the service |
|---|---|---|
| Collagen gloves and socks | Single-use treatment liners soaked in a moisturising serum, listed in several scents | Worn for 10 to 20 minutes during a manicure or pedicure |
| Paraffin wax | Scented wax in boxes of six, with case quantities | The heat treatment step before massage |
| Disposable gloves | Salon packs, listed in 100-piece and single sizes | Protection during services, not a treatment |
Why treatment liners sell
A collagen glove or sock turns dead time into a service. A client sits with her hands or feet in them while the other half of the appointment is worked on, which costs the salon nothing in chair time and gives her something visible to pay for. They are single use, opened in front of the client, and they answer the hygiene question before it is asked, which is the same logic that makes single-use pedicure kits sell. For a salon building an upgrade tier, this is the cheapest and easiest line to add.
The results are modest and honest: skin that feels softer and looks better for a few days, which is exactly what most clients want from an add-on rather than a treatment course.
Running the treatment step
- Prep the skin. Soak and scrub first; a liner over unexfoliated skin does far less.
- Open in front of the client. The single-use pack is part of what she is paying for.
- Leave them on for the recommended time, usually ten to twenty minutes, which is the window to work on the other hand or foot.
- Massage the remaining serum in rather than wiping it off.
- Finish dry. Wipe the nail plate with remover before any polish, because the serum will stop it bonding.
- Dispose in front of the client, which closes the loop on the hygiene story.
Paraffin, and what it actually needs
- A heater. Paraffin is melted and held at temperature, so the wax is only half of the purchase.
- Liners and mitts to hold the heat once the hand or foot is dipped.
- Boxes of six or a case, depending on how often the treatment is booked.
- A scent the salon will actually use, since a case is a long commitment to lavender.
- The same dry-plate rule: wipe the nails with remover afterwards or the polish will lift.
Collagen liners or paraffin
They do a similar job for the client and a different one for the salon. A collagen glove is single use, needs no equipment, costs a fixed amount per client, and can be added to any appointment on the spot. Paraffin needs a heater that is switched on and maintained, it is cheaper per treatment once it is running, and it delivers heat in a way a liner does not, which is what clients with stiff hands come back for. A salon that does the treatment occasionally is better off with liners; one that promotes it as a service will do better with paraffin and a working heater.
Where these products fit on a menu
As an upgrade line rather than as part of the standard service. The pattern that works is a basic manicure or pedicure, a treatment tier that adds the glove or sock, and a top tier that adds the paraffin or a full step kit. Each step is visible to the client, each has a clear cost to the salon, and none of them adds a second technician or a longer appointment, because the treatment happens while the other hand or foot is being worked on.
Disposable gloves are a different purchase
The disposable gloves listed here in 100-piece packs are personal protective equipment rather than a treatment: they protect the tech during filing, removal, and any service involving solvents, and in many places their use is expected rather than optional. They belong on the same order as the treatment liners but on a different line in the budget, because they are consumed continuously rather than sold to a client, and running out of them stops services rather than reducing an upsell.
What to say to a client about results
Honest and modest sells better here than a promise. A collagen liner or a paraffin dip leaves skin softer and looking better for a few days; it does not repair damaged hands, and a client who is told otherwise will not book it twice. What does change results is repetition, which is the reason to offer the treatment as part of a regular appointment rather than as a one-off: hands that get the step every three weeks look different by the end of a winter, and that is a fair thing to say.
The other conversation worth having is about home care. A client who has just watched her hands come out of a glove is more receptive to buying a cuticle oil or a hand cream than at any other moment in the appointment, which makes this the natural place to put a retail line rather than at the till.
Hygiene, which is half the sale
Single-use products exist because clients ask, silently, whether the last person's treatment touched theirs. Opening a sealed pack in front of the client answers that, and disposing of it in front of her closes it. Paraffin is where salons have to be more careful, since a shared bath is exactly the thing clients worry about: use liners so the wax never touches the skin directly, never return used wax to the heater, and keep the heater clean on a schedule that someone owns rather than one that happens when it looks dirty.
Storage and shelf life
Keep the treatment liners flat, sealed, and out of direct sun and heat, because the serum inside is what ages, not the glove. Paraffin keeps well but should be stored away from heat sources so it does not soften in the box, and the heater should be cleaned on a schedule rather than topped up indefinitely. Disposable gloves should be kept dry and out of the light, since heat and UV degrade the material, and the box should live where a tech can reach it without leaving the station.
Buying for a busy pedicure column
Buy the treatment liners in the scents the salon will promote rather than in every scent available, two or three deep, and check the case quantities on the paraffin before ordering, since a case is six boxes and will take a small salon a long time to use. Disposable gloves are the opposite: buy them deeper than feels necessary, because they are the item a salon runs out of on the busiest afternoon of the month.
Costing the upgrade
The arithmetic is simple, which is why this tier works. A single-use liner has a fixed cost per client, no waste, and no portioning, so the price of the upgrade only has to cover the pack and a minute of handling to be worth offering. The mistake salons make is folding it into the standard service to look generous, which converts a chargeable step into an unpaid cost on every ticket and removes the client's reason to trade up. Keep it as its own line, name it on the menu board, and let the sealed pack do the selling.
For paraffin the cost sits in the equipment and the electricity rather than in the wax, so it only pays back if the treatment is actually booked. A salon that turns the heater on for two clients a week is paying to keep wax warm, which is the case for using liners instead until the demand is there and the heater can be switched on for a full day rather than for two appointments.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Everything on this page ships at wholesale pricing for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock items ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.