Since then, a handful of US-based salons, particularly in New York, have started offering the Russian manicure, which can be performed either with normal polish or gel. “Firstly, we carefully remove any previous gel on the nail with an electronic file,” Malikova explains. “Then the nail technician works on the actual shape of the nail, before polishing the nail bed. After which, every cuticle is carefully removed.” Malikova says that some technicians work with scissors at the very last stage, but some work just with a drill.
