The Deborah Lippmann Smooth Operator buffer nail file ($14) has two sides: one with a softer grit for buffing and light filing, and one that's rougher. We recommend using the soft side on a broken ...

Glamermaid Nail File and Buffer. Glamermaid. Shaw, who often wears press-on nails, loves this affordable set.

The foot bath on J. Smith's pedicure chair has disposable liners for sanitation, and McGann said she keeps each customer's nail file, buffer and toe separators in a pouch for when they return.

Nail clippers, cuticle scissors and orange sticks are used in nearly every manicure, as are nail files, electric nail filers, emery boards of various textures and nail buffers.