I had a great experience at Anna's Nails last week! I've been searching for a place that's clean, relaxing, thorough, and that does a great job on pedis and gel manicures. Some gel manicures I got at ... Read More
I had a great experience at Anna's Nails last week! I've been searching for a place that's clean, relaxing, thorough, and that does a great job on pedis and gel manicures. Some gel manicures I got at other places will start to bubble an peel within days. Others don't make the french manicure lines straight. And another crazy place use a Dremel tool to remove the old gel color, rather than soaking in acetone - scary! So I was on heightened alert when trying out a new place. I called a couple places on a Saturday morning, and Anna's could get me in right away (they open earlier than most). I zipped over there and was pleasantly surprised by the look of the place. It's in a nice shopping center with a Starbucks a few doors down. The inside looks, smells, and sounds like a spa. The nail techs looked professional, and honestly, the clientele was more upscale as well (myself included, of course) ;) They put me in the pedi chair right away, and brought me (1) a bottle of water (2) a cup of fresh fruit (3) a bag of nuts with M&Ms and (4) a granola type bar. Wow! That was certainly a first! Most places give you water if anything. Two girls alternated working on me. One was named Kim, but I don't remember the others' name. They did a thorough job on my pedi. They used an emery board to file the rough edges off my feet (seems safer than the razor that some places use). They trimmed my nails short as I requested. The water tub didn't have jets, but the pedi looked great. For my hands, they soaked cotton balls in acetone and placed them against my fingernails with foil to get the old gel off. This ended up being less effective, so it took a while, and required some scraping and sanding. Finally, when the nails were clean, they applied the gel french manicure. I liked that they used a pink background, as some places only use clear. For the tips, they painted them on free hand, so they weren't as straight as places that put on a thick line then smooth it out with polish remover. Still it looked really good unless you got really close. In the end, I was there for two hours, which was a tad longer than I would have preferred, but it was mainly because they did my mani/pedi back-to-back rather than at the same time. Maybe some people prefer a longer time, but I'm a busy mom. The cost came to $65, which was lower than the other random places I'd been to that weren't as nice. After a week, everything looks as great as the day I got it done. I will be back for sure! Read Less