This is my second visit here, and I can't say I'm overly impressed. On my first visit, I came with a friend. We were seated in pedicure chairs immediately & initially I was pleased that it appeared th... Read More
This is my second visit here, and I can't say I'm overly impressed. On my first visit, I came with a friend. We were seated in pedicure chairs immediately & initially I was pleased that it appeared that, rather than doing our manicures during our pedicures (I don't find it very relaxing) they completed our pedicures first. However, while I was moved to the separate room to complete my manicure, my friend was made to stay in the pedicure chair during hers, oddly enough. We came together, should have been able to sit together. Our services were okay, manicures better than pedicures. I will say that Benny, the owner, gifted us both a hand lotion and gave me 2 $5 gift cards to give to my neighbors (very smart). I came back today because of his hospitality and professionalism only. Today, I came by myself, and explained that I was in a little bit of a hurry, and would go ahead and have both services at once. The girls at the front discussed at length who would be completing my services (I got the feeling they were short staffed and were a bit uncomfortable with my simple pedicure and gel manicure). After they began, I understood why. My pedicure was pretty much the worst. And I've had a lot of pedicures. I could barely feel anything as she was working, and sure enough, she did not clean my nail beds well at all (upon checking afterward). She applied a liquid callous remover to my feet, and possibly left it on too long? I let her know it was burning a bit, but when she removed it and started scrubbing, I began to bleed immediately. I was told it was because I had a scrape on my foot. I certainly didn't when I arrived. No apology. Then there's the manicure. This young lady began to try to remove my gel polish with a dremel tool, a bit aggressively and clumsily. Dug into my already thin nails a few times. I was already getting the feeling she was inexperienced by this time, and then the polish came out. My nails beds are FULL of polish. Every single one. She tried to correct this with a brush dipped in remover in between coats, but it happened with every single coat. Then she tried to file some of the excess away, and trapped the dust under the top coat, even after I mentioned this may happen and the nails needed to be cleaned first. Please know, I am a cosmetologist and have done nails before. If gel polish touches the edge of the skin or the cuticle, it will almost certainly lift within a few days. I have a feeling I will be having to remove these within a few days unfortunately. When I politely asked how long she had been doing nails, I got a very long pause and then "2 year." I have a feeling that was a pretty big fib. This took almost 2 hours, even though I mentioned that I was in a hurry. I have a feeling that all these nail techs are BRAND NEW or even still in training, and they barely speak English. I have no problem with them speaking the language they are most comfortable in with each other, but if you are going to service American men and women, you should be able to communicate the basics ("short or long, does that hurt, I'm sorry, etc). I didn't have time to mention any of this to the owner, I had to leave to catch a plane, but I most certainly will. Being in the industry, I know there's nothing worse than someone having a bad experience, not letting you know, and just never coming back. You can't fix anything if you aren't aware of what's going on!Moral of the very long story- I want to love this place. They are close to my house and have a beautiful, clean facility. I want them to be successful. However, I will be waiting quite some time before I revisit. Maybe their staff will have a bit more experience. Hopefully they will still be in business by then! Read Less