I don't know what to say. I've been there several time in the past for both fill ins and pedicures. I'm not what you'd call a regular because I typically get my nails done close to where I work downto... Read More
I don't know what to say. I've been there several time in the past for both fill ins and pedicures. I'm not what you'd call a regular because I typically get my nails done close to where I work downtown. But in any event, I went there last Saturday with my mom. Me for a gel fill in and my mom for a pedicure. We arrived (no appointment) about 10 minutes after they opened. There was a couple ahead of us who had appointments for pedicures, another woman ahead of us with an appointment for a pedicure, and then the two of us. There was one woman sitting in a chair getting a pedicure, another getting a fill. There were only two employees there, which I found strange on a holiday weekend before new years eve.So, we wait for the appointments to be taken care of, as we were walk-ins, which I had no problem with. They go ahead and start water for my mom's pedicure and put her in a chair, and I waited for the only nail tech in the place to finish his client before I can get started. No problem.Suddenly, a gaggle of employees show up all at once and start working on all of the pedicures. Great - they're taking care of my mom. She's happy, I'm happy. Finally, the young man doing that fill finishes and has me sit at his station. My nails were a little shorter than I normally like them because I had filed them down a little the day before because they were much too long, and I was afraid they were going to start breaking. Well, the guy doing my nails wasn't paying any attention to what he was doing and started filing my nails. He filed one down so much that it was even with the tip of my finger. I pointed that out, and he apologized. I told him that I didn't want them that short, he said OK and proceeded to file the rest of them down, anyway. I again reminded him that I did not want them that short, he apologized and said that they all needed to match. What? OK - they'll grow out, right? Just forget it and move on. As my fill continues on, he starts filing the sides to clean up any extra acrylic, and then starts filing my nails some more! I tell him to stop, but he continued to file them even shorter and said he had to because the edges were rough. Enough!In the meantime, my mom's getting her pedicure. I keep looking over to make sure she's enjoying it, and she appears to be. Suddenly, she starts grimacing, and tells the tech something. I have no idea what's going on because she's too far away and the music is pretty loud. Later on, I find put that the girl who was giving her the pedicure was giving her a massage while talking to the other techs around her. She was massaging her legs too hard, so my mom asked her to stop. She didn't. She then told her to stop. She didn't. Then my mom jerked her leg away and started to get yelled at by the tech because she startled her. My mom complains that she was hurting her, and the tech starts yelling at her in another language. Turns out, she didn't stop because she didn't understand English. Really?Back to my fill. So, genius boy is filing my nails with the grinder now. More and more. Making my nails thinner and thinner. Finally, my nail beds are starting to hurt because the drill is making them too hot. I jerk my hand away, tell him that it's burning me, and he pulls my hand back and continues to grind away. Unhappy with the outcome of my nails, I leave without completely drying them - I just wanted out of there.After I left, I looked at my stumps and discovered that my nails were filed down past my fingertips. My fingertips actually protrude past my nails! Had I wanted them that short, why would I bother with gel nails?! I get them done so I have nice looking nails! Not this! A day later, because they were so damn thin, I actually BROKE the corner of one of them. Now, I have to go back to where I usually go tomorrow and see if there's anything they can do. I may need to soak these ridiculous things off and get a whole new full set, now. Thanks - I really appreciate having to pay twice for my nails in the course of four days.Oh yeah - we paid for our services, but no one received tips from either of us. No one deserved one. We will NOT be returning to CiCi Nails. Ever. Read Less