There are two kinds of pedicures: Relaxing to the point where you know your feet are not getting a proper scrubbing; and then there's straight up foot torture. I'm definitely a baby when it comes to m... Read More
There are two kinds of pedicures: Relaxing to the point where you know your feet are not getting a proper scrubbing; and then there's straight up foot torture. I'm definitely a baby when it comes to my feet. Overall my experience was pleasant, and the staff was very sweet. When I walked in, I was unable to be seen right away, but I didn't mind waiting. The layout of the business is very comfortable. The waiting area is huge with big couches and plenty of magazines to thumb through. Of course, the first order of business is to pick out your toenail polish. I was a little disappointed with the selections. I know right now, the hot color is one resembling Tiffany blue. However, I have seen women starting to wear metallic colors. I am very pale, and one of my friends, also pale, had metallic copper nails and they looked fantastic. I don't want to look like a corpse with blue nails. I was looking through the selection and found only gold. It's a cold summer, and I am not really into going out this year. In case I do, this gold is fine and matches my favorite pair of sandals. Most women would love this. In order to keep me entertained, the staff sat me early, and allowed my feet to soak. Any other day I would have loved this. I recently sprained my ankle, and the hot water was torture to soak in. I knew they were trying to be nice, so I didn't say anything. Plus I love the massage chairs! I was about to ask if I could get out when I was finally attended to. While I waited, I got enough sense of the staff to know the woman taking care of me would be blatantly honest, and probably quick. I also knew this would be torture. Especially with my ankle. I did point it out, but this did not excuse me from the assault with a pumice bar, or scrub bar that they use to remove the dead skin from the bottom of your feet. I couldn't decide what feeling was more powerful, the pain or the fact that I am very ticklish. My whole Zen experience in the massage chair was taken away in less than 10 minutes. Every muscle tightened in my body, and all the stress from my life was mounted back on to my body like a saddle on to a beast of burden. I think this is standard of most nail places. My feet don't see a lot of action and they're not used to being messed with. I have received a pedicure in the past (a different salon) where the woman had such limp hands that her light touch was so annoying and ticklish that I wanted to smack the woman into handling my feet with more authority. The sad truth is that you go into most nail places and try to explain how you want them to touch you, and more than likely it will get even worse than just sucking the experience up for what it is and sitting through it. I can't complain. The end result was that I left KT Nails with an excellent pedicure. Read Less