I've been to this nail salon multiple times, not because it's so good, because it was nearby. After this last experience I had to write a review to warn others. There's one main nail technician, an ol... Read More
I've been to this nail salon multiple times, not because it's so good, because it was nearby. After this last experience I had to write a review to warn others. There's one main nail technician, an older lady, a man that does fill-ins & lady that does pedicures. I decided to get a full set so I removed my tips & acrylic at home, filed my nails & prepared them the day before going. When I arrived it should've been a simple, good experience, but no, apparently I was expecting far too much. She put my tips on, then asked the length I wanted. Since they tend to cut them too short, AND because I always have to file them myself in order to have even, well shaped nails I told her to cut them a little longer than I really wanted to leave room for me to fix them. She then proceeded to tell me she was going to charge me extra for longer nails, but I knew the place where I told her to cut them was actually right before it would be considered long so I told her that's not considered long. She argued that it was so I said fine to paying the additional $5. She actually cut them way too long but I let it be since I was going to file them down anyway. Then she asked me what shape I wanted. I replied "Oval". She then proceeded to tell me she would also charge me extra for Oval shaped nails! I've never in 20+ years of getting my nails done been told it's extra for oval nails! Pointy nails, yes, but Oval!? At this point I was annoyed, & her attitude was getting progressively worse. She pulls out a new board with nail shapes on it and points at the oval shape as if that's proof I should suddenly be charged extra for them. So I asked her which shapes will she do at no additional cost and she said "Only square". Anyone that's been getting their nails done knows there are four basic shapes that all the salons do at no additional cost, & oval is one of them, but I digress. She pulled out her little scissors and reached to cut the tips off my nails telling me that she paid for them and they belong to her! I never once said I don't want them done. Another lady came over trying her best in her broken English to explain to me that the lady paid for the tips and I guess trying to say it wasn't fair for me to have them (?). I told that lady to do my nails and give her 10 tips since she clearly didn't want to finish my nails, but I was informed she doesn't know how to do them. Keep in mind a set of pro tips is literally a few dollars for an entire box so these tips are worth pennies-literally. Also, prior to her attempts to cut my nails off I had already told her to go ahead and do the square since I was going to file them myself anyway, as usual- which she KNOWS I file them myself bc she always talks about how I file them once she's done. I told her I wasn't going to remove those nails because she had already filed over my entire nail, thinning it, and if she took them off it would leave them weak and brittle. She kept trying to grab my hand pointing her scissors to cut my nails until I finally said "Do you really think I'm going to let you cut these tips off my nails?". I wasn't going to run away with her precious $0.07 worth of tips so I told her as much as I wanted to leave to finish them like I had previously said to do. She added the acrylic, when she finished my right hand I noticed a dent in the pinky and showed her (politely) & she gave me an evil stare squinting her eyes at me- no joke. Idk how the dent got there but nonetheless... Wow. She finished. They looked terrible. I was embarrassed to go into Walmart with those nails afterwards. They were too long, a terrible shape, and later, after I was gone, I realized she put a VERY THIN layer of acrylic on them, intentionally. The whole purpose of the fresh set was to get a thicker layer of acrylic on them. I didn't need a full set. I was so upset that I felt it best I not return. Two days later 2 nails broke. Ive added 2 pics, before I left the salon, & the second is after I filed them myself. Read Less