AVOID AT ALL COSTSMy friend recommended Polished to me. She had been there before and was very happy every time. I used a Groupon deal for a Gel Mani and Reg Pedi for $30. I had to make an appt for Su... Read More
AVOID AT ALL COSTSMy friend recommended Polished to me. She had been there before and was very happy every time. I used a Groupon deal for a Gel Mani and Reg Pedi for $30. I had to make an appt for Sun, because apparently they only honor Groupon customers Sun-Wed. I made an appt for 2:30pm Sun March 19, not with any particular tech, and my friend made an appointment for 3 pm that same day. She had previously purchased their Groupon deal that was for 2 visits&each time you received a Gel Mani and Reg Pedi and she spent around $60-65. The 19th was going to be her second visit with that Groupon. I walked into the salon at around 2:15pm. Not one of the 2 techs looked up or greeted me. After a minute one of them acknowledged me and told me to pick a color and that the other nail tech would be with me as soon as she was done with the client she was currently with. I was 15 mins early so it seemed normal that I would have to wait for her to be finished. 2:30 rolls around & they put me in the pedicure seat. My friend arrived at around 2:50. When my friend walked in they asked if she had an appt&she told them that she did for 3 pm. They said that they had called her that morning to confirm her appt & that she hadn't answered to which my friend replied that she called back right after. (My friend proceeds to tell me that they called to tell her that her appointment was made on "mistake" & that it should not have been made, but to come in anyway). The one nail tech (she was middle aged, and Hispanic) was so absolutely rude &unprofessional the entire time. She asked how the both of us were paying &we told her Groupons. Since my friend used the one that is valid for two times, the voucher code was not redeemable anymore. The last time they were there they gave her a piece of paper that stated she had one more use. She didn't have it with her, but she had the proof of buying the Groupon &the nail tech who gave her the slip two weeks prior was there. The rude Hispanic tech said that there was absolutely no way they could honor the second part of the Groupon without that SLIP OF PAPER, even though the other nail tech said she remembered her. Some-what understandable, but she had proof that she bought it&proof that she had one use left. My friend said that she would have her sister look for it at home, but in the meantime, she would start her nails, & if anything would pay with cash or card. 3 pm comes, I still have not been started, 30 minutes late (I HAD to make an appt bc they do not take Groupon payers without one) The rude tech looks at my friend and says "if you are getting your nails done then you need to sit in the chair now. I have to start you right now because I am not being late for my 4 o'clock appt" in the rudest way possible. (Mind you, I've been sitting there the entire time with my feet soaking, THEY are late for my appt and start my friend before they even started me) She RUSHES through my friend's appt. 3:15 pm comes, FORTY FIVE minutes after my scheduled appt time & finally the other tech comes over to start my pedicure. The pedicure was average. She painted my nails so sloppily that once she was done she had to go back with a cotton swab and clean up every single nail.My gel manicure starts; (I had to pay an extra 5 dollars, that wasn't included in the Groupon price to get the gel polish, already on my nails, off). I tell her that I want to change the shape of my nails from square to round&show her a picture. My nails were not round. She tried to make them round &failed miserably. They were all different shapes. I had to go home and fix them myself. As she's doing my nails she neglects to take care of my cuticles, so I ask her to do them & she looks up and goes "oh, you want them done?" What nail place doesn't take care of them when you get a manicure? When she goes to apply the gel to my nail she wipes most of the gel off of the brush so she's practically using a dry brush and the layers were very thin and see through. She did 2 coats & when it was still very see through I asked her to do a third. She cocked her head to the side and gave me, intentionally, the nastiest look ever, but proceeded to do a third coat. My friend has to pay for everything because they refused to reason with her about the Groupon ordeal EVEN THOUGH SHE ALREADY PAID FOR IT. The rude tech tells her it will be $45 & my friend says that it is always $35 and the tech responds with "On Sundays it's $45". WHO HAS A DIFFERENT PRICE ONE DAY A WEEK. The rude tech did not say two words to my friend the entire time, but when her 4pm appt came in, the client said "thanks for staying late for me!" which leads me to believe, that my friends appt wasn't made by mistake, but the rude nail tech wanted to fit in one of her friends. She talked to her & was super friendly the entire time.Needless to say, this experience at Polished was the most appalling, absurd, &unprofessional nail experience I've ever had the displeasure of having. Read Less