I hate writing bad reviews, and I've been putting this off for a couple of days, especially since the staff were really nice.And the staff was very nice, courteous and everything. I just haven't been ... Read More
I hate writing bad reviews, and I've been putting this off for a couple of days, especially since the staff were really nice.And the staff was very nice, courteous and everything. I just haven't been thrilled with either my manicure nor totally with my haircut.Maybe I was just used to a different experience in NoVa. I had been putting off cutting my hair for a few months now, and I really had looked around to find something with high marks, and this place seemed to fit the bill. I figured I would throw in a basic manicure while I was there as well.Part of it could have been the weather, I'm not sure. There were only a couple of people on staff that day, and I seemed to be the only client. I'm used to busy salons with a lot of people in and out, so the emptiness was a little disconcerting. I was greeted, had my coat and belongings were taken and stored.The first part was the manicure, which was where things kind of started to go wrong. The manicurist was very nice and pleasant, but the things she did to my hands weren't. She cut my cuticles very close, causing at least one of them to bleed, and she used her own fingernails as tools to clean up some of the polish. My middle finger is still looking pretty angrily red and tender to the touch, and there's discoloration from scabbing, and most of the polish is chipped already, but that part may be my own fault. I think I should probably have opted for clear polish.During the hair consult, I showed the stylist some pictures of how I had it cut previously, and said that she had free rein but that I'd like to have something similar. She did a decent job of it, but I feel like it looks ... ragged somehow after the fact, like she wasn't very experienced doing layering. This might be because she was younger, with less experience than my previous stylist, but I'm not absolutely loving what I ended up with. As nice as the people were here, I don't think I'll be making a return trip. Read Less