Good news first. I accidently stumbled upon this place pre holidays and discovered chrome nails. I had a rather unfriendly girl who did an awesome job to give me silver nails. I left the place raving ... Read More
Good news first. I accidently stumbled upon this place pre holidays and discovered chrome nails. I had a rather unfriendly girl who did an awesome job to give me silver nails. I left the place raving "woah! Nails are a science!"Bad News. Encouraged by first encounter I came back in 2 weeks to discover something new by these nail scientists. I got an older lady with a certain mother goose quality to her. I was super excited to get my matte nails as I sat next to 2 ladies who were dipping their nails in colored powders and bringing out some awesomeness. I saw the electric file being used on my nails for first time to remove gel nail polish (I though "where have I been? This must be new normal") realizing only later that its generally for acrylic nails. I wasn't scared coz I am gifted with strong thick nails. Once nail was ready mother goose applied gel color of my choice, 3 layers. Then came the part I was excited for matte top coat. I cud hardly wait 60 sec before I get my awesome new matte nails, thanks to mom goose. I had lot of faith in mother goose as she was older, appeared calm and through. As I took my nails out of UV lamp my heart sank to my knees, my nails were covered in bubbles, all 4 layers of gel nail paint ! I knew there is no fixing this. My fears further reassured by the fact that mother goose, who was nice and small chatting in English until this point, decided to start speaking in native tongue to the guy next to us. As a speaker of 3 languages, long term native of NYC, I know how the '2nd language advantage' is used to communicate 'stuff you don't want others to understand'. The panic in mother goose's voice however, was clear! At this time the guy next to us was doing a magnet design trick on my neighbor's nails. Surly, he will know how to fix this minor bubble fiasco. Confident science guy told mother goose how to fix it in their language. He looked at me smiled and said "Another coat and it will be fine".Me- 'How silly of me to doubt nail scientists'! It was not fine. Another coat... more bubbles, now with 5 layers of set gel polish. I decided to voice my concerns ... that's where things went south. Science guy said "is how it is", "is matte", "it ok" ... "it happen coz you no get manicure" ... It's my fault, of course. My neighbors looked sad for me. I asked mother goose to remove it and just do a regular gel. But as she removed last bit of my nail and reached nail bed with electric drill, I decided not to put anything on my now paper thin nails. Me- "I don't think I should put anything on now", Science guy- "You no have to get get it ok" Mother goose asked me if I was ok as she saw the tears in my eyes. I paid 5 $, I guess, I got a discount to get rid of my nails. I cried in my car, and decided to call and tell a friend my sad story. She picked up the phone and told me that she had a fight with her boyfriend, she hates her job and her house. I wiped my tears and thought "It's just nails...... I will complaint to internet" Read Less