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| - I went in this afternoon for a mani-pedi. The shop was empty save for a woman at the nail drying table and one getting a set of acrylics. The gentleman doing her nails took a couple minutes to acknowledge me standing there and once he did, he grunted to me to write my name on the clipboard. He then yelled toward the back for someone to come out to help the new customer. Having forgotten my own bottle of OPI nail polish, I selected one from the display on the wall and sat in the pedi chair as instructed.
My tech, "Jennifer," was friendly enough but hard to understand. She listened to what I told her about my pedicure and did a nice job. Partway through she told me she would do a spa pedi (including callus remover, a paraffin foot treatment, and hot stone massage) and mani for $40. Perfect. My feet ended up smooth and the polish looks great. I can't say the same about my hands. I asked her to file my nails straight across, not curved, but she didn't listen. She left red polish smudges all over my fingertips and seemed put-out when I asked her to clean it up. She smudged the thumb and instead of removing the polish and redoing it, she just used the clear topcoat to smooth it out. I ended up coming home, taking the polish off my fingernails, and doing my nails myself.
I may go back for a pedi, but I'll stick to doing my manis myself. Definitely not worth $40 combined.
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