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| - I've been a loyal customer at Aloha Nails for the past five years. Over that time, I've been in probably 100+ times to have my "solar nails" (aka pink & white, aka acrylics, etc. nails) put on, taken off, or maintained.
Today, I'm finally dropping my review from 5 stars to 2 stars. The sole reason? I can't go between visits without these weak nails breaking completely, several times over.
When I first started going to Aloha Nails, I was also training for a century ride, as a cyclist. I was impressed so much the first time I was pumping up a tire and the inflating hose blew off, slamming me in my hand. My nails didn't suffer so much as a crack!
But for the last four months, I'm finding that 2-3 weeks in between visits isn't enough for me to keep these false nails in even DECENT shape. Since December, I had about four major nail breaks. When I go in to get my nails redone/repaired, fixing the breaks is often painful, with them wedging the gel/material off my nailbed using another sharp-edged artificial nail. Now, I've had artificial nails for months on end, and what I can tell you is that the nailbed under the artificial nail is EXCEPTIONALLY sensitive!
So, basically, every visit has featured some amount of pain since December.
This last visit, I found that my pinky nail just flew off while I was closing a car door. Not even hard! I visited today and the woman re-did my nails, cutting off the length. I saw a crack on my right thumbnail and figured she'd repair it before letting me leave.
She finished her work, and I left. And now here I am 3 hours later with a chipped thumbnail because she didn't bother to repair the nail!
My nutrition and body hasn't changed wildly since December, but nails from here are cracking and falling apart right and left. I don't know what they've done differently, but I'm seriously considering a new nail salon for my next visit. Very disappointed.
EDIT/UPDATE: I received a very kind note from one of the owners of Aloha nails asking me to return so they could take a look at my nails and figure out what was making them break so easily. I appreciate the note, and have added another star because they DO care about their customers being happy, but I've chosen to return to my natural nails after this series of breaks.
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