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Having to move to a new state sucks especially when you need to find a new nail shop :/
I really dragged my feet when it came to finding a new shop but my mom and I were in bad shape! A few weeks ago I saw an advertisement in the paper for $19.00 gel manicure and I knew this was as good as it was going to get since nail shops are way higher out here than California :/
My mom made an appointment for us and I was kind of thrown off that you had to give a credit/debit card to hold your appointment, I've never heard of that at all.
We came right on time and I will give it to the front receptionist, she had great customer service skills and was friendly to everyone that came in, she checked us in, offered us refreshments and asked us to fill out a questionnaire.
My mom and I had two different people so I'm going to break it down by both of our experiences.
My mom had a super nice and friendly manicurist which was a good sign, all my mom needed was a manicure since she took her gels off recently.
Now me on the other hand, I needed a gel manicure and a soak off of my old ones and my nail tech was not friendly at all!
Moms experience: Nice employee but when it came to her manicure it seemed like she didn't know what she was doing when it comes to your cuticles. My mom says she kept hold the tool a funny way and barely touched her cuticles which both of ours desperately needed help since we haven't had our nails done in over 6 weeks. You know its bad when you have to go home the same night and attempt to finish the job yourself. Her skin wasn't filed down enough and was catching on her clothes which is never a good sign when you've just gotten a manicure. My mom wasn't sure if she had just graduated from beauty school since she had no clue what she was doing. Super nice though just needs to really improve her skills.
My experience: Yes my nails came out great but my gel mani took way too long and I wasn't relaxed at all, first off my nail tech didn't really greet me, he looked at my nails and seemed confused, I told him numerous times I had no acrylic on my nails and just needed my old gels off and a new gel manicure but he finally understood me. I knew it was not a good sign when he started pulling at my nails! As if they were going to come off! It was an uncomfortable experience from the start, he seemed like he was having such a hard time taking my old gels off, it's really not that hard, my old nail tech does it without having to cause me pain/discomfort.
First he started with soaking them with remover and cotton balls, wrapping up my fingers in aluminum usually doing that takes them majority off and can be finished by buffing the rest off. I don't think he used enough remover because they did not come off like they should have, he had to use a scraper which was not pleasant either and it still didn't get them off so he put the aluminum back on for a few and then proceeded with buffing them off. That should have taken no more than 20 minutes but it felt like an eternity.
I'll give the salon credit when it comes to gel colors they had over hundreds and hundreds to pick from. But, just like my mom's manicure he had no clue what to do when it came to my cuticles, he barely touched them and I rough spots that I had to take care of myself later that night. Call me crazy but isn't the part of getting a manicure about getting your cuticles and dead skin removed?
It was a very awkward experience for me, I was glad it was finally over, I was disappointed with my manicure, yes the gel came out great but when I asked him if he could put extra glitter on my nails he looked at me like I was insane!
So one gel mani and a manicure came out to $45.00 I'm not sure how much my mom's manicure was but she felt duped and disappointed. Even though the salon looks beautiful and relaxing my experience sure wasn't.
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