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| - I went here with my visiting best friend a couple of weeks ago for pedicures--I'd been complaining to her that Madison is a pedicure desert, with weirdly high prices all over town. We saw a menu of services on the window and decided to try their pedis, since they were running a special--a full pedi with a hot stone massage was only $37 (there was a version that also included a scrub for $45, but I passed on it because I'd shaved my legs that morning).
They were able to give us immediate appointments, side-by-side, mid-day on a Sunday, which was nice. They had a decent polish selection, mostly OPI and China Glaze, with quite a few green and blue options compared to most places, as well as the standard red/pink/purple. The massage chairs were very nice, and I was impressed with the quality of the massage that we got with our pedicures. After the hot stone massage, our calves were wrapped in hot towels with some kind of herbal oil that felt warm even when the towels had cooled, and left our legs pleasantly tingly.
For the price in Madison, I felt like it was a really good deal. I have only two complaints: firstly, there was no one whose sole job was to watch the desk, which meant that when someone else came in off the street hoping to make an appointment, one of us was temporarily abandoned while the woman doing the pedi went and talked to that person. Secondly, I noticed a few days ago, so about two weeks after the pedi, that there is a noticeable chip on my right big toenail. I don't know if that's because they did a substandard job (although they had a UV light that they put us under to cure before we left), or if it was just bad luck on my part. I would certainly be willing to go back and try them again to test it out!
If the chip was just bad luck, I'd say this was a better pedi at a better price than I've gotten at Alan Koa, though with a somewhat more limited polish color selection. At $45, their "express" pedis are not nearly as relaxing as this one was. A spa pedi at AK runs $55 and does include a paraffin treatment, but I think I actually prefer the hot stone massage anyway.
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