It's my 500th review, folks. Can you believe it? Where has the time (and money) gone? Well, in this case I'm looking at it. My toes and fingers haven't looked this good in quite a while so this review is dedicated to Revelations Salon & Spa in Lakewood, Ohio (and to a lesser extent, Groupon).
I live in Lakewood and work in Mentor. This creates problems when trying to get things done during normal business hours when the business is 35 miles away and has almost the same exact hours of operations that my job does. Groupon wasn't willing to reimburse me so I had to leave work early to make this appointment. I would have actually saved more money by just eating the Groupon but why would I do that when there's so many Opi colors to choose from and some janky cuticles that need fixing?
[I believe her name is] Ruthie was so very sweet. I arrived 15 minutes late due to traffic but she whisked me in and got me started. The water in the beautiful basin was tepid which wasn't ideal, but I was so glad to be out of rush hour I didn't dare complain. She got to work and we chatted about life then as soon as she was done with my toes I hobbled over to the manicure station.
The wheeled chair on a bare floor is a bad call, folks. It forces the recipient into a posture of tension in order to keep the chair from rolling around (not relaxing). The soak water, tepid again. Nonetheless, Ruthie did such a great job on my nails and the Opi Germany Collection color we used ushered them into early fall perfectly.
I would not say the services were worthy of a full priced "Mango Spa mani-pedi" ($70) but I really did enjoy my time at Revelations and will return for a regular manicure ($17), and I don't need a Groupon to do it.