I have been to Canadian Hippy Nails a few times now. I have had the shellac manicure, gel nails, and acrylic nails.
The Shellac manicure: Overall it is 4 stars. Very good and lasted 3 weeks! They put multiple coats, which is what I expected and shaped my nails nicely. They almost forgot to put lotion on my hands and give me a massage so I had to remind them.
The gel nails: Getting a full set was pretty good and lasted a while. They do however placed tips first, and then use white acrylic powder to do the white tips. I don't think this is the correct way at most recommended places like Frilly Lilly. The gel fills are a bit painful. I didn't like that.
The acrylics: Now let me tell you, I have had acrylics for over 20 years (decided to try the new thing with gel and shellac) and it never HURT! The way they perform the fill is one word "shortcuts".... If your acrylic is lifting, they will place glue to stick back on... WRONG. the correct way is to remove the acrylic (using an artificial nail works the best to do this) and then place a new tip and acrylic. When doing a fill, they use the filer and grind a line into the acrylic to create the new line for the white powder for the tip! I don't like this method either but seems to be how fills are done. I prefer if they would remove both the pink and white acrylic (if there is no lifting) and place primer, then new pink and white powder. My results after getting my nail fill is cracks in the pink part of my nails. Then they break off..... not happy.
One plus - the people there have been very nice. I just think they need to change their technique and not do shortcuts.