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| - But, Jill, you say, why would you possibly go back to this place?? Well, one night my phone rings, and it's the owner of Harmony Day Spa. She read my review, apologized, and offered me $100 gift certificate to try them again. I told her no. Yet, she insisted. Please, take this $100, and please try us again. No, I say. You're far away from me, and I'm still injured and traumatized from that massage. After a while, I just feel bad, and tell her that, yes, she could mail me the gift certificate.
A few days later it arrived with a very nice letter, and I thought, "damnit if I'm not the nicest person ever. I'll go back and let her try to redeem this review." I made an appointment for a body wrap and a luxury pedicure. I arrived, was warmly greeted, and then told that the body wrap kit was in an occupied room. Wouldn't I like to try a body scrub instead? Feeling the pressure, I said sure, but then thought, "No. I don't want a body scrub. I got a foot and hand scrub last time, and it was painful. I don't want my body scrubbed here." So, I said no. I want the wrap; let's do the pedi first. The pedicure chair was, at some point in time, a working massage chair, but not anymore. She asked if I wanted some water, and brought over the tiniest plastic cup I have ever seen in my life filled with about 2 tablespoons of water. Now, I understand this is picky, but it was just strange. I felt like some sort of giant drinking out of this plastic thimble.
The pedicure begins, and it's actually not bad. She put in some elbow grease to slough away callouses (my husband calls my feet hooves, so...), gave me a nice leg and foot massage, and had no troubles applying the polish. The body wrap kit became available, so we began that awkward process. Let's just say it involved green mud and those silver blankets to give to people who are in shock. At the end, however, she gave be a brief all-over massage, and it wasn't painful, nor did it injure me. So, success! I feel like this place is a solid 2 stars, which is why I gave the update 3. I feel a little bad because I sincerely think the owner means well, but this place just isn't for me.
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