I thought I would get a professional manicure the day before my engagement shoot. Since this place was right across the street from me, it was super convenient.
I opted for a regular polish manicure since I generally paint my own nails. It'd be easier for me to remove the polish and repaint my nails at a later time.
The manicure itself was very choppy. It wasn't smooth around my nail beds. The whole time I was watching the nail technician paint my nails, I wanted to offer her some pointers on how to get some straight and solid lines.
I also got my eyebrows waxed and my original technician wasn't the one that did it. Another woman did my eyebrows while my original technician watched. I'm assuming she was new or something and needed some training on how to wax. I wasn't given any warning. They were just talking in a different language while doing my eyebrows, which made me feel kind of uncomfortable. It would have been nice to have been told they would use me to do some training. If my original nail technician was new, that would explain the mediocrity of my manicure.
Fast forward to 12 hours after my manicure, I already had chipped nails. I had chipped nails going into my engagement shoot. Fast forward three days later, all my nails are chipped. The quality of their nail polish or top coat must not be very good because when I paint my own nails with Sally Hansen and then a Seche Vite top coat, my manicures last much, much longer.