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| - Soo first time here.. Got the Gelish Harmony gel done. I've had it done before in other salons, and have also tried OPI, and Gelish (Not sure if it was the Harmony line) a few times. I'm really particular about my nails, and usually would rather do them myself to get them right. Some salons have been acceptable. However, I'm not really convinced I would use this place again. So here is an in-progress review, at least until I see how long the manicure lasts-Tech said it should be about 21 days. Hmm.
~ Not a bad wait for no appointment. Salon appeared clean and orderly, and watched the techs utilize the sterilization machine, except that they did not sterilize the trays the utensils are put on and used by every customer. (EW) I had to have my old gel removed. It is supposed to be buffed to remove the shiny top coat, then soaked in acetone for 10+minutes, then GENTLY removed with a wood stick or the like. My tech immediately reached for the electric nail filer. Not too big of a deal if she were just going to give them a quick once-over, but she filed almost all the way to my nail bed on one nail, and I quickly stopped her and asked to soak them because she would inherently damage and thin my nails with her current method. She politely obliged me and soaked. I was given a new tech because my previous one was finishing the pedicure she moved on to while I was soaking. This was a male. Soooo
I had scraped most of the gel off myself (mostly because I'm afraid they will resort to more scary, unneccessary filing) so the gentleman started to shape my nails. I said square. When he had done a couple nails, I noticed he had shaped them TErriBLY, with the corners LONGER than the middle!? He also filed them too much, some down to the quick--ouch! I asked to see the file to do them myself-and after seeing how I did them he seemed more aware of what I meant. (Who would want an inverted round nail??? I did see another tech had filed another lady's acrylics in the same manner =O )
As for the gel- he promises the Gelish Harmony would last ~ 21 days. My previous gels had lasted 8-14 days. He did a marginal job applying the gel. It was great that he was done in 30 mins, but He did almost no cuticle/manicuring, then slapped the gel on a little too hap-hazardly. They look pretty good from a foot away, but up close I can see where the edges were not colored or top-coated, and there was some debris on the nail bed that left lumps on some nails. Overall it was an OK place to get gel done in a pinch, but I'm probably going to find a better place to get them done until I buy my own kit and do them myself!
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