"1"^^ . . "0"^^ . "1"^^ . "2016-04-22T00:00:00"^^ . "I was prepping for a trip to Italy. Wanted beautiful no maintenance nails. My coworker said, gel nails. You will love them. I don't get my finger nails done for several reasons: 1. My natural nails are nice but I hate filing and painting them. 2. The manicure nail polishes seem to wear off quickly. 3. Acrylics are too harsh to my natural nails. \nI called and asked if there would be lots of filing of the nail surface and was told no. We don't file here. I dropped in on Tuesday at 3:00. My flight left at 10:45 the next morning and I had many things to do. I was the only customer. I thought perfect! This was my first mani/pedi ever in 51 yrs. \nI was directed to my chair and I had 2 people helping me at the same time. A young lady (pedi) and young man (gel mani). There was a confusing discussion about my color selection. I could use the gel nail color on both mani/pedi if I'm getting gels on hands. But if I want to do French on hand I needed to find a reg color for feet. My feet are already in the tub so the girl goes to find similar color to my selection of a mild pink. She returns with 5 shades of orange. I don't complain and pick a burnt glittery color. \nMy manicurist is rushing me to put my hand in the bowl he has set up as Im talking to the pedicurist and looking at the color selection. I finally tell him he has to wait as I can't do both. He seemed disturbed about my statement. We start the process and he tosses a pillow on my lap. No explanation what's so ever. I move the pillow mid manicure, he asked don't you need the pillow. I said do you need me to have the pillow? He then says no you need it. I'm looking out for you. As I my turns out, he was going to set the UV lamp on my lap. He needs the pillow to stabilize my arm. Even with that, doing a French in an angle is not good. Especially a 35 dollars, manicure! There is lots of tugging and manipulation of the arm. Lines still were not right. A\nToday 2.1/2 days later they look like this! Also, the only thing I've done since I left the shop is pack a few things and fly for 12 hours. And my 2 and 1/2 days includes 12 hours of travel and the time difference. Very disappointed. One lesson learned here is the to do the manicure and pedicure separate. Should be a relaxing experience and it was far from that."^^ . "2"^^ . . .