4 /5 Julia T.: First impression, a typical nail salon. My nail technician was Tiffany. Very polite, did her best to understand my English but she isnt fluent and thats okay, I didnt have any expectations and it doesnt bother me but it does create a slight complication when trying to ask for what I want. I had to repeat a few times to make sure she could realize what I meant. While the results were mostly what I had hoped for, I was expecting a little bit better attention to detail for such a basic request and paying $18 for a regular manicure plus another $8 add on for buff cream (which many places offer that as alternative to nail polish for free). I wear black bail polish regularly and made sure to remove it before coming it because I know it leaves nail stained which makes it easy to see where they fail to fully buff. For example the edges on the sides of my nails still had areas not fully buffed and when I pointed it out, she attempted to do so, her nails irritated my finger with how roughly and abrasive she was buffing. My cuticles hurt when she buffed and while many of her actions seemed normal......my issue is the whole time she was barely looking at my hands. She would glance down when switching tools or cutting but often she was looking around room when buffing, constantly distracted and managing the others plus customers walking in. I felt like she wasnt paying attention to what she was doing and it concerned me especially at times when the roughness was actually hurting me and a couple times I said ow or noticeably flinched and she just gave a small polite laugh and barely noticed even after I told her (the part where her nails were hitting my finger when buffing, I dont think she fully understood).
It is a basic salon with probably great techs who you just gotta request an appointment with someone reviewed well.
Im sure Tiffany is wonderful but I dont think I would let her do my nails again just because it was a bit uncomfortable and I rather have someone I can directly tell my requests and it be heard, understood, and my interests fully realized .
I set an appointment with Kevin bcuz of the reviews he has, Ill be back in two weeks for a gel man and regular pedi, which Ill post an updated review then.
Service was quick, straight to the point. Salon was well furnished and had nice equipment, it could be cleaner but I dont think theyre aiming to be high end or fancy, just a simple nail salon.
Photos are what my nails looked like before and after. Shape couldve been much better but I wasnt trying to get super nice nails this time just trying out the salon and cleaning up for work. Next time Ill be much more invested in quality and performance so I hope it goes well with Kevin.
