1 /5 Ragni Singh: Im only giving one star because my pedicure was amazing! The technician was really good. However, my manicure was a horrible experience. The manicure tech name was Bee. If you get her, run. This woman doesnt know how to do manicures on natural nails. I told her I wanted a gel manicure. Then she asked me if I would like artificial nails added. I said no. Just the gel because Im going on a trip. She proceeded to cut my nails as I asked, but roughly filed them unevenly and it was square with very pointed edges and uneven. I told her to file it oval. She never asked how I wanted my nails done. Big mistake! Then she kept saying "have patience, wait." She kept going on my left hand nails and never went back to fix my right hand nails. I kept saying you need to file my nails and she said you need to wait. Then she started to paint them. She never fixed the style on my right hand, so my left hand had a poorly filed nails and the left was this weird square shape that looked like my normal overgrown nails. After she applied the two coats of polish and the finishing touches, she brings out this large abrasive file and aggressively files my left and my right hand. The nails were unevenly shaped and filled completely down. Im not mad about the length, but I told her you just took off all the polish on the edges by doing that. Now they will chip faster. The lady next to her proceeded to tell me that they need to remove the "hair fibers" from the nail. Ive never seen it done like this before and Ive had a lot of manicures in my day. Most qualified technicians use a gentle file and gently rub it in one direction & the other to smooth it out. Now I have a lot of nail dust on my nails along with nail oil. I told her that is not what I wanted and I will never come back for a manicure. That is not how you do a manicure. She then took acetone and took a layer off and added another layer of color. She was going to do a second coat and I stopped her because it will be so thick. Honestly, this is the worst place Ive ever been for a manicure. Ive never seen a place not file the nails properly before painting and never ask what shape do you want. I dont think the pictures do justice, but if you look closely each nail is poorly shaped and uneven. I paid $35 for a gel manicure that was awful. I definitely would not get it done here again. I could have saved myself an hour and done a better job myself. Im visiting from Seattle, otherwise I would have gone to my normal nail techs. I dont see their licenses posted anywhere, so I dont know if they are all qualified to be nail techs. I know its required in Washington state.
Regardless, just save yourself the headache and the time and go somewhere else or just get the pedicure.
This was the style of nail file that she used. 100/180 Rectangle Zebra Cushion Nail File. I looked it up and sure enough it is for acrylic nails.
