This salon is convenient for me, right near my home and open on Sundays. However, I will not be back. When this particular male nail tech was new, I was placed in his chair. We had a great time joking and laughing, and he invited me to come back and ask for him every time to help him learn English. He did a poor job on my nails, but it was okay because I had such a nice experience with him.
I came back again a few months later and sat with him again, but this time he was very rude to me. If my hand was not in the perfect position, he apparently could not paint them. I've never been manhandled like that at any other salon. He grabbed me several time by my wrist and elbow to adjust my arms and wrists until they were in twisted uncomfortable positions, he huffed and puffed and got visibly impatient with me, slapped my hand several times, rolled his eyes at me, and every time he moved on to a new finger we had to readjust all over again. I could sense his annoyance and aggression. It's such a personal thing to be touched by another person, and I felt like I was doing everything wrong. He never once communicated to me how he wanted my hands to be positioned, in fact he never spoke a word to me at all. I thought maybe he was just having a bad day, but I came back again another time and had the same experience. I'm not sure what the issue was, because I get my nails done all the time at other salons and I've never been told that I must have my hands bent and angled in certain positions.
The next time I came back for a manicure a female nail tech sat me in her chair, said hello and then proceeded to make several very rude comments about my physical appearance and face. I was very uncomfortable but I had waited so long to get my nails done so I sucked it up. I asked her for another coat of polish, but she refused and she also cut my finger with the buffer at one point.
Another time I went in and had an appointment, but no one ever greeted me and I was standing around awkwardly so I just sat. People came in after me and they were helped and I tried to get someone's attention but they ignored me. Finally after waiting almost 40 mins, they tried to help the woman waiting next to me. She pointed to me and said I think she was here first, and the owner replied "she doesn't have appointment she has to wait." I spoke up and said I did have an appointment almost an hour ago and she finally sat me.
When I went up front to pay, there were two young girls at the register. They seemed busy at the counter and didn't acknowledge me, so I patiently waited. I stood there for quite a long time before one of them looked up and said "has she been helped?" And the other girl said with a big attitude, "Nope. She has headphones in so she can wait there until she decides to take them out." I looked up at her and took my headphone out and she said "oh, you can hear me?" I said yes, and apologized saying I forgot I had them in and wasn't listening to anything. I paid and left and you can trust I will never be back. read more