One cannot mistaken an Alpaca for a llama. They may be cousins, but they are not alike. Do not be fooled by the long necks, fur and ears, because that's the only way to severed by Sir Severus Snape. That, my friends, is what happens when you entrust your nails to a nail technician who confuses Coffin Nail Shape for a square or flare shape. Let me tell you how I fell in love with my coworkers fuchsia nails with faded glitter. I wanted her nails. I called ahead of time to schedule with Emily, the technician my coworker always gets. The owner is clearly egotistical. He answered over the phone, cut me off a brilliant amount of times, and was not patient with my questions, my concerns, my comments and my thoughts. He smirked a hideous smirk over the phone, and that raised my head bloody high. I was livid. No one should be laughed at, especially when inquiring business. I'm paying for your amateur service, at least acknowledge that your service is amateur. I never go to nail salons to have work performed on my nails. I have high standards. I should've known better. My girl is in Mexico, so she is my personal nail technician, whom uses the best for my nails to maintain the healthiest. I decided to come in anyways to discover more -- give chances, make mistakes, get messy!
Mistake 1: The nail salon does not do appointments -- everything is a walk up. whether it be a pedicure, a manicure, a new full set of nails, a rebase etc,. there are no actual appointments, and you can't request a certain technician to work with you. I waited an hour or two to get attended. The owner was not pleased that I specifically requested Emily. Finally, I was irked with the suspense, I just had to get my nails and get out. The owner was very friendly. But then he handed me over to Emily because he said, "You no like me, so Emily will take you." I felt indifferent from waiting, so I agreed.
Emily was a doll, I told her about my coworker recommending me to Emily. She obviously was flattered.
Mistake 2: DO NOT trust their judgement. I showed them a variety of nail galleries that seemed doable in their end, and their knowledge of nails did not impress me. For one, I requested Coffin shaped nails. This shouldn't be hard -- I'm not a professional nail artist, and know exactly how to shape a Coffin nail. I should've stopped her. I didn't, curse me for being too nice. The shape ended up being something completely different and tacky! It reminded me of a 1980's secretary with big ugly square nails who start drama. I told her the nail had to be faded, and she didn't do that. After filing, most of the glitter disappeared right off. It's $3 for maybe 5 rhinestones and $15 for a total of 10 fingernails with rhinestones.
Mistake 3: SHE CUT ME THREE TIMES! my flipping finger flesh was cut by the little tool that makes extravagant noise. At first it was okay, then she cut it a second time, it burned my flesh. the third time, my thumb practically bled. I was so livid, I demanded a discount, and she wasn't happy with that. "Listen, what discount you want?! Other people charge more for this nails." Yeah, because they don't slice my fingers. They're gentle. She took off $5, which was good. My nails ended up getting a red sparkly color, and a few rhinestones, and some firework design. It took 2 hours. My fingers hurt. the chemicals used on my nails stung, and my nails feel irritated. The shape is ugly, to me, at least. They look good on camera, but very ehhh in person. $55 in the garbage. I regret it all. The customer service was awkward -- lots of people fought with the owner. not cool guys. Don't come here. read more