Today was my first time here. My son's girlfriend goes here a lot and recommended it and since I was in the area I decided to give it a try. Upon entering the building I was greeted by a nice lady, who asked me what I was wanting to have done (I told her a mani/pedi.) She told me to please take a complimentary beverage from the cooler (which had a host of different drinks from coffee, soda, water, etc) I chose a perrier. She told me to pic my colors, and that it wouldn't mind taking a seat that it would be just a couple minutes. I didn't have an appointment and they appeared to be somewhat busy so I had anticipated having to wait a bit. The place was very clean and didn't have that overwhelming chemical smell to it like the one I normally go to does. Shortly thereafter I was brought to a pedicure tub.
The water was very warm, almost hot (which is how I like it.) I soaked for a few minutes and then the lady came to work on me. She took off my polish on my toes, and then my fingernails. She then put my hands in small baggies, with cuticle remover, and put them into heated hand covers. She was pretty speedy with all of this, and then let my feet soak a few more minutes as she had to do some special nail art on the lady next to me. I was in no hurry so I was fine with a little more soaking. While she did that one of the guys came and worked on my hands. He trimmed my cuticles, and massaged my hand and arms with lotion. When the woman returned she cleaned off my nails one last time and proceeded to paint them. I brought my own polish and she applied two coats of polish and then top coat.
As my fingernails dried she moved onto my feet. She trimmed my toenails, and surrounding cuticles, and smooth out any rough skin on my heals and the pads of my feet, then painted my toenails. She then spent a good 15 minutes massaging me feet and legs. Now mind you, I'm one of those weird folks that doesn't really enjoy the massaging part, especially on my legs, but I do like it on my feet. She spent a long time, and then used warm towels to wipe off the extra lotion left on them. She had me move to the nail dryers and then proceeded to massage my neck, back, and head for at least another 10 minutes. When she was done I waited another couple minutes for my toes to be completely dry and then headed to the counter to pay. All total for my mani/pedi it was $45.00 plus tip (a very reasonable price I thought) considering I normally pay that much for just a fast pedicure!
Overall I was very pleased with the services I received. The lady said while she was working on my nails that if anything was not to my liking to please let her know. I have never had such a long massage, and felt so welcome in a nail salon. I'm sure things might perhaps be a bit more rushed during peak busy time, but by the time I was getting worked on things had died down and it was much quieter. I will definitely be going back here again. It is my new go to nail salon for sure! Try it out! read more