Moving means looking for nail tech's that you can trust NOT to do this to you.. I am not one to just see a nail salon and "take my chances". I read hundreds of reviews on all the platforms. My time and money is valuable and so is the fact that these are my HANDS. On google, yelp, Facebook etc I found this place that had 4 stars and higher with a combined hundreds of positive reviews. Seems promising. I called ahead and confirmed they were available for a dip removal and acrylic set. When I sit down she asks what I have on, I tell her dip powder clearly restating twice and confirming what the plan was. She starts cutting the extensions off and proceeds to pry a nail tip under my dip ripping off the top layers of nail with the dip. As I was clearly in pain she starts the second one the same way and asks if it hurts and I clearly state "yes.. this should NOT be this painful." I have consistently switched between dip and acrylic for 4 years, this bring so painful is not acceptable nor had it ever occurred. She continued to proceed to cut down the extensions WAY to close to my nail bed for comfort and ripping off my nail. Nail 3 is now bleeding and I said again this should not be painful like it is. She gets a very "I know what I'm doing attitude" after that she goes to my next hand where she pays zero attention and aggressively clips all the way down into my nail bed on my thumb. Clearing bleeding now on both hands she finally decided to put some evident built up anger she was taking out on my nails, aside and apologizes. At this point she is continuing to cause extreme pain in the removal process, disregarding my communication of pain and discomfort (also blood is a good sign from multiple nails). I asked if I can just not start the acrylic process and requested she gently just get the pieces of dip/nail I had left off. She proceeded to foil wrap with an acetone cotton ball around my thumb (the correct way to remove dip powder) but now on the only one with dip still on it. She kept saying see this takes longer then the way she chooses to do it (which I'd rather be Patient for then to soap then not be able to use my freaking hands from so much pain now). She continued to first tell me my thin nail is the problem (thin nail or not, which they weren't compared to the past years, I don't think the answer to any solution is to clip into my nail bed, literally rip off dip powder or really to do any of the removal process how she did), then she said it was my prior nail tech, hell she may have even blamed my genetics at one point, just as long as it wasn't her fault. She offered on two occasions while waiting on my one nail to soak, to make my nail "pretty again", "do a manicure", or put polish on them. As politely as possible I declined and she got an attitude toward the fact that I did not have any trust in her to do anything with my nails. It takes A LOT for me to speak up about discomfort, pain or dislike in situations like this. It took a lot for me to say something and the fact that I had to continue to and my result is what it is, truly is disgusting. Leaving with my nails looking and feeling as they do, yes I still paid her for the removal AKA butchering. I have NEVER experienced such a traumatic, painful, disrespectful, unprofessional, or botched situation at a nail salon in my entire life (among many salons throughout different states and even countries). Wow.. now I am left with this outcome that is truly so so painful to touch anything. The air passing by my hands is painful. I am literally shocked this experience happened. read more