About to on vacation and decided a few weeks back that maybe, I'd like to get a professional mani/pedi; I normally do my own, and started yelping places nearby home. I've gone to one before but it was a little further and I didn't want to trek that far, but I wanted something closer and new there were quite a few in my own neighborhood, practically one one each block.
I decided yesterday that I was for sure going to get it done so came on Yelp and looked for reviews. I found a few that had decent ratings but ultimately decided on this place, Jen Reve. Since I had taken an extra day off, I decided this was how I was going to start my vacation. And it started right!! I walked over here, it was a short walk, just a few blocks and I wasn't sure what to expect when I walked in, but though there was a customer at almost every station, including the tubs, I was serviced right away. After telling them what I was looking to do, they asked me to choose a color but since I already knew, I just told them and they had it.
The tech I got was Joy and she's just the sweetest. After sitting down at the tub, she showed me their menu of treatments and since I was getting their gel color/spa pedi combo, I chose a scent, Lavendar, which was nice. Joy really listened to how I normally do my nails and she followed everything. The pedi also included a 10 minute massage which felt really nice especially since I have arthritis and it helped relieve some pressure I was feeling. Everything they used was individually wrapped and they'd used a new one when it came time for the mani. I love that the foot scrubber they used was also new, it's a sticker.
Next up my gel mani, I told her I like to keep my nails as short as possible and she did a good of filing it down enough, I normally go even shorter, but didn't think that would be a good idea to tell her but she did a great job. I had to ask her to file it a little more the first time and she even went over it again one more time and it's perfect. She did a really good job with the polish and asked me if I wanted a chair massage. Heck yes!
She asked me how long if a massage I wanted and initially I said 10 minutes but decided on 20 and I don't regret it. Joy was gently yet firm and I almost fell asleep. She hit this one spot on my middle back on my left side that had me making a tiny squeal and she asked if I was ok. I said yes, it's that spot kind of hurts but when you pressed it, it felt good and she started cracking up.
I definitely recommend Jen Reve to anyone looking to get a mani/pedi. All the girls are friendly and would come over to chat if they didn't have a customer but they didn't linger. I will be back in the future when I want to pamper myself again. It's rare that I do, but I had such a nice experience, I think I might do it more often and just get a regular mani/pedi since I don't normally do gel polish, only on special occasions like vacation!
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