[Update 4/22: Tina called me this morning to apologize and give me a partial refund. I absolutely appreciate the attempt to make things right, but I do stand by my initial review. I feel like it would be dishonest of me to remove it.]
Decided to visit for a mani-pedi yesterday based on the good reviews here. First impression was pretty poor; Tina made a negative comment about Asian nail salons while I was being booked. I regret not cancelling right then.
When I arrived for my appointment, she was busy squeezing in another client and I had to wait 10-15 minutes (thankfully with my feet soaking instead of in the lobby) for my turn.
Got French tipped shellac for my fingernails, regular polish for toenails. Toes look great, I'm very happy with them!
The French manicure looks terrible. The actual colors chosen were great, and it's one of the few manicures I've gotten that didn't get lint trapped in them, but that's really the only positive. The pink pulled away from the sides of a few nails while being applied, resulting in a weird spidery edge instead of smooth. There's so much white on the tips that the nails feel heavy and blunt. The line between white and pink is wobbly and uneven, and the length of the white is different nail-to-nail. When I got home, I had to manually clean up spurs of shellac that had made their way under the nails or along the sides to stick against the skin. There is still a lot of loose cuticle skin that hadn't been cleaned up, making everything look even sloppier.
All of this for the shocking price of $90, plus expected tip.
I'm getting this fixed today. At an Asian nail salon. read more