Long post ahead, sorry! **This is for the people who want to know about whether or not this is a good place to get a full set (acrylic nails)** Super disappointed in this place - for the record, I really wanted to like it because it's really close to where I live & it was the first place that I decided to try since recently moving down to VA.
Two stars because in my opinion, it's really nice inside, looked to be clean and the people who worked there were very nice to me. However, the nail job was awful! I went on a Tuesday, they did take me right away and the guy who did my nails was very nice, but there were a lot of things wrong about this experience. For those who've gotten a full set before, you know what to expect: once they put on the tips, they usually* ask how long you want them -that didn't happen here, the guy just cut them and kept going (they looked to be about the length I usually get them, so I let him keep going); after they cut all the tips, they usually* compare the nails, finger by finger, to ensure the lengths are the same- also didn't happen here (I thought maybe each salon is different and he'll measure them later); then he only used one thin layer of the acrylic- usually they do two) .. Needless to say, this wasn't going like I thought but being new to the area, I wasn't sure if maybe nails were done differently here. Then came the filing, oh dear god, the filing. By the time it was done, the nails had no natural looking curve towards the tip (they were flat), he cut my cuticle too deep on my pinky & it started bleeding (he just put his finger over it with all the acrylic dust to stop it- which only made it burn more), filed another nail so deep on the side that he literally filed the skin of my finger down (so painful the next day), left a huge gap between the acrylic nail and my cuticle (looked like I already needed a fill in - but why?!) and the nails were super thin and looked like there was barely any acrylic on top. At this point, I'm pissed off and I just want out but I don't want to be rude so I thought I'd let him finish (hindsight, I wish I didn't, but I can't change the past). Then comes the polish. Hands down, the SLOPPIEST & FASTEST polish job I've ever seen. It was all over my cuticles, and the sides of my fingers- it was bad. All of this, only took 25 mins - I called my husband to pick me up, even he knew I was there for too short of a time. Acrylic nails *in my experience* usually take about an hour/hour and a half.
When I got home, I tried to clean my fingers up and repolish them (did I mention some of the bald spot missing polish and top coat on my nails?). Also, when I got to look at my hands and compare my nails myself (he never did, btw), my left hand nails were ALL shorter than my right hand and rounded in places (I asked for square tips). I ended up calling and talking to a really nice woman who told me the guy already left for the day (maybe that's why he rushed my nails?) and to come back on Thursday (he's not there on Wednesday) and they'll fix them for no charge and she told me what time they open. Okay, maybe it was a bad experience and if they're willing to try and fix them, they were really nice and maybe should be given a second chance. Shame on me. I got there a half hour after they opened, the guy wasn't there so they called and told him to come in- they said it'd be a half hour. So I waited. I got there at 10am, he didn't get there until 11:15am (why didn't I leave? I had no choice but to wait for them to fix it - my husband's ship's Christmas party was that night and this was the first salon I've ever been to since we've move down here a few months ago - plus it's within walking distance from my house and I can't drive). I told them what I was there for, that I wanted the nails on my left hand to be long like the nails on my right hand. No one listened and the guy let this other girl sit down and start filing down the nails on my right hand. At first I thought she was taking off the nails to redo the whole thing, then I realized and stopped her and told her what I wanted and she had to go get the same guy who messed them up to fix them. He tried to tell me that too long wouldn't look too good, and while I agree, 1-I wasn't asking for them to be super long and 2- I'm paying for them, shouldn't they be what I want? After realizing I wasn't budging, he started to try to fix them. Also, when I told him about the gap between my cuticle and the nail as well as about the length being too short, he told me that in two weeks it'll be longer and that the gap would make the fill in easier .. Uh yea, but I didn't get my nails done for two weeks from now, I did them for the Christmas party & how is it helping that my nails already look like I need a fill in when I literally just got them done! Awful experience, I wouldn't go back. read more