PROS:
-Pedicure came out nicely; the massage that was included in it felt great and the technician was very attentive (i.e., asking if the pressure was good, if I liked the color, if water temp was good)
-I love the way the technician (same one as above) did my eyebrows (waxed). Also attentive in this regard--asked me if I liked the shape BEFORE going on to the next brow. I usually never shape my brows (just clean them up) because I have pretty thick brows with a naturally nice shape, but I've always wanted to try giving them a little shaping while still keeping them relatively thick, and she did an awesome job!
-For the most part, my manicure was good (please refer below for reasoning behind saying "most")
CONS:
-I called before hand because I saw pictures of the marble nails on here, i.e., Yelp, that clients have had done at ProNails; I wanted to make sure I would get assisted by someone who was experienced with doing it (like the same technician who painted the nails in the picture). I was told by a lady over the phone who I believe is the owner (but not 100% sure) that she is the one who does the marble nails and that she would do them for me. When I got there she was busy with someone, but since I was getting other services done I was told the other technician would complete the other services and then the lady who does the marble nails would do my manicure; however, once it came time to paint my nails, the technician who had been assisting me began painting my nails. By that point we had already established rapport and I figured she wouldn't be doing it if she didn't know how to. Unfortunately, she was not experienced at doing the marble nails. I'm not a confrontational person, so of course I said they were fine. The owner came and looked at them when they were done and I could tell she didn't think they looked as they were supposed to, but she didn't say anything. I paid $10 extra (on top of the $35 for the shellac manicure) for the marble nails, so it's a bit disappointing that I received something that looks like chicken scratch (refer to picture attached), or at least nothing like "marble;" I even showed the technician a picture of what I wanted (refer to picture attached) and they had a sample of the marble nail art at the salon, so it's not like there was a lack of communication in regard to my vision. I don't think a customer should have to be put in an uncomfortable position to have to tell the technician that she shouldn't be doing something she doesn't know how to do. The technician was a sweetheart, so I didn't have the heart to say anything, but the owner should've stepped up. I even checked online to see a tutorial on how to do the marble nails afterwards and she didn't even attempt to do the technique properly, which again makes me believe she hasn't even been taught. Bottom line, if someone (i.e., the owner) asserts that she's the one that does a specific service, she then should be the one to do it. At the end of the day, I honestly think it came down to the fact that I wasn't getting acrylics done and she didn't feel like having to waste her time doing a regular manicure (which is fine, I don't care if the technician who helped me would've done the manicure and the owner cut in at the end and do the paint).
OVERALL:
I know I should have been more vocal about my dissatisfaction, however, a business should be attempting to provide the best service they can, which means either training their employees properly in order for them to offer different specialties, OR only allowing the employees that are skilled at a specific specialty to offer those services (I didn't go to a beauty school where you sign one of those waivers acknowledging the technician is a student and I surely did not pay "beauty school student" prices). I'd understand if I never had called and asserted that I wanted my nails done in a particular way to verify that someone was there that could do it; however, I did do that AND reiterated it when I got there. On the other hand, service was great (aside from the discrepancy above), employees were cordial, the salon was clean and beautiful, they offered an extensive list of services (from massages to eyelash extensions to nails to waxing), and the pedicure massage chairs were the best massages chairs I have EVER used. Pricing was a bit on the expensive side, $88 being the total; break down was $35 for the shellac manicure + $10 for the "marble" nails ($2 a nail), $28 for the 2nd cheapest pedicure (there was one that was $25 but it didn't include the scrub or removing of callouses, which I think should be included in the basic pedicure), $15 for eyebrow waxing, and I left the technician a $10 tip. It wasn't overly expensive, but probably about $15 more than an average salon (not including tip). read more