I have been to the location in Middletown, New York several times but today when I went, it was a nightmare!! I asked for an acrylic fill-in and Lucy was my nail technician. She asked if I wanted the nails cut down and I said yes. Instead of cutting the nails, she used the electric filer to shave the ends of the nails off. Now, this would have been fine if it weren't for the fact that she not only took off the tip of the nail but also filed the right hand side of the nail down significantly lower than the left side. A few of the nails were so bad that there was almost no acrylic covering my nail on the right side. When I brought this to her attention and asked her to add acrylic to the tip, she responded "I haven't filed them yet, let me work." I replied that even if she filed them so that they were even, the nail was too thin and would surely break. She told me no they won't, I've done your nails before, they'll be fine, let me work. I then tried to protest again, but she told me that if I still didn't like it after she was done filing, she would fix it. I agreed to let her continue. Sure enough when she was "done" filing and told me to go wash my hands, the nails were still crooked, where the right side was lower than the left. From the top of my hands, it looked like the nails were curving down on the right side because the acrylic was so much lower than the left side. I told her my concerns again and she replied with, "just go wash your hands." At this point I became very upset because she refused to do my nails the way I wanted them. I then told her that unless she fixed them and made them even, I was not going to pay for the nails. Another man then approached me and asked what the problem was, and I assumed he was the owner, but I'm not sure. I showed him my nails and expressed my concerns that on each nail, the right side was significantly thinner than the left side. After looking at them he said, "don't look at them from the front, only from the top. They look good from the top". I then replied that they needed to be even and that the thin side was so thin that I was afraid the nail would break. He told me no, they won't break, it's a good fill-in. I then said again that I would not pay unless they fixed the nails. He said "where else can you go that will do a fill-in this good, no where. The nails look good." I then said that any other place would make the nails even on both sides and would not leave me with crooked nails. Finally Lucy exclaimed "ugh, I'm getting a headache, just go wash you hands." I said again that I was not paying for them unless they fixed the problem so the man said "fine you can leave without paying, but before she leaves, cut the nails off". I said there is no way you are cutting my nails off, I payed for a fill-in and already had the nails before I came here! Then Lucy said "fine, leave and don't come back!" I assured them that I would not return and took my nail polish and purse and started to leave. As I was leaving the man yelled "you have to cut the nails off!", and I left before I could be harassed any more.
I can't believe they wanted me to pay for nails that were crooked, not to mention two of my fingers were bleeding where she shaved the skin off with the file.
Save your time and money and go to a place that at least respects their customers enough to do a good job and not throw you out when you ask for your nails to be even. read more