I am happy to have found this place. My nails don't lift like they did when i went to Elite Nail & Salon. I don't like the shop near as much. It is ghetto. A little boy was jumping off a chair. A perfume salesman came in off the street. This salon is closer to our apt which is good. It is also close to the stadium Walmart. The young manicurist lady took extra time to wipe the edges of the nails w/ a brush dipped in remover. I was impressed. I felt royal when she did this! I am looking forward to going back. When I told her my nails tend to lift she went over them TWICE w/ primer and the nails stayed on. I put my nails in a lot of oil & dish water so she did a great job.
5/23/11---7:00 PM--
I was so saddened by Classy Nails off Cooper & Park Row that I couldn't wait to get back to Studio Nails. Studio Nails is no where near as busy as Classy Nails, so you get more individualized attention at Studio Nails. At Classy Nails it is easy to be just reduced to a number.
In response to another customer's review:
"Waited roughly 30 minutes. That wasn't a deal breaker, just something to note"--go early morning on a Mon or Tues "if possible" they start at 9:00 AM.
"-Nail polish selection was terrible. Most were the junk stuff that you can buy at the drugstore. The bottles of OPI were all similar in shade and less than half full. If they are licensed, they can get fantastic prices on the good stuff... $4 a bottle. So why provide junk?"--- I used to buy OPI from Trade Secret in the Parks Mall, but they are closed. There is another salon in he mall not far from the movie theatre that sells OPI. I have gotten older now so I just buy "Nicole" which is another division of OPI which is sold at Walmart. I bring my favorite color and OPI top coat and keep them in a small ziplock sandwich bag in either the glove compartment or my purse . I have never looked thru Studio Nails polish selection. It's too bad they don't have a good selection, but I would never know this. I used to be a manicurist. I mostly only wear the OPI/Nicole line.
"-Both televisions were set to infomercials. Not exactly what I want to escape to."--- I'm not big on tv. I bring my ipad w/ my own music selection & Bose headphones, so if little children become annoying I can easily tune them out.
"-I could not understand the person doing my pedicure. Not quite a shocker at a nail salon, but I am pretty well versed in broken English and I could not understand her. The owner speaks very good English and yet the nail tech I had did not use her for any kind of translation." ===Phuong does my nails. She has a limited ability so speak English, but we communicate well and she is always courteous. The owner of the shop is not as courteous, but i ignore her. Not everyone is courteous. Oh well! I don't have to live w/ her!
10/2011
I go to Avalon in Northpark Mall b/c I can do other shopping there at high end stores, the salon is very upscale in design, and I can get to Whole Foods and Central Market by using just one day off from work. Phoung is very nice, but she is not "the most" capable nail tech. She can't build acrylic nails w/o gluing an artificial nail on 1st, which I don't like. I just want the acrylic part on my own natural nail no matter how bitten they are, shame on me! I don't care that Phuong is not "the most talented" nail artist. I love the fact that she is kind, nice, caring, honest and has a soothing personality. She likes to buy knock off Louis bags:) Love me some Phuong! She always goes around the nail w/ a paint brush and acetone to remove any traces of polish that went outside the nail, even though none have. This is a nice attention to detail. Tami at Avalon is more talented and I don't think she would ever need to go around the nail at the end, but she doesn't and I miss this about Phoung's service. Tami works in a busier salon so she would not necessarily take time to go around the nail even if you wanted her too. Phoung stays busy too though. I usually have to wait for her to finish someone. read more