I would give this place no stars if possible, but alas, I had to choose at least one to write this review.
First and foremost; I have been going to this salon for a few months and ever since the very first visit, I felt extremely uncomfortable. You can feel the judgmental eyes burning through your body from the time you walk through the door. And the service was kind of pathetic to put it lightly. And the staff had terrible attitudes all the time. It's just a gross place.
It should just be shut down. That's the only way to put it.
*I had only decided to come here in the first place because it was right next to my work*
However, I did end up getting a full set from Julie the first time and it turned out pretty good. So when fill time came, I went back to her. I ended up going back to her 3 times. She's really good. And she's nice.
But the service remained utterly terrible.
And the building remained just as filthy.
Now this is where things get ugly.
I had to soak my nails to get the acrylics for an athletic event I did a few days earlier so I decided to go back to Julie to get a set. When I got there she was with another customer so even though I told them I would wait, they told me the owner was available to do them right away.
So I was like "what the heck, what's the worst that could happen? Can I get a uv gel full set please?"
Oh my, the worst thing(s) that could happen is;
Having your nail color chosen for you and being told that they "aren't switching it so just deal with it"
So she gets to the nail filing part and I'm slowly realizing that none of my nails look the same!
One thumb nail is longer than the other one, a few of them had lumps all over, and another one was just so crooked! So I assumed there was still more work to do and then she pulls out the color I didn't pick and proceeds to open it. But before she is able to put any paint on me I try to point out what's wrong with them and asked if she was going to fix it.
*keep in mind this is the owner*
She starts raising her voice and telling me it's not crooked and that they're all perfect. And that she's not even done yet.
So she starts painting them this ugly grey color and when I told her I didn't like the color for the third time, I was told they weren't going to switch it and to suck it up!!(Their words not mine)
So she finishes up and I'm completely mortified at the way my hands look! So I start specifically pointing out what's wrong with them and asking her if she could fix it. She continued to raise her voice at me to tell me how long she's been "doing this so don't play honey" (once again, her words not mine.) she kept insist that they were perfect and how I needed to get out of her chair because she had another customer.
But that's not even the worst part.
I moved over to the waiting chairs just staring at my fingernails, tears almost welling in my eyes that I have to spend 50 bucks on this shit.
Eventually I look back up at the owner and tell her how unhappy I am with them and if I could at least get a discount or something because this was nothing like what I wanted and she refuses.
Which gets me a little more upset but I'm still calm for the most part.
So then I ask her if she could fix them because I really don't want to pay 50 dollars on something that makes me upset.
So she proceeds to ask me "are you going to pay or not?" While another employee keeps asking me if I want to pay with cash or credit since I got up from the chair. I once again said "I really don't want to pay for something that makes me this upset will you please fix it"
So do you know what the owner does? Gets up from her chair and walks over to me and cuts all the tips off my nails and then says I have to pay her $30 to take them off.
Wait what? That's not how that works though...
So I sit for a few more minutes not even able to register what just happened. After a few minutes I asked if I could give her $15 instead of $30 to take them off and she declines.
So here I am about to spend $30 to get these things off my fingers.
THEN SHE SAYS, "I'm not letting any of my employees touch you, so if you're not going to buy anything get out or I'm going to call the cops and it's going to be really embarrassing for you"
IM SORRY WHAT?!
I didn't cause a fuss or anything the whole time. I just left with tears in my eyes.
I found out after I left that a friend of mine got an infection in her foot after getting a pedicure at the same place.
SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, this place is gross and dirty. The staff is rude. Health hazards are all over the place. It's small and cramped and extremely uncomfortable. It should be shut down with all the safety violations they're covering right now.
And that's why this place deserves 0/5 stars.
I'm going to upload a picture of what she made my nails look like before she kicked me out. read more