Stephanie C.
Yelp
**update below.
I went on the spur of the moment for a gel French tip manicure, first visit. I was interested in having my hair colored and thought I'd get my nails done and speak to a colorist while i was there. It had been longer than normal since I'd had a manicure and i just had regular polish on i had done myself since I'd been too busy to have them done.
I give it a two because it's a nice, clean salon and the staff was very nice. I give it a zero on the manicure. I have very long, hard natural nails and have gotten gel manicures every four to eight weeks, depending on whether I've had French or color, for years. Many, many years. I've never had it chip or peel off, not once in all those years. When my nails grow out i just get them redone. Within a week half the white tip chipped off two nails and on another the entire polish peeled off it. I have never experienced that. They usually have to soak and scrape, soak and scrape and it takes 45 minutes to get it off. It's always a struggle to get it off so i was surprised and disappointed.
I had French anyway but the color choices were very limited. She didn't buff my nails to make them white so there was a light stain visible from the previous color, and she didn't get the edges well so on several nails there is a line of previous polish where the nail meets the skin. Lastly, the light box was dirty on the inside. I could feel the grime when I put my hands in and could see it as well.
They may do great hair but I wouldn't have my nails done there again.
***Update: I went to Bella nails on 87th to have them redone and got the absolute best manicure and pedicure I've ever received. The owner Angela got me to try the powder dipped nail polish, she shaped them perfectly, removed all the previous polish stains and the girl that did the pedicure did an amazing job also. Photo attached, although they look fake, these are my natural nails done with the powder polish. They have 200 colors in the powder - I can't wait until these grow out and I can experiment with different colors.