J & J Angel Nail

I used to frequent this nail salon but I only went to specific people (Joyce for feet and Ada or her husband for nails).
I moved away from the neighborhood and while I was waiting for my hairdresser I decided to get a pedicure. When I walked in, I didn’t recognize a soul working there. I sat in the chair for my pedicure and it went downhill from there. The man doing my pedicure didn’t understand a lick of English, I had to remind him to put down a towel, he barely scrubbed my feet, he painted uneven coats of polish on my toes, and had an attitude when I had to ask someone to fix the messed up job that he did.
I was extremely unhappy with the service I recieved. That was the last time I went to this establishment.

Worst nail salon I’ve gone to. The woman so rude and rough. She was so nasty. Will never go back there!

Let me preface this review by saying even if I’m not pleased with a service, I haven’t developed a habit of telling anyone to stay away from an establishment. I simple tell you my experience great, good or poor and YOU decide if you want to try. Also, if you’re eating while reading this review stop reading now and return to it AFTER you’re finished. You’ve been warned.
This time, without any exaggeration and ill intent I implore you STAY AWAY from this nail place. Stay far away. Hide your daughters, hide your husbands keep them away!
I’m not too much of a girly-​girl but I do love the nails.
I was doing laundry and noticed a nail salon opposite.
I tried, I really tried to stay away especially as my lady Sonia had just done my gel mani polish a few short days ago and no way did I need a mani/​pedi or even revarnish.
When I got there I tried checking in to Unilocal and unknown to me, another nail salon came up and I checked in there by mistake. I read two reviews and thought «boy I hit the jackpot today». After a while at this place I realized no way could those reviews be for this dump! I doubled back to Unilocal,checked and sure enough, I wasn’t where I thought I was and this nail place reared it’s ugly head.
It was like being in hells kitchen. Only this one isn’t the feel good, party vibe, good times hell’s kitchen in the city, oh no, THIS WAS HELL and I was burning!
Ladies you know when you’ve been doing your nails for years and as you sit down, you get that «oh no feeling»? Always listen to your intuition, it’s the voice of God. I wanted to leave but because (like I said) I was doing laundry opposite, I had already paid to keep my space. Didn’t even need to do that because only two other customers came in the entire time I was there. Each time the door opened I stared the customer who walked in full in the face and twinkled my eyebrows so they would leave but that didn’t work.
Where shall I start? The resuse of foil from a previous customer seems the way to lead. The old, dirty, crinkled foil was clearly used and the nail tech attempted to put that on my fingers. I wasn’t having that no sir!
Then one of the other 6 techs here proceeded to the sink where CUSTOMERS WASH their hands during their service and started to cough and bring up the worst phlegm and guts. Unilocalers… I wanted to die! I felt sick. You know I past on washing my hands righ.
It seems like they’re all sick in here because a tech sitting at the desk next to me then started blowing her nose, wiped and just put the soiled tissue on her desk. Like casual casual I KID YOU NOT!
I also didn’t like when the tech attending to me started yawing widly in my face without blocking his mouth. It wasn’t a pleasant sight or smell.
I would have had a better time at a landfill because gee, I would know what to expect. Once again I urge you, don’t go giving away your hard earned cash unless you want to catch something.
I took a picture of the finished product. It really doesn’t look bad (if color is your thing) but you won’t want to go through the fighting I had to do to get MY nails done the way I like with the colors I preferred.
Jesus certainly took the wheel because I couldn’t do it on my own.
This is only a highlight of the «fun» I had. The bad bits were excluded to protect the guilty.
This is also a lesson to me. No longer will I cheat. I only hope my nail tech Sonia will find it in her heart to forgive and take me back.
The End.

This place doesn’t look like much, but I gave it a chance because my favorite nail place in my old neighborhood didn’t look like much either. I should’ve left when i had the chance.
I got a gel mani. You know how put acetone on a cotton ball and then wrap that on top of your old gel mani with aluminum foil? I thought it looked awfully wrinkly when she pulled the squares out of a baggie to wrap my nails, but I thought, no way they are re-​using that, right? So I squirmed but went ahead with the mani. Then while my nails were in the lightbox I watched my technician unwrap the foil she’d taken off my fingers, throw out the cotton balls, stack the foils up, and put them back in a baggie to re-​use on another customer. GROSS. How much money could that be saving them? If they’re doing that, I highly doubt that they’re sanitizing their tools, tables, pedi basins, etc.
Never mind that the lady who did my nails threw my arms around like I was inconveniencing her by paying for a service. Or that they don’t seem to speak enough English to manage an answer to «How much is a manicure?»
Knowing I was taking a risk, I just got a mani, because I didn’t want to get foot fungus. Glad I didn’t get a pedi, since their hygiene practices are clearly not up to snuff. I hate to wish these people ill, but I hope it shuts down and a better business moves into the neighborhood. Until then, I’ll be walking farther and splurging more at Nail Boutique.

The nail technician cut my big toe& did nit apologize. He wasn’t even going to put antiseptic on it until I asked him. He didn’t apologize until I brought it to his attention. When I brought it to the attention if the owner she apologized and put a band aid on it. But they still charged me full price (I was surprised but I went with it) but here’s the shocker. When I asked to keep my sandles that they give you for your pedicure, she wanted to charge me for them. I had to explain that since my toe was cut that I couldn’t wear my regular shoe. She got mad & cussed out the technician and now I was mad because she wanted to charge me. She was belligerent and rude to me as I left. I will be filing a complaint with BBB & The health & human services dept because the place was also filthy.

I’ve been getting my nails done since I popped out of the womb — so you could say I’m a bit of a connoisseur. That being said, I can respectfully say that the set of acrylics I got from J & J were THE WORST I’VE EVER HAD! I understand that stuff is done differently here in New York, and that includes nails. I like to get the gel glitter French acrylics. It’s actually not even as difficult or as complicated as it sounds.
When I went into J & J I asked them if they did glittered acrylic tips. They said yes. I looked at their samples and they weren’t half bad; so I sat down for a new set. After the tips were put on she painted them with what looked like clear nail polish and dipped them in the glitter. Umm… that wasn’t what I wanted, but I allowed her to proceed cause I was willing to give them a chance. I assumed that she would fix the unevenness, but no. She then filled the glitter with super glue. I didn’t know I was paying for super glue tips. Anywho… they looked pretty awful. My three year old niece could have done better. Within two days they were breaking and chipping.
Maybe their mani’s and pedi’s are cool, but don’t get anything that requires some artistic form.
Oh and on a side note they do some shady stuff. They charge $ 1 to use their credit card terminal. I told them that practice could jeopardize their merchant agreement with Visa and MasterCard, but they didn’t believe me. What they don’t realize is that I actually know what I’m talking about.

Finally, a nail salon is back on the block. A person gets tired of walking a whole 4 blocks to the next salon. Open 7 days a week, in addition to nail care, they offer waxing services and eyelash application in a tiny room in the back. They eyebrow wax is only $ 5, however you have to instruct them carefully to make sure they do not take too much off. But she did a thorough job. Mani $ 7, Polish Change $ 5, and a Mani/​Pedi is only $ 18, but add a couple more bucks if you get suckered (like I did) into their ultimate pedicure. Which is basically a team of technicians slathering you up with the menthol laden butter substance and then wrapping your legs in saran wrap and hot towels. I do have to admit that my legs had a nice tingling sensation for about 30 minutes afterwards.
Pros: massage chairs, mani/​pedi lasted well over a week.
Cons: they used some kind of Home Depot sand blaster for the pedicure which tickled so bad that I almost kicked the girl in the face. I wanted to be like, dang, my feet aren’t that jacked up are they?!
I haven’t tried the eyelash application ($ 20), but it looks like they use a very cheap brand. I would bring your own.