Absolute Nails & Spa

Stopped by after work, trying to find somewhere closer to my house to get my nails done. Shouldn’t have bothered. Should have just gone to the last place I went, even if it’s out of my way. Oh well.
So, Absolute Nails & Spa is located a few doors down from Publix. I walked in just before 5:30 for gels color change. The lady who did my nails took her time removing my previous gels and I didn’t experience any discomfort (not always the case). She got up to wax someone’s eyebrows at some point, and a guy started to take over. He tried to apply gel to my nails without any sort of base coat/​bonder. When I told him he missed a step, he tried to tell me that my nails were fake. Um. No. He took off the polish he had started at my request, and it was at that point that the lady returned and took over. I thought she did a good job while I was in the shop, but upon closer inspection once I left, there are a few areas that she missed around my nail beds. It doesn’t look bad, just a little sliver of unpainted nail on the sides of some of my nails.
The thing that bothered me most about Absolute Nails & Spa was that while it looked well decorated and clean… the tools the lady used on my hands didn’t come out of a sterile package or sanitizing fluids. They came out of her drawer, which she sprayed with what I can only hope was sanitizer. That alone was enough for me to not want to return.
The hours are a bit inconvenient (for me at least), as they close at 6pm, which is hardly enough time to stop by after work if I want enough time to actually relax. Everyone there was really friendly, which was nice. I’m used to places offering me water or some sort of beverage though, and Absolute didn’t, which in the big picture doesn’t matter too much. I was a bit surprised by prices (my own fault for not looking), because I didn’t get a proper manicure just a color change, and they charged me the same rate that I’ve been charged elsewhere for a full/​proper manicure.
I think next time I’m ready to switch my gel mani, I’ll go elsewhere, even if it is out of the way.

My Mother-​in-​law, sister-​in-​law and I am came for pedicures while on vacation. We booked in at 12 but their pedicures started a good 15 – 20 minutes before mine. The had the Happy Feet pedicure and since mine started after theirs and we were short on time I went with the Deluxe.
Totally happy with my toes but if I hadn’t had opted for a lesser treatment we wouldn’t have all been done at the same time.