U-Mall Hair & Nails

HORRIBLE. You would think with the word like Nails in their name they would be able to do a basic manicure but no. My nails somehow looked worse coming out and she cut me multiple times and after I was bleeding she kept cutting. She kept pushing me to do gels which i had initially wanted but chose against bc they had like 5 ugly colors. I end up picking a non gel color which wasn’t a favorite but it was the only semi-​fresh nail polish. She then tells me she will put a clear gel polish to set it so i don’t have to worry about my nails getting messed up. BOY WAS SHE WRONG. they immediately got ruined as she was doing them. And she still charged me!!! I had better manicures when I was doing them myself in elementary. My own dumb mistake for being lazy and not just going downtown to any of the other great salons that have consistently given me great manicures.

WORST NAIL SERVICE IN THE HISTORY OF NAIL SALONS. Convinced to get gel polish and she did it completely wrong. My fault for trusting any nail salon outside of San Jose. Didnt even soak my hands before doing my cuticles. Also, I was able to peel off the polish right when I walked out, which obviously shouldn’t be possible if she had finished the gel polish properly.

In terms of actual haircuts I personally give her a 2.5. She gets the job done but tends to cut it shorter than asked if you just ask for a trim (I indicated how long I wanted it and she cut that and then some…) but according to my housemate shes pretty good at imitating a hairstyle if you show her one. Shes nice enough but I am extremely disappointed in how she handles her customers. I have tried this business 4 times and only had my hair cut twice because she doesn’t show up. The first time I learned that she’ll only come if you call her ahead of time. The second and third time went off without a hitch. The fourth time I caled and scheduled an appointment just to have her not show up at all and without notice. I called her and she said she couldnt come in. I am extremely disappointed how she treats this as a hobby rather than a business.

The four star is for the hair part, not sure about the nails since I’ve never gotten a pedicure/​manicure here before. She also does piercings and waxing I think but I’ve also never gotten that here before either.
So the first time I was here, some chick walked in and wanted her hair colored. Ah Ling (the owner) took a look at her hair and told her to reconsider since she thought that the girl’s hair was really dry and coloring it would only spoil her hair. So, I was pretty impressed. I feel like most other places I have been to would have colored the hair, and then tried to convince the customer to pay for treatment on top of that. So two thumbs up for that.
Ah Ling is super nice and chatty and also extremely honest, so I do love coming here to get my hair cut. You can either tell her what you want or show her a picture (my last hair cut was similar to Halle Berry’s pixie cut) and she does a fantastic job of it and will tell you if it doesn’t suit your hair texture or the shape of your face.
Haircuts here are also super cheap, $ 20ish for girls, I think it is a bit less for guys and walk-​ins are okay. BUT, especially on weekends, if you do that, you probably might have to end up waiting for an hour or so. She also leaves her phone number, so you can contact her if she’s not there or if you want to set up an appointment with her. She’s so nice that she’s willing to come earlier and go home later as well.
Love love love this place, and I get tons of compliments everytime I get a haircut here so I highly recommend this place!

I work at a grocery store so my nails/​cuticles get pretty disgusting sometimes from counting $, juice leaking from raw chicken packs, spiky pineapples/​artichokes, etc. You get the idea. Thus I get my nails done ALL the time and I should know what a real manicure is right? I mean no guy wants to be jerked off by a fugly hand w/​unattractive nails. Just saying. My apologies if my french offends you but I’m not a happy camper right now. BTW guys, you can’t brush a girls face w/​nasty hands either.
DON’T come here for the manicures. For $ 15 I expect a hang massage. I didn’t get one… My cuticles weren’t really pushed back and my hang nails were still apparent. There was also polish all over my skin and the color chipped at the end of the day. I mean I’m pretty OCD about washing my hands but trust me, I’ve had better manicures (mostly in SF.) Hair cuts sure because the nice lady gave good cuts to the two college guys before me. 1 star for the cuts and taking my walk in, 2 stars for the nice couple that works there and speak Chinese. This is me being generous.

Went in for a walk in hair cut today and boy was I in for a treat.
I took in a picture of what I wanted and the lady there did a really great job. She cut my sides really tight and kept true to the picture as I wanted. I was really nervous about going to a new hair place for the first time but she made me feel right at home by giving me some hair advice and what she was doing. She let me know that it was helpful to her for bringing in a picture because not many people do.
I was also afraid that they were going to be really busy but the place was empty. I later found out she told me the best time to come in were Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
I used to frequent Great Clips before I found this place and I will tell you that until I leave Davis, I’ll be a customer here.