Friendly Nails

The reviews on Unilocal are outdated. Go check out the Facebook reviews to get a better idea. I’ve been going here since 2010, and the place is now under new management. Prior to Mehlin (Maylin?) managing, this place WAS dreadful and I agree with the previous reviews. However, now this place is a dream! I am a loyal customer and always feel at home when I visit. Maylin and her girls do the most amazing job on acrylics, shellac, and pedicures. They want YOU to be happy and are very friendly. No attitude and they’re genuinely interested in you. Great place, I recommend it.
**I haven’t taken any photos of my nails or of my experience here, but I pulled these off facebook from other customers.

I went here for a pedicure and a gel manicure and it was one of the worst experiences I have had at a nail salon. When the technician was prepping my nails for the gel manicure I kept telling her that I wanted the nailed rounded, not squared. But she kept squaring the shape. She also kept grabbing my fingers and telling me to relax. At that point, I decided I didn’t want her to do a gel manicure because I didn’t want to get stuck with her crappy job for two weeks. When I told I just wanted a regular manicure she flipped out and said that she had prepped my nails for a gel manicure which is different than what they would do for a regular manicure. She said they would not have cut my cuticles for a regular manicure. Despite that I had her just paint my nails clear. The polish was lumpy and looked terrible. I ended up asking the technician to just take the polish off completely. They charged me $ 40 for the pedicure and the terrible manicure. The staff was very rude about the whole thing. I will never go there again and would warn my friends about going there. Additionally, the facility was not clean and smelled funny. My friend left with black residue on her shirt from their chairs.

I read Wanda’s review about the attitude after the sale. I printed out a coupon and went anyway (the previous owner had put the coupons online-​they don’t honor them. Understandable).
It was my first time at a nail salon. Great experience. The two girls transformed my nails. They are wonderful.
Manicure, pedicure = ($ 63 plus $ 20 tip) I’ll never do my own nails again.
Two days later, I noticed that the gel hadn’t adhered and was ‘lifting’ on both sides of one nail. I called to ask if I may come in and have her look at it and advise me; maybe this was not a problem and it wouldn’t get worse or maybe they could redo that nail.
She gave my nail a quick obligatory look and repeatedly said, «it was fine, there was nothing wrong with it, it was fine» before walking away.
I said, «Oh». Another client smiled at me and rolled her eyes.
I was ‘brushed off’.
Back in my car. The gel definitely hadn’t adhered and was tearing. I would be wearing a bandaid to keep it from catching on things until I go back to do the routine gel maintainance in 2 weeks. I went back in and requested that they repair it.
A different woman greeted me and without even looking at it again, sat me right down and had Cindi touch it up. Another girl finished up. 5 min. ($ 5 tip)
Like Wanda, I was surprised at their ‘no service after the sale’ attitude.
I really like how my nails feel with the gel and will find another salon.