K Desert Nail Spa

I got an eyebrow and upper lip wax a few months ago. I came in thinking ok this is going to take 5 minutes. The lady gave like a face massage. Which was nice, and took her time. Which normally would be amazing but I was running late to meet a friend. Might come back again.

Went in yesterday with a few girls to get prepped for a wedding. It was my first manipedi in FOREVER, so I really would have been pleased with anything, as long as they didn’t rip my nails off. Anyways, I was pretty pleased with my experience, and even ended up getting my brows waxed when I was in, though two of the girls had some issues with their acrylics they had done. Shortly after leaving, there were some scuffs on my toe polish, and I can’t have that since I’m wearing heels for this wedding. So I’ll go in tomorrow and see how they deal with that. Would I come back otherwise? Meh, not sure. But for $ 38, it definitely wasn’t bad.

So I called ahead of time to see if i needed to make an appointment, the lady that i spoke to said to just come in. I go in and there are only 2 ladies working and one man tending the cash register. The man starts filing down my nails so i can get the white acrylic tips then he leaves. This asian lady comes and glues on the tips, cuts them, and adds the acrylic and leaves. The guy comes back and buffs and add the top coat on. I would rather just have one person doing my nails throughout the whole time. but for $ 25 they did a good job and i cant complain.

Alright, so i’m walking home from campus, and i decided to reward myself with a little manicure. I love getting colored acrylic tips, so i was delighted when she had the pink nails. They were nice enough when i first came in and i sat down with the lady who started my nails. About 5 minutes in she gets up and rudely tells me to go to another persons desk. So she starts gluing the tips on and she gets super glue all over my nails, AND APPLYS THEM CROOKED. I was like… uhm, that middle ones on crooked, and she replied «No, its not.» She didnt even take in my critique and just kept going when the nail was OBVIOUSLY on wrong.
Not only that, but when she was filing down my nails and shaping them, it freakin hurt. My cuticles started to bleed! Literally, the next day my hands were sore. It was by far the worst experience i have ever had at a nail

I have been getting my eyebrows waxed here off and on for about six years. I like my eyebrows to be a little bit thicker, so I always gently remind her not to take off too much. Don’t go there for the «experience», because trust me you won’t get that here. Its pretty much in the door, rip rip, pay and done. Ok, maybe «rip» isn’t the best word choice, but you get the idea. Their mani/​pedi have room for improvement, but for the price you can’t really complain.

I CAN’T BELIEVE PEOPLE gave even two stars to THIS PLACE!!! I got a manicure there… hooooooorrrible…the job was so unprofessional it looked like I did it myself. I thought I’d still give them a chance because I believe in second chances, so I went to get a pedicure there the other day. Again, horrible! I don’t care that the nail tech spent countless minutes on the massage– I wanted my final results to LOOK good. Both of the times I went my cuticles were horribly cut, the filing was hardly done, and the nail polish was sloppy! My big toe has an extra layer of polish that dried so funny it looks gross. I am so disappointed in this place… and moreover, nail shops in Tempe are very hard to find! I wish I could find one that was good :-(.

I usually go to Pleasant Nails down Broadway, but I was too lazy to bike the extra 5 minutes so I gave K Desert a try.
A woman (I assume she was the wife of the owner) gave me a pedicure. She asked if I wanted the nails cut; I did because they were clawlike. I stopped paying attention but realized when my nails were drying that she only cut the nails on the two big toes. What the?
The polish job was average. The polish was not smooth on the smaller toes; she either didn’t do a good enough job trimming the cuticles or she didn’t bother to file down my nail ridges.
I have to give them props for the feet/​leg massage. She was very thorough.
While my feet were drying, the woman tried to get me to leave halfway through even though the place was empty. She tried to tell me that I couldn’t wear my sandals out because they’d ruin my nails and asked if I wanted flipflops. No, I want to wear my own shoes! So I keep telling her that I want to wear my own shoes; she kept telling me I’m not allowed. After a while, she understood that I wasn’t going to buy flipflops and let me stay to completely dry my nails.
So to say that this place isn’t the most professional would be an understatement. On top of trying to make me buy flipflops, when I was paying with a card, she pointed to a sign saying tips in cash only. So I gave her cash to make change, then gave her a tip. She proceeded to count the tip in front of me as I waited for my charge to go through. WHAT THE?!
And to top of it off, I realize nail salons aren’t the beacons of professional service but at least request your employees to dress appropriately. My pedicurist was wearing a very tight very low top. While she was giving me the pedicure, her boobs were about 75% out there. I had to feign like I was napping so I had an excuse not to look down. This might be a great bonus for male customers, but I don’t really care to stare at another woman’s breasts!
In the end, I should have just biked the ½ mile to Pleasant, where the pedicures are the same price but the service is miles better.

Great, low priced services. I recently moved to the Bay Area California and everytime I come back to AZ I make it a priority to come to K Desert Nails. The eyebrow waxing is GREAT… I have many friends that get their brows done here and all are happy. I also LOVE the pedicures because they rub on your legs for like a half hour… totally worth it! As for the other ladies that wrote reviews… for such a low priced place you are being way too picky, and if you are not happy with something you can always tell them and they will fix it. The place is clean and the service is great!

While there were about three customers being tended to when I arrived, business had slowed down quite a bit that there was only one woman waiting for her nails to dry by the time my nail artist finished with my pedicure and massage and started on the manicure aspect. I thought that $ 28 for a mani/​pedi was a great find (we normally make the haul to Ahwatukee for these services for $ 36), but I had to wonder if the foot spa had been cleaned before I stepped into it (I was hesitant to feel the walls of the spa with my feet, but did it anyway… not too grimy, that’s good). I also noticed that the work stations needed paint jobs (better yet, just replace with new tables and new foot spas!) I found it a little disconcerting that Hanha (pronounced hen-​eh) had to stop working on me at least twice so that she could tend the register. There were other nail artists around.
My manicure isn’t top-​notch (she missed quite a few spots), and the salon needs a better-​moisturizing lotion, bec. my heels and fingers looked dry, but I’ve needed to have the service done for over two months now, and for $ 28 I really can’t complain too much. If I didn’t need to be somewhere soon after, I would’ve asked her to go over a few spots, and I’m sure she’d have obliged.
I was going to say that I’d be willing to go back again and give K Desert another try, but thinking it over, I don’t think I’d want my legs stewing in those black-​veined white-​walled foot spas anytime soon!