A Special Touch

Did she «nail it»…Um, no…
It’s fairly inexpensive, and so you get what you pay for, but I think you actually should get paid for doing business here because of the «lack of’s» and «falls shorts» don’t really match the lower price.
There is absolutely NO spa quality about this nail salon — outside or inside. This is not the place to be pampered! This is the place to get your nails done — clipped, nipped, filed and painted.
Outside:
It’s in a small, obscure, old building that houses a part-​time church and a barber shop. The parking isn’t sufficient. There are 6 spaces out front including a handicap space — so 5 if you don’t have a handicap placard. And the space on the barber store end is like parking on a hill. So if you are keeping count, that’s 6−2=4.
And I don’t want to park 40 – 50 feet behind the strip mall with the large cat size rats, yes, rats people — in my new car. Sorry! Call me high maintenance. I just don’t want to pick up rabies at a nail salon. If I’m going to pick up rabies, I’d like to have a dramatic story linked to it like I braved a rabid mountain lion and saved some children from being eaten.
Inside:
Old, dirty tile floors like in a horror movie hospital; old, dirty bathroom lacking amenities; harsh fluorescent lighting; dusty fake plants; dusty live plants that are crispy in places; client chairs that are about ½ butt too small for a 5 year old; wooden desks to do nails on. Your bum will hurt from sitting, you may get splinters in your hands from the wooden desk. They will shelter you with a paper towel. You will not get a nice, soft cotton towel for resting your hands.
Sanitation:
So I know a «little bit» about the sanitation process since I’ve worked in healthcare and in a hospital. No autoclave. I was assured that the pink liquid disinfectant would do the trick. Um, ok… slightly scary.
You will be soaked in acetone no matter what. And they will toss all the liquid in the trash, which goes into our landfills and seeps into our high-​quality Nashville H2O. Yay! Yes Virginia, acetone melts plastic trash bags. After achieving 4 college degrees and a double minor in Chemistry, I know what these chemicals do. You can «fit» about a large box full of styrofoam peanuts into a small beaker of acetone — yes, that means it melts styrofoam. I’ve seen it done. Pretty cool if your not sniffing it. Ether is much, much better to sniff, but then so are dry erase markers. Ha!
Personality:
Again, absolutely no pampering. They aren’t here for you. They are here to do business. If you come back great, if you don’t, they won’t care and will gladly take the next Groupon groupie or Living Social lover. If you are 10 minutes late, you pay $ 10 extra. No, it’s not a joke.
Tips:
You are chopped liver. Show up, sit down, shut up and pay and you will be fine.