Never Again
February 12, 2008
The only reason I ended up at Nails Inc again, was because I was in a rush and the New York Nail Company website was down (they have a shop across the road which I had intended to visit). Never again.
My last visit around four months ago was very poor - staff generally seemed confused and I was herded into the hallway for my pedicure and when I asked for a magazine to read, I was told "Um, they're all upstairs at the moment" and no one could be bothered to pop upstairs to get me one.
Alas, it was with trepidation that I found myself at Nails Inc again to have a pre-holiday pedicure. Again, I was placed in the hallway area at the back of the shop, on an uncomfortable chair, subjected to the "Greatest Hits of A1" on MTV, whilst the assistant who looked about 16 set to work. After the usual prep, she started with the polish, but forgot to apply any undercoat. Then, having finished the second coat, she managed to drop her orange stick onto my toe smudging everything again. Instead of starting again, she simply attempted to "fill in" the damage with more gloopy polish. Finally I was made to hobble over to one of the booths to allow my nails to dry. Once payment was taken I was left to my own devices - no quick dry spray, no help getting into my flip flops. Then to top it all off, after having braved a January day in flip flops for 5 hours, when I put on my flats to go to the airport, the polish still hadn't dried (obviously had been old), so after all that: smudged toes. My feet actually looked better before coming here. Never again!
Keywords: nail bar