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WORST NAILS IVE FOUND IN DUBUQUE SO FAR

I went in yesterday for a full set of dip with tips. The length I chose was very short, & I got a square shape. When I called ahead, I said I was 5 min away and they said I could come in for my set right then, so I did. When I got there, I waited for a very long time, then when looking through the colors I saw they only had one book for dip, but seemingly a couple hundred choices for gel. Maybe not a critique but a note. When I sat down the tech immediately brought out the e-file & roughed my nail beds, ok that’s normal. But then, she went STRAIGHT to applying the tips without touching my cuticles at ALL. While most places don’t pay a ton of attention to them, (Still haven’t found a place in DBQ that does your cuticles well) I’ve never seen this done. As she’s putting on the tips one is completely crooked to the point that it’s touching the finger nextdoor. I ask if she can fix it & i’m ignored until they go on to start filing & shaping the tips. they tried to file the slanted tip down… it still looked awful. so when she said “yes?” & showed me, & i said “no”. she seemed pissed off that she actually had to reapply it. during the dipping process she left at least a millimeter or two at the base of my nail. making them look grown out on day one. the sides are not properly covered, & some are bumpy. they told me after the tips set that they would shape more after dipping, but what happened was she pulled out FOUR different files & did not change the shape of my nails once. they are not straight, or squared off. the corners are rounded (maybe this is their preference)

all in all: i noticed that the staff treated customers only as sales, & definitely valued quantity over quality. needless to say im beyond disappointed. i wanted to love these nails but they’re just awful.
i wanted to leave feeling like i did something nice for myself. but i just felt like i wasted my money :/

ALL PHOTOS TAKEN DAY ONE JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER.

I asked for the design for the picture above and they ended up giving me a mat sold color even after a video tutorial on how to do it. I wasn’t able to get a picture before getting them done at another salon but even the acrylic was misshapen. When I brought up my dissatisfaction I was refused a refund.

This is the inspo pic vs what i got. Before she even started i asked if she could do the nails and she said she could. This is how i turned out. I asked if they had the little pearls after she did all the nail art and she said they didn’t have them. I was hoping the pearls would save the nails a bit but they didn’t have any even though i was told they could do it. They charged me $77 for rushed nails that have stuff underneath the paint. I reversed searched some of the pictures of nail art on their website and they got them from google. Do not go here. They are overpriced for rushed work. I am very disappointed.

This place is amazing! I am always impressed anytime I come here. They are quick and they do a wonderful job every time!

Thank you Tommy and staff! I won’t go anywhere else.

The first time i went it. The guy tech that did my acrylics was amazing and talked to me and then i went to a girl tech to paint my nails and she did amazing job. The second time i went in which was yesterday. But the guy tech that did my nails did a horrible job. They aint the same length, asked for coffin shape some dont look coffin shape. Im not happy with them. Don’t think i will be back again