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July 12, 2016 02:47AM
I was in Wal Mart picking up some odds and ends before my stop to get my nails done at a nearby strip mall. On my way out, I saw the in-house nail salon. It was less expensive than my usual place, so I decided to give it a try.

You know the saying "You get what you pay for?"

I asked for a pedicure, eyebrow wax and manicure.

The OPI polishes were rock solid and had to be diluted with acetone. The tech who did my toes did a horrible job of removing the cuticles and trimming my nails. She also pierced my skin with her claws on more than one occasion. Basically, my feet look like I did them myself or worse.

My eyebrows also looked like I did them myself. There were so many coarse, stray hairs after the wax, I had her redo it. After the third try with the same bad results, I told her to stop. I nixed the manicure, paid and left.

Has anyone else had experiences with these awful places?

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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July 12, 2016 02:29PM
"................................ before my stop to get my nails done at a nearby strip mall. ...........I saw the in-house nail salon. It was less expensive than my usual place, so I decided to give it a try. ........................"

So you paid for a crappy job, so that you could paid for a "better" job, that was a SHOPconfused smileyconfused smiley Did you go to your shop?
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July 12, 2016 03:08PM
I do believe you get what you pay for, and Wal-Mart hires the worst. I have had luck on Groupon getting a Gel manicure for 10 bucks that was superior to anything before, try it.

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July 14, 2016 01:48AM
sojo, she referred to the more expensive place as her "stop" not her "shop." winking smiley

There was a time when I probably would have paid the first salon. These days the only way they would have gotten money out of me after a hack job like that would have been to pry it out of my cold, dead hands.

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July 14, 2016 01:53AM
It wasn't a shop. That's why I posted it here.

@sojo917 wrote:

"................................ before my stop to get my nails done at a nearby strip mall. ...........I saw the in-house nail salon. It was less expensive than my usual place, so I decided to give it a try. ........................"

So you paid for a crappy job, so that you could paid for a "better" job, that was a SHOPconfused smileyconfused smiley Did you go to your shop?

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July 14, 2016 01:55AM
Thanks Irene! I never thought to look at Groupon and Retail Me Not for salon services!

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

I do believe you get what you pay for, and Wal-Mart hires the worst. I have had luck on Groupon getting a Gel manicure for 10 bucks that was superior to anything before, try it.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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July 14, 2016 06:24PM
I would be very careful who gave me a manicure and pedicure. You can get permanent damage and funguses.
I guess I would never have all those treatments done if I did not know there work. I would also report them to the health department in whatever town they are in. I get a manicure and pedicure for $30 on Wednesdays only in my town. I have had the same pedicurist for 10 years.
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July 15, 2016 01:23AM
Shopper, I'm not going to report them to the health department because they did a bad job. If I noticed anything unsanitary, I would have left..

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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July 25, 2016 03:20PM
Although you hear of that happening,(fungus). The Health Dept. checks them carefully these days.
My Groupon Gel Mani was done by a gorgeous spa in town, and gel lasts 3 weeks,10 bucks, regularly 25.00.
I would have paid 25.00 in the old days, not today, boohoo.

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July 25, 2016 05:09PM
Irene, I get my fingernails buffed. I get polish on special occasions, and I have never gotten fake nails.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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July 25, 2016 05:19PM
I don't get fake nails, gel is a certain polish that lat longer, but you don't need full manicure.

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July 25, 2016 05:39PM
I know what gel is. I was explaining my manicure preferences.

Some of my friends get gel manicures. A few weeks later, I see them picking and peeling the polish off. It's very unappealing!

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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July 25, 2016 06:03PM
The polish is hard to get off, impossible, you have to go back in three weeks and for 5$ they take it off.
Whatever floats your boat...smiling smiley

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July 26, 2016 11:34PM
Yeah, I'll stick with the buff or the Sally Hansen Salon Manicure.

How are you doing? I was on the phone with my friend in Duarte when the fire started.

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