Nail Shoppe

This place has a low-​key, home-​business kind of a feel. So there might be a few waits here and there. But Sandy does the best waxing job ever. No matter where I’ve moved, I always make my appointments here.

I can’t comment on the manis or pedis, but I frequently get my brows waxed here. She does a really nice job and it’s very inexpensive. She also trims the ends with little scissors, which I like. You don’t usually get that on a $ 6 job.

This was the first time I ever got my nails done, usually I just do them myself. But I had an event to go to, and figured why not do the whole girly thing for once? It was cheap enough. But ugh. The lady spent the ENTIRE time she was doing my nails jabbering away on the phone about inane nonsense. So inane I remember her damned conversation, because it melted my brain. She was chatting away about how she was going to the club with some guy and how her friend was gonna come and how it awesome it would be for him to have two asian girls on his arm, like she is some sort of freakin’ novelty or something. She kept repeating this, to make her point to her buddy on the phone. WHATEVER LADY.
I digress.
The nail polish they used was the same cheap crap I have in my nail polish collection, and I never spend more then $ 3 on a bottle of nail polish. I recognized the brand. Save your money and your brain and just buy the nail polish in CVS like I did.

Sandy, the owner and sole manicurist, is really nice, but kind of unreliable.
I had a good enough 1^st experience here, but I decided this wasn’t the place for me after the 2^nd time.
I noticed that the equipment wasn’t really cleaned in between the previous customer and myself. She also double booked and made me come back later. There may have also been some TV watching and bubble gum popping happening… but not on my part.
5^th avenue has a plethora of cheap nail places. Further down 7^th are really great, more expensive ones. And Romy’s nails on 10^th street in the one that fits juuuussst right.

This place is DIRTY. I mean it. I have seen some skanky nail places in my day… but this one takes the cake.
The place looks shoddy and rundown and I was truly afraid when the girl brought out her toolbox. Everything looked filthy and unkempt.
It was only 7 bucks, but I’m not risking the possible infection by returning to this place. I have no idea why she has been in business so long.

At first I was amazed at the really cheap, under-​$ 10 price tag ($ 8? $ 6?)for the manicure. Then I was disappointed when my nail polish started chipping less than 24 hours (and not little chips, but major peelage that left one of my nails half bare). Between the old nail polish that was used and the less-​than-​stellar job done cutting my cuticles, I can’t help but think, «you get what you pay for.»
Now I shell out an extra couple of bucks for a manicure that lasts longer than a day.

I go here to get my eyebrows waxed. She is consistent and does a great job for only $ 5. She’s usually there alone though, so if you want your nails done, make an appointment.