No 1 Nails

I had a bad experience here. I felt like they wanted to get me in and then get me out. Mind you, the place was not crowded at all. I came in for acrylics, a pedi, and lash extensions (¹⁰⁄₀₉). The guy doing my nails did a rushed job. It came out okay but the shape is completely not what I wanted when I blatantly told him I wanted a coffin shape. He forgot that I needed a pedi and lashes as well. He finished up my nails by the nail dryer while he called over the girl to do my lashes. I was sitting in the regular chair (not the one you sit in to get your lashes done), so she was bending my neck back and quickly doing my lashes. She didn’t ask if I wanted to take a moment to blink and didn’t give them a chance to dry. So when I blinked because she was holding my lids up, my eye (although briefly) got stuck together. It was at this moment that I got even more annoyed from what I was already and told them to give me my money back for the pedi and lashes. She also tried to take the lashes off without any remover, so it was painful. I won’t ever go back here again.

So it’s the 4^th of July and my nails look busted. I do a google search for nail salons in Irvington, NJ and a few pop up. I start calling… No one is answering. Then I call No. 1 Nails and they say that they are open for a few hours and that I can come in. I only wanted a manicure but was told they are only doing OPI gel and something else I could not quite understand, but who cares, this is like once in a lifetime! I’ll take the OPI Gel please!!!
I have been to Irvington Shopping Center on Springfield Avenue for the various nail salons many times before but I have never crossed paths with No. 1 Nails. As my GPS instructs me to their address I realize it’s not exactly in the midst of the center but a bit past it, as if going towards Maplewood. I find the salon, go in (look around in amazement, because it actually looks pretty nice), sit down for a few, then I am asked what am I in for (not exactly in those jailhouse terms).
I said I wanted the gel manicure but when I got with my nail technician Tom I asked about getting a color change for my toes as well (then I was going to slip in a little waxing to go along lol). I asked Tom how much the OPI and color change would be… He said $ 33… then $ 38, this was fine though… but THEN when Tom was done with my nails I guess he spoke with a co-​worker or manager and was told it would be $ 45 … The OPI Gel was only $ 30, so the color change is $ 15 ?! I’ll pass… maybe that was a 4^th of July rate, idk, but I’ll pass. I could have paid for it, but the fact that they got my hopes up aggravated me… No. 1 Nails didn’t seem so Number One-​e anymore .
So anyway I decided to get my mustachio waxed in place of the color change on my toes… This brought my total to $ 35; $ 30 OPI gel and $ 5 lip wax (not a bad price for a lip wax at all). My lip wax was done by a female, I think she could have been more precise in the hair removal process. Also, Tom did a good job with the OPI gel on my nails, I don’t think it’s really that difficult to do though. There was no massaging of my hands like I have experienced else where but it’s the 4^th of July so I’ll have to come back on a regular day to get a good feel for the place. I’ll let that slide.
For my first time visit I give No. 1 Nails a 4-​star rating. They are open on the 4thofJ and I love my nails, waxing… not so much. I subtracted 1 star for the confusion over the price, it made them seem very disorganized and now I’m walking around with pink toenails and sparkly blue fingernails, fml.