Calhoun Nail Spa

I love this place, relax, nice salon. I went there to get the lashes and the nail done. They looked beautiful. I love it. They offer a lot of service: waxing, lashes extension, and nail care. They did a good job on my. I will come back again.

With the weather being so cold and brutal — it does not take long for your cuticles to get dry and need some extra attention. I had some time to kill so I entered this place and asked if I could get a basic manicure. The older man said basic manicure not gel? I said no just basic polish today. I got seated and the lady working on me must not have been able to communicate in English because the other work was conducting the business part of my visit. She also is the one that AGAIN asked me you don’t want GEL? I said nope I do not! The ladies continued to communicate the entire time in their own language which is awkward and uncomfortable because they may have been talking about their own stuff but when you are the one that does not understand you imagine them to be talking about you! As the gal doing my nails went to get the lotion to use on my hands the other one said you don’t want paraffin? (man they are trying hard for an upsell!) I said no thank you not today. I did tip in cash when I paid and she took it and counted it right in front of me which i think is just rude — if you need to do this at least do it subtly so I don’t notice. The basic mani’s are 17.00 here. Will never go here again!

I came in her on a recommendation from a friend. I had some time to kill and needed a new manicure. The place was empty and I was immediately seated. I very specifically asked for a polish change (gel), but received a complete manicure. Not a big deal, but the service took forever and my technician did not wash her hands /​wear gloves or show the cleanliness of the tools. There wasn’t any signage regarding licensing around which I thought was odd. The manicure itself looks great and my technician was happy to listen to any requests I had. It was only $ 30 for a complete (and well done) gel manicure. I gave 3 stars as opposed to 5 because the lack of cleanliness and missing licenses and long service was off putting. I know it’s a new salon so hopefully these things will be worked out. I hope to return in the future, because my nails do look great.

I got a manicure and pedicure here today and it was by far the worst mani/​pedi I’ve ever had.
When I got there they seated me immediately for my pedicure. They then informed me that two people would be working on me at the same time (Mani and Pedi), I was not too keen on this because when I get a pedicure I like to relax and read a book. An older gentleman did my pedicure. He obviously did not know what he was doing because the girl doing my nails was coaching him through the entire process while she clipped away at my cuticles. Both of them were very rough on my cuticles and cut me several times. After the girl was working on my finger nails for about 15 minutes I asked her to stop and wait to finish my mani until after my feet were taken care of. She was very off put and asked why. I told her it was very uncomfortable and not relaxing. She did stop for the time being but didn’t seem too happy about it. She still stuck around because she was still giving directions to the older gentleman doing my pedi. He only worked on my calluses for about a minute and didn’t apply much pressure. Seriously, its winter in Minnesota, my feet aren’t super pretty right now. I opted for the middle of the road «royal» pedicure which included leg scrub, wraps and a stone massage. He did do a pretty long leg massage which was nice. Finally he got to painting my toes. He wasn’t very precise and it took him a long time. He got lots of polish on my toes around the nails, but did clean it up for the most part. Upon inspection when I got home I realized there is still quite a bit around my nails. Total time for this pedicure: 1.5 hours.
After my pedi was done I was seated under the dryer for a while. It ended up being a long time because while I was getting my pedi some other customers came in and the lady doing my manicure opted to start helping them. I sat for about half an hour. Finally another gentleman came to get me and sat me down to do my manicure. I opted for a gel manicure. There was no prep work done before he started applying the polish, didn’t have me wash my hands, clean them with acetone etc. The manicure went a bit faster, which was nice but I could tell he was rushing. After he applied the several layers of polish and the top coat, I inspected them and saw that he had missed several areas on almost all my nails. He also got quite a bit on my skin which does not come off due to the fact that it’s gel. I also noticed several imperfections in the polish from him trying to get the polish off my skin and accidentally nicked the nail itself. After I noticed all the spots he missed and asked him to go back and fix them he said they looked fine to him and hesitated. I insisted that he fix them. I’ve been getting regular manicures for years and this one definitely looked unprofessional. He did end up fixing the areas he missed but did not reapply the top coat, I had to remind him. Finally the nails were finished. The manicure included a paraffin wax treatment which I appreciated. Every manicure I’ve ever had includes a hand/​arm massage, it’s the best part! Of course, this one did not. Total time for manicure: 45 minutes
Once he took the paraffin off he promptly took me over to the register to have me pay. They tried to insist that I pay cash even though they had ‘credit cards accepted’ signs posted. I don’t carry cash so I had to pay with my card. My total bill was $ 85, $ 50 for the pedi and $ 35 for the mani. This is much more than I am used to paying. The person who rung me up asked if I had cash for the tip, which I didn’t, and asked me how much I wanted to tip. I was debating whether to tip at all since my experience was so awful but I ended up tipping $ 5. When I told her that she said «That’s all you want to tip?» Which I answered, «Yes» Really? Even though at this point I was really getting angry with the whole experience I remained calm and friendly.
While I was checking out I looked around and didn’t notice any certificates which are normally hanging on the walls of reputable spas. All in all I was not impressed. I left feeling more stressed than I did when I got there. The total time for everything was 2 hours and 45 minutes, most places I’ve gone can do the same service with better quality in half the time. Once I got home I noticed that there is a lot of gel polish stuck to my fingers, not just near the nail but around my knuckles as well, also some of the gel is peeling off already. Gel manicures have an average life span of 2 – 3 weeks. I am so disappointed with this salon, and would strongly advise against going here for any services. Do yourself a favor and go anywhere else but here.