Solar Nail

This review is based on brevity. Save your time. Go anywhere else but here. Don’t stop. Go.

Nice family owned business. The gals here always do a great job and they are so friendly. Reasonably priced and I’ve gone here for several years even though there are nicer more fancier salons in the same shopping complex, you won’t get treated the same way over there!

I had a mani/​pedi date with my grandmother and researched a few nail salons nearby and after searching on Unilocal,this was the closest I could get to finding something «nice enough». Unfortunately, I was apparently mislead because our visit here lasted about 10 seconds long before we bolted.
First off, we arrived early on Saturday morning, about 10 a.m. and none of the polishes were organized. In fact, it looked like a color-​blind person arranged them. The polishes themselves were not well taken care of (there were some bottles that had dried polishes stuck on them, etc.). This gave me the impression that the shop was run kinda whatever. Just think of it, if you can’t possibly spend the few minutes it takes to arrange the polishes then should I really trust you to thoroughly clean out the tubs between customers so no one gets an infection?
The salon itself is very small and looks run down. The row of pedicure chairs against one wall were all filled when we got there, but the chairs and buckets just didn’t scream cleaned and sanitized. Everything was kinda crowded together and it just didn’t feel relaxing.
Although we were greeted right away, it just didn’t look like a place that I would want to relax and enjoy an outing and the smell was just really, really strong of chemicals as if there was no ventilation in the store.
They may do good work here, but if I’m going to shell out $ 60+ for a mani/​pedi then I would want a better atmosphere.

I went here today for a new set of pink and whites.
This is a family owned and operated shop and my nails were done by JoAnne. Her husband Henry also does nails here.
The shop is quite clean and the pedicure seats and tubs looked great (I’ll be trying them out next time).
I moved here from California so I am basing my rating off of what I am used to.
1. My application went quickly and I got the correct length and shape that I wanted. I like longer nails and I like them very square.
2. They have several shades of pink. I was able to get a very pink shade without it being overly dark.
3. The gel finish was applied flawlessly… there are no little bumps or grooves — something that drives me insane!
Cons: I saw someone else getting their eyebrows done here and I don’t think that will be a service I will try here as the technician double dipped into the wax and that is just gross and unsanitary.

They do a good job here. I had my nails painted in a french manicure style, and they were detail oriented and patient with me.
My only complaint is that, during my pedicure, they rubbed my foot with a pumice stone and did not use the scraper to remove dead skin from my foot. The pumice stone made my foot smooth for about an hour, but did not have the lasting smoothness that the skin scraper has.