This was the second time I had ever had a Shellac manicure, and after a succesfull first visit to the salon, I thought I would treat my self to a second manicure for gloomy January. The booking process with Wahanda was great and I was booked in for an hour long manicure costing £20. The salon followed up the booking with a text to check what kind of manicure I wanted, so I replied and explained.
I trotted down on Saturday morning and was met by a different beautician who was very friendly and pleasant. I was very excited to get my second Shellac as the first one had lasted 3 weeks and wasn't in too bad condition. The manicure started with the removal of my previous Shellac. I then asked about Black nail polishes and was shown a rather gloopy and sorry for itself polish. The beautician told me it should be fine. The manicure itself then started. A number of problems seemed to occured because of the product itself. The beautician, at first, thought I had smudged the polish but I hadn't. It turned out it was bubbling during the drying process which meant a consultation with another manicurist who suggested using more top coat. This happened a couple of times. The beautician was very apologetic. In the end the 1 hour manicure took 2 hours, which was a bit of a problem as I had made plans which had to be re-arranged. The bautician told me that the manicure would normally cost £25 as it cost £5 to remove the previous Shellac but she would not charge for that due to the duration of the manicure.
All in all, the beautician was very friendly and did make a compensation for the time by removing the £5...but I didn't know you were charged for this. 3 days in to the manicure and the nails are ok. There was an amount of polish beneath my nails and around the sides that I tidied up and two of the nails seem to have some markings on them, but generally they are OK. After a great first visit ( and an alright but overly long second one) I would maybe consider returning but will probably try somewhere else.
Yet again a great wax! Attention to detail; great care; and professionalism are but a few traits Natalya possesses. Definitely superb value for money - nothing less than 5 star.