Florir — Local services in Tokyo

I had a wonderful experience at Florir! I had been feeling pretty bummed all week because I had picked away my previous manicure and it looked really bad. Luckily, this salon was down the street from my hotel, and I was able to make an appointment for a gel-only manicure next day.

My manicurist was Marina, who speaks Japanese, Russian, and English. From my observations, it seemed that all of the staff spoke English, so foreigners need not worry if they need to call to make an appointment. (I was worried, so I made my appointment in person).

My next comments are from an American perspective. This was my first time getting a manicure in Japan, and I was quite intrigued by the techniques used. In America, usually cuticle removal is done by soaking the fingers in water, using chemical remover, and using a cuticle clipper. Here, it was all done via electric buffing tool. I actually found that I prefer this method. Usually when I cut my calluses, it leaves jagged edges when they grow back. With this method, it actually feels smoothed down and soft. I think I’ll try to utilize this technique in the future! In fact, there was no liquid involved in my entire manicure, it was all dry methods (aside from using alcohol for disinfecting). The quality of the gel nails feels really durable, as well.

Since I was a first-time customer, I also had a ¥0 charge for gel removal. Mine was done all with nail file instead of acetone soak because there wasn’t much left.

Something my salon back home started doing is providing sunscreen to patrons getting gel manicures. I didn’t think to apply sunscreen prior to my manicure, but since it’s all dry methods, you don’t need to worry about sunscreen washing off. I’d recommend any patron doing gel manicures to apply sunscreen beforehand, to protect against the UV rays of the curing machine.

Overall, I’m very happy with my experience! I only have a few days left in my trip, so I’m sad that this will be the first and only time I’ll experience a manicure in Japan. I highly...

Two friends and myself came to have gel nails done here and we had a pretty disappointing experience.

I got extensions with nail art while my friends just got a gel overlay with nail art, so in a gesture to have us all complete at the same time, my service was completely rushed through. I was unhappy shaping of my extensions which were uneven and slightly slanted. The gel that was used was SO THICK which I assumed was due to the gems and flowers I had placed on some of my fingers but it legitimately looked like something was growing out of my nails with the chunk of gel that was placed over.

Now I’ve had nails done before at many other places in the US and techs have always taken their time and have been meticulous with the details. I thought maybe this is something specific to Japan but during my trip, I saw others with nails that didn’t look lumpy and unnatural as mine even with nail art. On top of that, all of my friend’s nails started lifting within days and I ended up having a nail completely break exactly a week later. I reached out via email and they were nice and receptive and had asked me to come back in but by that time, all of our nails were lifting so much that I didn’t feel confident about having it redone. This was the set that has lasted the shortest on my hands which is insane considering this...

Probably it’s best for manicure but I don’t think it’s a right place for foot care and removing dead skin. I totally felt like wasting a sum of money by soaking my leg into the pail only. My leg condition may be bad but I think it should have some improvement at least after the course but unfortunately , not at all.

The staff generally has god attitude but I think she’s not concentrated while doing her work but kept looking at the TV.

She don’t even know she hurt my toe accidentally when she’s trying to remove some dead skin ?? And when she’s scrubbing my the foot I think she’s totally not aware she hurt my leg at all.

I’ll not go back for...