Camellia Nails Lounge — Local services in Greenwood

🚨🚨LONG POST. HORRIBLE TECH EXP🚨🚨

I hate to do this but my nail experience in this salon was the worse I’ve ever received. I made an appointment for a certain time and when I walked in the nail tech was already working on 2 clients. I know things happen, time runs over and you just have to be patient and wait. One lady, very kind lady started filing my nails down, and once another tech finished she asked me to go sit in his (this is the younger tech in the shop) chair. As soon as he started on my nails he told me I needed a new set. I declined and told him I just got a fresh set in October from this same salon. He tried to give me a reason why and I think he mentioned the color of the acrylic but couldn’t give me a real reason why I needed a new set either way I told him it’s fine color will go on top of it anyway. And told him that he was the person who applied the acrylic on my last set.

As he began to put the acrylic on my pinky nail I noticed that the it was extremely thick and he didn’t put any on the tip of my nails. This was done to all of my nails. I’ve been getting my nails done for 20 years and never seen this done before. I trusted the process they are the professionals. When he made it to my pointer finger he used less acrylic (close to nothing) and I asked him why was the acrylic so thick on my pinky and less on my pointer. He said to it would be fine he’s not finished. When he applied acrylic he didn’t use the heat like they normally do. I have the almond shape and needed my nails cut down and instead of filing from the top he took the drill and went around my nails. This process was very much different from the last times live gotten them done.

I looked at one of my hands I noticed how that my ring finger was way shorter than the rest of the nails. I said something to him and he kept trying to line my finger with my middle finger telling me it’s even. I told him to please check again it’s shorter than the rest of my nails. I kept asking for him to please check because it’s not right he will need to add more acrylic he didn’t want to hear what I said. I felt he was trying to gaslight me. It was very clear these nails were not right and I no longer trusted him with my nails and asked if someone else could do it.

I went to sit in the chair of the original person who was supposed to do my nails and waited on her to finish up with her client. I felt that my nails were in terrible shape and I took a lot of work for her to get them looking somewhat decent. I never speak up at these salons but I am tired of spending my money on a subpar service. No customer, especially with an appointment should go through 3 tech. What’s the point of an appointment if I don’t get to have the person I make an appointment with do my nails. I was about to get passed off again but insisted that I was fine with waiting to have the person who i made my appointment with do my nails.

Jenny did a great job fixing what he messed up but I won’t be returning. Which is sad because it took me a while to find a salon that I liked and work spoke for itself. But my...

I visited today around 3:40p. While looking for nail colors I was greeted by a technician who asked what I was looking to get done, and if I had picked a color. I advised I needed a soak off and a full set put on. I also showed him the color I wanted, he spoke it back to me, grabbed the polish, and I was guided back to his station. Note; the color I chose was 29 out of the pastel color book sitting on top of the polishes. This is a matte blue color. We both noted it was matte. Fast forward, the technician was anything but gentle during his drilling off of my nails. Where he caught my skin MULTIPLE times with the drill head. Where I pulled back and said ow. There was no apology at any point. He would grab my hand and continue and stated I just needed to relax. This was familiar sounding to me as a few weeks back, my friend and I had come to get our nails done and she received the same notable experience from the same technician. He soaked my nails per the process, and when removing some of the foil I noted that my skin was burning due to one of the open nicks on my cuticle from him, he just continued to drill the remaining nail off and move on. Fast forward, when putting the top coat on, he did not in fact use the matte I had noted before we started. At the point I realized this, my first hand was coming out of the dryer, and I was not about to ask him to use his drill again to fix the color. This experience was by far the worst I have ever had at a salon. There’s chunks of acrylic left under my nails, the color is not what I asked for. And I have multiple marks on my cuticles from a careless file job. Absolutely...

Went to this salon with beautiful nails and was ready to cry when I left. I went on vacation last week, so I had them a little longer than usual. Since I am returning to work I wanted them shorter. I recently moved to Greenwood and thought to give this salon a try. Paid over $100 for a pedicure. The gel polish is between my toes, I didn't get much of a foot massage, and she spent very little time with the file on my feet. Basically had to come home and get my feet touchable after spending more than $100 on just the pedicure. The guy who did my nails may have been new. Still, they saw how beautiful my nails were to begin with - why stick me with the newbie. Anyway, as my nails were just done less than a week ago, I asked for a reshape and polish change. Polish job and the shaping is horrendous and the guy charged me $55. I left totally pissed and ready to cry. I did notice another tech in there that looked relaxed and confident while doing his client's nails. I may give him a try, but I'm still pissed.

Update: Although I feel as though I did not get what I paid for - it's not as bad as it could have been - and if the tech is new - you have to start somewhere. . And he did try . . The salon atmosphere and massage chairs can get them...