Veiling Nails — Local services in Palm Harbor

I'm disappointed with my experience. It has been 3 days. My nails hurt, and the polish chipped in just one day. Here are photos from the day of, 3 days after, and after I took the polish off, showing the damage left behind from the manicure. I do not recommend it. Big waste of money. This is regular polish.

Apologies in advance for such a long review.

I wasn't originally going to add all the details of my visit. However, based on the owner's response, I will expand on this. I do appreciate her off to redo my polish, but I will not take her up on the offer because of the experience that I had. So, last Friday, I arrived for my appointment, and everyone was very friendly to me. I was even seen about 15 minutes early. The nail tech was very nice but was honest in that she does not often do regular polish. I had booked this appointment weeks in advance, so that came to me as a surprise. However, she's a professional, so I wasn't too concerned. I did feel like she overdid my cuticles, but I wasn't too worried about that at the moment. As for the polish job, it was extremely poorly done. Firstly, after the base coat and first coat of colored polish, it came time for the white tip. The white tip came out crooked and uneven. The nail tech got frustrated several times and took off the polish job in an attempt to correct it. She did not reapply a base coat or the colored shade; she just used white polish. The result left me with several nails with no basecoat, and an inconsistent finish.

Additionally, the nail file she used was dirty; they're supposed to be changed between clients. In my opinion, that is unsanitary. I should've spoken up then, but I didn't want to be rude. This was a mistake. I will not make it in the future. Overall, the nails looked okay, not terrible, and not great, certainly not $60 worth. Additionally, my cuticles are inflamed and red and still hurt a week later.

In response to the owner, regular polish does not last as long as gel, nor did I expect it to. However, I expected a professional manicure with regular polish to last more than 24 hours, but this was not the case at this nail place. Most likely, it was the technique applied, such as not having a basecoat, with a layer of polish and topcoat to protect it. After taking off the polish on Monday night, I redid my nails with my regular bottle of Essie nail polish. My nails have not chipped, and it is Friday. It's astonishing that the owner would imply that my choice of using regular polish is why it did not last. Anyway, the staff at the salon were nice while I was there, and the shop was clean overall. I do not plan on returning based on...

Simply the best salon I have ever been to in my life! After being mistreated, taken advantage of, hurt, painfully injured and disrespected by certain other nearby salons that dominate the industry, I spent hours researching and searching for alternatives. I was intrigued by Svetlana’s description of her services that focused on providing the ultimate in quality and a different kind of experience. I was impressed beyond belief. I was hesitant to try any new salon after suffering recent major nail damage from a rude, aggressive nail tech who destroyed my nail beds as I suffered insulting comments. Lana promised I would be pleased by their different techniques and result. I had heard of the “Russian Manicure” but had no concept of what it entailed. From the moment nail technician Maria touched my hands, I knew this would be entirely different than any other experience. She was extremely focused on treating my damaged and hurting nails as tenderly as possible throughout the entire process. Her artful creation and nail extensions using paper forms rather than those cheap plastic glued on extensions were something I had searched for for years but hadn’t found till now and was thrilled. Each nail was crafted to perfection, with such amazing precision and detail that I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to have finally found a salon that had the high standards I had been searching for. Each nail was inspected from every angle and a minuscule brush used to ensure perfect coverage. And it was incredible to have been treated like a treasured guest throughout my time there from choice of beverage upon arrival to then being treated with a lovely tray with tea, wonderful biscuits and even a delicious chocolate truffle, heavenly! The attention was awesome, even checking what tv choices I preferred and even checking to ensure volume was as I preferred. I left with the most perfectly manicured beautiful nails I’ve ever had. Will I be back, you bet and I’ll be singing the praises of the unique services of Veiling Nails to anyone I encounter. Now that I’ve found this wonderful place, never again will I be mistreated and taken advantage of by other local establishments whose only focus is making money by providing cheap, unprofessional, rushed and ultimately...

Don’t waste your money!!! Went in on Friday morning - by Friday night my heels were rough and polish chipped.

I Google searched top rated salons that offer dip polish - laughing at this now- the website stated they offered dip nail polish.

The young lady working stated she didn’t do dip but could do my pedicure. She never said no one could do my manicure, I would’ve left immediately, I needed a manicure more than a pedicure. I sat in a normal pedicure chair that has the tub to soak your feet in… I sat in this chair for two hours, and had what the lady told me was a Russian pedicure. She did not soak my feet, nor apply lotion, or callus remover. She used a file sticker on the hand drill on my heels… shin no callus remover lotion/gel is available. I asked if they had callus remover, she said they don’t use any chemicals (but they have salt scrub, polish remover, lotion, polish that all have chemicals). The owner offered me a salt scrub, lotion, or a hot towel, and those are all extra services- which are included at other salons in a pedicure. I requested these services and was only given a salt scrub and hot towel, no lotion. When I left more than 2 hours after entering my toenails were cut too short, I had a sore spot where she filed my skin under the nail, and a terrible polish job- uneven and on my skin. The owner Svetlana was there, very nice and said they don’t offer dip polish and she needs to update her website. She kept pushing her own gel brand, I don’t like gel polish and was clear about that. But the gel polish lecture ensued. I will never spend money at this salon again for the mediocre quality...