J & J Nails & Spa in Providence, RI

One of the best nail salons I've been to!! This was my second visit and both experiences have been wonderful. My powder dip nails came out fantastic both times and the pedicure was great too. The place is really relaxing with classical music playing in the background and it's a large open space that they keep very clean. The staff are all SO nice. They don't rush - they really take the time to make sure everything looks good and go the extra mile to make sure you're comfortable.

The place is always really clean and cute. Prices are fair. But like in every place you just gotta be careful with who they put you because they all don't work the same. Other than that i do recommend

I got my nails done last time here and I had asked for a thicker line for my French. When I asked the tech  , can you make the line a little bigger please? . She smiled and said yes but continued to do them the skinny way. So  Instead of saying anything I still felt the nails looked good and I chalked to it up to me not being clear enough or advocating for myself so I smiled and paid -no problem no concern. I told myself the next time i come for a fill Ill get another French but I will be clear from the beginning I want my line thicker. Esp since my nails are longer now, maybe that girl felt like I couldn't of meant what I was saying bc my nails were shorter? Idk .aBut for what I was doing today  I did a cute bright pink for the tips and wanted it to stand out .First- despite me saying I was going to do French w the color I picked as the top part- she still started trying to apply it on my whole finger. I looked at her and said thanks but I like the French better . I'm like no I'm doing French w the color I picked out. ( I said all this at the beginning to )It seemed she was hoping just do the whole nails but I had my heart set on French. So then once we reestablish I'm doing a French- just like the last time she did the line very skinny. I asked her to make it bigger and instead she jus kept tracing over what she already did and also when she still didn't understand she started drawing the line like down the sides of my finger. At this point I'm like nicely letting her know that's not what I was asking for I just want the line for the French part to be thicker - like I have always liked a wider line when I get French and I know a lot of ppl who do so I'm not sure why this concept felt so far fetched . Some guy who seemed to be second in command on a Sunday when the owner isn't there came over and asked me what I wanted and then explained it to the girl for me, but then said he would take over bc she was not doing it. I asked him since she has painted multiple coats in attempt to make it wider but like each time really didn't widen the line just re painted what she already did- if he couldpls wipe it off and do it over bc it was super clumpy and at a side profile my nail Literally went up hill as you looked at it bc of how many layers were on my tip where the French part is.  He not only did not want to do this- but another person came in and he kept like stopping doing my nails to talk to them like mid repainting the line he would stop my nails every time he spoke to s o . so it was almost getting clumpier bc if it starts to dry then they paint over it it gets even more clumpy.  I did ask him and had said no but the more he did , the more clumpy it was getting . I had to say something . He got frustrated when I said I didn't like it like that and wished he had done what I asked bc it was jus so layered and clumpy . The tips were super clumpy then the rest of the nail. . He wiped it away and then he started to attempt to paint the line for the French over again . Unfortunately His lines were crooked and uneven and st this point I was getting a little ancy  bc I had been there for over 2 hours and most of the time spent on trying to paint the lines of the French . Not everyone can free hand the line and there's no shame in that but I find it unacceptable to free hand it anyway,  if it's going to be uneven and crooked. And then pretend it isn't and get angry at the client if they say something. I was nothing but polite and kind and patient as I wasn't asking for anything extra ordinary but also like I'm payin 70 dollars for a fill /10 dollars extra bc it's a French- i would hope when paying so much money it can  look neat and professionally done. I would also hope I'mNot made to feel like a burden - as a paying customer trying to support you. I was gentle with my words but also did not appreciate his apparent distress and aggravation instead of understanding this is a service industry and I am Literaly paying for this - I even asked ( quietly like I didn't make a scene I asked the girl next to me If she saw what I was seeing bc I was wondering if I was wrong ? But even she said she clearly could see the unevenness like the line was thicker on one side of nail and got skinnier as it went across etc. I'm saying all this to say - that instead of caring about client satisfaction and also just pretty reasonable expectations that the nails are neat and even and at the width I prefer- he was obvious about being angry and also insulted me . He's like wow you like extra wide I'm like not really? I know a lot of people who prefer the French to be a thicker band :  he also screamed he been doing this for 10 years ! He screamed that "I was too picky"  and he slammed the nail polish down on the ground - humiliating me and frightening me as he yelled at me he was going to take my nails off and I could leave. I was not rude or disrespectful. I didn't give an attitude and didn't deserve what came next.Review ctd in pics-)

This place is okay.. didn't think they were too friendly and they do an okay job on nails but too pricey, considering my nails came up quickly and needed a fill within two weeks, acrylic could be a better product..

I just got my eyebrows done here and they literally took a chunk of my eyebrow off. Last time I checked your eyebrow isn't supposed to begin exactly where your eye does. Don't recommend coming here for eyebrows.