K Nails in Adrian, MI

I have never really liked my nails when I have gotten them done here I'm not sure that many people do but I mean it's Adrian not a lot of options. So they do a below average job but it always works for me.

Visited K Nails as a walk-in. Went to get mani/pedi's with my daughter as a holiday treat. They were able to get us in quickly. Sitting in the pedi chair, I showed the tech what I wanted. He informed me that while he could do the design, he could not do regular polish- only gel. I should have put my shoes back on and left. Worst pedicure EVER. He didn't trim my nails, didn't do anything for callouses/roughness. Basically it was a foot soak and paint job. I overlooked that because it was something I was doing with my 13 year old daughter and as long as she was happy, I would be happy too. When it was time to move to the mani station, no slip-ons were provided so I had to put my shoes back on over my brand new pedi. Not how other places operate, but I suppose since he used gel polish it didn't matter- except that I didn't really get a chance to look at my pedi as I was being herded along. For my nails, the guy automatically started applying tips. I hadn't asked for or wanted acrylics. Since he already had glue on my nails before I realized what was going on, I figured I'd just go with it. I've always been curious about acrylics, but have never gotten them before. I will say he matched the design I showed him, and I was happy with that. Come to find out my daughter's tech also gave her acrylics without being told or even asking if that was what she wanted. She very specifically told him she wanted her nails short (she loves to draw and can't do that with long nails), but he did not listen. He also changed the polish color she picked from the almost black purple to a much lighter mauve/plum color. I was finished first and had already paid and tipped before I found out about her experience. Upon leaving the salon, I sent my sister a pic of my first set of acrylics and her response was that I needed to go back and have them fix them. As it turned out, the tips weren't put on straight, they weren't filed evenly, and some of the nails were too thick. The bigger problems however were the facts that the tips were not glued flush to my natural nails and he drilled along my cuticles. 4 of my nails had gaps between the natural nail and the tip. This would allow water and food to get caught without me having a way to get it out- just begging for a fungal infection. To give the nail a more natural shape, he drilled the acrylic along the cuticle to take off some of the thickness, but drilled too far and left red drill/filing lines in my natural nails along the cuticle. Thing is- since I had zero experience with acrylics, I had no idea either of these things were problematic until my sister saw them and I started doing some research. While my sister pushed for me to go back and have them fix my nails, I had zero trust that they would be able to do that without making it worse. So. . . Countless you tube videos later, I no longer have acrylic nails. Honestly, after this experience, I don't know that I'll go back to ANY nail salon. It seems they actually just trash your nails with the drills and techniques they use, and I certainly would not recommend anyone go to THIS particular nail salon.

Ok Let me say before I get into all of this A. I'm pretty young don't really go to places like this a lot. B. I didn't know what to expect. Now that that's out of the way. Let's hop in to the mess that was my visit- And the aftermath. Part one: at the salon We walk in the environment seems cozy enough! I pick out my colors (a pale pink and a dark sparkly purple) And the guy who is doing my nails leads me over to the chair (he worked at table three) He takes my purple polish and goes to the back room. He then comes out with a different polish (I didn't know that the color had changed at the time) He does my feet- except that he really didn't. He didn't push back my cuticles. He didn't really take care of the skin on my heel that well! He started doing my toe nails and then BOOM he's done- faster than lightning I guess (spoiler- the paint chips off two days later) He takes me over to table three and starts work on my nails- if this sounds fast paced it was, Kind of a whirl wind process. He starts working on my nails and before I know it THIS GUY HAS APPLIED TIPS TO MY NAILS. I NEVER asked for them HE DIDNT EVEN ASK ME FIRST!!!! When he started trimming them I asked for short nails- HE GAVE ME SHOVELS. Well that's fine I got the design I want- WRONG. Wrong. Shade. Of . Purple. I didn't even notice but he swapped the colors. When all is said and done. At least He did a good job- NO no he didn't. There were gaps in several of the nails that food got stuck under. Part two: at home I took them off after two days. I'm an artist and I really like to draw but honey- I Couldn't hold a pencil properly. I asked for short and I got shovels. Food got stuck under the nails. The acrylic still isn't off of my nails... no matter how much acetone I apply. Overview: If you want cool nails- don't go here Press one are a better option Honestly anywhere else is great.. Don't give them your cash

My sister went here and loved her nails. Even though they didn't have the shade of pink she was ok with that. The workers were a little rough with her hands but that's ok. Over all nice job!

I went here for an acrylic fill and they rushed through them so quick they were done in 20 minutes. He drilled my nail beds until it hurt, and caked on the gel so my nails looked twice as thick. After leaving and seeing them in good lighting, I realized I absolutely hated them. When I went back an hour later to let them know I wasn't satisfied they refused to change the thick gel that was making my nails look misshaped and deformed, I finally convinced the guy that two of the nails were absolutely not acceptable and he agreed to fix the two nails only, even tho I wasn't satisfied at all with any of them. After arguing with the man, I finally decided to have another gentlemen (guy at table 6) fix my nails for me instead, he agreed but said he would charge another $20 on top of the $35 I had already spent. He had to drill through layers and layers of gel before getting to my nails, but he took his time and made sure I was happy. This salon sucked, after two trips and $55 I was only partially satisfied. This second gentlemen who took care of me is the only good thing this salon had going for them. He was the only person who knew what he was doing and had good customer service! Do not go here, and if you do.... ask for gentlemen at table 6(wish I would have got his name)!!!