So a little over a week ago i had my first pedicure! My toes still look HAWT! and i think i will partake in another pedi in a couple of weeks. With that being said, the experience was still weird. Maybe it was just the place we went to -- i doubt it though because i've heard similar stories and stand-up acts based solely on pedis -- but could it have been any more stereotypical?!
The answer: NO!
First off, the minute we walked in -- i went with a pregnant girlfriend -- it felt like we were being yelled at. I had no idea what was completely being said but i got the jist that they wanted to know a few things: why are you here? do you have an appointment? pedi? mani? both? color? why are you both so fat? (ok, i threw in that last one, but i totally know they were all thinking it). I had no idea why it took all 8 employees to yell/ask these questions, but it did.
An hour later -- after stuffing our preggo selves with some Mexican food -- we headed back to the salon for our appointments.
We settled in the massage chairs, and the fun began.
I have no idea where the pedi ladies are from, but wherever they grew up they clearly did NOT get a lesson in gossiping.
Gossip Rule #1: when you are talking about someone/someone's feet, it's best not to hold up the foot, yell down the line at all your co-workers, point at the foot and start chatting. Ummm, no, i don't know what you are saying, but i'm pretty sure it ain't good!
Along with totally dissing our feet, the ladies also talked about each and every woman who walked in the salon. When a tall, thin, blond, overly-tanned lady walked in, all the workers stopped, stared, and then rolled their eyes and started "whispering" to each other.
When my lady was ready for my other foot, she would grunt at me until i guessed what she wanted me to do. My girlfriend's lady was a little nicer, even though she spent the hour telling my friend how "huge your belly is." When my friend motioned to my belly and noted that i too was expecting and was further along, her pedi lady brushed it off and said "Yeah, but your belly is much much bigger. healthy baby." I think "healthy baby" means "fat kid you got there," but i don't know.
Besides the gossiping, the other thing that didn't jive with me was the fact that i'm pretty sure -- no, i know -- that they use the same tools on everyone's feet. GROOOOOSSSSSS. This is the exact reason why i've gone 29 years without a pedi. Yes, my toes look nice, but all i could and can think about is the fact that the pumice stone and cuticle thingy used on me was probably used on 7 other people who are all connected to Kevin Bacon some how.
This experience has not soured me to pedis. Like i said, i will partake in another (my girl T. Marie told me of a place that does not use the same tools on everyone!), just not at Natural Nails in Sooner Mall!
(and i thought all the sistas at the beauty shop were bad!)
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You will have to disclose the location of the other pedi place. I'm scared of Natural Nails too and I love me a good pedi.
it's a place called Joe's, over by Red Horse Grill on Main St. she said they have sealed packages of all the supplies, so you know none of the stuff is reused! Natural Nails was freaking scary!
Not trying to bust bubbles, just wanted to let you know... That equipment probably has been reused, however, it was probably put in a autoclave first, thus the sealed packages. It's the same thing they do with medical equipment, tattoo needles, and piercing equipment. All of that stuff is reused...
This is T. Marie, and if it is reused...at least they sterilize if first. The place Re went, they just leave it sitting there for the next victim! At least this way I'm not having to watch it all go down!! And believe me "anonymous" I used to be a waitress and if you think you can bust my bubble about a nail salon...you must have never worked in the food service industry...you think you know, but you have no idea!
Tattoo NEEDLES are not reused, they are factory sealed and new for each customer, at least at the shop my hubby tattoos here in Norman. It costs more to sterilize them than to buy them new. They do put the tubes into an autoclave. Unfortunately, I can't vouch for the pedi places,they are no stringently regulated and I want no one to touch my feetsies but moi, LOL.
The nail salon people always be talking smack....and they don't care.
I don't really care as long as my tootsies look straight :)
well, i'm still gonna give the sealed up places a shot, at least i can pretend the tools were virgins before they touched my feetsies!
i used to go to natural nails, but they always brought stuff out in the sterile packages.... however when the ladies got into a fight one day, i stopped going! :)
my mom goes to Joes. she really likes it.
I wasn't trying to be hateful or rude, just making a statement. I go to a nail salon that autoclaves their equipment. And I worked in the fast food industry... so yea, I know...
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