Paradise Nail & Spa

I have been to this salon before & got really irritated with them & just found out recently they got new owners. So I decided to go back & check them out & see how good they were! I have been getting overlays since I was 18 years old & I’ve had very few that did a good job, but this place by far has done the best job ever! I absolutely love them! The 2 guys that own the shop have the best personalities & u’ll have an awesome time when u are there! They definitely made my day brighter! Loved it!

I have lived in Oklahoma for four years and have gone to many nail salons. I’ve always left feeling like they did an «ok» job. My friend referred me to Paradise nails and I will never go anywhere else! I left very happy! They aren’t over priced and very friendly! They are very thorough and don’t do a half way job! Highly recommend trying them!

I love when I can walk-​in, get my eyebrows waxed, and walk out in ten minutes. So convenient. Doesn’t happen all the time, but I keep coming back. They do a great job.

HORRIBLE SERVICE. Do NOT go there, not only is the service and attitude horrible, they cant do nails worth a crap. The male owner, is not only arrogant but mean to his wife and his kids who are always stuck in the tiny back room. These places are a dime a dozen but save yourself the hassle and just go elsewhere!

This might be the most multi-​pronged review I have ever written…
First off — I was thrilled there was somewhere open. Traveling for work, I wanted my nails done at 8:00 in Oklahoma — most places closed at 7 or 7:30. This particular sign said «Open» but the hours said they closed at 7:00. So I was beside myself when I poked my head in and the gentleman said they’d have time for a mani AND pedi. (I get excited easily.) 10 points.
The atmosphere is kinda «tiki» The spa chairs are are underneath a thatched roof pavilion. Kinda cheesy, kinda cozy. They got to work on the toes right away — and she was AWESOME. It was really great for a «basic» pedi – only $ 22. 20 points.
The mani was not okay. Another gal came and got started on my hands after she got off her cell phone. She not-​so-​tactfully told me that call was her making arrangements to pick up her baby late from day care since I came in so late. She even pouted her lip. Wow. I hope you can sleep at night using your 16 month child («He’s just a BAY-​bee…») to secure larger tips. Not to mention, YOU let me in. Minus 5 points.
That wouldn’t have been so bad, until the following happened…
There was a fairly rude, diva-​esque customer getting a pedicure by another nail tech in a nearby chair and she was apparently dissatisfied with the length of her toenails, post-​filing. I don’t know how you wear *shoes* with them that long, but okay. Anyway, the customer was being hugely unpleasant; refused to leave, refused to pay and basically just had her nose in the air. It was definitely awkward. But my manicurist kept making snide comments to me about the customer. I couldn’t actually understand all of what she was saying to me, but I am pretty sure she used profanity at one point. And wouldn’t. Stop. Minus 10 points.
She was so focused on this woman; no – COMPLAINING about this woman – she totally botched my mani. The paint I chose was clearly too thick and goopy to be used without a thinner first (the mani tech was taking so long with the bottle since she was spending most of her time with her head turned around gaping at the exchange behind us, I gave the pedi tech a different bottle to use in the interest of time). I don’t work in a nail salon and I could tell that much. Instead of fixing that or asking me to choose a different polish, she attempted to slather on more (we are talking 4 or 5 coats) polish to smooth it out. Especially in the dryer, it was the worst «paint job» I have ever had. And I have painted my nails in a moving car more than once. Minus 10 points.
I didn’t say anything, hoping it would settle (?) a little overnight and do the trick until I could get home later that week and take some polish remover to it, but the next day’s sunlight exploited its weaknesses. I mean, it had puckered. (See photo)
I actually went back the next day as my work meetings allowed me to drive by the location around lunchtime and I decided to see if they would fix it.
The same crew of 4 techs were there again. I talked to the man (who was the over-​filing toe culprit from the previous evening) and showed him my thumbnail and asked him to touch it up. I found the same polish and recommended he thin it this time. After he identified me as the customer who came in «very late» he started on the thumb. Meanwhile, what I presume was the owner came over and flipped on the desk lamp at his station. They spoke in Vietnamese for a few moments and the owner pointed at my hands several times. At the end of that exchange, he took all the polish off all fingers, used a different bottle (which he added thinner to), and it ended up great! 10 points.
I would have tipped again, but I was out of singles and no one could make change.: |
The pedicure was really great, but I wouldn’t go back to this location unless I was guaranteed the tech who did my pedi or the owner.
Total: 15 points.