Nails 2000

After searching the area on Unilocal for a nail place in the area we settled on this place. Located in the downtown area of Manistee so plan on street parking or if you are doing shopping and park in a lotted area you may have to walk to it.
They do acrylic, gel, and shellac here. As per previous post they do have a Mani/​Pedi special. Since I was only looking to have my nails doing opted out of that.
We were seated right away. They had 5 nail techs on hand. The young lady who did my nails was very nice as well as the gentleman who did my daughters. They both were very attentive.
M-​FR it looks like they are open from 10 am — 7 pm
Saturday until 5 pm.
If you do have to wait there are plenty of shops to see that can take up your time.

I stopped in as a last minute decision and was seated immediately, they did a decent job with my nails, though the thumb has a bump on it I noticed later in the day.
The thing that irritated me and moved them down to a 3 is my nail tech talked on the phone almost the whole time, even while she painted my nails. Its bad enough when they talk w/​each other in a foreign language while doing your nails, but to talk on the phone the whole time is just plain crazy. I don’t care what job you do talking on a cell phone should no be allowed while your working. SAVE IT FOR A BREAK TIME or step away if its emergency.

Sometimes you need to send the menfolk off to do whatever it is that menfolk do alone (eat things, shoot shit, bitch about womenfolk, sleep, masturbate — all wild guesses). For women, alone time is often spent at nail salons, sometimes with other women. It’s the perfect place to gossip and get pampered. For about an hour or so, you can step back from reality and be waited on hand and foot or, more accurately, have your hands and feet waited on.
My friend and I spotted this nail salon and saw that services were reasonably priced at $ 25 for a pedicure and $ 35 for a mani-​pedi combo. The salon is closed Sundays, so we popped in on Saturday afternoon and they told us they could see the both of us if we waited half an hour. We walked around town, returned shortly, and we were seated in the massive massage chairs moments later.
As is typically expected, our nail technicians were Asian (Vietnamese, I believe). But as is not so often found, they spoke near-​perfect English. I was able to explain what I wanted once and only had to be asked a few particular preferences a single time. It made the experience that much more relaxing, because neither of us had to strain to understand the other. It might be a small thing, but it made a big difference.
I went for the mani-​pedi and my friend simply had her toes done. My technician started on me first and my friend was able to soak her feet for an entire half hour. When they moved me to the manicure station, another tech worked on my friend. They did an excellent job of scheduling, because starting her pedicure later meant that we finished up at about the same time.
We both agreed that Nails 2000 isn’t the most modern or sterile of salons, but we weren’t afraid of contracting anything. They kept it clean and tidy, and each tech had their own set of tools that were immediately disinfected after use. We also loved (and were embarrassed) that they used the cheese grater-​like scraper to get most of the dead skin off our soles. I would have liked that they removed more dead skin from around my fingernails, but I admittedly have been neglecting my hands and don’t expect miracles. Also, we felt the selection of nail polish was very good. They had a super selection of shades from OPI, China Glaze, and a few other brands. OPI’s Magnifico México is the perfect polish for a magnificent summer manicure.