Dekalb Nails

I don’t get my nails done much because it’s difficult to find a place where the nail technicians are nice, efficient, and skilled. It’s located in this quiet strip mall that’s barely noticeable but I decided to go to it instead of LT nails in Decatur. I am very picky about where I go. Even though Dekalb Nails doesn’t have a website and just a barely maintained Facebook page, I noticed that they treated their customers well and were into customer satisfaction/​interaction with the amount of giveaways/​events they had.
I didn’t have an appointment but our of group of three (guys and girls) walked in on a Saturday afternoon and were promptly greeted, seated, and taken care of. There was a girl who sat at the front desk and I asked her if they did gel nails and she said, «Yes,» in good spirits.
I forgot to ask the nail technicians for their names but I will next time. At first, I only wanted a gel manicure. I was seated with the nail technician who looked at my nails. I asked how much it cost for a pedicure as well and she broke it down for me. Mani/​pedi was $ 25 and the gel color nail service was $ 15 totaling to $ 40. Ecstatic, I asked if I could go ahead and do that, and she took me over to the spa chair and brought another nail technician to do my pedicure. By this time, I already had on cuticle softening gel and warming mitts, but the nail technician who did my manicure even took off my boots for me and carried my purse before we started the session. I was surprised because I’m not used to being pampered!
I’m a very understanding and nice customer but they kept telling me to relax. Eventually, I did and we all ended up chatting and the nail technicians were very nice. The nail technician who worked on my pedicure is younger, in her late teens/​early 20s and was extremely fast with painting my toes but her job was immaculate. She had asked me what color I wanted (I forgot to choose my colors) and I told her I liked hot pink. She went and chose a very neon hot pink that looks amazing now that I think about it. The manicurist spoke more and I liked that she was thorough with what she wanted me to do. She actually applied the gel polish while standing up, and even helped me pull my pant legs down while I washed my hands.
I think the price and service quality definitely match up and I have even considered coming back to get my nails done regularly. I just hope every future experience will be just as good! Overall, it was $ 70 for three pedicures, one manicure with a gel polish service. I can’t stop staring at my nails (which are a mood polish by the way) because they look so nice. I’d definitely recommend this place. I want to experiment with 3D nail art so we’ll see how it goes from there.

Sat for over 20 minutes. Was ever greeted. I had to ask if I was going to be helped and explained what I wanted after 3 people walked in, were greeted, and taken care of. A man up front told me yes I was. I waited ten more minutes and watched 3 more people come in be greeted and helped. I know they did not have appointments based on the conversation they had when greeted. Weird. I left and went down the street to another salon where I was greeted and in a chair within 5 minutes. Won’t be back to this place :-/