Thomas Scott Salon & Spa
8:46 AM**The following service was provided to me in exchange for a review and I received a discount on the secondary service.**
I was recently contacted by Nicole, a nail tech at Thomas Scott Salon & Spa. She asked if I would want to come in for a free service and write a blog about it. How could I pass that up? I love trying new salons, and the fact that she contacted me was awesome! Being able to connect with other locals who love nail polish as much as I do made me really happy! I jumped on the chance.
I was getting ready to go on vacation and was going to need a pedicure so I asked if that happened to be the service that she was offering. She said no that she wanted me to review Minx. But said that she would give me a discount on the pedicure. I got really excited then! To me, there is absolutely NOTHING better than a really good pedicure.
I started poking around the website and thought, I should go all out. I need to get my hair done before the trip. It's been WAY too long since I've really had my hair done. It needed some life brought back into it. I let her know what I was looking for and she made the hair appointment for me.
My nail appointment was on Friday evening and my hair appointment was on Monday afternoon. That helped so I wasn't just hanging around the salon all day. In all honesty, I wouldn't mind doing that one bit.
Walking into the salon, there are two desks. One is check in and the other is check out. And the waiting room. I checked in and she took me off to the left to the nail area. The hair salon is off to the right with the waiting room in the middle. I really liked this because it kept the different smells in their own area. The two smells shouldn't mix in my opinion.
Passing the wall of OPI, there is another waiting area for nails and they offered me water. My daughter was with me and they let her sit next to me since they weren't busy and they offered her water as well. She is very talkative and friendly, and they were very warm and welcoming with her. I always love when businesses welcome her. There have been moments where she hasn't been welcomed and it's really soured my drive to want to go back.
Pedicure was up first. This was hands down, the best pedicure I had ever gotten. I'm a huge fan of the paraffin dips and I didn't even get that. I didn't even miss it. *gasp* Such care and attention was taken into everything. The massage was perfect as was the care to notice pressure points. I was so relaxed I almost fell asleep after my husband picked our kid. I brought in my own polish, A Girl Obsessed What's the Tealio? and my Glisten & Glow HK Girl top coat, and she applied them without question...other than "What is this polish? It's so pretty!" See pic below for final result.
Then, Nicole lead me to her station. She took off my polish, taking care with a broken nail and used the foil method on it to avoid more breakage. That was very appreciative. She ended up adding a hard gel overlay on the broken nail to allow me to swatch more and let the break grow out. Hopefully without more breakage. After that, she proceeded to give my hands a wonderful massage adding the pressure points, once again. Extremely relaxed!
Then came the time for her to add the Minx. They are on sheets of plastic, and laying underneath a heat lamp. They have to be really hot to even remove from the plastic. She used a large wooden stick to peel them off and apply to my nails. She had already picked out what she was going to use on my nail, but I still got to peek at all the different patterns when she was done. Once on the nail she used the flat pointed end (kind of looks like an extra large cuticle pusher) and made sure there were no air bubbles. Once all the nails had the Minx wraps on, she took off the extras and filed the ends of my nails flat. See pics below for the end results
All-in-all, 4 stars!! Nicole did an amazing job with my pedicure and my manicure, not her fault the Minx didn't like me. I think for me that was more product and not technician. Not my cup of tea, but I know there are ladies that love that sort of thing! The strong selling point on them for me was the fact that they don't damage your nail like gel or shellac can. It was practically a heat wrapping sticker for your nail. The pedicure was a bit more than I usually like to pay, but for a splurge you will most DEFINITELY be spoiled. Nichole was fantastic and I recommend her. She books up quickly so always make an appointment. Walk-ins aren't really easy at this salon.
I couldn't be more happy with the wonderful job Tiffany did on my hair! Reasonably priced and super friendly! She did a great job with juggling her clients as well. Not a beat was skipped. She seems like she would book easily so definitely call ahead to see her. I will probably be making another appointment for my touch up when I get back from vacation.
You can visit the website for Thomas Scott Salon & Spa and check out all their other services. Their hours and phone number is at the top right corner of the site. You can also see a list of the stylists and technicians and get a feel for each of their backgrounds. A wonderful salon, I don't see myself going anywhere else now.
If you are a nail lover in the area, or you've been to this salon before, let me know! I'm always wanting to hear about locals who share the same passions I do!
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**The following service was provided to me in exchange for a review and I received a discount on the secondary service.**
Happy Polishing!!
Becky :o)
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