feedback: enchanted nails

*back-dated entry*

as i blogged previously, i bought a deal before for gel manicure at enchanted nails to prepare for my pre-wedding photoshoot... the final product was not bad but it DIDNT last!!!! i went to do my nails on 27th june, actually that very night i notice a little bit of the gel is coming out on 1 of my finger... i thought maybe it happened to have air bubbles there so it didnt stick very well to my nails so i just ignore it.... then after afew days i notice that the gel manicure (at end of my nail area) is slowly peeling out for 2 of my fingers.... then i went for my cosfest chalet & by monday (7th july)... almost all the manicure is peeling out for all my fingers!!??!?! i was like WHAT!!! my friends all told me gel manicure can last at least 1 month lea... i didnt do any hard labour or soak my nails in any solution... i only did normal bathing & shampooing.... even for BBQ i didnt do much of cooking... then in 1wk, my manicure is gone!??!?!?! i was still thinking if i can keep the manicure more than 1 month & not go back for the free removal....

peeling gel manicure

you can see from the picture that i have highlighted area where the manicure is peeling from... actually the picture didnt do justice to the peeling... it may look minimal here but actually the peeling is quite obvious & you can peel off the gel yourself.... i must admit i itchy hand & i buay tahan the ugly manicure that i peel+scrap off the gel myself & the result is horrible!!!

spoiled nails

is really bad to remove the gel manicure yourself... as it stick to your nails, then as you scrap out the gel, it will also peel off some part of the nails.... is just the surface so your fingers wont bleed or what but then your nails will look super ugly after that.... i highlighted the marks with pink arrows... my nails look like those leftover glue mark when you try to peel off the price tag from the packaging... i can always go back to the salon to get the gel manicure removed but this week i was just too busy to go to places other than school & home... so i had to DIY....

in conclusion, i feel that the gel manicure wasnt well done by the staff.... the whole process took less than 20min (including shaping & cleaning of nails)... the staff was rushing to finish the job so i suspect there wasnt enough time for each gel layer to dry properly which resulted in this peeling phenomena... i understand that the package was under promotion so they may not give me the best gel polish & i dont expect the nails to last more than 1 month... but seriously... peeling in less than 1wk?!?!?!? that's quite ridiculous.... i wont say it will happen to all the customers or else the shop would have closed down by now... but personally i will never go back to enchanted nails again.... once bitter, twice shy....