Thanks, ladies!! $40-$50ish sounds really reasonable to me... I'm not after anything fancy, my friend pays $80 a pop (every fortnight, she gets them taken off and new ones put on rather than refills) for those super-fancy ones with diamantes and glitter and all the rest, I was thinking 'eeek!' but nah, if a standard set of boring old reverse French nails (black tips!) costs about that, then I'm happy I thought I'd just go to the new nail bar at Stockland here so we can sit next to each other and get our nails done at the same time, they don't have prices on their website but I just checked another salon in town and their price for 'standard French' is $98!!! :O So glad I didn't book in there hahaha
I hear ya, Skybie I've done 90% of my nail tech course though so I know what to look for in salons and I'll be sure to get vocal if they do anything dodgy... unclean instruments and cutting cuticles, ugh! Cutting cuticles is my BIGGEST gripe with nail techs, idgi - just push them back, like it's hard to do?
Thanks again girls I'll check the nail bar pricing tomorrow morning and if they're unreasonable I'll chase up a couple of other local salons and see what's on offer Wish me luck!
Lol okay, so dopey me should have put some thought into this and maybe made a booking last week... got mum and I into the nail bar at Stockland this afternoon, had great fun getting our nails done! I asked for a full set of acrylics (French, black tips) thinking they were $65 (ehh, bit exxy, but they turned out fantastic, very high-quality products - I asked the nail tech what brand/s they used and was happy, skilled technician who knew her stuff), but of course they neglected to inform me that 'coloured French' is $10 extra... so $75!! Eeek!
Oh well, they look fabulous and I'm very pleased with the artist who did them... but I'm about to hit eBay and stock up on products so I can start doing them myself at home lol! Mum and I had a lovely afternoon and she was surprised and very grateful for the girly treat, she got 'naturals' (no white tip) and hot pink polish, she loves them
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$40-$50ish sounds really reasonable to me... I'm not after anything fancy, my friend pays $80 a pop (every fortnight, she gets them taken off and new ones put on rather than refills) for those super-fancy ones with diamantes and glitter and all the rest, I was thinking 'eeek!' but nah, if a standard set of boring old reverse French nails (black tips!) costs about that, then I'm happy
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