How can I tell if the nail salon is a good place?

I'm in a new town and I wanna know if there is a way to tell if a nail salon is good or not...Is there a way to tell??How can I tell if the nail salon is a good place?
First consider the attitude of the people working there when you walk in. Are they welcoming but polite? Do they just want to get you in the chair? Do they make efforts to make you comfortable, not have you out in the open and ignoring you while they talk amongst themselves?





Also look for ways that they disinfect their utensils. Aveda spas are usually some of the best, they keep their nail stuff in barbicide.How can I tell if the nail salon is a good place?
First, go there and have a look around. Look for signs of filth, and uncleanliness. Things like dust accumulations, bad odors, that sort of stuff.


Also, can you communicate with them? Do they speak English as their native language, or can you barely understand them. Thats not a good sign.


Ask to see your techs license, and make sure that its real, current, and it is them for sure, and not someone else.


Ask lots of questions. Ask what product line they use. Ask them to show it to you. It should all be in clearly marked containers, with the companies name on each. Avoid the ones who use liquid %26amp; powder in unmarked containers. They are more often than not trying to hide the fact that they are using junk for products. You don't want that.


SIt and observe a tech working on a client. Does she use a ';Dremel?'; If so, does she use it on the persons natural nail? That is a big no no. Natural nails should never, ever be touched by anything but a gentle hand filing. Never a Dremel. Those are made for woodworking and hobbies, but not nails. Bad stuff. Watch the tech to see if she just starts right in with the service without asking any questions, and does she sanitize both the clients and her hands prior to beginning the service. This should be done each and every time. Otherwise germs are spread to others. And that is a bad thing. See iff a tech who is just finishing up with a client cleans off her work station. She should remove all the stuff off of her table, spray it with a hospital grade disinfectent, and wipe everything down. All of the implements should be individually cleaned, then placed into a container with a hospital grade disinfectent for at least 10 minutes befire using them on someone else. Or does she just toss them into a drawer with lots of other dirty stuff. Are her files new for each client, or are they sanitized? They should be. Most states have laws covering these things. And many, if not most discount salons break the rules on a daily basis. When she uses a file on you, is it covered with white dust from the previous client. If so, you run the risk of catching an infection from someone else that it was used on.


Just really take a good look around. Make sure things are cleaned properly between clients, ask questions too. If they cant answer your questions, or you cannot understand them, then what good is it even going there?


Use common sense most of all.
I go to the Yahoo search bar and type in my zip code and ';nail salon';... a bunch will pop up and usually I go with the ones people have already rated and like... Then you just gotta go and try them out to see if you like them or not... good luck!
From experience, i look for if theres alot of people, if the salon is clean and attracting. Or just ask some people if they have gone to that one and how was there experience
I perfer to have the place clean check out the bathroom sounds silly but I have found that a well kept bathroom says alot about a business. If it is clean then the people there care about what people say and want them to come back. A dirty unkept bathroom usually has bad attitudes and poor work quaility.