Professionail

Very unhygienic practises and drilling straight into the nail bed is a no no! Nail polish is thinned out and is not OPI like the bottle states

I had a lot of lifting very quickly with a set of acrylics I had done here. Won't be returning.

You get what you pay for.. It is hard to communicate what you are after, the result is as to be expected I suppose. I have had 2 pretty average experiences here and won't be going back. Do not recommend asking for a removal either unless you want your acrylics ripped off with a fake nail tip! *cringe*

Nice clean shop but very very strong plastic smell from the acrylics. The massage chairs while you have a pedicure are awesome. Some staff are better than others. The colour selection is good, reasonably priced

I recently went to Professionail Albany to get arcrylics on my finger nails and eyelash extensions, so I spent well over $100. Unfortunately, the whole experience was a total waste of money,.

A/ I get acrylics done fairly recently (although not usually at this salon), and the guy that did them here filed them down far too thin, so that within a week and a half, 4 of them had broken/snapped off. I have literally never had a single acrylic snap on the first time getting them done before, but these were almost breaking off daily. I'm not rough on them - I work in a office, so no manual labour or anything. It's a complete waste of money when almost half of them break off shortly after getting them done. The guy also didn't speak enough English to understand the nail shape/length that I asked for.

B/ I don't get lash extensions done on the regular, but have had them 4-5 times in the past of special occasions. I've never had a problem with them before, but ended up with an infected eyelid from these ones shortly after I got them. This was incredibly painful and inconvenient, not to mention rather unattractive. I have no trust in their hygiene practices after this horrible experience... The girl who did my lashes also managed to glue both of my eyes closed so that I couldn't open them without her first removing the glue. Which was painful.

C/ Speaking of hygiene - I noticed that they still shave the skin off your feet with a razor blade here when you have a pedicure. When I went to the other salon in Westfield Albany to get my broken nails re-done, this salon had a sign up saying it is now illegal for salons to shave the skin off your feet, for health and safety reasons. But Professionail Albany still do it... Go figure.