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zeitgeist4 · Gucci

Pedicures: in salon or at home

bex · Chanel

at the spa. i don't go to a "nail" salon... i get mine done at one of the local salon & spa deals. i have the best nail tech evah! she rocks!

i only really go every month from May-August/September... i usually just try to maintain throughout the winter since i am not showing them off in cute sandals then!

Elle · Hermes

I despise having toes or fingers done at salons. I always find imperfections, and they always hurt me!

NCshopper · Hermes

I do my own most of the time to save money, but I'll treat myself a few times a year and have a pedicure. I looooooooooooooooooooooove them! (But it's really embarrassing when they have to get the roto-tool sander out to work on my calluses. )

Dizzy · Marc Jacobs

Spa, not a nail salon, usually (terrified of cleanliness issues). But I live in a small town now and no one does it well. The last place I went seriously tried to do it without a bottom coat or top coat. Uh, wth? And they still charge $50, like we're in the city. But they're so sloppy and inept - the lines are all over the place. But I cannot do it myself. It just doesn't work and I love the pampering. So I've compromised by watching them like a hawk and making them do it over if it isn't right. Real charming, of course, but still better than paying for crappy-looking pedicures.

jen · Kate Spade

I've NEVER had a bottom coat done and I've been getting my nails done since I was 15. I do always get topcoats though, so that's a little odd. My advice: Just stay away from any salon that uses the whirlpool foot soaks. They are like a Holiday Inn for bacteria and so gross. Go to a place that uses a basin or something-much more sanitary.

Ally S · Kate Spade

I do both. 75% in an area spa and the other 25% of the time I'll do them at home, typically in the winter time.

bumblebee · Coach

i'm about 70/30 nail shop/home. i'm really bad at doing my own nails, so i try to get in to the nail place, but sometimes it's unavoidable if you can't get an appointment and really need to wear sandals!

shopgirl82 · Chanel

bumblebee wrote:

i'm about 70/30 nail shop/home. i'm really bad at doing my own nails, so i try to get in to the nail place, but sometimes it's unavoidable if you can't get an appointment and really need to wear sandals!

this is me. i love going to the spa, but sometimes i need to do them at home, and often they look sooo bad!

member · Hermes

I'm actually really good at doing my own at home, so that's typically what I do. But I do go get pedicures at a spa for special occasions.

Dizzy · Marc Jacobs

jen wrote:

I've NEVER had a bottom coat done and I've been getting my nails done since I was 15. I do always get topcoats though, so that's a little odd. My advice: Just stay away from any salon that uses the whirlpool foot soaks. They are like a Holiday Inn for bacteria and so gross. Go to a place that uses a basin or something-much more sanitary.

Seriously? It looks so much less smooth and the color isn't true. Of course, I think basically anything that differs from the way my favorite salon did it back home will always be wrong to me. Isn't it funny how that works?

jen · Kate Spade

Well, now that I think about it, I always get french, so they just use that clear red. I've only gotton color, maybe three times ever.