To ask about Vietnamese nail salons?

[blueoyat]

Ainu to ask about the salons and products they use? I've been getting gel manicure on my natural nails for years until my nail lady had a career change. Locally most of the other salons have huge wait lists and/or only take existing clients on!

For the last 2/3 months I've been going to a newly opened salon which is like a conveyor belt to just get people in and out but it's really reasonably priced and they have great choice of colours etc. I've noticed since going my nails have got much weaker and keep breaking. It all looks really professional but do they use cheap stuff? I'm not sure if it's the salon but it seems like a huge coincidence

Well, Nobody here will know what products the salon are using will they?

Do you recognise the brand names on the bottles?
Personally I'd be more concerned about whether or not the employees have been trafficked and are victims of slavery.

Slavery and human trafficking in UK nail salons: what you can do (getthegloss.com)

Vietnamese nail bars have a well established link to human trafficking, modern slavery, and money laundering so they may not be the most focussed on quality...

I was about to say please be careful as the Vietnamese are some of the most trafficked people in the world. Don't go to a salon unless you know they're not trafficked.

These conveyor belt type places are much harder on the nails op. They do not take as much time or care preparing your nail for your manicure and so end up over - filing. Avoid anywhere that uses a drill.

I thought this was going to be a question about trafficking.

Another one thought it'd be about trafficking

I'm always slightly concerned that they are speaking Vietnamese (and that they may be talking about me, like Elaine does in Seinfeld) but at the same time I am glad they don't force me to make conversation with them!

No quality of nail polish is far more important than human trafficking 🤷‍♀️

Oh give over @Vettrianofan where on earth did I say quality was more important than human trafficking. Please virtue signal elsewhere

I think that's right about the drill as one time it felt like they had burned me with it.

Apologies to everyone else for not considering the wider issue

This. Modern slavery so the products are the least of the concerns.

It’s not virtue signaling- it’s concern for other human beings.