High Street observation

Why are the technicians unable to have a conversation with the customer farington59, in my local nail bar it’s like the hairdressers, they chat to you as they work?

having their nails done a priority to what faringdon?

If the nail technicians are wearing masks, I guess you mean the Vietnamese or Chinese nail bars.

They wear masks as they use inferior products which contain suspect chemicals which are not found in products used in a respectable salon.

Products which can be dangerous GG to the user and the customer which is why those nail bars are best avoided.

DD went to a lovely nail and massage salon in our town. She was treated by the salon owner and she said everyone was welcoming and chatty. She has booked a second appointment for what, in her case, was a pedicure not a manicure.

It is like anything else, there are good salons and poor exploitive ones. if you use one just choose one you would want to return to.

Apparently nail bars are places of people trafficking, not all, obviously but quite a number

Posted too soon! There are a couple in my local town centre and the workers are women, but there are always men hanging around any time I've passed. And they are definitely not getting their nails done!

Chatting could be hindered by the combination of a) a language barrier and b) wearing a mask.

Having hair or nails done in a salon used to be viewed as a luxury or a treat.
With the constant escalation of food prices I'm surprised people with families can afford this.

Grandmabatty

Apparently nail bars are places of people trafficking, not all, obviously but quite a number

Also as money laundering outfits just like Turkish barbers.

faringdon59

Having hair or nails done in a salon used to be viewed as a luxury or a treat.
With the constant escalation of food prices I'm surprised people with families can afford this.

I think a lot of younger women view long talons and coffee out as part of the basics of life.🤔

Many are run by Organised Crime Groups and used by human traffickers and for money laundering, and the staff are slaves.

Choose a reputable one or one attached to a known hair or beauty salon.

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I was too busy examining my own nails and thinking I need to visit a nail bar!!

Oreo

Grandmabatty

Apparently nail bars are places of people trafficking, not all, obviously but quite a number

Also as money laundering outfits just like Turkish barbers.

Blimey………..we must have the cleanest town in the county! Three Turkish barbers all on one road!

We have one such nail bar in our small local shopping area. It is opposite a Costa and next to a florist. On more than one occasion I’ve been in to Costa and the fumes coming from the nail bar are dreadful. No wonder if they use inferior products.

We also have 3 Turkish barbers. I feel sorry for the 2 barbers that have been here for years.

Astitchintime

Oreo

Grandmabatty

Apparently nail bars are places of people trafficking, not all, obviously but quite a number

Also as money laundering outfits just like Turkish barbers.

Blimey………..we must have the cleanest town in the county! Three Turkish barbers all on one road!

Porth in south wales, pop 6,000 has 14. 😂

Grandmadinosaur

We also have 3 Turkish barbers. I feel sorry for the 2 barbers that have been here for years.

Same here and they only take cash as do the kebab shops.

When we drive through other towns we notice the same thing. Turkish barbers everywhere with hardly any customers. In the hot weather a couple of hairdressers (men) take chairs outside and sit outside using their phones. We drive back hours later and they’re still out there. These shops are just fronts for dodgy stuff like drugs and money laundering.

Ours are the same sitting outside on chairs. I have to pass one on my way home. It has the hours as 10 till 6pm but it’s hardly ever open. They are definitely dodgy.

Allira

Many are run by Organised Crime Groups and used by human traffickers and for money laundering, and the staff are slaves.

Choose a reputable one or one attached to a known hair or beauty salon.

Absolutely - we have a family member who works with the police organised crime squad and they will tell you exactly that. Barbers, nail bars, vape shops, little 'grocery' shops and so on (obviously not all of them - there are reputable ones, but you know what I mean) - a front of all kinds of crimes. And as soon as they close one such business down, another one will spring up in its place.

I don't know about 'dodgy' stuff, I don't have my nails done, no point as I'm a cleaner! But I've seen the work they do on friends and I think they are very skillful.

The local one I go to for my pedicure treats is very friendly and full of local ladies chatting away. It's like a club. No trafficking or dodgy finances here. No men either.

I’ve never seen as many nail, beauty, hairdressers since Covid in our town- I too wonder if people are going without to get these treatments as they seem so expensive.
We also have loads of those Turkish barbers. Always empty, guys alway sat outside on a deck chair smoking. Bet they will be banking thousands.

Mt61

I’ve never seen as many nail, beauty, hairdressers since Covid in our town- I too wonder if people are going without to get these treatments as they seem so expensive.
We also have loads of those Turkish barbers. Always empty, guys alway sat outside on a deck chair smoking. Bet they will be banking thousands.

Meant to say no Chinese nail bars mainly English girls