it is more of a success than we ever anticipated yes so we started we opened with four male tacks and now we have nine will probably be at eleven or twelve by the time season come yeah so it's bennett what it tells us is that there was a need for this sort of experience and this sort of nail service in sarasota which is exactly what we crossed our fingers for i was fairly new to sarasota i was looking for a brand new place to get my nails done and the whole atmosphere just seemed fabulous and when i came in the first time the people were warm and friendly and they really made about me the client so i felt welcomed and i love the environment it was definitely the environment when i first walked in it reminded me of being on vacation a lot of times when i travel and give myself a spa day on vacation and so there's nothing else in this area all the way up in tampa that i've seen that looks like this when you walk into it the biggest compliment i get on a daily basis is when someone says oh my gosh this this is what i was looking for and i couldn't find or this is what we needed so there's three i say distinct focal point it's that we have when it comes for for pain bar and the experience the first is customer service between the time you walk in the door you're made to feel special by the time you sit down at a table or a chair it's amazing i mean it's like you're the only one in this room and every all the attention and focus is on you how you feel how you are you get to know you personally they remember things and ask you questions about your spouse or your children it's very friendly and it's very engaging the other two points which are really really important are our cleanliness and sterilisation standards so we autoclave unsterilized all of our instruments and tools just like you would see when you go to a dental office we also all of our files and buffers are one time use so we don't reuse them and then our pedicure basins here are not the big huge seven tubs and thrones that are typical those harbor bacteria and they require a ten minute actual disinfecting cycle between each client in order for it to be really sterilized for the next one they use what they call five free here none of their products have any  formaldehyde or any kind of chemicals that are harmful to your nails or your skin and i've never been to a salon like that before i always have had pretty good nails but i've noticed a huge difference in my nails from the products that they use here so they're very top of the line they're very careful about what they use and then the third thing is really the beyond's and the experience with a less toxic environment we don't do acrylics which are very very toxic they have formaldehyde in a lot of different person engines in them so we don't do acrylic so you will never see our nail techs wearing face masks they're not there's not harmful ingredients the first thing people say when they walk through and they've never been here is wow it doesn't smell like a nail salon and i say yes that's exactly what we were trying to you achieve the person who is taking care of your nails like the person who's putting their hands in your hair almost becomes your therapist because there's a layer of intimacy in that touch and you're sitting across from somebody for a half hour forty five minutes i mean looking them in the eye and you get to talking after a while that bond kind of forms and so it's it's really rewarding and refreshing if you can make a bond with somebody that's not only providing you an exceptional service but whose company  forward to sharing and so are now are amazing they know things about our clients and that the clients in turn know things about them but they have the client's best interest in mind all of the time my husband i were really really adamant about being downtown and i specifically wanted to be near whole foods or near or who i felt like the concept would resonate with so this first story was i had my heart set on it and there's ample parking in the area and we couldn't be happier with with where we you know with where we are we've been looking for where we're looking we were approached and are looking at a second location but you know really this is like i feel like exactly who where we need where we need to be and i'm so happy you know during season on farmer's market saturday it is busy it gets really really busy we got a lo lot of walk in traffic and so yeah we couldn't be happier michel's energy is a lot of what makes this place such a great place to come  to and certainly a great place to refer to your friends i've sent dozens of people in here many of whom were coming from out of town and i want to send them somewhere that was going to blow their mind and it never fails to make me look and feel good when i do that i encourage people that i talk to to give it a try because it is so unique and different the concept is different and i think people are pleasantly surprised when they come in it's just not like what people are used to it's totally different very unique and wonderfully warm and friendly so it's a great experience i can't say enough good things