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special feature ║ VENETIAN NAIL SPA DELRAY
VENETIAN NAIL SPA DELRAY A Point Of Pleasure
by Diane Feen
And everyone who enters the doors of this Nail Spa is equally as joyful about its existence. “I’ve been coming here for 10 years. I started going to the Weston shop and now I live in Delray and come here. I’ve never gone to any other nail salon but Vivian’s,” said Shadine Buchanen, who sat upright with her finger tips wrapped in tin foil. It was co-owner Vivian Nguyen’s plan to follow in the Venetian Nail Spa footsteps and create an environment that is palatial and soothing at the same time. Although grandiosity is often overrated in the comfort zone of sensibility, in this case it works beautifully. There is an azure blue cloud formed ceiling, crystal chandeliers and a calming waterfall. But Venetian Nail Spa’s real secret is customer service with a huge dose of cleanliness and an injection of friendliness. “We are very professional and personable here. Our customers are not just a number. We know them by name and they’re like our family,” said Vivian, a voracious businesswoman and mother of two. Venetian Nail Spa was one of the first businesses to stake its claim out West (in the Marketplace Shopping Center) and is likely one of its consistently busiest. There’s always a flurry of activity, yet the tone and tonality of its namesake is always calm and serene. That’s what draws regulars like Maxine Glass. “I’ve been coming here since I moved to the area. It’s new,
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Going to Venetian Nail Spa Delray is not a spectator sport. It’s a place where pampering and relaxation is to be savored and enjoyed.
clean and the girls are great. I come for a pedicure and manicure every two weeks – Yury is great,” said Glass, who favors French manicures and colorful toenail colors. Venetian Nail Spa Delray offers manicures, nail extensions, pedicures, hot stone spa pedicures, milk and honey foot massages, deluxe manicures with exfoliating hand massages, NexGenNails, UV liquid gel manicures and waxing. They’re also using Nu Skin products that
adhere to Venetian Nail Spa’s high standard of excellence. It plays a key role in their deluxe pedicure, The Masterpiece Pedicure. This luxurious feat of comfort and pampering begins with an herbal mineral bath for your feet and progresses to foot and leg massages, reflexology and foot scrub with gels, creams and Baobab body butter. The result is pure bliss. Their comfy leather chairs have a massage option and the libation will cure whatever ails you (wine for