Does My Nail Tech Secretly Hate Me? A 101 On Salon Etiquette

I take a deep breath, open the door, and let the fumes hit me. Judging by my apprehension, you’d think I was headed to a job interview or about to tell my partner that we should go on a break. But it’s nothing like that. Rather, I’ve just stepped inside my local nail salon for my first manicure in over a year.  Dramatic? Perhaps; this is hardly a major problem. But I’d been MIA for a reason: Complaining about a very painful manicure (cuticle nippers and heat spikes are no joke) left me so red...