Love Nails salon opens in west Ames, also offers permanent makeup

Uyen Murrell’s eyes sparkle when she talks in regards to the companies she and her employees supply at Love Nails, her new nail salon in west Ames. “We like to do nails,” she mentioned. “I like to care for clients. Love to speak to them and do the (nail) design.”Love Nails salon offers the anticipated companies like manicures and pedicures, and it also offers a number of beauty companies, resembling microblading, eyelash extensions and makeup tattooing.“Lots of nail salons don’t do eyelash extensions,” Murrell mentioned, “however we love to do them. They look very nice. I like to make us all extra lovely.”With the eyelash extensions, clients don’t need to put on mascara, she mentioned. An extension lasts a pair weeks after which clients come again for touch-ups.Microblading is a type of permanent eyebrow makeup.“I’ve my eyebrows achieved, too,” Murrell mentioned. “After microblading, you don’t have to attract something. It’s simply easy, straightforward and quick.“We’re girls. We’re busy. We don’t have time for makeup.”Love Nails also offers facial waxing and different types of permanent makeup together with microblading, resembling eyeliner and lip tattooing.“We also have Last Lip. We coloration your lip and the colour will final for a pair weeks,” Murrell mentioned.For the tattooing course of, a numbing agent is utilized to lower the ache.“It hurts slightly bit however not too dangerous. Beauty is painful generally,” Murrell mentioned with amusing.Love Nails is a family-owned enterprise.“Me and my mother, Lan, and my sister, Si, all work collectively,” Murrell mentioned. “I prefer to work with my household – we work effectively collectively.”Murrell has been doing nails for about 10 years.Murrell mentioned high quality and security are two of her major focuses on the salon. “For provides and tools, we purchase the highest model for all the things,” she mentioned.Areas are cleaned and disinfected after every buyer, Murrell mentioned.“Sanitation is actually necessary,” she mentioned. “We use disposable kits, disposable buffers, so they’re thrown away after every buyer.”After every use, Love Nails employees sterilizes instruments and sanitizes tools. Murrell mentioned the salon also has a brand new, refined air flow system to clear fumes and dirt.“When clients come in, we ask them to scrub their palms earlier than the service,” she mentioned. “And we provide them a drink – water, juice, espresso and tea – and a few form of snack, like cookies or crackers.”Originally from Vietnam, Murrell has been in Story County for about 14 years and at the moment lives in Zearing along with her husband and son, who’s a seventh-grader at Colo-NESCO. “We’ve gotten numerous compliments on the salon, and we’ve been very busy,” Murrell mentioned. “I like Story County. The folks listed here are very nice.”Love Nails, situated at 4518 Mortensen Road, Suite 108, celebrated its grand opening Monday. The salon is open Monday by Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to six p.m. To make an appointment, name 515-292-2297 or schedule on-line at lovenailsspaames.com.