A Review of Isle PediSpa in Houston, Texas

Everyone needs a treat now and then, so I decided to treat myself to a manicure and pedicure at the Isle PediSpa in Houston, Texas. Isle PediSpa caters to feet and hands and makes you feel like you're in a tropical paradise - well it is nicely decorated and they have a plethora of fruity scented scrubs. Isle PediSpa is not like other nail salons because they specialize in pedicures with a twist. If you're looking to soak your little piggies in slices of lemon and want a mango body scrub to exfoliate your dead skin cells, then this is the place for you.

The Isle PediSpa also makes cleanliness a priority, so you won't have to worry about picking up an infection here. A new nail file is used on each client and the other tools are heavily sanitized before being used on the next client. In fact, they throw away each nail file they use so if you want to take yours home, then go for it. The Isle PediSpa has private alcoves where clients can watch TV, have a drink (herbal tea, soda, water) or listen to a CD player. They even serve wine and beer, and on Saturdays they serve mimosas. They have herbal neck wraps available as well, but I wasn't offered one which I was very upset about. I mean, seriously, if anyone needs an herbal neck wrap it's me.

Isle PediSpa's web site states that each client has to fill out a client profile form, but I was never asked to do so. They supposedly need this information in case someone is allergic to any of the ingredients they put in the foot spa. So that was another strike against them, but honestly I've never filled out a client profile form in any nail salon.

I sat in the alcove and was asked to put my feet in the foot bath and then sit at an angle so a manicurist could work on my nails at the same time as the pedicurist worked on my feet. I was a tad surprised by the fact this salon didn't have massage pedicure chairs like most other nails salons do nowadays. The alcoves are nice but it's a piece of wood that clients are sitting on (with a small cushion under your bum,) and it's not exactly comfortable to have your back pressed against a hard piece of wood when you're being worked on for 45 minutes.