De' Javu

I have done it- experienced and fallen in love with my first "groupon"! And the timing of it could not have been any better.

My good friend and fellow photographer (Kate) and I have developed a fun routine where we meet for pedicures, have lunch and enjoy an afternoon together relaxing, talking about business, family, kids, books, and everything in between. I love our little business meetings :)

Over the months we have tried a different place each time, a different bottle of wine and of course a differnt color on our toesies. We were just about to schedule our next date when the groupon for De' Javu Salon in Jacksonville came up. After doing some research (though there was not a lot that we could find on official reviews for the mani/pedi) we decided that given the fact that over 300 specials had already sold and they had an appointment for the time and day we needed that we would go ahead and give it a try.

And I am glad we did! The salon was great- clean, bright, professional and the ladies were sooooo sweet. Christina and Trina did a wonderful job not only on our hands and feet (see below the gorgeous shade of purple I chose... trying something different with OPI's "Diva from Geneva" dark purple)...but also on service all together. We brought our own wine and one of the girls at the salon even poured it and refilled it for us which was completely not expected and very much appreciated.

I am sooo happy to share such a wonderful experience because they are a fantastic salon but there were not any reviews that we could find on the mani/pedis and also as a photographer I realize how very important word of mouth is to any business. So, Kate and I were very happy, very relaxed and had a phenominal time. Thanks ladies- see you again, soon!

...I saved the preview of the manicure (I upgraded to french tips!) for the next post on summer reading, you won't want to miss this one :)