New ID Burlingtons, Manchester Review

Overall Rating

HONEST REVIEW:NEW-ID studios Manchester King street
To start off, myself and my sister are not the types to get easily impatient but when our 6 hour day (ID studios state it lasts a maximum of 6 hours) turned into a 9 hour day of being rushed around,messed around and made to feel miserable, it wasn't all that great!
The staff I must admit were lovely- I couldn't really fault the receptionists and they seemed more than happy to provide us with drinks at different intervals during the 9 hour day. However, if I'm honest, regarding any other job they had to do- hairdressing, nails and makeup- it was just a mess! The hand massage was a simple squeeze on each hand, the nails were filed down in around 2 minutes- they weren't even done evenly. around 3 layers of nailpolish were applied again in the space of a few minutes- then I was quickly pushed out of makeup which meant I smudged my nails as they were not left to set.
Without going on into too much detail and boring you with my rant..basically when it came to the treatments which you paid for it was totally rushed, you didn't feel pampered at all. The only time you weren't rushed was when you were waiting for hours on end, honestly it was the most tedious thing ever! I was speaking to some others who seemed to wait 10 hours that day for everything to be sorted- they had the same treatments too.
I think part of ID studio's mission statement goes something like this:
'First in last out'- regarding customers coming in for an appointment and then leaving. Myself and my sister saw so many people come in and leave well before us! A lady came in at 1pm had extensions put it, hair cut and treated, makeup, nails and photoshoot in the space of around 3 hours! This is how I understand that some people have a fantastic time, because ID studios are so unorganised it may mean that you get treated more frequently than others during the day so of course you're going to have a better time- that is at others expenses though, like myself and my sisters :( Basically it could be like taking the lottery (sorta lol), you are probably most likely to lose, like me and my sister, which sucks. If you win its amazing- all the bucks fizz you want, being attended to how they have claimed through adverts, it would be fab, but don't get your hopes up!
I personally think it is a waste of money...it costs around £1500 for 20 pictures on a CD which you have to go and print off yourself- you have already paid for the makeover and professional photoshoot so what are you paying for? Well, the copy CD with 20 clips/images on. I saw a comment on here saying get the makeover at ID studios- take the free image (not actually likely you'll get that either) or get the makeover and drive to a park somewhere, take photos of your own. I'd say the makeover is bareable, after that leave! I just hope that they are more organised for other people who might dare to visit ID studios. My advice, STAY AWAY! :):)