Queen Nail Spa is a beauty salon at 170 King St in Pukekohe, Franklin, with a 4.2 Google rating to its name. With nail salons, hygiene tells you most of what you need to know: good ones sterilise tools between clients or open fresh single-use kits, and clean pedicure basins properly rather than giving them a quick rinse. Removal matters too, since gel and acrylic should be soaked off gently rather than pried or filed away, as that is where much of the nail damage happens. Asking a new salon how it handles both is fair, and a tech who explains the process is usually one worth returning to. Regulars tend to book midweek or earlier in the day, when there is less rush and more time for the fiddly work. Queen Nail Spa sits right in the middle of it, on Pukekohe's main street and handy for anyone around Franklin making a town trip.