Oasis Day Spa

I feel really bad for everyone that posted negative reviews about this salon because I went this afternoon and I loved it! I got nude glittery shellac and it was done perfectly. ($ 35 FYI)
Tom did my nails, he was really friendly and knowledgable. I nicked my finger trimming my cuticles at home and he made it look soooo much better, you can barely tell where it is!
The salon itself was really clean, my utensils were straight out of a sterilized package that I saw him open. So again, I don’t know what these negative reviews are all about. I will definitely be back!

Perfect example of what you don’t want at a salon:
— Nothing was sterilized, came over with tools that were in a drawer and after she was done cutting my cuticles and «manicuring» she put the tools right back into her box
— Nail polish appears to be diluted as it is chunky and not shiny AT ALL when it dries and wrinkled (first I’ve ever seen that happen in my life)
— Rushed manicure for absolutely no reason, I made my fiancé come with me and I was in the drying chair while he was still having his hand massage
— Didn’t even look down when filing or buffing my nails I had to ask her to fix it which was in vain
Total waste of money for gunky mushy dull nails

Friends don’t let friends try new nail salons before a big event! I should have known better.
One of my bridesmaids, who rarely gets her nails done (she’s one of those talented gals who can do both hands without it looking like the less dominate hand was done by a nearsighted child), swore that she knew the best place and wanted to treat me to a manicure a few days before my wedding.
Super sweet, but how did I not see the red flags billowing in every direction?!
Perhaps I was just wanting to be nice, but I obliged. I already had my main place that I frequented for nails, but I obliged. With me being this far in the wedding planning process, I’d learned not to fight everything and let people help.
I’ve never done «nail art» before, but had a specific style in mind for the wedding. My friend took a photo in prior to our appointment and they said they could do it.
As we pull up, two men were standing at the front door waiving cigarette smoke out of their faces while following us in. Yippee. They’re going to take care of us — just want I had in mind — someone who sucked down a cigarette in the front of their own business, may or may not have washed their hands before tending to me, and now smells glorious. And when I say glorious, I mean rotten.
It seemed very dirty in there. Towels tossed around, poor organization, so on. It didn’t give me an easy feeling.
The massage chairs we mediocre and out of date. After mindlessly pressing a few buttons on the chair remote, I was met with what felt more like getting an unwelcomed, repetitive tap on the ass. The back massage function jammed into the small of my back. Moments later, I just chose to turn it off.
The design they said they could do left the tech dumbfounded on more than one occasion and I felt like he was rushing to close the salon on time rather than get my nails right.
A and that’s exactly what the problem was. The nails were jacked two days later. My nails were peeling and the polish was curling. Did I mention my wedding was in a few days?
Long story short, I had to go elsewhere to doctor the nails up before the big day.
It was certainly one less thing I needed to stress about.
I wouldn’t recommend Oasis to anyone.
Unless I really didn’t like them.

Tina rocks! Everyone is so sweet and friendly. Great prices for a relaxing manicure and pedicure.
Don’t forget to check in for 10% off.

You want to know what’s awesome? Going to get a mani/​pedi, and being serviced by a couple of dudes who smell like an ashtray. Nothing like hoping for a relaxing hour at the spa, only to watch as, while you soak your feet, your attendants sneak outside for one more smoke before getting to work on you. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE having to breathe through my mouth, avoiding the smoke stink, while a guy roughly jerks my fingers and toes to and fro. It’s always fun when you ask someone to be a little more gentle, and you walk out missing a good portion of the skin from the bottom of your feet. Yay! Good times.
The only upside? Close to home and (somewhat) cheap. Can’t speak for their other services, as I’ve only had the mani/​pedi (avoid the «deluxe» unless you enjoy having your legs and feet sandpapered). If you’ve got time to go somewhere else, I’d suggest it. If you don’t mind feeling like you’re being worked on by a couple guys who are moonlighting from the autobody shop, this might be the place for you!

The ladies were very nice doing my nails and I love the color on my toes I think she did a pretty good job.
What I don’t like is the color of my nails I showed them the picture of the color I wanted and specifically said if you guys don’t have that color that’s fine, I’ll just get a different color like the maroon. She assured me that this color that’s on my nails now would be the color that was in the picture. As she was doing the second coat, I asked if the color was going to get darker or more gold and she kept saying yes it would especially out in the light. When she was done with the second coat which is the last coat, I told her I was wanting more of a gold color but my comment was sort of dismissed bc their opinion was that it was a pretty color. Well… I’m graduating tomorrow and or colors are gold and maroon… Sigh. I feel as if you can barely see the color gold at all! I also wanted to see if they could do the star in maroon (since I got gold I would have done opposite doing maroon on my nails) she said they can sort of do a star and then she came back and was like what about polka dots instead… I guess I’m too nice, I just said no thank you I guess I won’t do it then and kind half smiled and walked out. At least she did a great job painting them
I was wanting this to be something special for my graduation and now I’m just sad…
My pics are the Texas state nails and mine are next to them and my toes are the black flip flops I couldn’t put this post and the pics together

Tonight was my first time at oasis nail salon and I won’t be going back. I got a deluxe pedicure and a regular manicure. The pedicure was mediocre but the manicure was easily the worst manicure I’ve ever had. I’ll start with the pedicure.
The girl was sweet but I think she was new. I had a fake toenail on my big toe that was put on at another salon (I didn’t ask for it… I had ripped off my real nail a few months ago and there was a language barrier and I guess she thought I needed it). Before she started, I told her it was a fake nail and I needed it removed. She said that was fine. Then without any acetone or anything, she began trying to cut it off. That didn’t work. She went and got a fake nail from another station and tried using that to PRY it off. I guess they don’t have tools for that? After a few minutes of her painfully trying to pry it off with another fake nail (what the hell??), I asked her to soak it in acetone for a while instead. She did so but she still didn’t get it all off. She left a lot of it and just smoothed the nail instead. Fine. Whatever. At least that wasn’t painful. Then after a rough scrub with the sea salt, I had huge scrapes on my shins. She asked if I had shaved my legs that day and that’s where they came from. Nope, hadn’t shaved my legs in 3 days. Then she asked if they were scratches from a cat. Nope again. I don’t have a cat. Then she said, «so I guess that’s from the scrub?» Bingo. But I let that go because in comparison to the manicure, it wasn’t that bad.
So rather than do my pedi and then my mani, I guess they were trying to save time bc they did them both at the same time. Which meant that there wasn’t a lot of light or a flat surface to do my nails on. I asked for my nails shortened a little and shaped. Instead, the lady cut my nails very short. And then didn’t shape them. They were still jagged and misshaped when she tried to start painting. I asked her to file them. She seriously wasn’t going to file them until I said something. She hastily did so and again, they were still jagged and the shapes didn’t match. Some were more square and others round. She didn’t push my cuticles back enough and as a result, I have paint on the cuticles of every one of my nails. While painting my nails, she missed large spots on the sides. I had to ask her to touch them up. She did the top coat so fast that she left brush strokes on 6 of my nails. There was debris in the paint of one of my nails and air bubbles in a few other nails. Pretty much everything was wrong with this manicure. The whole manicure took her MAYBE 5 whole minutes to do.
At the end, I told the front desk that I would pay for the pedi but that the mani was awful. The lady then told me that I should have told her what was wrong. I’m sorry, I should have told you that you left multiple brush strokes, debris, paint on my cuticles and the sides of my fingers, and nail edges so jagged that they were catching on my dress? I thought those things were pretty obvious. And it’s your job to see those things and correct them. But regardless, I did ask her multiple times to smooth the edges of my nails and she didn’t do it. Seriously a giant waste of money. If I could give them less stars, I would. I’ll be posting pics.

I followed a true nail professional when he recently moved to Oasis Day Spa — Henry. He is a MASTER and true artist at Acrylic Nails! Another young man that I used a long time ago is still there and great as well — Lai. PLUS, Jill is not only a delight at manicure/​pedicures but her smile and warmth will MAKE YOUR DAY!

I just left Oasis and I love my nails, they’re gorgeous ! They have awesome customer service and great massage chairs! I asked for a pink heart and the heart was perfect!

works for me. got a pedicure and eyebrow wax. it was a nice relief to not have them constantly up-​selling like other places. my mom and sister were also satisfied.
will be back :)

Nikki is the best! She did a great job on my pedicure.
She is friendly and very sweet.

I’ve been here several times, and each time its a decent job. Not the best, no specific care taken in the quality of the file, cuticles or polish.
I visited this week and was utterly disappointed to the point that I won’t go back. My nail shapes were all over the place, the people continuously kept digging in or clipping cuticles after I winced with pain, and the polish job was so blah.
Unfortunate because they are so convenient. But I won’t be visiting again.

Very happy to get the 10% off a service with my Unilocal check in. No complaints here. Good service. The guy who did my pedicure actually spoke to me a good amount of the time. Some of the nail polishes looked too old to be out on the floor but hey everything else was great!

I’ve been here a few times, and now that I officially live in Austin, this will be my go to nail salon. I got the deluxe pedicure today, and it was so relaxing, plus my nails turned out beautifully! I was quite surprised at how nice and CLEAN this place is for it to only have two and a half stars. I’ve been to many nail salons and a lot of them weren’t as clean as this place. Overall, the atmosphere is calm, and the staff is friendly. I’ll of course be coming back!

I had a manicure & pedicure here on ⁴⁄₁₄. The pedicure was great but the manicure was the worst I have ever had. I ended up having four separate areas that were left bleeding because they were so aggressively rough. Will never, never go back.

Perhaps it was just the nail tech I was with. Maybe it was an off day. Whatever the excuse, the treatment and service here were completely unprofessional and disgusting.
It’s common sense: you are sick; don’t come to work. My nail tech had a hacking cough. A rattling, nasty, smoker-​got-​bronchitis cough. Did she excuse herself? No. Did she turn her head at each cough? No. Did she bother to COVER HER MOUTH? NO! I was getting coughed on each time. I shouldn’t be able to tell what she ate for lunch! That’s how close and powerful these coughs were.
I kept moving away from her and turning my head each time, but she refused to show common public courtesy. I finally asked if someone else could finish me, but she said no, she was the only one available. After messing up my nails due do one intense coughing fit, she said she would be right back to fix them.
Was she? No. She sat towards the back of the salon, playing on her phone and twirling in a chair. I had to ask other women to help me complete the job.
Don’t go here. Just save yourself the germs and crappy manicure. Head to one of the several nail salons down the street that do a much better job and don’t infect you as you wait.

My friend and I were looking for a place to go Saturday because her regular place had a bridal party booked. The ratings on this place seemed so mixed and we were unsure but scheduled anyway. I remember saying to her that people always remember to post something when things went bad but not always if it was a good experience.
Well I’m coming back to add another 5-​star review because I found nothing wrong with this place. We received prompt, courteous, professional service. They did a great job and I left feeling pampered. Many thanks!

I have had excellent service in this spa. Lee does an amazing job with my nails & Nancy gives one of the best and most relaxing pedicures I have ever had. The staff is friendly. The prices are very affordable.

Not sure what all the negative reviews are all about. My experience has been that pedicures are great here. The nail techs are always friendly and give great leg massages.

The only thing going for this place is that it’s a stone’s throw from my place. I doubt I would want a pedicure and have to walk back with cottonballs and all stuck between my toes though.
So, I only come here when I’m too lazy to fight Austin traffic and too pressed for time to drive further up for a better manicure and pedicure. They seem clean but not as meticulous as other places around town. When a salon owns an autoclave, you know for a fact tools get sanitized. When those tools come out with an un-​sealed blue baggie, you have to ask. What was the point of buying an autoclave in the beginning?
I also feel like it’s a Seinfeld episode every time I come here. I don’t speak any Asian languages but hot dang, I can pick up when others talk behind my back in really fast Vietnamese or Chinese.
I’m not xenophobic in anyway, and despite being Austin-​born I consider myself a xeno because of my parent’s origin. I just think it would be nice if they spoke to each other without pairing the convo with periodic glances in the same direction. When my sister and I are together in public, we limit speaking other languages (three) in front of others. I just find it’s overall a bad business model and instills doubt when the confused person is the client.
One thing I will never do again here is their eyebrow shaping with wax. The lady was nice but she dropped a big gob of hot wax on one of my really nice tops and didn’t even apologize. I may have been a moron for wearing a nice top but a one dollar terry cloth or two dollar towel could have avoided this.
I wouldn’t come back here if they paid me. And I’m generally not that picky but health, sanity and courteousness rank too highly for me.