Top Nails

I have been a client at top nails for over 7 years! I love Paulina and her staff. They have become more than just my manicurist over the years, but my friends. They are so good to me and my 3 year old daughter who the spoil insanely when we go! They pamper her, take her for walks outside if my nails are drying and she is getting anxious, and patiently wait for her while she picks out her millions of colors for her tiny chubby fingers! This is not to say that they would do this for everyone, but I think its so important for people to know how great these ladies are, and what kind of people they are past their skill set! On top of that, they are hard working and humble and do FABULOUS WORK!!! I wear acrylic nails always done by ms. Paulina herself and get a pedicure once a month by Rose. My favorite thing to look forward to is Paulina’s halloween nail art… spiders on lime green polish!

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Literally the most HORRIBLE nail salon I have ever been to, and I’ve been to a lot. I got shellac (gel) manicure and the lady said it’s «guaranteed to last atleast 2 weeks and if not come back and get it fixed no problem.» My «gel nails» started PEELING off and chipping not even 2 days later, so naturally I went back wanting a refund or a new set AT LEAST. The lady was beyond RUDE and started doing my nails proceeded to cut my finger pretty good and did NOT even apologize or put anything on it!!! By this point I was just ready to get out of there. As she finished up the WORST manicure of my life (crooked nails, cut me, gel on my skin) I said «thank you» and proceeded to leave. She said no wait you pay! And I said um I’m sorry you were supposed to fix the problem because it was guaranteed 2 weeks and didn’t even last 2 days! She put me on the phone with her «manager» whom was extremely RUDE and argued with me a bunch of non sense I couldn’t even understand then hung up. I said I’m going to be late for work as she rudely waved me off to leave grabbing my complimentary drink OUT OF MY HANDS and yelling next time you pay!” Even tho I shouldn’t have had to return in the first place! Extremely disappointing to say the least.

Top Nails is pretty darn legit. Nothing fancy, not spa-​ish or anything — but they definitely have the skilz to get you all de-​grodied and sparklied up!
My friend asked if I wanted to do mani-​pedis with his little girls, and then asked me to pick a place between his and mine… uh. Okay. Mid-​Cities and a fervent Unilocal search it is, I guess! Top Nails was a great random choice, whew!
The folks here are very nice and accomodating — when my friend asked if we could turn the TV to Mizzou/​Georgia instead of the Red River Shootout (gasp!), they just smiled and asked what channel.
As for the actual mani-​pedis: awesome. Scrubbed and scraped and buffed and soaked and lotioned like they meant it. Friendly chitchat without being weird or awkward. All the chairs are clean and look new (with purse hooks, yay — no awkward spoooning with it during the process!), and although not the snazziest of décor, all is clearly clean. I even had a view of the autoclave and watched a batch of freshly de-​germed utensils get rotated into use.
And so reasonable! Two tiny ladies and big ol’ me with polish on all 10 apiece, plus my friend’s dude pedi? Like $ 85. I think mine was $ 27. Seriously, who does that?! Awesome.
The good news is — even though I live nowhere near here, as of a month ago my oldest daughter does! I can totally justify this as my go-​to get-​girly spot if I invite her. That works!

this place is great, sometimes if they are in a rush they will do an okay job but I still come back here! I love getting their $ 8 French tip mani. they are clean, reasonably priced and the workers are always productive. I recommend this place!

Great place, friendly, I’ve never had to wait. Also great with kids. My 9 yr old daughter and I got a pedi here and they were great.

I went for the first time today. I read the other review and thought I would try. The offered all other people something to drink, water soda, or wine. I was not asked about a drink. I asked for a mani and a pedi, the water for the pedi was so extremely hot, I put my foot in the water and immediately took it out, IT WAS HOT! The water was adjusted. The rest of the pedicure was uneventful, not wonderful not bad. I was not impressed by the «art» I asked for zebra strips and got an okay striped design.
The kicker, I asked for a manicure, I do not wear polish and ask for my nails to simply be buffed. The gentleman buffed my nails so hard that it literally took the skin off my thumb. I said Ouch when it happened, he apologized. Then he continued… and he did it again on my other thumb. On top of that he used the clippers to take off the skin he rubbed off and I started bleeding– It hurt. He then proceeded to put lotion on my raw skin, it burned. I paid for a manicure not to be injured. I will not be back.

DO NOT GO TO THIS ESTABLISHMENT!!!
I went to this shop with my young daughter as a «girls outing». I was being serviced by a woman named ROSE (with purple tinted eyebrows), that woman’s actions were reprehensible. I was berated and yelled at both in English and a foreign language all because I asked for nail extensions instead of a manicure. In addition, she sat me down at a dirty work station with someone’s nail clippings visible on the blue towel in front of me. What was intended as a day of bonding with my daughter turned into a discussion about how EVERYONE deserves to be treated with respect and how never to patronize an establishment that does not respect your rights as a human being let alone a paying customer.

Top Nails is TOP NOTCH (I had to say it)!! Really though, it is. It’s small, peaceful, clean, humble, and staffed only with friendly, helpful people. I love the owner, Paulina, who is adorable and hilarious and will quickly become your friend. My mom and sister have been getting their nails done by her for YEARS, so I finally decided to join in. I have a very unattractive habit of biting my nails down to nothing (I’m gross), but Paulina has helped me… She’s taken care of my nails without judgement! Now I’m always excited to go back, even if it’s not time yet.
I like to get plain, solid colored, short acrylic nails. Currently, my hue of choice is «24 Karat Gold»… and it’s awesome. My sister tends to go with pink and glitter, while my mother usually gets french tips and some sort of flowery design/​jewels on a finger or two. You can get whatever your heart desires painted on your nails, really. A landscape, even. Artists are working here and your nails are a canvas!
You’ll come out of this establishment satisfied with whatever you asked for, and happy about the low price you paid for such great work. Plus you get free drinks! The great company, however, is probably Top Nail’s best feature.