Sexy Nails III

I’ve been coming her for a few months now, originally I was going to Sunny to get my nails done. I now see Wendy, she does an amazing job. She does really awesome designs and can pretty much copy any photo you bring her. There are a lot of gel colors and regular colors to choose from. Pricing is very reasonable. I am normally in & out within an hour & half (give or take). I get a fill, pedi, & eyebrows. The salon & equipment definitely needs to be updated. It’s very out of date, but that’s probably how they keep their prices reasonable. They can get pretty busy so if you don’t have an appointment be prepared to be there a little longer.

This place is A JOKE. Don’t waste your money or time here. My gel manicure started to crack with black lines and chip after just a few days. What’s the point of getting a gel manicure if it’s not even going to last a week. I went to Tina.
Also this place steals other people’s business. I made an appointment at sexy nails spa right down the street. By a mistake I went here instead (it was my first time and I thought this was the place because of the similar name) went in there talked to the guy and told him I had an appointment with Bali. The guy looked at me like I had 10 heads. He should have said there was no employee there with that name. Instead he went on saying she was busy and that Tina would take care of me. I should have left right then and there but I figured I would just get my nails done because I drove all the way there. Never again.

A 3 star review for a salon I have been going to for about 5 years and still go to? You are asking why the 3 stars, not 5? Well only because my nail tech is the sweetest, more accommodating and knows exactly what I want. Her name is Kathy, she is the best!
But this salon needs a major overhaul. I am friendly with the owner and I tell her countless times that it needs to be updated! It’s like you stepped into Late 1990’s New Jersey they way its decorated and the outdate furniture. I feel like I’m getting ready to play some La Bouche and go hit up Sound Factory or the Shore.
Like Tiffany said, Yes I am bias cause of my girl. But only cause of Kathy. They need new pedicure chairs, new paint job, get rid of those tacky fake $ 1 store flowers hanging everywhere, paintings of silk wrap nails with a butterfly or flower design (no one does this anymore, so 2001) and old chairs.
Sexy Nails is not Sexy.

HORRIBLE ! would never get my nails done here again ! I went on a Tuesday asked Mike for a gel overlay w. very natural looking nails and yes I’ll admit they do look natural but two days later I had two nails crack and break off I go back to them they fixed it. CARELESSLY I MIGHT ADD ! he goes «yea U asked for natural so I make them thin» I’ve gotten my nails done «natural» and they lasted way longer than 2 days. now one more day later and 2 more are broken the same way. hasn’t even been a week. bar far the worst set of nails I’ve ever gotten done, such a waste of $ 35. save your money people your better off doing them yourselves.

I really didn’t want to write a bad review about this place because I had an amazing experience the last time I came for a pedicure but my most recent experience was just bad.
I came in on a Friday morning for a pedicure before 11am. The girl who did a good job on my toes on my previous visit was busy and I was pressed for time, so another girl did my toes. I probably soaked for about twenty minutes in the water waiting for my pedicure when I was initially told 5 – 10 minutes. Okay, I didn’t make a big deal about it. Then she finally starts my pedicure and has to take a break in between to do someone’s eyebrows. I work in customer service so I know how difficult it is to juggle clients sometimes, so again, I didn’t make a big deal of it. Then after she finishes the other girls eyebrows, she goes to the cash register to take her payment, and to my surprise, she is putting on her coat and scarf and getting ready to walk out of the door and wasn’t going to say a word to me. The other worker doing a pedicure next to me says to me «I will finish your toes after I’m done with this customer, she has to leave she has school» referring to my pedicurist who was about to leave. I respectfully told her that I had somewhere to be and could no longer wait and as I was going to leave, the other girl came right back over and finished my pedicure. It was a very rushed job, which I didn’t appreciate either. The pedicure process shouldn’t take an hour! They should be more respectful of the customer’s time. I don’t think I will be returning.

Against my better judgement I ran into get a lip wax because I couldn’t get to my usual spot in Ridgewood. I knew I never should have walked in this slop! They never came to help me, there was no AC in almost 100 degree weather, looks dirty, smells awful and I wouldn’t be caught dead sticking my feet in those baths, I ran away quick, I was scared to death, gross!

I’ve been coming here on and off for a few years, and I have to admit. While it’s not the BEST salon in the area, I always thought they did a pretty good job and the location and prices were just right for me. My complaint is that the employees push you to get gel polish instead of a regular mani, telling you it will last for 2 – 3 weeks and a few times when I was convinced to get a gel mani instead of a regular mani here it chipped in only a day or two. I get the gels (and pay more than a regular mani for them) BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO LAST LONGER and having it chip in just a few days is a waste of my money and my time.

My opinion might be a bit bias because I’ve been coming to this place for a long time.
I do agree that not ALL the staff here are friendly, the ones I’ve encounter and know me are usually friendlier. Courtney is my go to girl. She’s amazing at manicure/​pedicure. With pedicures, she can really get the tough overgrown skin around your big toe. If Courtney isn’t there, I’ll look for Chloe or Jenna.
The color selections have improved a lot. With the addition to Essie and OPI, they have other selections that include more Bright colors for the summer
I would suggest those whose had a bad experience to ask for Courtney. A lot of them speak English but chooses not to.

Male pedicurepedicure
25 minutes. Sit in massage chair while they work on your feet. They clip your nails and cuticles. They clean around they nails. Also scrape dead skin from bottom. Massage calf as well. $ 18
Casey

Not my usual place, but had to go on a Sunday… Heard mixed reviews, so I gave it the benefit of the doubt… I walked into the salon greeted by an older cigarette smelly man saying, «The girl will be here in 5 mins»…So I waited…(It was early in the morning… but still 15 mins past opening time)…When she got there she filled the pedicure tub with cold water… When I reacted to the cold water, she apologized and put in hot water… Which was now too hot… Long story short ~ Pedicure was done fast, no massage, no lotion, nail polish all over my skin… When I showed her, she fixed it with a dirty piece of napkin type paper… When it was all over, she just left… I had no idea where the dryers where and just stood there… It was pouring raining outside, but the cigarette smelly guy had the front and back doors open… The floors were soaking wet and having to walk out with wet toe nail polish on a slippery floor was not easy… The place is dirty and so are the trays with their «sanitized» tools… Never will I go there again!

I am not the type to ever write a bad review or complain about a nail place, i barely even get manicures, that is how much i don’t care about my nails, But this place was so bad I would never recommend it. I walked in and before I had a minute to think about what color I wanted to pick, they were shouting at me to sit down. Once I sat down and decided on this new natural gel mani. After 20min I could see I would be there for another hour and after putting my hands in the uv, which they said they would not do I had enough. When I started asking questions the man who was doing my treatment just ignored me long story short, the gel was so thick my nails hurt and I had to sit for an hour weeks later trying to get it off. n

Do not go to this dirty salon. Gross! The people working there including the owner are very rude. The pedicure was terrible. They don’t have private waxing rooms and use hand sanitizer on your face as a cooling gel. Unbelievable! The owner used the electric file on my nails which hurt but he didn’t care. He took off so many layers on my nails that they’re red and raw and hurt. Gel manicure should last 3 weeks mine lasted 5 days…2 broken nails and the rest lifting! First and last time there!!!

I have mixed reviews about this place. I’ve been here three times, once for a manicure and twice for tips. The nails turned out pretty good, which I guess should what my review is primarily based on, but this depends entirely on who you get and what you get done.
First time I went, I got pink and white, which is 40 bucks and a little different from tips because they take pink and white powder, add liquid and put that mixture onto the acrylic tip. it lasts a lot longer than the white being painted on, looks much more finished and doesn’t chip. I went three weeks later and got a fill in, not sure how they would have added a thicker white strip because he trimmed the nail from the top (and I like a thin white strip), but I’m sure they would have made it work. Only thing is, the parts of the old nail he took off (from the base of the nail where it got a little old) totally show through the fill-​in, and I wish he would have taken the time to make it smoother and look uniform.
Now, the issues. The guy running the salon (short Vietnamese fellow) is quite a character. He’s nice for the first 15 seconds, then if you don’t immediately sit down where he tells you to and take a few seconds to think about what you want, he gets really impatient and starts following you around and rolling his eyes and getting frustrated. Second, I wanted airbrushing (which is free, yay). I told him what I wanted and he was like, «no. It won’t look good. It won’t fit on the nail.» I was like, seriously? They’re my damned nails! So he finally decided on a design that we both approved of. I wanted the design on the edge of my nail in a deep pink color, which they didn’t have. So I was like, okay, lets do red, since the only other pink they had was hot light pink. Then, he went ahead and airbrushed the design, in light pink, on the middle of my nail. First he put the design in white, then went over it in pink. On some of the nails, the white underneath showed, and some didn’t. I was like seriously? No. I made them take it off and stuck with plain french.
If you’re getting a pedicure, go to Lady, because everyone else sort of sucks. The girl doing my grandmother’s pedi used lukewarm water, didn’t turn on the bubbles, soaked for about two minutes, did a quick scrub, cut the nails misshapenly, and dried off her feet. The entire pedicure was about 7 minutes, no exaggeration. After my grandmother made it known that they did a horrible job, they didn’t offer to redo it, they just trimmed two of the nails they cut slanted and called it a day, and still charged her 15. It’s a service industry, guys.
I’ll probably come back if I’m in the area and need a french, but that’s about it. The guys are a lot nicer than the girls (who are, I’m gonna say it, a lot b*tchier than any other salon I’ve been to). Definitely not for a pedi (unless you get Lady), and you can get the same manicure or french tips from anywhere else at the same prices.

Despite Amanda H.‘s very negative review, I decided to try Sexy Nails III because of Bunsy S.‘s review. I was also very amused by the name «Sexy Nails», and I trusted that the owners of a business with three locations would know what they are doing. I regret my decision.
I arrived for a pedicure at about 3 PM on a Sunday afternoon, was asked to choose a color, and was guided to a pedicure chair. The lady — who I presume is a manager or owner since she seemed to have authority — prepared the water in the soaking tub and then left me, without a word, for 15 minutes while she went to a computer to watch movie trailers.
During this time, at least three other nail technicians were completely unoccupied, either playing with their phones or watching movies on their laptops. No one seemed to care that I was just sitting there with my feet in the soaking water for 15 minutes!
Another woman sat down in an empty pedicure chair and waited too. When the one nail tech who had been working on a pedicure finally finished her job, she went to the woman who sat down after me! I think that woman had come before me, as she had just finished a manicure, but someone could have said something to me about how long the wait would be or why so many employees were just sitting around.
Frustrated, I dried my pruney toes and got up to leave. The nail tech who decided to work on the other woman before me said, «No, wait! Two minutes.» Apparently, some other tech was just doing a color change and would be right with me. Their complete disregard for customer service left a sour taste in my mouth, and I left.
Also, this place smells like moth balls. Ugh.

I was looking for a nail salon open on Sunday in this area on the spur of the moment — I read a positive review here on Unilocal so I decided to give it a try and headed over with my mom and best friend. Pedicures are only $ 15 but they have no add-​ons (paraffin dip, etc) and the only upgrade is a Spa Pedicure for $ 45 which includes a massage. Not that big a deal except the pedicure was super crappy. I’m generally not picky. I’ve never paid more than $ 25 for a pedicure and I don’t expect a lot: massage chair, pumice stone, and decently painted nails — right? No dice. I left with polish all over my toes and the paint was applied unevenly. One of the technicians was really nice but the other was kinda snippy. Take your money to another crappy nail salon :)

I have been to so many different nail salons in my life, and this is by far my favorite. I have been going here for almost 5 years. My friend Vicki introduced me to it while we were probably still poor and in college.
I still come back here to get my nails done. I have been to tons of other places, and they do the best job. They have never messed up my nails, or made me bleed, and I get more compliments when I get my nails done here than anywhere else.
I usually get the liquid gel on top of my real nail, bc I try to go for a more natural look, rather than the pink and whites. This is the only place that has consistently got it right. Their pedicures are excellent as well. I usually go to Wendy or Danny is they are there, however they are all really great nail therapists there.
They recently had the entire salon renovated as well. Their airbrush is also free. Hand designs I think cost extra. If you want to go to a place that is not so froofy and pay all that extra $ for great nails, this is your spot. Don’t expect a warm bath and your hands dipped in rose petals, but than again that would cost an additional $ 100. I have been to the same kinds of places that charged me much more, in and out of the area, and they did not even do half a good of a job. Than, one of the nail therapists here would end up having to fix the other salon’s mistakes. Trust me, all the nail therapists here know what they are doing, and they actually really do care about your nails.
Another plus, there’s a big screen tv and tons of magazines to keep you entertained.