Nails Unique

Nails rushed not good quality they don’t take their time sloppy work pedicure chairs did not work little hole in the wall place I was trying something new won’t do that again & I don’t recommend you try it

Have you heard about Nails Unique?
Well I did and let me be honest they AIN’T ALL THAT!
I decided to give them a chance on my nails! When it comes to my nails and feet, call me what you want but I’m VERY picky about how they look. My nails and feet to me are part of my personality. If my nails look bad my attitude is 2x worse. Oh lord, and THAT’S bad.
I came here for the summer as I was Unilocaling about them and heard from some people that they are good here. Mimi to be exact was the lady I wanted to see since I heard she does BOMB nails.
The shop is located in a small shopping center with a couple of parking stalls. I was able to get one since I came really early. I walked into the shop and I was surprised to see how small they were. OMG! On the right side is one bed where they do eyebrows or eyelashes. They have 4 nail technicians and in the back they have 3 to 4 chairs for pedicures.
For the price that I paid, my nails came out cute BUT… BUT…that look good only last a short period of time. By the next day, the paint was chipping off (Yes, it’s true what the other Unilocalers say, your paint does chip off in a couple days) and I don’t know what nail polish or gel that they use but my nails started to fade and turn white and rusty. UGHH! I was like WTF! The little design diamond they put on my nails came off in less than three days it was so sickening! I was pissed! BUT. BUT I guess you get what you paid for, right? NEVER AGAIN! I will stay with getting my airbrush done and driving a couple extra miles to do so especially if my nails are going to last more than a week!
MOVING ON…
I then got my eyebrows done! OMG… Where do I begin… Let me get straight to the point. I lay down on their dirty bed that is TOTALLY not changed after each person or anything. UGHH… I don’t know where them other females be laying there head and I sure can’t be getting no damn lice in MY HEAD! But any who, I sit up and let her do my eyebrows after she is «done» I take a look and OMG… My damn eyebrows are F**king uneven! I told her and she says, «They look fine». WTF! NO, as a customer I know what I’m talking about. So I get bold and start asking the people in the store… They all state that, Yes, my eyebrows are uneven… Mind you that didn’t faze Tina. She went back to her seat and started doing nails again! HELLA RUDE!
**One star for my nails looking good for only one day** LOL
I will NOT be back! I’m DONE!

You can’t really complain! If you’re willing to pay around $ 20 for a set, you can’t expect a salon experience. I came in here because I didn’t want to spend $ 40 on my nails and they did a decent job! It’s really cramped in there, so you should try going during a weekday or not during rush hours. I wouldn’t suggest a pedicure since it looks a little unsanitary there, but they do a decent job on nails for the price!

I went there twice and both of those times I regret. The ladies that work there are rude and they speak in Chinese when you tell them they did something wrong. I felt like they cursing me out. Besides that, they are not gentle and they never do the design you want. Overall, it was a horrible experience and the nails felt of within a week.

This nail salon is the worst piece of shit place I have ever been to. My nails are crappy and the service was shit. $ 25 for fucked up nails. They’re are impatient, sloppy and rude ladies. Plus they lied, a regular mani was supposed to be only $ 10 but 15 more for 2 stupid stickers, one isnt even straight. I HOPE YALL GET SHUT DOWN. (No tip either)
NEGATIVE 5 STARS

Get in and get out. The prices are killer awesome!!! So you should just get comfortable with being packed together like sardines. Accept that it might get uncomfortable but know that they will do a great job as long as you follow the flow of traffic.
Full acrylic set with one solid color of polish is $ 20
Eyelash extensions are $ 18
THIS PLACE GETS PACKED!

I have been looking for a nail salon that wasn’t so pricey. I decided to give Nails Unique a try.
When I first got there, i was creeped out but the gated door they keep locked and buzz you in. It is SO SMALL, barely room to walk, especially if it’s busy. I got attended right away by this skinny lady with glasses. I wish I had gotten her name! I know for a fact I will definitely not be going back to her. While she was doing my names, she was in such a hurry & HELLA rude. While using that sanding machine they use to smoothen your nails, she was working so fast she was burning my skin and my nails. I wanted to ask her how much it would be for a design, and i wasn’t even able to finish my sentence without her yelling «$ 27» at me. My nails turned out ok. My index nails came out crooked, and the edges aren’t smooth.

No stars this place sucksI just walked out. They did not even help me. I customer was yelling she paid and the nail tech was yelling back. horrible. Way to small for business. I am going somewhere else. Oh yea and the shop is not clean.

Been there twice and have not yet been impressed both timea my nails look like they were done myself my cuticles look disgusting and they always look uneven like the acrylic always look deformed thought I give it a second chance but definitely won’t give it a third. prices are cheap if you’re into thay $ 20 for a full set

DONT WASTE YOUR TIME! I am so disappointed! A few of my coworkers Rave about this place! so i tried it today. i was in desperate need to get my old acrylic removed and have new applied. i called in advance. during the removal process the lady who did my nails was extremely rough. she sliced my thumb right where the nail meets my finger while attempting to pick off acrylic. she never even blotted the blood or said sorry. she just kept working, i asked multiple times if she could be a little softer, and nothing. i should have gotten up and left then. she then talked me into gel instead of acrylic, which im happy about, it feels alot better. but my cut was bleeding bad, and starting to burn from the gel. again never said sorry, didn’t try to clean my cut or anything.
Once she was done applying the gel powder, there was huge gaps on the sides of my nails, so i asked her to fix them, instant attitude. I pay for them, i don’t want garbage. she had to fix 7 nails, and clearly was beginning to rush, it showed she didn’t care. then during filing she kept making them uneven, small ridges were showing i asked again for it to be fixed and she yelled at me! finally when she asked with a very rude tone if it was OK i said no, but hurry up so i can wash my hands and get polish. (id already been there 1 ½ hrs!) then when i had to sit in the UV dryer she said ten mins, i sat for 25 and she never came back! good thing i paid first huh.
i was talking to a local there while sitting in the dryer, she always was unsatisfied, she sat at least an hr for a polish change, two girls who came after her got helped first.
i wont ever recommend this place, its not very clean at all either.

I toatally love this place ive been litteraly everywhere and this place is my favorite i always take a picture of the nails i want and thats what i get… cant complain

If I could give zero stars I would. I had not been there in maybe 10 years. What a change. Lets just say I have nothing good to say. It is filthy over crowded and the woman who did my nails didnt listen to anything I said. Terrible manicure, paint job and it was just HORRIBLE!

This place sucks. Period. If I could give it zero stars, I would.
It’s a little nail salon off Tennyson. Everything is so cramped together, there’s literally no space to walk. They must not believe in a «maximum capacity» bc they just kept welcoming people in despite the lack
of space or seating.
I found this place on Unilocal & I liked the designs so I decided to give em a try. Since it was a Saturday afternoon, I called ahead to see if they were busy. The lady told me they weren’t & to come in.
So I headed over & I pulled up to this ghetto lil nail shop paaacked with people. I should have turned away right then & there.
The lady who did my nails was sweet. I asked for a fill & 2 nail repairs. Let me tell you, I don’t think she had a clue what she was doing. She put oversized tips on my pinky nail. It overlapped onto my cuticle & looked sloppy.
When it was time to paint my nails, she just dropped dollops of polish on my nails!!! It looked HORRIBLE! I can’t even explain how upset I was. I didn’t even sit under the dryer, I just left & removed the polish when I got home & I had to file/​shape my nails since she did such a shitty job.
Don’t waste your time here.

got my nails done by all the ladies in here, and they all do such a great job! i love to get designs and its super cheap! usually when you go to a cheap place they don’t do a good job since «you get what you pay for» but thats not the case here. its low price & they do a fabulous job every time! never disappointed. Usually i get a fill every 2 weeks but when i get my nails done here they last for 3 – 4 weeks! Only bad thing is its really small so when females bring there whole family to the shop when they the only one getting there nails done it gets pretty crowded! so please try not to bring everyone if you come here!

This place sucks big balls. If u want a half assed manicure, please make ur way over to the most ghetto nail salon in Hayward. They didn’t even put base coat on my toe nails… Smh. I felt like I was getting my nails done in newark nj. No bueno.

This place sucks! My nails didn’t even last a week and when I went they took almost 3 hours doing my nails because they would leave me half way done then go start on someone else. Also 3 of my nails came out cricket and she tried to blame it on my finger saying my finger was like that, umm no my fingers actually straight thank you very much she just needs to learn how to f****** do nails! Never going to this place again !

They do great designs, my nails lasted weeks, the owner is very nice and Nancy is amazing.
I really love how Nancy does my nails, she’s very detailed and takes her time on them.

Surprised this place doesn’t have more reviews.
Not the salon experience, but a good place to go for a manicure on a budget, prices are really cheap, I get a gel manicure here for $ 15.0. I do not recommend getting a pedicure here; the space in general is SOO crammed up and tight, the one time I got one here I was literally getting pieces of the woman next to me toenails flung at me.
Other than that, these ladies are friendly, talented, and work incredibly hard despite all the loud and rude customers they have. They are grateful for any tip left, I suspect because most of their clients do not know what a tip is or think that $ 60.0+ worth of services calls for a $ 1.0 tip. Jennifer is also really good at designs! It’s not my style, but she’s made me consider it…
Parking sucks, you need to get buzzed in and out if you go there in the late evening (this is for your own protection), and it’s always crowded and you better be comfortable wiggling your way around people and sitting on a wobbly stool. I recommend going early, wait times are painfully long if you’re there at the wrong time.
Also,
If you’re a mother of a small child reading this — please, please, please, please, PLEASE do not bring your kids with you! There is no room for them! There is hardly room for the clients to sit down, much less a small child! Definitely not child safe here.

I used to love going here but lately it’s been a hit or miss, and definitely a lot of misses lately. For one, one thing that’ll always bother me is the language barrier, that always stands out bc I’ll hear one thing then an other. (Esp when it came to a design on my nails that wasn’t that hard but very frustrating to explain Bc it can be done) Jennifer is probably the only one who can understand and speak better English than anyone else, and I feel bad that she has to translate everything to everyone.
The ladies are still nice but I can’t help but think they’re too pushy and LAZY to do something I ask for and always pushing on something else they would rather do… Hello I’m paying you to do something for me. I feel like they will push you to do something so they can get more money out of you. Hence why I’ve been skeptical about tipping, i calculate how much everything should be then all of a sudden they add another $ 2 — $ 5 for something I’ve done last time but did NOT get charged for. And I don’t want to accuse them of dishonesty, just money hungry. I don’t know if it’s bc a lot of them are too old to work there anymore and just want clients to come in and get out ASAP as long as the money keeps rolling in without the hassle.
I’m also a bit apprehensive that in their design books (the old tacky photo albums they keep) have designs that are NOT their own work, which you’ll see in the photos the watermarks of the person who actually did the design… But they ladies here will do their «best» to recreate them. But mind you 89% of those photos come from Google and other talented nail technicians around the world, and a few photos are some that nails unique did. Stealing other peoples work instead of recreating them and taking your own photo just looks bad. Esp when not every nail technician can’t recreate it but you lie and say that she can. Again, they’ll say and do anything for your money. I wonder how they pick and choose who they give better customer service to bc I used to be treated respectfully here.
An other thing I’m adamant about is how I’ve seen the pedicures are going about. I always see one person in a seat and once they’re done I see an other person sit down immediately, which means they’re NOT up to state board standards when cleaning and disinfecting the tubs. They just put a solution in there to wash it got a few min then they ask you to dip your feet in it… And anyone w common sense knows you don’t dip your feet in a cleaning solution to get rid of bacteria that came from an other person. So don’t come here for pedicures at all! The reason why I keep coming back Bc the prices are very affordable and Jennifer may be the only one who’s willing to better her work, I just don’t understand why the rest of her staff don’t have the same attitude.

I came here looking for nail art on a budget and that is exactly what I got.
They definitely have more selections for people that want acrylic /​gel nails and there was a bit of miscommunication when I repeated at least twice that I was looking for nail art for natural nails.
I decided to do something simple and went with a raspberry shade with gray polka dots (colors in reverse on my accent nails aka ring fingers). The design was nice enough but the top coat dried pretty bubbly. I paid about $ 17 for the services, so basically a regular manicure was $ 10 and nail art was $ 3 for each hand.
I may give it a chance and come back again for something different (not to mention bringing a picture of what exactly I’d like to have done, as I noticed a lot of the regulars doing here), but I’ll definitely be bringing my own top coat.