Crystal Nails

I LOVE this nail salon. AT and Helen, BOTH, gove the BEST pedicures! The scrubs feel fantabulous and smell great! Very relaxing atmosphere. The salon is EXTREMELY clean and if you call to set up an appointment, there’s hardly any wait time. I’ve been coming here for couple years now and REFUSE to go anywhere. Helen does an amazing job with my manicures and the shellac nails last a long time. Look no further! This is definitely THE place to go to!

Good pedicure and possibly the best manicure I have had since being in beauty school! Being a cosmetologist I know the harm that can be done to natural nails by improper filing with too coarse of a file. Here they took the time to file correctly from corner to center and not seesaw the file on the nail which can create friction causing nails to split and flake. The shop also was very clean and I can tell they take sanitation seriously. I will be back

Subpar job. I KNOW I could have done a better job with the clipping, the shaping, and the painting. I should have just done it myself but since I’m going on vacation I figured I’d treat myself… Now I have ugly toenails for vacation. Yippee! I do plan on giving them a call to have them at least repainted!

I walked in and needed to be in and out in less than an hour. The ladies were very accommodating. The prices are way better than anywhere else around this area.

Unfortunately I had a rather negative experience. The lady (who I think was the owner) cut me alot around my cuticles on my toes. and The lady who did my manicure didnt cut my cuticles very much at all. The polish was all over my toes as well as my manicure. I told her I wasnt happy but they made me pay anyway. I wont be going back. Im still looking for my nail spa…

My favorite place to get a pedicure, nice environment, massage chairs, classical music, only thing better would be a glass of wine. The 2 ladies that work here are always nice and do a good job. I’ve been to some places where the nick your cuticles or rub your skin raw and it’s painful. …not here always smooth and relaxing.

Crystal Nails is the Best Nail Salon in Austin!
A.T. & Helen are beautiful, courteous, caring and very talented ladies. Both of my sisters & two of my close friends are dedicated Crystal Nails customers. I’ve been a customer since 2011. My sister & friends even longer. Whether your getting ready for your wedding, bonding with your daughter (ages 2+), having a ladies night out or want to pamper yourself this is the salon to do it at. The sea scrubs smell so good and make your hands, arms and legs so smooth. The prices are reasonable and the salon is immaculately clean. Cleanest salon I’ve ever been in. That is very important to us. Thank you so much A.T. & Helen your the best!

I was looking for a new place to get my eyebrows waxed at, and found this one! The lady did an amazing job on them! I am usually very picky on how they turn out looking, but this place did a great job! Officially my new place to get them done at!

There are many places where one can get pretty nails. But some give more service and love than others. Crystal Nails is one of those places.
When I first went to Crystal Nails I had a bad experience with the last nail salon I did my nails. I am an older woman with thin nails that split easily. My nails were painful because they had split. I was trying to decide where to go. Anyplace other than the last place I went. When I took my granddaughter to work one day, I saw a nail salon near where she worked.
I was fortunate to receive service when I walked in. The ladies at Crystal Nails were very helpful. They were telling me that I need to take a certain vitamin to help my nails get stronger. The lady who was doing my nails, Hannah, was very helpful.
I have had my nails done at that salon for several months now. The ladies know me by name. My nails are getting stronger. Hannah told me that if I would continue taking the vitamin for a year I would not have to have the thicker nails and could just use nail polish. She didn’t have to tell me this. She would not make as much money just polishing my nails, but she cares for her customer’s needs. She treats everyone like family.
Crystal Nails is not near my home. It takes me 45 minutes to drive to the salon. I believe it is well worth it. Last time I was in the shop, I met another woman that drove as far as I did to get her nails done.

checked out this place. had an ok experience, but later realized that with the basic pedi, they don’t even remove the dead skin on the heels. Geez, that is why I get pedicures!!!
also after only one week, some areas chipped off already. but normally I expect pedi to last for 3 – 4 weeks
Best part is because nobody goes there, no wait and I took a short nap on the chair. hahah
won’t go back again.

I called at 7:15 in desperate need of a pedicure… They close at 7 but waited for me and were so welcoming when I arrived. They were incredibly clean, thorough and stayed over two hours after closing to give me a really great pedicure. (Not to mention I saw the other technician doing the end of day cleaning, and she was incredibly detailed. Cleanliness is very important to me!). Nobody has ever spent so much time removing calluses and dead skin — and the technician really took a lot of time to make my feet look and feel fantastic. I have had pedicures many places around town and they are truly fantastic! I will be back!!! I met the owner and her cousin and they are lovely!!! I will love to continue to support this great business and get great pedicures!

I went back today (3 days later from my first visit) to ask them to fix my nails because every time I looked at them, it really upset me. So I thought I would give them another shot. At first the woman took of the old polish and asked me to wait a min while she helps others and I thought ok, that’s fair cause she’s trying to give good customer service to new customers and she already has my money from the first visit.
1 hour 30 mins later, I finally ask her «if it’s easier, I can just get my money back and leave.» Then she realized how rude she was being to me and then starts prepping and painting my nails. In total, I waited 1 hour 45 minutes to get it redone.
Not only that, she tries to tell me that the reason it was so horrible the first time was because I was indecisive about the gel nails and because she had put lotion on me, it messed up the gel. This is a complete lie and illogical. She put lotion on my hands before the second woman asked me if I wanted gel. If lotion could truly mess up gel nails, perhaps you should ask first thing rather than AFTER you apply lotion onto a customer’s hands.
I was indecisive about color vs. french manicure; not gel vs. regular polish. Way to try to blame your poor paint job on the customer! If the lotion causes the gel to not adhere to the nail, how did the gel make it on the top part of the nail and not to the edges? I believe it’s her hands that prevented the gel polish to reach the edges of my fingernail.

I Love Love Love Crystal Nails. Helen and AT are so friendly and remember your name (and your mom and daughters names) every time you walk in the door. It is the cleanest nail salon I have ever seen. It is quiet, with classical music playing in the background. The massage chairs are fabulous and the pedicure is great! I’m torn between keeping it my little secret or telling everyone about it (I don’t want it to get too crowded). My California family comes to visit and always want to go to Crystal Nail! Thanks AT and Helen!

They advertise that walk-​ins are welcome. If you’re a walk-​in DON’T even attempt to go here. I walked-​in and was asked if I had an appointment when I said «no» then I was told «Then you go away. To busy for someone like you.» Won’t even attempt to go back. Thanks for making my first impression my last.

Popped in on a Saturday evening with 2 friends. We were a bit hesitant to just show up at a place without an appointment during the weekend, but to our pleasant surprise, there were 3 pedi tubs open in a row. 2 ladies took shifts taking care of us and were very nice and good. They have a wonderful and organized fingernail polish selection. We drank our bubbles and gossiped and these ladies were very cool the whole time.
The only reason I didn’t give high stars is because all 3 of us had polish chips by day 3. Which is just unheard of…

The nail technician was nice BUT I was really disappointed that the shellac manicure only lasted a week. I have a usual spot but they are closed on Mondays. Just so happened it was a Monday that I had time for a manicure. Stopped in here for the first time. I won’t be back because my shellac manicures usually last 3 – 4 weeks, easy, not 1 week.

This place is my little known jewel in South Austin. Great color selection, great job doing manicures, pedicures, and gel nails. They even suggested some lotion I can buy at HEB for my dry feet and hands. This is the only place in South Austin I’ll get my nails/​toes done.

My first visit to Crystal Nails for a pedicure was great. It was quiet and not many people were there, so I pulled out my book and read while getting my toes did. They did a wonderful job and my feet felt ready for sandals. The polish lasted for a full two weeks.
My second visit was not so great. The Man went with me and had a mani/​pedi combo. I just had a pedi. They razzed him the whole time for getting a mani when his wife wasn’t. It was good natured, but still kind of annoying.
He ended up with an ingrown toenail and a couple of nasty hangnails. I ended up with chipped polish on day 3.
Needless to say, I won’t be returning and neither will he.

They did my overlay nails about as good as I have ever had them, Kept them nice and super short too which I love so they don’t get too crazy as they grow out. I did have a long wait seeing as they don’t seem to have enough staff so I would call ahead to make an appointment, but hey for the awesome nail job I received it’s worth it. I also didn’t mind the slightly higher prices, considering I did get diamond nails.

As a Saturday afternoon walk-​in, I was expecting a small wait, but there were only two other sign-​ins so far that day. Maybe it’s because they’re new. Maybe because it was raining. NOT a reflection of service.
Helen was great! She took her time and has a light touch with the nail drill. I have thin nails, and not once did i feel the heat from applying too much pressure. Sometimes my fingers feel a little sore the first two days… Not here! I wanted clear acrylic throughout with glitter that fades out halfway down. She did three different approaches until it was just how I wanted, and she was very pleasant about it. I’m very pleased and will definitely be back!