Nail Bar

Awful waxing experience. The woman told me I had uneven brows so I asked her to even them out since she is the professional. I left with one brow almost completely gone and the other looking untouched.
She did the exact opposite of evening them out. I will never pop into nail bar for a wax again!

Great manicure and professional technician. The lady took her time and gave me one of the best manicures I’ve ever had. This salon has a great selection of nail polish too!
I read some of the previous reviews here and it’s hard to believe. Overall, I think this salon has made a lot of great changes! The salon was very clean and the tools were sitting in barbicide at the station. The polishes were all clean and relatively new. The technicians didn’t seem like they were rushing at all.
Pros
Clean
Friendly
They take walk-​ins
Great selection of polish
Nice hand massage
Technician had experience and took her time
Cons
No nail dryers? — this was odd to me but the technician assured me they would dry fast and even sprayed them with a fast dry spray!

Love love love nail bar. Extremely professional — quick, sanitary — and reasonably priced. I wanna be able to get a manicure when I feel like it — with bail bar I can!

Great specials, clean, and nice staff

The gel manicure was $ 40 and started chipping off 3 days after I got it.

I went in for a pedicure and no chip manicure at 11, I left at 1250 without getting my no chip on my nails. The service here is so extremely slow. My guy stopped several times during the pedicure to turn and talk to a co-​worker, nobody moved with any urgency. Then after sitting and having my no chip soaked off and him some what file and clean my nails, I had to run out of there when he began to start painting my nails with my pedicure color. When I went to check out she was so confused to why I didn’t get a no chip manicure. I felt like the entire place was moving in slow motion. Awful.

I’ve been here twice now. I only came back (6 months later) because like giving birth, in hindsight you think «oh, it wasn’t that bad. I’ll give it another shot.» Wrong.
The place has bad mojo. The vibe is super stiff, and they’re just rude. The tech who did my manicure didn’t say two words to me. On top of the awful service, the quality is really bad. Huge gaps at the cuticle, dull tools, uneven paint, and expensive to boot. I won’t be back.

So touch and go with this place from scheduling to service. I will give them props for waxing, I’d give a 4 star there, but some services can get pricey.
Nail services are limited … no gel or acrylic … probably should have ONE person to do this, your client base would grow. Pedicures are average, décor is pretty cool and relaxing. Front desk … scattered and not very organized and should work on being friendly.
If your «go to» place is booked, this is an okay fill in. Waxing Id recommend, unfortunate other service for nails are not added … makes you then go to separate places and typically don’t like the hassle.

the mani pedi was fine. but don’t get a wax here. the woman was double dipping the stick for my brazillian wax up until i called her out on it. gross. disgusting. unsanitary.

I just walked out of Nail Bar on Diversey. The place was FILTHY. I was afraid to let them put a clipper near me. The tech started to file my nails, and the file was tearing them to shreds. Save yourself, and go anywhere else.

Friend that I booked with, was seated first. After 15 mins they finally put me in a chair that had been sitting with water since before she sat down. The woman cut my nails at a diagonal into my skin, didn’t clean under them and dropped my leg onto the faucet off the side. Tried to be nice the whole way through, the woman just argued with me. Don’t bother coming here if you actually want a good pedicure. This is the kind of place that gives nail salons bad reviews.

I had stopped into Nail Bar on Diversey once before and had a great experience with a girl – whose name has escaped me unfortunately. The front desk remembered me and informed me she was not a nail tech but stepped in that night because it was so last minute. Because of that sweet gesture, I decided to try them again when my regular manicurist abruptly left and found Jai who is absolutely GREAT! Although he is only available a couple days a week, I will always make the time to see him when possible because of his great work and service. He is incredibly detailed and patient and I highly recommend him if you are in the neighborhood.

Just walked in. One customer getting a pedicure. 2 other unoccupied technicians. But apparently they have no openings?

Unprofessional and Rude.
I went to nail bar from time to time because my gym is around the corner. I am aware of the fact that they have a 15 minute policy – if you are 15+ minutes late, you might lose your appointment to a walk in. I was running behind but knew that I could make it within that time period and, since they have my phone number, they will call me if there is an issue.
I found a parking space quickly on diversey (lucky), paid the meter and rushed inside. I was exactly 14 minutes late – phew, I made it. Cue receptionist in floral blouse: «um, since you’re so late I had to push your appointment to 11. Ok?» «No, not ok, I have another appointment at 11 elsewhere, cannot do 11.» She then tried to tell me I was 30 minutes late. No, I was 14 minutes late, had a 10:15 appointment, not 10:00, I explained. She tried to justify it by mentioning «their policy.» Yeah, lady, I know the policy, it’s 15 minutes, I’m not even 15 minutes late… so how are you going to give my appointment away? She then tried to say, «well I didn’t hear from you so…» You didn’t hear from… me? You work a service job, one that is universally know to almost be exclusively for teenagers (she was an adult, should have been my first clue) due to it’s ease, and you couldn’t call a client yourself?
Needless to say, I let her know I would go somewhere else. She said goodby in a really snarky way. I know that a friend had an almost identical thing happen with a different receptionist. Anyway, they are incompetent, rude, and unprofessional so, avoid.

Got me in for a last minute no-​chip at 9:30pm when everywhere else was closed.

In some ways, Nail Bar is very swanky, and in other ways, it’s not better than any other manicure place.
It has a very distinct, modern look, and I especially like the cubicle-​style pedicure stations, which gives privacy. The nail bar set up is pretty cool too. It’s $ 30 for a shellac manicure, which is comparable in price to other less fancy places around Lakeview. You’re done after two coats of polish, and the handiwork (ha!) was no better or worse than any other place. You don’t really get anything above and beyond here. A very standard 30 min procedure for manicures, with barely a 1 minute hand rubdown at the end. The towels that are put down are tattered and already have multiple colors of polish on them. The tools come from a workbox at each nail station, questionable sanitized or not between patrons.

I came to Nail Bar for the first time because I was too impatient to wait for an appointment at my normal waxing spot — Benefit on Damen. I was excited to try this place because I hear great things about their manis/​pedis. Unfortunately I did not have a good waxing experience like I’m used to. I will start by saying the staff was very nice and friendly! I booked the Kojak the same day and when I got there was feeling okay about the last minute appointment. Then it all went downhill.
The room:
–Table had a cloth sheet (stained with wax, some hairs) and the disposable paper sheet over it.
–Wall doesn’t go up all the way so if you’re loud people can hear you!
The wax:
–Hotter wax than I’ve ever felt
–Painful. I’ll blame this on being somewhat of a newbie to this.
–Quick
Post-​appointment:
–Some bleeding (never happened before)
–Noticed some wax on my skin that she didn’t clean up
Needless to say I will not be going back for a wax and don’t recommend it!

Hands down — Marta is one of the best eyebrow stylists I’ve ever gone to when it comes to waxing.
Let me tell you a bit about my genetic makeup and why you should listen to me:
I’m 50% polish, which SHOULD mean I have light colored and soft, silky hair.
My other 50% is a mix of Greek and Persian ancestry… a long line of lovely women who’ve been waxing, sugaring, and threading their dark facial (etc) hair for literally thousands of years.
My waxing needs are clearly driven by that ‘other 50%’ — which means I spend wquite a bit on waxing etc.
I’ve been everywhere — and no one is better than Marta when it comes to eyebrow shaping. She’ll handle all of your south-​of-​the-​border waxing needs as well — although I can’t personally comment.
She does a pretty mean manicure, too!
Go visit her… you deserve it.

The service is really not great like others have mentioned before. The girl that was working the front desk, however, was rather pleasant.
I came in for a polish change, which generally (at ALL other places I’ve ever gone in the States and elsewhere) includes getting the polish removed, filing, shaping, buffing and repainting. My nail tech took my polish off, which was a dark green color, and without doing anything else proceeded to just paint on the pink polish I had chosen. From afar it looks good, but if you look up-​close, you can still see some green on the nails. That was quite disappointing and the lack of drying stations is another shocker.
:/​not a fan

Starting a new job… for the second time… means a few things. The wardrobe needs to be pressed and cat fur-​free, the tan lines covered up, and the nails looking professional and free of basically all the latest fads (how much do I love OPI’s shatter lacquer?!) Unfortunately all this prepping came on a holiday, and finding an open nail salon on the 4^th of July was coming up slim pickins’. As luck would have it, Nail Bar was open for business and had a chair waiting just for me, and two blocks from the condo, no less!
At $ 17 this manicure is a little pricier than I typically pay, but with the shape I was in and the festivities going on, I wasn’t going to complain. My nail tech did a fantastic job at removing all my cuticles and oiling them up nicely. I find a lot of nail salons are nervous to really get in those cuticles, but not my gal.
The selection of Essie and OPI polishes looks a little sparse at first, but then I realized it was just scaled back to the colors that are actually in demand. Who needs the added stress of deciding between twelve different reds, anyway? I’m also inclined to believe they have a summer selection they display, and a winter one. (I hunted for signature fall colors, such as Chinchilly, just to prove my own theory.)
Nail Bar also sells essentials like Dabu nail strengthener, which is a total gem, polishes and even flip flops. The receptionist is a take-​charge lady who knows her stuff and makes sure your experience was on point.
Nail Bar will most certainly become my go-​to spot in the neighborhood when I can’t get to Pinky. And FYI, credit cards accepted, cash tips preferred. If you’re curious about prices and don’t want a cute little surprise come pay time, NB has posted their «menu» on the window, convenient!