Elite Nails

I wanted to like this place. I tried, I really did. The lady who took care of me was very nice. HOWEVER, her work was one of the worst (if not the worst) gel manicures I have ever gotten… and I get a lot of gel manicures!
I have my go-​to nail spots in the area, but I decided to try Elite because it was on the way home, I was in a hurry, and it had decent reviews. I got a little waxing done, and she did a good job there! I knew things were about to take a turn for the worse when the lady started literally scratching off the previous gel I had on my hands… with her nails!!! It felt like she was ripping off layers of my nails! I’ve never had anyone do that before. For the gel polish, I picked out this pretty mint green color. She put on the first coat — it basically went on clear… CLEAR! I have never seen more watered down polish! She ended up putting on 3 coats of polish and although the color was there, you could definitely still see through my nail! She then topped it off with one top coat. Finally, I had 2 little jewels placed on my index fingers — bows to be exact. She put one of the bows on… crookedly. Really? Really. When I mentioned it, she said she would have to redo my entire nail… so since I was in a rush, I just let it go. I took a look at my nails and thought «meh, they’re ok, I’ve had better.»
My biggest issue with the whole procedure was that 2 days later, my nails already started chipping. Umm… gel…chipping? I’ve NEVER had them chip before a week and a half at the earliest! Here, one week later, every single one of my nails is chipped and I pretty much need to go get my nails done again.
Moral of the story? Never, ever coming back here again. They need to STOP watering down their products and learn actual technician techniques. Giving 2 stars just because the lady was nice as mentioned previously and she had the football game on.

I love this place! Never a long wait and Andy always delivers magic xoxo Only place I’ll go now that I found them :-)

Quite simply ThE bEsT :)) I live in Manhattan Beach Ca area and have been to the super HiGh EnD $$$$ expensive salons and they don’t EvEn BeGiN to compare to the results I get here!!! And for like a tHiRd of the price!!! From here on out, I’ll wait til I get to Vegas to get my nails done! ;))

I walked in to this place and asked if they were busy and the lady at the first station was very rude and told me to wait… I waited of course and ask again are you busy and she said pick a color very rude so I said should I leave and come back she said do whatever you want!!! I left that place and trust me I won’t be back!!!

This is a bit long but a very detailed experience. Please read if you have time.
I had just recently went to this nail shop after hearing about it from a friend. She said they were good, so I decided to check it out with a friend that was in town (this happened on a Friday). The salon was a normal nail place, they had a good variety of nail polish to choose from,. They were a little busy but there were only three people working so not technically «busy» which was okay with us because it took us about 10 minutes just choosing colors for our toes. We were assisted shortly after. The people there are nice. We chatted a little, the «so you from here?» type of questions and commenting now and then on things that were on the tv. They had water for refreshments but not bottled. After my pedi I also got a gel manicure. I decided on white because it was summer & my friend decided on a salmon color. We were really pleased with the work that they did & we left very happy & relaxed.
The reason why I’m giving this place three stars is because the next day my friends nail polish (which was gel) started lifting (Sunday) ! So I took her back and they redid it for free.
(Monday) Then my nails started to CRACK! And it chipped! So three of my fingers were messed up. I have pictures just so you can believe me. I was so upset, so I called and explained what happened and I asked if I could come in the next day and they said okay.
(Tuesday) so within the time that I called to the time I got there, the nail polish on the rest of my fingers started chipping and they cracked as well. I got to the salon and the lady was «shocked» & I could tell that she was upset that my nails did that. I felt like she was upset with me and she shook her head and said it’s cause my nails were oily. then she started speaking in her language which made me feel like they were talking about me. I was very uncomfortable. She ended up fixing them and they’re better now because she made sure it was coated properly. It felt like she didn’t even care if she did a good job or not because when she was buffing my nails she was hitting my cuticles and it burned. Also when she was taking out the white nail polish with the tool, she was going towards my cuticles occasionally hitting it and jabbing it into my skin. I really wanted to say something but I just bit my tongue.
Let’s just say that I won’t be going back to this place again.
Thank you for reading!

Very nice place!
Private, and comfortable.
Big T.vs. Nice chairs.
Very nice ladies that work there.
Lots of cute colors to choose from. OPI, China Glaze.
I got a pedicure, was very relaxing, and she cleaned everything nappy off my feet.
They offer full service nail, and facial waxing, gels, big beautiful nail art (bows flowers glitter diamonds animals print crosses etc.)
It is very casual and right next to where I live. The prices are actually really good!
The ladies are very welcoming and polite!
I will back again, and each time I go I will post pictures of my nails!!!

Yen does my nails. She is great and such a sweetheart she’s done my nails for years! They never lift and last forever. She can do anything! Definitely ask for her or make an appointment it’s worth the wait if you have to!

I get my pedis here. Love the staff. Unfortunately I had the joy of sitting next to a whiner. Complained about everything. For the love if God, you are getting a $ 20 dollar pedi! Because they are fast, efficient and super friendly, I will keep coming back.

Love the staff and their work. I won’t go anywhere else!