Artistic Nails & Spa

Love this place! I don’t get my nails done often but I had to get them done for EDC. I was just wandering around Divisadero st and found this place randomly. It was pretty empty when I got there since it was Monday afternoon. All the ladies in the salon were very welcoming and kind. Two ladies worked on my nails. The results were stunning! I would definitely go back to this place!

Everytime I come here, the boss is always super nice and helpful! She always knows what color looks good on you and when you request a certain shape she makes sure she does a good job. Shes very fast but my nails always turns out soooo good! This is now my new go to since its down the street from work!

Yesterday I went in to get a full set of acrylic nails. The only reason this place is getting 2 stars instead of 1 is because I am please with the shape of my nails because I showed the lady a picture of what I wanted. But the place is so dirty, I would not come back. The lady doing my nails was also VERY rough and gave me several cuts on my cuticles that started to bleed. She didn’t even apologize and acted like she didn’t see them. Unbelievable. And she rushed while painting it so got some on my fingers and didn’t even clean it after. If you’re getting a manicure, I do not recommend this place. Go somewhere else.

Every time I come here, the staff has always been really friendly and welcoming, like any nail salon place should be. I’ve came here a handful of times now that they are starting to recognize me every time I come in. Not a lot of nail salons are as friendly and non-​judgmental as this salon is. So if experience and feeling comfortable means a lot to you when getting your nails done, this is a good place.
I usually just get a gel mani here although I’ve gotten a pedicure or two done here in the past. I think they do a great job! I work down the street so this place is really convenient for me. I use to go to Utoepia but they’re hit and miss.

They do a great kids mani pedi too. I’ve recommended friends and family to come here and everyone is extremely happy.

I don’t get too many manicures (I’ve gotten 4 – 5 in my life), but I decided to treat myself on a Sunday. Artistic Nails is near my house, so I checked it out due to the convenient location and the cheap manicure price ($ 13!). There was no wait and I was seated immediately at a table. They have a good variety and range of colors. They did a great job cutting and shaping my nails, and I loved the hand massage. I’m really happy with how my nails turned out. The one thing was that I didn’t notice I had picked a gel nail polish, which is more expensive ($ 27). I don’t have a lot of knowledge on manicures in general, but part of me had wished they had mentioned the difference in cost (I had called them about the manicure pricing prior to coming in). Oh well. The bright side is that my gel nails still look beautiful 11 days later! I’d go here again, but next time, I’ll be more careful on the type of polish I pick out.

Not a super large selection of colors. Other than that everything was pretty nice. The ladies are friendly and efficient. My nails looked great when done. I had a wax on my face, I let the lady know how I wanted my eyebrows she offered some suggestions and dos a great job at making me feel at ease while doing my the waxing. The place is clean and the wax was so smooth. Definitely will come back!

I went here for eyebrow waxing, though after reading there reviews for nails I might come back soon to try that ;) this place was on my way to dance class. Really easy to get to by public transit
There was almost no wait, and it’s cheap here — pluses! The lady was really nice too. However, I was pretty convinced that the job was a bit rushed (it seemed like a busy night) and that my eyebrows were slightly different lengths at the end — so I ended up fixing them when I got home. She didn’t even ask how I like to have them done. She followed the shape, so there was no real problem. But I actually prefer when I have them done that there’s more of an angle.
This place is one of the cheap and fast places I’ve been to in the city for eyebrow waxing, and didn’t hurt at all! But if I want to see a really noticeable difference, I will probably frequent another business for eyebrows

Consistent, clean, friendly, reasonably priced nail and wax services. They get super busy so call ahead and make an appointment.

I’ve been to beauty school so I know I’m a nail snob, but more importantly it would be more enjoyable if the staff wasn’t the usual aggressive about add ons and how they think you should do your nails. A few times my nails fell apart after I left like the photo i posted. My nails are so bad it’s gonna be more time and money to fix now and I don’t have time.

I’m telling you now, don’t go here, for your sake. Not mine. Because I already had a horrific experience that was straight out of my nail salon nightmares. I will never, ever step foot or come within walking distance of this place again.
My regular nail salon, Gentle Nails in the Sunset, had a really long wait. I had to drop off my friend near the Marina so I Unilocaled some places and this place looked decent. I was getting an acrylic fill with a gel manicure and my friend was getting a gel mani and regular pedi. I saw the good reviews, was pleased by the selection of pictures of Unilocal,and called and was told I could come by in 15 minutes. So we headed over. There were only about 3 people there when we walked in and we were immediately given a selection of gel colors. They have a huge variety of colors, which was a good start!
The lady who starts doing my nails is the owner I’m assuming, because she was the only one in her everyday clothes and everyone else was wearing a blue uniform. I notice this place is really dirty. Really, really, dirty. The acrylic tray looks unorganized and dirty. As soon as she started putting the powder on, I felt skeptical. It was spotty and sloppy — she was not doing a good job and on top of that, when she was shaving it down using the tools, it was really rough and aggressive. Not gentle and efficient at all. I told her I wanted my nails a little shorter, and usually they ask or clip off a tiny bit to start, but she made my nails a bit shorter than I wanted and unfortunately filed them to a shape I didn’t like. I was a bit upset, but I didn’t want to offend her, so I told her that I liked how she did one specific nail, and I wanted the other ones to look like that one.
This is where shit hit the fan.
I wish I could say we had an awkward moment that usually happens in nail salons due to a miscommunication because of language barriers, because this is pretty normal, and she started to fix my nails, but shit ACTUALLY hit the fan. She starts huffing and puffing at me, saying this is how I wanted it, how it’s my fault, how I asked her to do it that way. I was pretty shocked that she was talking to me this way. Instead of simply trying to fix my nails so I would be happy with paying $ 50, she starts rolling her eyes at me and just starts blaming me. I kept calm — normally I would’ve been extremely angry in a situation like this, but to be real, I have a soft spot for nail techs because I see them constantly treated poorly, tipped poorly, and I realize their work is labor intensive. I was extremely unhappy with my nails and my service at that point and we were only 10 minutes in. I told her I just wanted to have the acrylic removed and I had changed my mind. It gets EVEN WORSE, she stands up and starts raising her voice about how this is my fault and how I’m insulting her work and yadda yadda yadda. She’s looking around the salon trying to make eye contact with other people, and even her employees aren’t raising their heads to her. I’m assuming they’re intimidated by her because she’s obviously in her own world. I told her to CALM DOWN and I just want to get them removed. I REALLY wanted to get the hell out of there, but since my friend was getting her mani pedi, I couldn’t just leave. It was one of the most awkward and uncomfortable situations I have ever been in. In my experience, it’s not uncommon for nail techs to be slightly snarky, especially when it’s at a cheaper salon, but this was full blown psychotic.
I told her if she removed my nails I would pay the $ 10 fee for acrylic removal as listed on their prices, and she says something along the lines of me only paying $ 10 because her work is so horrible to me. I tell her no, I’ll pay the $ 10 because that is the fee. She said I would have to pay $ 25 and I told her there is no way I’m paying that. I’m actually even upset I paid the $ 10. She brought a bowl of acetone that I soaked my hand in for nearly 30 minutes. I kept taking my hands out because that is horrible for your hands and nails to keep it soaking, but she kept working on other people and telling me to soak my hands. She did a SUPER HORRIBLE poor job attempting to removing the acrylic, I left with disgusting hands and nails. At this point though, I just wanted to leave. I paid the $ 10 because she did do a little work on me and I sympathize with the poor working conditions nail salons are known for.
She did not care about me as a customer at all, or hardly even a person. Coming to this place was seriously a mind blowing experience for me. This is THE WORST nail salon I have ever been to, and I’m really upset I came across this place on Unilocal and I’m confused that it has such a high rating.
The other employees seemed relatively friendly, so I’ll give them that. They probably dislike their boss as much as I did. But seriously. Don’t come here unless you hate your hands and you’re ready to get treated like shit when you’re a paying customer.

I am a regular here. Five stars for Manicures with Cindy. She does a clean gel manicure that lasts perfectly for 2 – 2.5 weeks. Other ladies are hit and miss. Zero stars for eyebrow tint/​wax. Other wax services are fine. Make sure to book an appointment. They get really busy!

Holy moly!
Jenny was amazing with the design on my nails. Everyone took such care with my gel mani/​pedi and the prices were very reasonable!
Love this place!!!

Not impressed. At all. My manicure lasted one day, the next day my nail chipped. The paint job itself was uneven, my cuticles a mess after washing my hands. The toe nail paint job was ugly as well, they painted over my toe nail. Never coming back — Unilocalers go elsewhere. No wonder they were empty.

Two friends and I were walking by and decided to stop in. I had a pedicure and was planning to have a gel manicure. The girls had gel manicures and were going to get the 10 min massage.
There is no reason we should have ever spent 2 hours in this nail salon and still wallked out without having received all of our planned and requested services.
After experiencing the 2^nd rate pedicure and being apalled by the site of my friends gel manicure, i backed out of the gel manicure. I just got a regular manicure, which sucked btw. I asked questions or made requests during my pedicure and the woman said yes and then ignored everything i said (i think she didn’t understand me but why in the hell did she say yes and ok everytime i asked for or needed something as if she did understand).
My two friends who got gel manicures were sorely disappointed after their rushed gel manicures that are sure to lift in a day or two. Terrible paint job with no attention to cuticles. During my manicure I didn’t even have the hand massage… what a jip.
In sum, this place is inefficient, rushy, poor quality, and over priced (first time ive ever paid 7 dollars for gel take off). Oh and we waited SO long (2 hours) and everything sucked SO bad that my friends backed out of getting the 10 minute head, shoulder and neck massages. Good thing because those probably would have sucked too.

Save your money. Only reason I came here was bc I broke a nail at work and my usually nail salon closes by the time I get home. ASKED if they have time to fix a nail and she said 10 – 15 mins. She didn’t get to me until 30 mins later. I’m already pretty mad at this point. Don’t take a client if you don’t have time. Then she is SUPER rough my finger with the broken nail. She totally ignored the fact that I told her a few times my finger hurts. I left super fast after I paid, didn’t even wait for the polish to dry. Going to cut that nail that she «fixed» until I can see my regular lady.
Not only did she take me in when she obviously didn’t have the time. She did a pretty crappy job, acrylic is super thick. She didn’t listen when I told her my finger hurts.
$ 14 later, my finger is throbbing and I still have to get my nail fixed.

The women are polite, efficient, and don’t kick you out before your nails have time to dry. I will be back!

I LOVE my new nail salon!
The ladies of Artistic Nails & Spa are simply amazing.
After being a loyal client to a nail salon I’d gone to since High School (I’m 30 now), I finally decided to part ways.
And I’m certainly glad I did.
I randomly walked in where I was greeted by Jenny. She asked what services I wanted and proceeded to help me into a spa chair. I had the mani/​pedi combo. The shop is so nice, very relaxing. A few pros listed below:
–Spacious
–Ample seating area
–Current Magazines
–Bottled water
–Top nail polish brands
They have 4 women who are skilled to do anything from a gel manicure to a acrylic fill-​in. They take their time when they’re with you. They make you feel very comfortable and they check in with you every so often.
The previous nail salon I frequented prices were maybe $ 20 less, but the extra money I spend is way worth it. I feel pampered and that’s the point. Getting your mani/​pedi should not be a chore, it should be your «ME» time to enjoy and just let that stress melt away.
They even have waxing and massage services (which I’ve tried and loved) for a decent price.
They’re located in Lower Pacific Heights so after you’re done being pampered, you can head over to Fillmore street and do a little shopping and grab a bite to eat.
Long story short. Short story shorter.
Artistic Nails & Spa is amazing!

Yes! You can have fabulous designs on short nails! Recently I’ve been doing a tour of nail salons, trying to find the best place to get a gel manicure + designs. But I think that tour has come to an end.
Jenny is a genius. I saw a design that I liked on Unilocal,and when I went in, she was like «Oh I did that design!» Perfect. Then it was a full on collaboration between 2 artists. I had suggestions, she had suggestions, things evolved, and the end was a masterpiece! I loved that she was an active participant in the process. And she was having fun too! She actually got out a small paintbrush at one point to correct a mistake. It was magnificent. And never once did she give me a hard time about having short nails.
Other places I’ve been to, I had to coach the woman through what designs I wanted, with her fussing that she wasn’t good enough — and other places seemed pissed that I wanted designs.
This experience was amazing. AND the gel doesn’t feel heavy — other places I’ve had gel, after a while it felt like my nails couldn’t breath, but something about the gel here doesn’t feel that way. AND I love that she used a UV box with a 1 minute timer. Sometimes she’s only have me put my hands in for 30 seconds before applying the next coat. By the end my nails were totally cured, but I didn’t feel like they’d been sitting in a tanning bed for 30 min (sunscreen or not I hate that feeing).
Definitely the best gel designs I’ve had so far! I think I’ll stop looking now. Jenny is fantastic! I’m definitely going back.

I don’t often treat myself to a mani/​pedi. I just happen to be walking by and I decided my summer time toes needed a little TLC.
What a great nail salon! They were able to accommodate me right away. But even if they weren’t able to it was no problem. There’s a ton of comfy chairs while you wait with magazines.
The floor was impeccable. Wood covered floors that looked in great shape. Very spacious area for a small salon. The pedi chairs did not have massage features, but they still were very comfy.
I felt the service was very good! My nails have never looked or felt this great before. I would totally recommend this place to a friend.
I didn’t try their waxing but they offer that too. Plus, they offer massages in one of their back rooms. I wish I had more time. I sure could have used one.
Overall, great experience. I wish could find a place like this where I live. Casual yet clean and friendly is the way I would describe it.