Four Seasons Nails And Spa

Complete disaster!
I had an elegant event on January 30 2016, for which I was going to wear open toe heals. I went to Four Seasons Salon to get manicure/​pedicure combo. Yin did my toes, and Thu did my fingernails. How I regret going there!
YIN:
— first sliced my toe with a filer. The toe started to bleed and it took a long time and a bandage to make it stop bleeding. HOW on earth could I wear an open toe shoes now?
— cut my cuticles too close; they were red and hurt, so I told her to stop and not do the rest.
— once the color was finished, she placed a dryer on my big left toe, and had to redo all 3 layers
— finally turned on the dryer but put on cold air. WHO wants cold air on their toes in SF in January with doors open wide to the outside. It was a cold day. Finally Thu — the other lady — switched the dryer to warm.
THU:
— was much better, more gentle and nicer. But when painting my nails she didn’t go all the way to the cuticles leaving a gap.
— the paint did not last. 1 hour after I left the salon, the paint started to chip off.
I was there for 1.5 hours total, partly because we were waiting for my toe to stop bleeding. They did a bad job, and I’ll not come back.

First time here and I’m not impressed. I chose an OPI nail polish and I didn’t see any gel colors so I was confused. I asked them if they had any gel and they said they can add something onto my nails to make it last longer for $ 3 more. I trusted them so I said okay. Big mistake. It’s only been 2 days and my nails already started chipping. The paint job is a bit crappy and rushed too. I had two ladies help me because someone else came in for a mani and pedi and they needed someone else to do the mani. The initial lady took time on cleaning my nails and making sure she got all of the cuticles, etc. But when the second lady painted my nails, she rushed it and finished shortly after. It didn’t even feel like 7 – 8 minutes. I told her I wanted her to fix some things and she said ok but she left me and went to do someone’s eyebrows. When she finished, she just let me sit there to dry my nails and didn’t come over to check if they were dried or if I was content. I had to ask the initial lady to help me fix it, otherwise I would’ve left feeling unsatisfied. I mean I’m satisfied with the color and price ($ 13) but not with my overall experience. I’m most likely not coming back because I prefer gel anyways.

I’ve been coming to this place for several months now and it’s definitely my go to spot for a pedicure! The ladies are always friendly & attentive, and they do an awesome job for $ 20! :)

They always overbook, most expensive nail salon on the street (there’s like 4), worst job and I’ve been to them all. Always comes out uneven and the paint is all in the middle of the nail. They also go really fast.

This place is great for what it is – a divey nail salon. Of all the places on Cortland, this is the spot to go. They are friendly, efficient and give pretty good massages. I frequent this place as my go-​to nail gem.

I wanted to have a better experience as reviews were pretty good here. The main lady not sure if her name is pretty nice and gave me a decent pedi. But a different lady sanded down my acrylic nails which i no longer wanted and switched me over and did gel mani. This was really rushed and was not done well. I have had many many gel manis there’s a certain technique you should not paint over or all the way to the cuticles as it starts to up lift the polish and peel off. This was the case and just a few days later my polish is coming off when it should stay for 2 weeks. Disappointed. I may give them another chance as the prices are decent but express myself on this before hand.

Accommodating, friendly, great prices, vegan nail polish option. I will be back for sure.

Staff is good. Went with my mom and mon in law for a girls day out. Got gel mani and pedi deluxe for 3. Not too expensive and really neat and clean. Good color collection.

So I called yesterday for a appointment for fill with gel. I didn’t go my appointment due to I had more unpacking and went today only to find out they don’t do gel or acrylic so they say. They agreed yesterday that It was fine? What happened?! So no acrylics here but next door they have a nail salon that did gel/​acrylic!
So a bit of a update they get 3 stars, there manager just contacted me for a sincere apology. Very nice sir maybe I’ll come in for a pedicure one day and give them 2 more stars back! Thank you.

I never used to get my nails done for reasons ranging from expense to germaphobia, but Four Seasons has totally changed my perspective.
The ladies here are both very sweet and hygienic. If you are getting a pedicure, they line the foot bath with a disposable plastic cover. If you’re getting a manicure or pedicure with paraffin, they fill disposable plastic bags with the paraffin and then put your hands or feet in the bags. And in general, their tools seem to either be cleaned in an autoclave or otherwise sent to a service, as they are sealed in plastic.
If you recently read the NY Times series on toxic nail salons, you can rest easy about coming to Four Seasons. Most of the ladies wear gloves for pedicures and many wear masks, too. They are also quite good about keeping the door open so that the salon is well-​ventilated and doesn’t reek of nail polish remover. They have great selection of nail polishes that are vegan and free of the toxic trio (DBP, toluene, and formaldehyde). I have to subtract a star because not all of the women wear masks and gloves 100% of the time, but I hope that they all will eventually in order to protect their own health.
Regardless of all of the health-​related things, I have never had a complaint about how my toenails and fingernails look after they’re done. They do a great job with polish and my manicures have lasted at least a week; pedicures have lasted several weeks. The women here are also very thorough when removing cuticles and magically cured a bit of pain with my toenails through their diligence.

I love this place. It beats those ladies across the street by a mile. $ 10 for a manicure?! I’m in! The place is small but cute. You get to sit in these comfy chairs instead of one of those office rolling chairs. This is my new nail place for sure!

Walked in. Only two other people in chairs (Tuesday morning). They got me in fast and were friendly. However I specified I wanted really hot water (I wear heels 5 days a week 9+ hours a day and my feet ache) the lady (didn’t get her name) turned on ice cold water. I then asked gain if she could make the water hotter, she whispered something and put more cold water in the bowl. Finally after requesting hotter water (or at least warm at this point) I told her I needed to leave. She had only begun to take my old polish off (only there 10 min). When I told her I needed to go she told me no and attempted to hold my feet in the bowl to prevent me from leaving! I was never rude, nor loud and I offered to pay her for taking my polish off. Finally the manager came over and apologized and told me there was no reason for me to pay.
I then left In search of a better nail salon.

I love this place. They aren’t pushy with selling extra services and all of the ladies are super nice and gentle with your nails. I’ve gotten several pedicures and gel manicures and was pleased with both. They even put sunscreen on your hands to protect them during the gel manicure! Overall I was very impressed.

I love love coming here to get gel mani done by Diem. She does awesome paint job that lasts for weeks. The spa is clean, very organized and all the ladies are nice. The price is also very reasonable. There is not wait usually so that is a plus.

Got a gel polish manicure and spa pedicure.
So two days later my gel polish starts to chip. Isn’t this stuff supposed to last a couple of weeks? That’s why it’s expensive right? If I wanted my polish chipped within days I would’ve got a regular mani.
On top of that the woman who did my pedicure cut the nail too deep on the side… now my nail is growing into my skin (ouch!). I have to wear closed toed shoes for work and it’s so painful that I’m walking with a limp.
I wanted to like this place, I really did. Unfortunately I will not be returning though.

Deluxe pedicure is the way to go, massage chair is standard, but the leg massage and then paraffin treatment. Depending on how full they get, you could be lucky enough to sit there for a good 45min. Love, love it. I prefer to get my nails filed down and the ladies are always super, accommodating when it comes to comfort and kindness.

Reg mani 5 $ reg pedi 10 $ they have a huge variety of polishes and gel colors too and also vegan polis, first time iv seem that
Great place to come for a quick mani pedi nothing super spectacular about this place pretty mediocre

I’ve came here couple of times now. and so far I am very pleased with overall everything. It’s very clean. The people are super nice and it doesn’t feel like they are talking about you. Lol I love coming here.

Hygiene standards here are very questionable. The tools were not sterilized prior to use. Worse yet, right before cutting my cuticles, the worker had to go to the cash register, where she still wore the same gloves, and handled money, and after which she did not change gloves not wash her hands, all just before going within millimeters from my bloodstream with all those sharp tools.
This is unacceptable.

Mani + Pedi is $ 25.
The spa chair has an interesting massage feature which massages my butt and lower regions. Personally, I didn’t like it and I had to change the settings because that’s too awkward for me. But maybe other people would like that extra service.
The shop itself looks mediocre clean. They use OPI, ESSI, ZOYA, and some other lesser known brands. They carry vegan nail polish, too. My service included the use of new tools for my services so it seemed like the place is hygienic. Technicians were friendly and took their time cutting cuticles. The con of this place is that they quickly polished my nails. I don’t mind that they needed to clean up their messy polish but I’m annoyed that after a day (not even 24 hours) my nails are starting to chip.
I might give this place another try if I am in the area.