Elegant Nails

I loved this place! Its within walking distance from my home and I always leave feeling refreshed and pampered. Lisa is amazing, she’s nice and very helpful. I let her wax my eyebrows, never have I ever let anyone touch my eyebrows. But for some reason, I trusted her. Got my lip waxed too. Usually I leave a place, and my face is red and swollen. Not here! The oils and face massage she gives me puts my skin at ease. Helen does my nails, I get clear tips with pink powder. Nothing fancy, but she always listens to what I have to say. Its silly how the wrong nail shape can put you in a bad mood. But we all know it’s true! Never been the case with her. I’ll never go anywhere else.

I came here a couple of days ago for a french tip it was a really bad start all of my nails were uneven and I was just starting to freak out she was doing it super fast and their was not even anyone waiting. My nails came out eeh ok but I would never go back their.

I won’t go back again! I went here because I could do a walk in while my daughter was at cheer practice in the same shopping center. The regular place I go was booked and I needed a spur of the moment pedi. The quality of their nail polish was poor and they had some off brands. That should have been my red flag. I was able to find a color I liked and they told me what chair to go to. I found it odd that the foot bath was covered in plastic so my feet sat in a large shower cap. I didn’t really get much of a foot or leg massage but I didn’t want to stay longer than I had to. The nail polish took FOREVER to dry. They just had me sit there in the chair and didn’t have any type of fan or heat lamp to sit under. I finally had to leave and it was still a tiny bit sticky. Later that night it had already chipped and has kept chipping more and it hasn’t even been 5 days! I can pay the same price elsewhere (with an appointment) and get a better leg & foot massage in a much classier environment.
I think they own the yogurt shop next door since the owner kept leaving and going behind the counter next door. I had to wait for her to some back to run my credit card. BEWARE OF THIS «SALON».

I would have expected more out of the place that my mother went to for the longest time. I went in for shellac and wow… what an awful job; they didn’t even clean my cuticles and proceeded to quickly finish my nails in less than 30 minutes… for SHELLAC (this usually takes about an hour MINIMUM) I went back in to explain to them that the job was not well done and the package I requested was not done either. Helen (the employee) proceeded to argue with me saying, «Next time, tell me you want it done.» Excuse me? You are the employee, you should know to do this. She was putting my own nails in my face claiming that their were none and I told her to clean them anyway. Low and behold, their were tons of cuticle pieces she took off and she was even half-​assing the job the whole time. Even before she claimed, «You are young. You don’t have any.» I’m 19 years old… I have cuticles just like any normal human being. Never going here again and I won’t stand for a place where the employee thinks it’s okay to argue with the customer.
The owner, Linda is super nice however, the employee was rude.

Variable, but what i had today was Naff– a polite version of cr*p.
As the pedicurist left my uneven and vague foot massage, I asked that my other leg be massaged– as it was not yet done, plus my heels and ankles… please… in response, she rolled her eyes, scrunched up her face and said «basic massage 5 mins». I showed her a simple nail design and she looked unsure, showed her boss, who said we don’t do that here. Didn’t even want to try or learn .
Another time I thanked the lady as I gave my payment and decent tip to her… Not even a thank you!
Never wasting sitter money and my time on them again Goodbye!
Tammys nails or Neos nails much better!

I just moved to the area and this is the third nail salon and sadly the worst. Sadly because as usual everyone is nice enough but the quality of work is just not good. I’ve tried Redmond Nails (pedicure started chipping within a week), Diva nails (they were booked) so I tried Elegant Nails the closest to my house. Not a good job on the gel manicure at all, the technique is bad, she filed through my skin until it was raw and started to bleed (lots of I’m sorry, but ouch!) and it looks like they clean the tools by hand. On to the next one…

I give 5 stars to Helen. She did an excellent job on manicure and pedicure. She even uses hot stone to massage my feet. She puts effort on scrubbing my rough skin on the bottom of my feet. I also bring my husband here for feet cleaning, scrubbing
And massaging.

Elegant Nails has a small luring sign out on Redmond-​Meridian intersection in the Almaden Oaks Plaza complex, offering mani/​pedi for $ 29. I live in the neighborhood so just stopped by, without GREAT expectations out of that place. An average one would have satisfied me! Here goes my very 1^st *Elegant* experience :
I stepped in. A lady greeted me, asked me what I would like to do and advised me to wait for 30mins, since I did not have an appointment, as all the three ladies working there were busy — that’s understandable! I waited! No magazines… so I guess you are expected to just look blank at the other customers and smile to pass your while!
After the wait, I was asked to choose the polish color from the nail polish counter. Once done, I was made to seat on a pedicure chair. A middle aged Vietnamese lady hello-​ed me with a smile and started off with the pedicure… should I even call it a pedicure now? She lacked skill set, did not understand English. Even when you are expressing your concern, she will respond back with a smile. Great customer service, I am sure!
My heels are rough and have dry skin — that’s the precise reason why I get a regular pedicure done! The other salon I used to go to at Blossom Hill had all of my dried skin /​calluses removed with a foot scraper /​razor and used to charge me $ 20 only. And I am soooooo used to it! When the lady was about to apply the nail polish, I asked her if she was done… no response but a smile was what I got! I had to call the other lady (servicing a customer seated next to me), show her my heels and asked her if they do not remove the calluses. She said they have stopped doing that since a long time. And she offered to apply some oil to soften my heels. By the time I finished and was ready to put on my sandals, I noticed the oil had managed to gather some dirt from the floor making my heels look dirty and more ugly!
Then it was time for the manicure. I switched to the manicure chair. The same lady who did my pedicure… kept looking back at the wall clock every now and then, while working on my hands. Am sure she was in a biiiiiiiiiig hurry! She somehow finished her job in haste (no proper massaging) and asked me to go to the restroom and have my hands washed. OMG!!! The restroom stunk like there were some rotten rodents kept in hiding in some corner out there! At 4pm, as the lady was almost ready to run out of the salon, I had to call her and remind her that she did not put the top coat on my nails. She was quick to apologize and hurriedly applied the coat and stormed out and hopped into her car. I was simply left aghast with the experience! How unprofessional can a nail place be!
I couldn’t wait to leave the place. But had to get my nails dried and so had to hang on for another few mins. At the time of checking out, I told the lady (apparently who’s in charge of the salon and had suggested to apply the ‘magic’ oil) how dissatisfied I was with the pedicure and showed her the ugly heels. To which she said sorry and offered me a $ 5 discount. She actually thought by doing that she did a great favor to me!
Long story short… I am not going back to this place, even if I am offered a $ 29 discount! Heck No! Others, B E W A R E!!!

I was actually very impressed, having both a manicure and a pedicure by Vina (Veena?) several years ago. Anyway, the price was reasonable and the work was good. My manicure lasted several days longer than usual, and she took a lot of care. I also saw the beautiful gel nails done for another gal. I know every good company sometimes has an unfortunate moment with a client, so I wanted to bring a balanced view of this shop. Many of their clients have gone there for years and are known by name. They seemed very competent and accommodating.

Elegant Nails has a small sign out on Meridian offering mani/​pedi for $ 29. I stopped in and asked how much for French polish, it’s $ 4 extra per so $ 37 for French mani/​pedi. I made an appointment for the following morning.
I don’t get regular mani/​pedi — I do my own nails most of the time. My feet are pretty rough and she did an excellent job with them. I did have to ask her twice to round up one of the edges — she left the nails a bit long and square. I also had to ask her to round out my finger nails a bit more. I like a really natural round tip, not the square tip. But when it was all done they were exactly how I like them! For $ 37 for French mani/​pedi I thought it was an excellent value.
I know that for many women a mani/​pedi is a mini-​spa experience. For me, I don’t care all that much about the experience — sure, the décor is a bit plain — however everything was clean and neat. Personally, I’d rather have a good job and save some money than pay $$$ for the same quality job and a fancier décor. If you want a «spa» experience, go somewhere else. (There’s a day spa *right* across the parking lot.) If you want a good value for a good job, this place might be exactly what you are looking for.

Hands down the most unrestful/​un pampering experience of my life! I friggin ended up hurt!!! When I was getting out of the pedicure bath their floor was wet. I slipped and hit the back of my leg on this pipe that was sticking out of the bath. I didn’t realize the extend of the damage until I went to the bathroom to wash my hands after the manicure
The fall had taken the skin off the back of my leg and was bleeding! I showed them and one of them took off to buy some anticeptic cream. It was awkward and none of them really talked anymore it was like they were scared. I would think at least I would have gotten my nails done for free! Heck no they wanted to be paid!
The wound was just ugly and it was well over a week before I could sit and not be in pain. I debated contacting State Board of Cosmotology or suing but that’s not my style. I’d rather just post my experience and let others make their own decisoins.
Aside from my injury these ladies lack skills! My manicure had millions of little bubbles, no top coat was used whatsoever. The pedicure was awful and smeared. When I feel they just wiped off the nail and painted on some nailpolish remover on it to smooth it out and put polish on top of it! The result smeared, not in the lines sloppy pedicure! If I hand’t been so shocked and sore I would have insistd on them fixing it and possibly not paid but I just wanted to get the hell out of there and find a bandage!!! BEWARE!