Ask for Bella!!! She's the best! Very gentle and funny!! The salon is clean and newly remodeled!! read more

When I sat down and the lady started filing my nails, she really ground down into my nail. I'm pretty convinced I'm going to lose one of my nails here in the next couple of weeks. All of my nails have damage to them. Its been about 3 weeks now since I got them done and I only had them on for a week because my nails kept hurting. When I removed them, my natural nail looks horrible. She was very quick with the process too. No taking her time for quality of the nails. The acrylic nails started looking bad the 3rd day I had them. They were also way too thick, which probably is the reason why my real nails hurt when they were on. I guess it's hit or miss with the customers and who is going to have a great experience. Everyone should have a great experience that walks through that door. I even tipped $20, which was unnecessary. They lost a good paying customer. I will not be returning. read more

Cali Nails - Nail Salons Near Me - Elkhart, Indiana

The Hively location is best in Elkhart. Peaceful ambiance, beautiful couple runs it. Serene! Plus a great nail job and a fair price.

My friend and I were looking to get our nails done on a sunday (most nail places aren't open on sundays) and they had luckily opened their doors -even though they were doing some remodeling- to fit us in! So so generous. Kathy was my nail tech and she was so kind and did exactly what I wanted. Only $45 for a fill and I will definitely start going there in the future. I would recommend!! read more

*** DO NOT GO HERE. *** The lady that did my nails was either drunk or visually impaired. Things that happened during my visit on 6/6/2019 for a gel manicure: She cut my nails down as I requested-fine She started filing my nails/shaping them, skipped at least 3 nails leaving them JAGGEDLY CUT and sharp-umm? She brought a warm dish of water for me to soak my nails/cuticles-great LEFT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, came back with a cup of coffee and said, "I went to get coffee". I'm thinking, great maybe she will wake up. She then started pushing my cuticles but because she was gone so long the water was cold and the tool she used was dull-ouch! She pulled the cuticle nipper out and was RUBBING it against my nails, not cutting anything! She couldn't see my cuticles. She did eventually cut some of them but CUT TWO OF MY FINGERS- I bled for a while and she kept trying to clot the blood with small pieces of tissue that she would pull out of her drawer which was filled with cash, random paper, nail tools, etc.- She finally stopped the bleeding by using super glue/ nail glue on my wounds-what? Then she starts shaping my nails with a finer emery board/block, continues to not do all of my fingers leaving things looking pretty uneven and crazy. Then she asks me what colors I want, I wanted to do a rainbow look because I was going to Indy Pride. I was fully prepared to pay extra for more colors/details. I show her my reference photo and start writing down what colors I want from the samples.- She then tells me, "a gel manicure is $30 and you're getting a lot of colors so are you going to pay me more?" At this point I have already thought about leaving several times AND I SHOULD HAVE but I'm truly not that person and I'm too polite. So I tell her yes I will pay extra. She goes to a separate area and starts pulling my colors (8 in total, 1 per finger and one color used twice)-cool She brings over to the station the first three or four she pulled and goes back to get the others. I look at them and they are all wrong. 2 orange shades, a black, and a brown-what? So I have to go over and tell her, these are all wrong. She huffs about it but puts them back and starts to get the correct ones.-mmmkay I go back to the station and while she's busy pulling the colors for about ten minutes I start filing and buffing my own nails with the tools she left in my reach. Yes, I SHAPED MY OWN NAILS ANS PAID FOR THE PRIVILEGE so they could look at least even- She comes back and gets ready to paint-k The process of her paying down the base, color and top coat what a disaster. I had to CONSTANTLY REMIND HER WHAT COLOR TO USE. On several occasions she was close to painting over a previously laid down color with another color, ie she almost painted over the red with pink and over the blue with green-seriously is she blind? I also had to ASK FOR THE UV LIGHT TO BE TURNED ON. This has happened before and I realize while they are busy working it can slip your mind to turn the light back on. BUT I HAD TO TELL HER TO TURN THE LIGHT BACK ON EVERY TIME IT SHUT OFF.- She did uneven layers. More opaque colors, like the purple and blue, she only used one coat. More sheer colors like yellow, orange, green she just put however many she wanted. But on one yellow finger she used three, the other got four NO CONSISTENCY. Finally it was almost over, she put CUTICLE OIL ON ONE HAND and told me we were done-uhhhh ok She charged me $15 extra for the extra colors so I paid $45 dollars for this hellscape experience and I still tipped her $5 I should also mention that the ENTIRE TIME SHE WAS WORKING ON MY NAILS ALL OF THE OTHER TECHS WERE BRINGING HER CASH AND CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS. SHE WOULD STOP WORKING ON MY MANICURE TO RIFLE THROUGH HER DRAWER OF LOOSE MONEY TO COUNT THEM OUT CHANGE OR NOTATE ON A SCRAP PIECE OF PAPER WHO MADE WHAT I should add that it is 3ish days later and I can tell they are going to start to peel, at least two of them at least. I was also there for nearly 1.5 hours and my nails were clean and plain went I went in aka no prep was needed. Due to the uneven coats and in consistent use of the UV light the red nails has weird ridges and lines and the pink nail had an air/blood bubble under the polish for the first day. The whole time I was there I was filled with INSTANT REGRET AND DREAD FOR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. I knew I should have left pretty much right away but I'm truly not a dramatic person and I'm pretty chill. I've gotten hair cuts and manicures before that maybe I wasn't totally thrilled with but at least it was still decent work so I would be fine with it. THIS WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. DO NOT GO HERE FOR YOUR OWN HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SANITY. read more

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They do real great real comfortable real friendly, lovely environment. I've gone strictly to the spot for over a year now highly recommended. read more

I wish i could give this place ZERO stars! do not go here unless you want to be overcharged for the exact opposite of what you want. i've been going to Cali for awhile and i've finally had the last straw. charged me $45 for something that was supposedly better than shellac and it has my nails absolutely destroyed! i'm sick of them talking me into spending more money just to be disappointed every time. read more

Cali Nails - after ripping the "polish" off because it was making my fingers throb in pain - Nail Salons Near Me - Elkhart, Indiana

Did the job - equipment seemed a little old but it worked. It was clean - but very few nail polish choices! I really liked my tech though - Antwon was great! read more

Ive gone to this place for a long time.. they recently got bought by new people and it has gone down TREMENDOUSLY!! the lady that did my nails was extremely distracted an left me in the middle of doing stuff several times.. she then didn't remove my nail polish and painted over it... outraged... will not be back read more

I went to my preferred salon to have shellac put on. While at work in Elkhart I had one chip and it kept snagging my shirt. I'm in customer service, people see my hands all day long. I wanted to get it redone or removed during my lunch break. I called Cali Nails because it was 10 mins away from my work (instead of 45 to my preferred nail salon) they said they could get me right in. Not only did it take the lady 45 minutes to just remove the shellac, clip and file my nails (I didn't have any more time to waste there) she charged me $17 and my nails that were perfectly squared are now ten different shapes. Never will I go there again. read more

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I went today for a mani/pedi and was not disappointed! I received the number 2 pedicure, which included various scrubs and a paraffin wax, and a regular manicure. Lee was my nail tech and he was very nice and friendly! They let you chose which scent of sugar scrub you want, and all the employees were very helpful. I was definitely be returning!:) read more

Cali Nails - Nice work! - Nail Salons Near Me - Elkhart, Indiana

Literally the worst place I've ever gotten my nails done in my life ! I got acrylics with gel and they're so fat and clunky ! The gel looks so dull and it not in the lines! And they made me bleed two different times. My sister also got gel and it was all over her skin, when she asked the lady to clean it up she just took nippers and CUT the polish off and some skin.. when we went to pay the women charged us 10 dollars more than the prices they have up say, and when we asked about it she said "oh those are very very old prices." okay so take them down then...? SAVE YOUR MONEY AND TIME! Here's what my sisters nails looked like after she "cleaned them up" read more

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Awesome service! Great time! Funny, nice, and welcoming. Total splurge but worth every penny! We will be back for sure.

Great place! Very accommodating, super manicure & will definitely be back & recommend to others. Bella was wonderful

I was a walk in for mani & pedi. Everyone very nice. Service was as good as my usual spot in Indianapolis.

I stopped in from the hotel - desperately needed a pedicure. Got there firsts thing Saturday morning - there were already three people ahead of me. I sat and soaked and had a chance to talk with the customers - since I was a visitor to the area and was new - I had no expectations. I soaked. I swirled and jacoozied. I vibrated (love those chairs). I requested no cuticle clipping and straight across cutting - got both with no argument. I got three full coats with realistic drying time in between. It is now a week later - no chips, no streaks, no muss no fuss. Love the colors offered. When I next visit Elkhard (and I will soon because of the delightful way this tourist was treated EVERYWHERE) I shall return - I had a wonderful experience! Cash only! Walk-ins welcome. read more

Went to Cali Nails for my first time and was very pleased! Got right in at 10 am. Made an appointment to come back in two weeks.

If it's 5:06 pm, you have 3 techs working and 1 person waiting besides the 3 you are already helping, and you tell me you won't have time for me- when you close at 7- you just lost my business. read more

I have gone in a couple of times and I loved my nails. With the other nail salon that I went to before here, my acrylics would break in like 2 days. My nails from Cali Nails usually last up to the 2 week period. I have always done walk- ins and have always been helped. The place could use a little updated, but it's clean and nice. I know some of my friends that have had not the best service, but personally I have enjoyed mine. read more

I went there yesterday and the man that did my nails was in a hurry and did a sloppy job. It appears that they reuse the foil when they wrap your nails to remove gel polish. UGH!!! I don't think they sanitize the tools either. read more

i went there go my nails i had a guy do my nails he did a great job they me in very quick and did not have wait either they was great Thank you read more