Elegant Nails is the best nail spa in town. They are friendly, remember you by name and provide great service. We have been to many of the nail spas in town but this is the best. The recent remodel had the placing looking very nice too! read more

Just having moved to SF was looking for a Salon. Would say this was some of the rudest service ever. First person approached and asked me what service I wanted. She told me I needed the $65 service (climate and dryness). I explained first visit so just wanted basic. She stared running the water and just wandered off. Stood down the aisle doing nothing. Water kept running into basin getting closer to over flowing. Then the stylist next to me, while taking care of her own client, reached over to turn off the water. I then sat for another 7 minutes, no one helping me. I saw the original person then walk over to another client to start with her. She then sent a younger guy over (none of this being his fault) who then started to pitch me services again. I had enough. I left. Personally I feel absolutely that the original stylist just felt there was not enough in this for her. Terrible read more

John did my nails he was so nice and open to changing the design and trying different things. The place is really clean and welcoming. Multiple people called and walked in and they were always helped and shown where to go while they wait. I love the way he did the design I brought in and I will definitely be back! read more

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Panda did an excellent job on my gold "cat eye" gel!! Changes color depending on the angle of the light. read more

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The lady that did my nails was so nice and requested that I take a photo cause she loved my nails. 10/10 would recommend, they look gas. read more

Elegant Nails - My fricken nails - Nail Salons Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

I would absolutely not recommend this place! First of all, the lady next to me got a manicure. I observed the nail tech reach into her drawer and pull instruments out and use them on her. After she was done, she put the instruments back into her drawer. Secondly, they have one nail brush per sink for you to wash your hands. The same brush is used by anyone who washes their hands. Thirdly, my nails look like crap! I have been getting powder dip for many years, I have never had it drilled off and applied like acrylic. The top coat does not completely cover some of my nails and the gold line I asked for doesn't even cover the nail tip. Some of my nails are bumpy and not smooth, complete garbage. When I was done and about to pay, the nail tech who was doing my daughter n laws nails asked for her phone and entered an actual review on goggle. She had only had her nails done and the nail tech entered that my daughter n law also had a pedicure and gave herself 5 stars. I know that I am not a licensed nail tech but this place seriously needs to be inspected by the state. My daughter n law paid $50 for a full set which I would expect, why would my dip powder be $64! ZERO stars is my rating! read more

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Walk in family business inside a Mall No good, no hygienics, long wait for poor service read more

In my 63 years of life I have never had such terrible service and terrible pedicure. We were in the mall and it was convenient to get our pedicures there. Although we were seated quickly, nothing was good after that. They filled the basin with burning hot water which almost overflowed because they were not monitoring it. Then they filled it with cold water which was then too cold. The lady at my chair kept sitting down for 1 second, then getting up again, over and over again. She tore into my big toe cuticle which was really painful. The person doing my daughter's toenails said it was an ingrown toenail - which I have never had. She didn't make the top of my toenails smooth and due to language barrier I wasn't able to tell her what I needed. When she went to massage my feet, it was the weirdest thing ever. Like a 4 yr old trying to massage, then abruptly slapped the bottoms which was also weird. All the while she was looking up at me smiling and nervous laughing. A male worked on my daughter's toenails. He spoke English, and I couldn't see what he was doing, but when we got to the car it was easy to see how bad her pedicure was. Her cuticles were not cut well, the polish doesn't go across the nail, and there are rough edges on top. It's shocking I paid $69.40 plus $10 tip, which I wish now I had not tipped at all. I really don't know how they are still in business. read more

Elegant Nails - Cuticles not cut well, polish doesn't go across the nail, rough edges on top - Nail Salons Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

The best nail salon in Santa Fe. They are professional, true artists, and friendly. I have always been pleased with their work and leave with a smile. read more

This place is horrible! I had an appt at 12 and waited 50 min for service. This is the second time I've come here. employees and management are so rude. There will not be a third time! read more

Absolutely the worst manicure I've ever had. Staff were disinterested and used overly rough files. I use gel polish and most places are careful to either use a solution to remove it or gently file it off but she took my nails nearly to the flesh below. My nails are not usually thin but it will take a long time to get them back to a healthy state after this. The polish was awful too, lumpy, thick. It started chipping days later and gel usually lasts 2-3 weeks on my nails. That and of course because the filed my nails so thin, three nails split into the quick. read more

Amazing service and very thorough. I brought a picture and they did it perfectly. I will be back! read more

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I made a reservation for mid/pedi yesterday. When I arrived, the person I was greeted by didn't know about the reservation and didn't listen to what I wanted. My visit was 2.5 hours! Altho the owner was very apologetic, they were working with other clients before me, they finally assigned a woman to give me a manicure whose work was not as good as I could do myself (one of my nails is already chipping!). I felt that, because I was a new client, they did not give me good service. read more

Always happy with them doing my pedicure and manicure here. Thank you all. Love it here.

The worst place for service, attention by the provider, and proprietor. I had the owner I'm sure , her eyes were on the door the whole time and the mani/pedi were a waste of money. I cannot believe these people are in business. Avoid this salon!!!! Find another one!!! read more

I'm in town on a long visit, so nails needed help before I could get home. I searched for nail salons that do powder dip and weren't booked out for two weeks; this location was also nearby. Well, Lynn did a fine job on my nails and I'm quite pleased! I don't do nail art because it looks messy to me, but Lynn suggested doing one nail and if I didn't like it, she'd remove it. Her design was delicate and subtle, so I loved it. Linda did my pedicure; I normally get regular polish, but they only have gel to match my powder. Pedicure felt good and I'm pleased with the results. They could've upsold me on one of their luxury pedicures, but I'll know to ask next time I'm in town. read more

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DO. NOT. GO. We, like many others, want to support local businesses. From the start, the employees were rude, clearly uninterested in clients or providing any remotely calm and professional service. It was awful. All employees were on their phones while "engaged" in their work. They were also having an argument while providing a pedi to my partner. Horrible attention to water temperature, no jets, lots of leaving her stool and disappearing ‍ Manicure was equally unsatisfying. The employee I interacted with continually tried to get us to up grade, yet when we had enquired about add ons earlier, she shrugged and her facial affect was clearly that of annoyance. My gel mani chipped within 4 days. I returned to have them fix it but realized I wanted no part of the unsanitary conditions or the negative vibe. I took it off myself which was horrible. DO. NOT.GO. Elegant Nails deserves ZERO stars. read more

Got my mani done here by mimi and she was supper sweet and very helpfull, loved the outcome definitely will be going back to her! ;)) read more

One particular manicurist was so bossy and thought she knew everything. She talked me into waxing my face and she was so rough with peeling the fabric off my face that my face had an irritation/breakout for 3 days. It was painful and ugly. She didn't know what she was doing. She had a poor attitude and I will never go back. She also used the sanding tool for my cuticles. When I asked her not to use it- she ignored me. Zero star rating read more

We've been going here for years but they are in steep decline. On today's visit, not only had their prices gone up significantly but they have also hired several very young men (ours was 22) who I believe have no training and no qualifications. This young man cut my thumb very badly. Not only will I be unable to type or do housework properly until it heals, which could be a while, they still charged for the manicure which I find outrageous. I hope the health department checks them out - there must be some requirements and I doubt that this young man meets them. read more

I came in today and they were full so I signed in on their notebook. It was 12:15. I took a pager and put my number down. I went to a couple of shops while I waited then came back and sat right outside the nail salon to wait. At 2:00 I got up to see where I was on the list. They had crossed my name off the list. NEVER paged their pager and NEVER called my number just skipped me and went on to the next person. I will not be back again. read more

They do not know how to do dip properly. She did the dip like it was acrylic and then painted black gel over my black dip. Also, she didn't even give me a massage after that. Literally the worst manicure I've ever had. read more

They were rude and aggressively tried to up-sell services. They don't sanitize their tools after each customer (had an older gentleman next to me with toenail fungus) and just generally a displeasurable experience. I'd highly discourage people from going here. read more

Really bad place. Not very nice people working there, pretty rude and disconnecting. And very unskilled at pedicures. The woman even stabbed me and now I'm hoping my toe is not infected. This place is really terrible and should be closed!! read more

Very great service and super nice people that work there, Mimi was did an excellent job on my nails and was super talkative and sweet. 10/10 recommend. Will be going back. :) read more

Over priced. No skill. Long time waits. Horrible nails. And to make matters worse they are rude!! Stay away if you love yourself.

When I asked if they had opi dip they said no. When I asked to see the colors of the off brand they showed me about 10 colors. I picked one but he was so focused on telling me they didn't have the color on my nails ...obviously we had already covered that..he then told me he couldn't do my nails. Very racist Salon. It was also very dirty and disgusting so I'm glad I left. I probably would have caught something. read more

This place doesn't even deserve 1 star!!! Worst mani/pedi I've ever had not to mention the nasty, disgusting & rude way I was treated by some of the people that work there - owner included!!! There were air bubbles all over my nails and the gal who did my nails didn't even fully cover some of my nails. She had such an attitude I didn't want to inconvenience her to fix it. This was my first time trying this place and I will NEVER recommend this place to anyone. I honestly don't even know how this establishment is in business. Looking back I'm shocked to think there was actually a line of people waiting for their services (they don't take appointments) considering the horrible service and treatment I received. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME/MONEY AT THIS PLACE!!! There are plenty of other nail spots around town who deserve your money way more!!! read more

While the wait was an hour longer than expected this was well worth it. My sister and I have gone everywhere in town and they are the best. I am very picky, but they still fixed everything to my liking and charged a decent price . I got a new set of dip with gel color for $50! That's comparable to ABQ prices . I also felt like they did the work throughly and didn't cut corners just because they were busy. The reviews were daunting but I truly think they are much better than advertised read more

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I really wanted to give this salon a chance even after reading all the bad reviews. I cannot give them any stars after my experience with them. I walked in hoping for a mani/pedi. Was told in a very impolite way to come back in 30 minutes. I returned after 30 minutes only to be abruptly told to come back in 40 minutes. I kindly reminded the woman I'd already been here and was told to come back now. Again she sharply said come back in 40 minutes. There are other nail salons in Santa Fe, and I will certainly find one that treats its customers better than this place. Please don't waste your time or money for rude treatment. read more

I would say this place is adequate, but nothing special by any means. A mani pedi is $32 but because I got French on both it was $42. They do their French subtraction method by adding too much and then using a paint brush with acetone to take some away and clean up the skin and lines. I'm not a fan of this method because you cannot put a light layer of pink under the white and the acetone creates bubbles while it's drying (see photo). It's clean...ish. They line the foot soaking tubs with plastic. I have seen them change the plastic on previous visits but I did not happen to see them changed this visit. It is also always busy here. Especially around noon during the week and weekend. Call ahead and make and appointment but also make sure you have a time buffer in case they cannot accommodate you during your slot. read more

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Rude, rough, sloppy, don't do a good job at all. Most times people end up going to another salon to get their mail services repaired and done right. read more

The salon is oretty clean but my technician reused tools on my nails. Ick. She applied the polish properly but didn't use a fan between coats (her station fan didn't work). When she finished she had me sit with both hands in front of a tiny fan that was in the front of the store below my knees - with four coats (base, 2 coats of polish & top) Needless to say - go somewhere else!!! read more

The worst nail experience of my life and I've been around for 60 years with a lot of nail salon visits My nail person named Mai insisted on giving me dip over gel The color was blotchy I asked for a redo with gel which she did My cuticles were bleeding by the end of my appointment because of her heavy handed careless service I was charged $ 60 I left a tip for my daughters nail service that was decent I just saw my bill for $79 Yep not only was this an all round bad experience but they overcharged my credit card They suck Do not give them your money Also they charged my daughter in law $75 for a gel pedicure This place is not even clean read more

big slay. the lady who did them was chill. I was gonna do a different design but she said the stars would look better like this and she was right. read more

I have been a customer here for 3 years . Consistent. And no I will never return again. My husband and I went for pedicures , we called and asked how long the wait was and they said no wait. We arrived 5 minutes after calling and we waited over an hour. They let 3 other clients ahead of us and a wacxinf client. I can't believe I've been such a good client for this long. I will not return. read more

I came here to get acrylics. I have never been in more pain before. The lady doing my nails shaved them down so much. She kept burning my nails and made them so crooked. NEVER go to this place. I felt like she was trying to rip off my nails. This place is the worst and they call themselves professionals. The nails I got looked nothing like the picture I showed. At this point they might as well just quit. There is hair and other junk all in my nails. I have never been more disappointed in a nail salon ever. I tried trusting the process but they just kept getting worse. If you ever go here, don't expect to come out with your nails looking pretty because all you'll have are severe damaged nails and with employees talking bad about you in their language. This place sucks and needs to be closed for good read more

Horrible experience. I wish I had read the reviews before going. Staff was super rude and the pedicure was terrible. Avoid this place!!

I just had a manicure, i let my nails grow up for a nice french manicure. Unfortunately the women who take care of me didn't speak english and she file my nails horrible and skinny tip. Horrible horrible!! So then to try to make them look square again she have to file more and more and finally my nails look like school girl, short and ugly. I think i had once before a manicure but never ruin like today. Also she file too much and damaged all my nail on top. She charge for all that 18.50 read more

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Don't go! Worst pedicure and manicure ever. Asked for dip and she put it on like acrylic. It was uneven my fingers are a mess. Every nail is a different shape. My nails are sore from all the drilling and filing. I am sure they are ruined underneath this mess of polish. I asked to match the color I picked for my nails for my toes. Not even close and polish is slapped on - she was mad I didn't do the more expensive gel. Waste of time and money. I tried to stop her and she insisted she was doing it better. I am very worried I'll end up with trashed nails and a fungus. She nicked my finger and it was bleeding and said she didn't do it. Never cleaned it up and slapped the powder on top with a brush. THE WORST!! read more