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    Perfect Glare

    4.1 (25 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Manicure

    Manicure and pedicure

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    Alexandra M.

    I'm giving a two because my actual nails look good. However, I have scabs all over my cuticles which is incredibly embarrassing for the holiday season. My ninety minute appointment went well over two hours and I had to stop the appointment. It was my first Russian manicure, so I don't know if it was supposed to sting and burn the whole time, but it did.

    Frances S.

    Anna did a phenomenal job on my Russian Gel Manicure! I got baby French nails and they turned out so nice. This was my first time getting a Russian mani and let me tell you, it makes such a difference. The cuticle work is on another level. Booking an appointment was easy and the salon itself is very clean and well kept. Will definitely be back the next time we come through Chicago!

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    Stephanie M.

    Firstly, Mila and her staff are consummate professionals. I made an appointment for my first gel Russian pedicure, and I was truly impressed by Mila's expertise and delightful personality. I have already booked my next appointments biweekly through the spring! The services were amazing, and I highly recommend them. Clean & wholesome atmosphere to boot!

    Very terrible management and unprofessional, don't fall for the aesthetics, the nail technicians don't know what they are doing. I asked to book for the combo Russian manicure and pedicure which was meant to be 100usd, last minute I was told that won't be possible and I will pay 160usd, I went ahead because I was out of time. On getting there, I let them know that I have short nails and I would love to have nail extensions, after deliberating for a while amongs themselves, they said it will be possible and it will all cost me 210usd. I had this service on 11/08/24 Friday afternoon and by 11/11/24 Monday morning the left thumb nail fell off and by afternoon right middle nail had fallen off. Please note that I had not done anything extraordinary with my hands/nails, no cooking, packing or anything rigorous. Need to say that I was bruised and bleeding from some of the cuticles. Reaching out to perfect glare, the owner told me that I should treat my nails as jewels and not as tools, l don't know exactly what she meant by that but definitely not a way to talk to a paying client, rather not an attitude of someone who wants her business to grow, i usually don't leave reviews but I wouldn't want anyone else to fall into same situation as mine. Leysa was the technician that did my manicure.

    I have been getting my nails done here for a few years now and fantastic results every time! Cleanliness is important to me and the salon is very sterile.

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    Always a great experience with Marina! Her precision and talent amaze me every time -- never disappointed and worth every dollar.

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    If you have short, stubby nails that you think will never grow or look pretty, Mila is the person to go to.

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    Lux Salon and Spa - My son was very happy with the results, thanks Tom!

    Lux Salon and Spa

    4.2(69 reviews)
    3.8 mi
    $$$

    I have no idea what happened to my review so here it is again…read more The receptionist sets the tone for the whole business. It is an extremely important job. It is not easy. You are dealing with many personalities. A really good receptionist knows how to make a customer always want to come back. Here is my experience tonight. I am horrified. I called yesterday. I gave the salon more than 24 hours notice just as I was told to do. I spoke to a lovely receptionist. I explained to her that heavy storms were coming in with many warnings. I did not want to drive in this weather. They were predicting tornados, hail and heavy winds. She was absolutely lovely to talk to and understood. I also explained to her that I did not want to get a fee for rescheduling. She said she understood and would take care of it. She also told me to call in the morning and let them know once I saw what the weather was like. I followed her advice and immediately called in the morning. I rescheduled my appointment. No problem, At 6:30 tonight Gail called (the other receptionist.) as obnoxious as can be and told me I did not follow the rules. She was going to place a fee on me. I believe it was $25. She kept saying we talked about this and would not stop. I honestly thought she was a broken record. I followed the rules. I did nothing wrong. I will tell you the right does not know what the left is doing. There is no communication between receptionists. This was a power trip and under no circumstances she was going to win. She was determined. That was obvious. Salons are customer service oriented. You have to be this way if you are going to keep your customers. They want the customers to be relaxed by their services. I don't know if Gail got off the wrong side of the bed or if something was going on in her life. She sure took it out on me. I am not going to tolerate this behavior. Nobody should. I wonder if the owners know how she is treating the customers. She cancelled my appointment because she said I did not follow the rules. At this point, I hung up on her. Nobody should ever be treated this way under any circumstances. It was horrifying to say the least. If you want to be abused by a receptionist then I would recommend going here. I am just flabbergasted by the way I was treated. I am in the salon every month. I am not a walk in. I am also surprised that neither of the owners reached out to me. This says it all!

    Brought my son in for a re-perm but was told by Tom that his hair had quite a bit of damage and…read morethat he wouldn't recommend a perm at this time. We decided to get his haircut anyways and we're extremely happy with the results. We also appreciated the fact that Tom took his time to go over my sons hair and explained to us his reasoning for not wanting to do a perm. Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a place that actually cares about your hair!

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    Kim Sun Young Hair Design

    4.4(93 reviews)
    5.0 mi
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    This is my spot for my hair!!! I come to get my digital term with Ms. Ahn and she is the best. I'm…read moreone of those that won't let others touch my hair... ya know what I mean? I get the digital perm where they do magic straight perm on the top and curls on the bottom. I like my hair to look like it's been curl ironed so she picks out the perfect curl size for me. I've tried several styles and Ms. Ahn perfects the styles every time. Now I stick to the one I like, since I've going to Ms. Ahn for many years (10+). This is premium Korean hair care. There's always a saying "you get what you pay for". I've tried other spot in Chicagoland and it's not what you would get at Kim Sun Young. Sure, I can pay cheaper but the quality I got was not the same, so I always return to Ms. Ahn to take care of my hair. With my digital perm, she explains to me how to care for my curls, and also let me know how the condition of my hair/scalp is and what I need to do to get improve my hair health. I made an appointment about 3 weeks in advance for a Friday morning digital perm. It typically takes 3-4 hours for the perm. With my iPad and AirPod, time flies by while I'm watching the show. They also have a small "earcap" that looks like a shower cap so your ears are protected & my AirPod. I get a cut first, then a perm. Friday afternoon with 3 hair professionals and 2 assistants. They are busy because they are able to work simultaneous while the perm client is waiting for perm chemical to settle into the hair, they can do a hair cut.

    I went back and forth as to whether I wanted to write this, but I do think my experience was…read moreunfortunate and may not necessarily reflect their skill and service here, but I think it's still worth sharing. The TL;DR is that I was unable to get my hair coloring done and also got a haircut that was not very flattering. I felt I looked better when I came in vs when I came out of the salon. This was all despite the effort I made to contact this salon multiple times beforehand to ensure that they were able to do the hair that I wanted. In January, I had my hair cut and permed in Los Angeles, which I was happy with, but I wanted to also make my hair blonde with this hair style (I'm a Korean American with dark hair). I confirmed with my hairstylist in LA as well as the internet that you should wait a while to bleach your hair to space out the damage, at least ~4 weeks. I currently live in Cleveland, OH for grad school and heard there aren't many good salons in OH for Asian hair. So I did my research, found this salon in Chicago with good ratings, read through ratings, looked through photos, and then first messaged them on instagram to set an appt. I sent them reference photos of the color I wanted, plus a current selfie showing my hair to ask if what I wanted was possible. I also explained I was going to be driving in from Cleveland (took me 7 hours since I avoided tolls) so I wanted to really make sure before I made the trip. I told them also about my perm from weeks ago (it was going to be over 7 weeks since the perm for the appt day I asked for). I also called 24 hours later directly to the salon since I didn't get a response on instagram right away. The person on the phone booked me with Michelle. I then proceeded to explain my situation and told them I sent them photos on instagram. The woman on the phone tried to reassure me saying "it's okay, Michelle can do whatever color. Don't worry about it." I took their word. They also responded on instagram confirming they could book me an appt and gave me an estimate of pricing (starting around $350) and time range (3-4 hours) based on the color I wanted. The day of my appt, I show Michelle my pictures and what I want. She starts rambling about how the color I want is not possible, or needs to be bleached multiple times because my hair color is too dark. I was asking her to clarify if that meant I have to come in on different days to get it done, and she wasn't very clear and eventually just said, "It's okay, we will figure it out. For now, you need a haircut right?" So we cut my hair to a length I was satisfied with, but since it wasn't dried/styled yet, I wasn't sure what the finished product would look like yet. Then we went back to discussing color. First, she tells me, "okay, we can bleach multiple times, but it may take a long time, maybe even 6 hours. Is that ok?" I said yes (I knew it might take a long time so I purposefully asked for their earliest appt time that day). "And it's going to be around $400-500. Is that ok?" I said yes again. THEN she says, "oh, and the bleach is going to flatten your perm, so you won't have your perm anymore." This is when I was stunned and hesitated and asked for time to think. I was already starting to worry about whether the color would actually look okay on me based on Michelle's initial response to my request, but then to also not have my perm that I had paid for before but I still wanted to be a part of my overall hairstyle? I was incredibly disappointed. I was definitely ignorant of how this hair stuff worked, but that's why I tried doing my research beforehand and asked them multiple times, sending them pictures and explaining my situation BEFORE I planned a trip 7 hours away by car. I don't have many free weekends, so this was also difficult for me to schedule. Eventually I declined the color because I didn't want to risk not liking the final color AND losing my perm. But I wish the staff, all the people I talked to here, told me BEFORE I made the trip to Chicago, and BEFORE she cut my hair. I honestly would not have gotten my haircut had I known I wasn't going to get color. I know cheaper hair salons for hair cuts in the area and might've opted for another place if I wanted one (my hair was already short, but the haircut price was still $70). The staff didn't necessarily act rude or anything, but they clearly failed to take my situation into consideration despite all of my effort and wasted my time, money and energy. And honestly I don't like the hair cut. I look like Johnny Depp from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; the lack of layers is not flattering. I have to pull my hair back daily to look decent. I'm just sad this happened and they may be competent at hair, but the inconsiderate communication was really disappointing.

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