Star Nails

I’ve been here a couple times. The women are nice. The spa pedi actually is just a spa chair with a bucket with a plastic bag placed in the pool portion. Maybe to prevent spreading bacteria? I haven’t seen that done before in other salons. Carpet doesn’t look great, but I don’t know if it’s as filthy as other reviews have stated. I guess though what disappointed me is the quick fashion the pedicure is done. No attention to detail, rushed even. Even though the salon is not busy and no one is waiting for service. Also, constant pushy up selling which I expect, but pushier than im used to. So though I don’t have totally negative things to say, I probably will go to another salon from now on.

Great prices, Linda is a perfectionist, but catch her when she’s not tired lol! She did my nails, acrylics, pink and white. They look amazing! She also has a little trick for water not getting under them, which was great, only for her special clients, and Mary is great too. She’s always busy though, you have to book her ahead of time.

Decent price for services. :) we have been going to the same girl for years and love her she’s great! Always adds something for free. This time I got baby shower nails and she gave me a bow for free.

Most affordable gel manicure & pedicure in OC! They last a good two weeks! Yes it’s an old nail salon & needs a little makeover. I’ve been going here off and on for almost 20 years! My husband even likes coming once in awhile.
Most the nail techs have been there for 10, 15, 20 years! When you find the right nail tech, you will keep coming back. I’m giving it 5 stars, they are like my family.

Ridiculous amount I just paid for a manicure and a pedicure. The lady literally didn’t grab my feet or anything else just file my nails painted with Toes and that was it same with my hands. I was charged $ 49 for a simple gel manicure when I have gotten my toes and full set gel before at other locations for around the same price. I am extremely upset that she did not notify me that gel was 20 alone. Aside from the fact that this place is small and dirty and outdated. They also have a huge sign that says $ 20 manicure and pedicure that is false advertisement. And they have not one sign stating how much gel is. Whatever you do, do not go here

Worst place to get your nails done the lady who did my nails did a terrible job she rushed me at the end to start working on another person. Never going here to get my nails done ever again. I don’t recommend it my nails look terrible.

Worst experience ever. Went in to get «spa» pedicure. New law requires liners in the tubs so they just put bags over a bucket and put it in the tub chair… They were pushy, rude, they were rushed and didn’t do a good job. I paid cash and the lady went to give me my change and tried to hold back some money! Awkward and bad practice. You have to EARN your tip. Don’t go here.

and by ONE star, I mean, ZERO. nasty, dirty, gross, horrible service and I WAY over paid for the crap service I received… never going back and hoping this place gets shut down.

so had an amazing experience yet again… merry is soo great. me n my mom went there a few days before my birthday n both got r lashes done my eyelashes were so perfect and I was no longer naked… I touched them n messed with them so they only lasted 2 WEEKS but my moms still has hers n they have been on a MONTH… merry WE LOVE U N I CANT WAIT TO GO BACK AGAIN CUZ IM NAKED WITHOUT U :) LOLOOL

I love Julie she has been doing my nails for years now thanks to a great referral from my best friend who also comes here.

I went in there today to get a pedicure with my sister. No one greeted us, they just stood there and stared at us. I should have walked out then. I showed the woman a picture of a design i wanted and she said she could do it. I had no intentions of getting gel on my pedicure, but they only had the color i wanted in the gel so i got it.
When it came time for the woman to do the design she did a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE job! Looked absolutely nothing like the design i wanted. I wish i could have taken a picture of how dreadful it looked!
I asked her if she could just take it off and leave the nail plain and she insisted that she could do it, but the design was extremely sloppy and i was not about to pay $ 5 for a design that looked like a 2yr old did it.
The woman asked for help and literally no joke, like, 4 of the women who worked there were crowded around my toe trying to tell her how to do it. It was embarrassing! I told her 7 or 8 times NEVER MIND just leave the nail plain and was beginning to get very irritated.
Finally she listened and took the design off. I still tipped her because i feel that its rude not to, but i am never going to that nail shop again. Also, it smelled like fish.
Also, they advertise a spa pedicure, but they use a bucket of hot water and have the bucket in the spa chair and you sit in the chair. I thought a spa pedicure included the jets etc. What they have is not a spa pedicure, thats a bucket pedicure…

Worst nail salon I have ever been to in my life– if you decide to take the risk bring your own nail tools. Dirty and bad service.

I had been a few times but this time was the last. I had previously done a gel manicure set 2 weeks ago here. The gel pretty much is like super glue. I came in today to do a regular manicure so my nails could rest from the gel. I chose a color and she peeled off 6 of my gels and started the mani. Ok I’m drying in the fan like she asked me to and the nail polish started melting or warping. I went to tell her and she added another coat of clear polish blaming me for putting my nails in front of the fan! Manicure $ 7 so I gave her $ 10 and said thank you. The owner says total is $ 12. Excuse me your sign says $ 7 for mani. She says oh, 5 dolla for take off.? Take off of YOUR gel that regular nail polish remover doesn’t remove? OK well here is $ 2 and NO TIP since my nails are all warped. Never again — stay away !!

Very poor quality work and customer service. The lady giving me the pedicure cut me with the cuticle trimmers and was very aggressive in her mannerisms. My nails were cut so that they were crooked and the polish was applied like a child had done it. After the pedicure was over the lady made me walk barefoot over a dirty carpet instead of letting me put my shoes on.
It is really gross that they don’t employ proper cleaning/​rinsing of treatment solutions. Their spa chairs have water tub portion but it was not used during the pedicure — instead they used a shallow tray wrapped in a plastic bag filled with water. I thought it to be extremely unsanitary that they did not change the water after they provided both callous and sea salt treatment, so I left feeling sticky and dirty. I don’t think they clean their tools either…
I would highly NOT recommend. This place is sketchy and potential dangerous with the conditions they allow.

I went here a few times and really liked my nails! They even painting my daughters nails which was super nice. The only reason I don’t come here anymore is because the conversations get weird. «Do you have a lot of money?» «where do you work?» what does your husband do?” Sometimes I want to be rude and ask the same type of questions but I freeze. Oh and before I found sugaring I’d wax with lily. If you’re still waxing id recommend her. She knows what she’s doing.

I have been coming here for about 8 years and the staff has gotten to know myself and my family very well. Merry is the best! She has been doing nails for 20 years and has done nails for 4 generations of my family! When you walk in, it might look like a little hole in the wall, but they have had the same staff there for a very long time, so they know what they are doing!

This is your run of the mill socal low end nail salon. Poor customer service, mediocre workmanship, and cheap prices.
Warning Rant Ahead:
I have no problem with people speaking to each other in another language. I don’t like it when the person doing my manicure says something to all the co-​worker in the place, they turn, look over at me and all nod in agreement (i have actually been laughed at in one of these places, not here though) at whatever the technician was pointing out on me. The technician working on me realizes I can tell they are talking about me and just gives me a big smile making no attempt to translate what they are saying.
I guess I’m gonna have to shell out some bigger bucks for a quality experience from now on. Waahhhhhh!

Actually a minus zero stars. Absolutely do not request cash back on your debit or credit card. I requested they add $ 20 so I could grab some lunch on the way back to work but once the charge went through they refused to give me the money and the beatch kept it as a tip. I was furious but they wouldn’t budge and they told me they couldn’t reverse the charge. Bullsh! t. I was a regular customer and stopped going that day.
This place is no jewel and it sure as heck isn’t a star anything. It’s a rip off.

They gave me a staph infection!
I started coming here because of their cheap prices. The inside was raggedy, but it didn’t bother me. I was more attracted to their $ 7 manicures and $ 10 pedicures. My friends warned me– that with prices that low, I’d most likely catch something. And I did! They don’t clean their instruments, and they merely scrub down the spa chairs WITHOUT cleaning/​disinfecting solution. Anyway, moral or the story– I’m now sitting in urgent care at kaiser because I have a swollen, throbbing finger, which the dr tells me is staph. awesome.

A bloody horrible experience!!! Literally.
One of my girls and I decided to try and different place for gels. This place was ghetto! $ 20 lashes, scary. Right away my girl started drilling down my nail beds, I told her I didn’t have gels on just polish. She kept going. She kept cutting me with her crazy nippers, then proceeded to pour liquid bandaid all over my hands to stop the bleeding. My nails were so so jagged, I asked her for a fine Emory board to fix them and she threw the file at me. Lol! I was cracking up at this point! Then the red gel polish I chose, ended up a pink/​peach with all kinds of cotton and lint in it. I showed her and she kept polishing over. My girl friends black gels looked ten times worse, she missed spots and told my friend it was her fault for taking her hands out of the heaters too soon.
I’m not even sure these ladies are licensed?
An experience to remember.