Top Nail Design

I don’t usually have manicures because the polish is chipped within 1 – 2 days. Not so with Top Nail – Mine has lasted almost a full week – I say almost because there is slight wear now on the red polish that has been so perfect all week. I don’t know what they do – this was just OPI polish – but it is, by far, the best polish experience I’ve ever had. Highly recommend!

Just returned to Top Nails after an absence of a couple years. Tammy still remembered me. How welcoming it that! Hannah gave me the best shellac manicure I have ever had. Then I got a great pedicure too. Sorry I ever left.

Due to a medical condition plus the medication needed to treat it, my already thin nails became extremely thin. I tried gel manicures but the salons I tried in my hometown (not Marblehead but close by) were either scrapping the old gel off and destroying the entire nail bed (well, one salon did) or the traditional soak with chemicals which I’m sure is fine for most but with my auto-​immune diseases, was not something my doctor wanted me to do. I was in Marblehead one day about 2 years ago and stopped by Top Nail Design and Tammy (the owner, I think) looked at my nails and said she could use a different technique. I don’t know the name of it but it’s not using traditional acrylics. It’s some combination of a gel but very thin pieces of plastic are applied to the top ¹⁄₃ of the nail first and-​well, it doesn’t really matter but Tammy is the only one (I think) who does this and it’s time-​consuming but the results are incredible, probably due in large part to Tammy’s high standards. She is a perfectionist and true professional and the entire salon has that vibe. They seem to be able to accommodate nearly everyone, even walk-in’s on a Friday afternoon in the summer who want a pedicure. I’ve never seen them turn anyone away altho’ they may ask walk-in’s to return in an hour. While I have not used any one but Tammy, there is a male receptionist who seems to keep things well organized (although he sometimes consults with Tammy if the salon is full). The other «nail technicians» seem to be equally diligent and professional. Unlike other nail salons I’ve been in, there is no loud «chatter» going on by the employees. When they are working on a client’s nails, they are all business and there’s no idle talking among themselves in their native language which I find to be common in other salons and frankly annoying. They seem to have a wide range of services (I just get the manicure technique Tammy uses and an occasional traditional pedicure.) In sum, it’s a well-​run, highly professional nail salon whose employees are extremely dedicated. I’m quite sure that Tammy would not have her salon any other way. There are so many nail salons in the surrounding towns and I assume in Marblehead as well but Top Nail Design is always busy an clearly popular and favored over others. True professionals!

Every time I get my nails done by Tammy, they are always perfect. She takes the time to talk to me and recommends colors when she gets new ones in. I rarely get pedicures, but the last one had lasted me three weeks. Very impressed. Will be a forever customer !!

Hands down, the best Shellac manicures I’ve ever had. They last the minimum of two weeks and if the ladies see you before then… it catches them off-​guard. They don’t try to constantly upsell, they are friendly, quiet, and sweet. The place is clean; they have a large selection of colors (and a huge selection of shellac and gel colors); and they know their regulars well.
I will keep coming here time and time again!