Slick Nails

Biggest ripoff ever and they don’t sanitize the pedicure tubs in between clients.
I got a gel polish French manicure today and she didn’t push or trim my cuticles. Also got a pedicure and was happy to pay the extra $ 10 for callus remover and $ 12 for 10 minutes of massage but the total bill was $ 82 and then they automatically add 20% tip to that. I’m happy to tip 20% but I expect a good job for $ 100.
Avoid avoid avoid.

It makes me sad to write bad reviews, but… Okay, so I’ll give them an extra star because everyone was really friendly. No complaints there. I went for a color gel manicure. I’ve had tons of these over the years and never had a problem. First of all, they don’t use any brands I’ve ever heard of (no OPI, CND, Harmony, etc.) and no swatches of the colors. I was happy with the color I chose, but the happiness ends there. The nail tech did a sloppy job of applying the color, and because it was light, I couldn’t really tell until I got home. Then, I don’t know if it was the brand, the UV lamp, or some combination, but my nails were incredibly sticky and dull even after a really long time under the lamp (usually, it just takes a minute or two for the polish to harden, I was under the lamp for about 10). Honestly, they’re still sticky and weird and it’s been almost a week. The price is just ridiculous ($ 37 total) for the quality of the service. Surprisingly, and unfortunately, there aren’t many nail places around here, but I definitely won’t be returning to this one.

Worst gel manicure ever.
Yesterday I needed a treat after a long day and asked for a gel manicure at this salon. I had had a regular manicure here that was fine.
The color selection was poor. The uv box was dirty inside and out.
I don’t think the manucurist had ever done a gel manicure before — she kept reading the bottles, choosing one, and then putting it down — there was one bottle that I don’t think got used. She also talked the entire time to another manicurist, ignoring me until she finally barked «where do you live?!» at me. I only realized she was talking to me because she switched to English.
She didn’t do my cuticles at all and did a quick and sloppy job altogether.
She kept my hands in the uv box FAR longer than anywhere I have ever gone before. Finally I took one hand out, and she yelled at me, «5 more minutes!!» She also played with her hair and picked her nails while my hands were under the lights and then touched my hands — ew.
When she said it was over (I couldn’t wait to get out of there), my nails were cloudy, streaky, and weirdly sticky. They are still all of those things a day later. They look awful. I had to refile two nails as soon as I left. I have polish baked onto my fingers. Showed a friend, who yelled, «What IS that?»
Slick Nails made a hard day worse by ripping me off and charging me for this mess. I will never go back.
No stars

Fine for the price. I was happy

DO NOT EVER GO HERE! My reasoning… I went with a friend to get a pedicure and manicure. My friend sits down first and her technician was nice and was asking her if she wanted to get a special foot scrub. When I heard it I’m like «oh cool I’ll get that too». When my tech decided to come over she comes while on her phone with her headphones in and says not one word to me. She just picked up my feet and started doing whatever she wants never once asked me if I wanted anything else like the special foot scrub. In my head I say «Whatever, this is cheaper I’ll just get it» but this should have been my sign. Afterward I figure I might as well get a manicure as it is only $ 8 and the pedicure was only $ 18. I ask another technician if I could get one and my original tech lady comes to do it. She asks me if I want square or round I say «Round, not square and please just shape them» to be clear. She gives my pinky a square and takes half the nail off. I stop her there and say «I don’t want them short like this, I want them just shaped up». She proceeds to give me square nails! I tell her again «I said round» she’s says «No you said square» then proceeds to go back and forth with me about how I want MY nails! Finally she starts to roughly fix my one hand and half shapes the other. I wouldn’t even let her cut my cuticles because she was so rough and I thought she would cut me! After she shapes them terribly and butchers my nails, she asks me to pay so I hand her my card. She then asks me what I would like to add for tip and I’m like no tip. She ask me again, I say «No tip on my card» she says, «OH you said cash tip?» We blankly stare at each other until I say sure so that she doesn’t overcharge my card. After all of this mess, and my nails are dry I get up to leave. As I am leaving and walking down the stairs she has another nail tech run after me and ask me for the tip! I had to tell her I’m not tipping the other lady. It was the worst nail experience. I will not ever go back to this place.

Absolutely Horrible! The technician cut my cuticle to the point that they were bleeding. Then required that I tip her! I will never ever get my feet done by anyone that is not of Asian ethnicity! Oh they deserve zero stars ! Not one!

I now know why men will wait six hours at a barber shop on a Friday evening to see the same barber they’ve been going to for the past 10 years. The same needs to start applying for me and my manicurist.
First off, I didn’t know a place could get by with such inaccuracies in its pricing.
Gel manicure:
Phone call beforehand? $ 30
Pamphlet in store? $ 20
Actual amount? $ 37
Apparently, this place thinks it can get away with charging $ 5 (without telling you) to take off your old gel polish before doing the manicure. Oh, and an extra $ 2 for tax. Where I come from (yes, 100 blocks north in Harlem, shut up), alladat is INCLUDED in the price. Or, at least while I’m spending 20 minutes soaking my current gel off, you could just say «It’s $ 5 extra for that». But no, no one said a word.
I’m not one to argue over $ 7, but it just bugged me about all the discrepancies. Then, the girl next to me goes, «But wait? $ 37? Your brochure says $ 20.»
Yep, nope. The $ 20 gel manicure is just to put a clear gel top coat over regular nail polish to make it last a bit longer. Where they do that at?
So all in all, who in gods name pays more than $ 40 (with tip) for a gel mani at a run-​of-​the-​mill nail salon in midtown? Insane.
It’s five days after I got them done and they’re already chipping. I had to ask the woman to put three coats of gel on because after two coats, it looked see-​through and streaky. I couldn’t even recognize the «brand» name on the bottles — also, when ever have you seen gel nail polish in clear bottles? So three coats of no-​name «gel» polish, five days, and its already chipping. Just don’t even.

DO NOT GET A FULL SET HERE.
I got a full set done a week ago. Every thing seemed okay when I was there. They were very nice and attentive. However its only been a week and my nails are falling off. This has never happened to me before, ever. Yes, my nails have broken but have never just fallen off like they were press on nails. Now my nails look a mess I got so fed up and just popped off the rest of my nails. It was that easy for me to take off. Usually you have to soak off the acrylic to get your nails to come off.
*le sigh*

This salon is really nice. The staff is super friendly and welcoming. The décor is really cute, and the salon has an interesting layout. The place is like a square and the seating for manicures go around the walls. Comfy bench like seats and manicure stations in front of each one. The pedicure stations are in the middle of the room against either side of a bench thing. All the seating was very comfy, and something about the layout was very peaceful.
I got a Shellac manicure which cost me $ 30. The girl did a very good job and was meticulous and fast at the same time.
I’d definitely go back, especially since there aren’t many good salon’s in midtown around 34^th st.

I’ve been getting shellac manicures in Brooklyn for quite some time, but right before the holidays, it was hard to get an appointment. I decided to go to Slick Nails, since it is right near my job. When I called to ask if they do shellac, the owner picked up the phone and said yes, and that it costs $ 30.
When I got to the salon, the colors she told me to choose from were not by CND. The owner told me that it WAS shellac, but she was using different bottles. She explained that the shellac bottles aren’t clear (true), so she used clear nail polish bottles instead. While waiting, I quickly googled the name on the bottles and learned that this is a type of gel — not shellac, which is a product by the company CND. I contemplated leaving, but I really needed a manicure so I decided to give it a shot.
First, the girl soaked the shellac off my nails, and then she gave me that fastest manicure known to mankind. She really cut corners and didn’t even push back my cuticles.
After the «shellac» process, she told me to put my hands in the UV light, and started doing someone else’s manicure. I realize that they were busy, but I kept calling her, and she told me to keep still. My hands were in the light for over 10 minutes until she finally came back and told me to take them out.
When it came time to pay, I said «$ 30?» She said no… it’s an extra $ 5 to soak off my previous manicure, and $ 2 in tax. The $ 30 I was told on the phone quickly turned into $ 37. I don’t mind paying $ 37, but why would they say $ 30, and not mention a fee to soak?
It has now been a week since my fake shellac and my nails look horrible. Whereas a shellac manicure easily lasts me 3 – 4 weeks, whatever product they used started chipping a few days later.
Horrible. I really wish when I called and asked if they do shellac, they said no, which is the truth.
Otherwise, the place is very cute and clean. I just wish I had a better experience.

This place is absolutely amazing, and is great with damage control.
I went to this other place near NYU to get my shellac redone, and they did a horrrrrrible job. I was visibly upset when I walked into Slick Nails, and the owner attended to me herself.
I explained to her that the gel I was wearing was done literally an hour ago, and she told me that it would cost an extra $ 5 to remove it. That’s fine with me. That’s $ 35 for gel + removal. ($ 37 with tax I guess. I was willing to throw down more at this point because I was so upset.)
The owner took out both lamps that they had to make the drying process faster. She was very meticulous with her work, and she was super sweet. We had a conversation in Korean about her daughter, who’s an alum at the same University I’m at. She was really informative, and made sure every nail was perfect to her standards. Three of my nails didn’t try as fast and didn’t have that nice shine, so she actually asked me if I had time and asked if it would be okay to do them over. I told her it wasn’t necessary because to me it already looked great and that I would feel bad, but she insisted.
Her husband came by (it was almost closing time), and he was super friendly as well. There are three other women who were working there, who are the most sweet, cute women everrrrr. She finished up for me after the drying process, massaged my hands, and kept referring to me as «Miss.»
Definitely will come here again; regular manicures are only $ 8.50, and gel is $ 35 + $ 5 to soak off previous gel. It’s right next to H&M, on the second floor (there’s a sign on ground level that says Nails.

Nice enough space and average hygiene. I got the gel manicure which was listed as $ 20 in the pamphlet on the front desk. I was psyched it was only that much bc I wasn’t that impressed with the manicure or that they had only 8 colors to choose from. Was pissed to find out they charged me $ 30 and just said the gel manicure I saw on the pamphlet was somehow different. Ugh.

This place was OK. We didn’t have to wait to get started on our manicure. I wanted to get my gel nails fixed, so they started soaking my nails to get the previous polish off. My friends nails were almost done before all of my polish was ground off with the scariest machine I’ve ever seen in a nail salon…
Moving on
Once that was off she started buffing & filing & somehow managed to cut my cuticle. I’m good with pain so I didnt say anything, although the alcohol rub that followed wasnt fun :(
I got a baby pink color, which was stained black (I don’t know how?) within two days. I ended up painting over them with black & they lasted about two weeks before they started chipping.
The last thing was the woman asked for a tip. I spent over $ 100 between me & my friend, and when I wrote down a tip she asked for more. I’m from Australia and we only tip when we think people deserve it — so asking for more does NOT fly with me…
Pretty much at the end of the day there are many other places id try before I go here again…

Looking for a good nail salon near my workplace, I chanced upon Slick Nails. I opted for the $ 40 Mon-​Weds deal for a mani, pedi, and 10 minute massage (which somehow came out to $ 36 even with quick dry coat and callous removal).
Pros:
— The employees are EXTREMELY nice. The owner even offered me pretzels!
— My manicurist did a great job with the mani and pedi and took her time, although she could have put a bit more effort into the massage.
— Largest selection of nail polish colors I’ve ever seen — OPI & Essie & other brands
— The décor was interesting. If a hipster opened a nail salon, it would look like this.
Cons:
— It’s a tiny place– there were only 3 employees there and there was a bit of a wait
— There wasn’t the usual jet spa tubs to soak your feet in but this sink-​like contraption
None of the cons would deter me from coming by here again though. I just wish they had membership cards!

A solid 3.5 stars.
Reviews of manicure places are tough because so much depends on the individual doing your nails, but i have now gone here twice and have been completely satisfied both times. this is a very simple, no frills manicure, which is just what i need when i’m near Penn Station as i’m usually in a rush to catch a train. They have both Essie and OPI polish.
The pedicure area is not individual massage chairs as you may be used to, rather it is a large bench with pillows and sinks at each station. So it’s not the most luxurious pedi, but i’ve had much worse for much more money elsewhere. The polish on my toes lasted a sort of ridiculous amount of time, so no complaints from me.

Bleh, I was very disappointed in this place. It’s fairly attractive, but on closer inspection somewhat run down. You sit on a sort of stone or concrete (can’t recall exactly) riser with pillows for a pedicure… I really feel more comfortable in a chair, even if it’s some broken massage chair. I went in for their $ 45 mani/​pedi/​10 min massage deal. Mani and pedi were SO rushed and sloppy. Massage was not bad for a «nail salon face on a paper towel on that backwards chair» massage.
I guess I was there late in the day because as I was drying, they were cleaning up. The manager was scolding some of the ladies for something… somebody put something in a drawer that shouldn’t have been put there or vice versa — some blah-​blah-​blah that customers don’t need to hear because it’s kind of a bummer and unrelaxing.
Would I go back? Well, I’m not boycotting or anything but if I found myself in some weird, desperate nail emergency at Penn Station I might as well just give some other random spot a try instead in hopes of better.

Be Alert! This Nail Salon may over charge your credit card. Make sure you will double the receipt before leaving the shop.

Price Deal: $ 8/​$ 9 for a manicure.
Hygiene: Great.
Atmosphere: Cozy, minimalist
Location: Extremely convenient, Penn Station, MSG area
Polish Colours: OPI and ESSIE are well represented.
Ask for: Martha or Simona
I am a regular here, especially during the show-​your-​toes months.
I have been on weekdays at all hours as well as on the Weekend. If you fear waiting just call and ask «Are you crowded?» they will tell you 10 – 15 min wait. Generally it is not that long of a wait, at least in my experience.
Also if you are in a hurry and you are getting a mani & pedi they will have you do them both at the same time. The staff here are friendly, reasonable and nice and are consistent with hygiene, cleaning the instruments etc. and are always eager to consult with you on colour and show you the newest colours. For consistently great results go with Martha or Simona.
Sidenote: Once I suddenly got sick while I was there and they were crowded and the owner Jennifer took care of me, a random New York stranger, making sure I was okay before sending me back into the NY wild. Even before this act of kindness, I would still give this review 5 stars.

I come here every two weeks for a manicure. I come here so much that I’ve tried just about every color on the selection wall.
It’s not as busy as it used to be and that’s fine with me because it means that I don’t have to wait. I’m always pleased with my manicure after I leave here. They take their time and my cuticles are cut with perfection. There are tons of OPI colors to pick from. I just wish that they would update the color selection sometimes.
It’s reasonably priced and considering that it’s right near Penn Station, it’s not touristy at all.

I work in the area and decided to try a new nail place. Very pleasantly surprised. It is small but with big glass windows, it feels very open. It doesn’t smell like other nail places.
I have never had to wait and they have a really nice selection of polish, including the new Essie colors.
And cheap. For Manhttan. $ 8.50 for a regular pedicure. And $ 40 for a mani, pedi and 15 minute massage.
It will be my new regular place.
And it is upstairs, above a deli.