Queen Nails and Hair

I found Queen Nails on Unilocal and made an appointment with Tuyen. This nail shop is awesome! She took her time on my nails and genuinely cares about her clients. They offer lots of services from nails, haircuts and waxing. This will be my new place from now on!’ Deserving of all five stars!

I am rating Jessica the hair stylist in this review. I met Jessica in 2014 when my hair was a mess (she worked at a different salon back then and I have stuck with her). I couldn’t find anyone who could cut layers the way I wanted (blended) until Jessica cut my hair.
She cuts hair like a real professional. I have been going back to her for 2 years now. I try to cut my hair every 3 months and she always leaves my hair looking beautiful. She listens to what I want and goes above and beyond what I ask. My self esteem always goes way up after I leave the salon, every time. :)
I thought it was about time that I gave her a good review. She is so nice, too. Thank you Jessica! Queen Nails and Hair has the best hair dresser!
My next step now is to try out getting my nails done. Reviews look promising: D now if I could just find the time…

This place is the best. I will not get my nails or eyebrows done any where else! They do any ridiculous request for nails designs I can come up with. My nails never break. I wash dishes daily and have never had a break or chip. The staff is the best! Super accommodating and friendly. Awesome prices. And they are very clean. I drive 20 minutes to get my nails and eyebrows done despite the fact that there are several nail shops near my house. They are the absolute best. I highly recommend them to anyone!

Never had a mani /​pedi before.
Went in with my girl and I wouldn’t mind doing it again.
Awesome people and great price. Will definitely repeat with Queen Nails and Hair again.

My first time at Queen Nails. What a professional and thorough job on my nails and pedicure. Plus, I tried Eyelashes too. They are so beautiful. I love it. I will come back.

I am very upset with their service. I saw their deal on groupon for their facial and body scrubbing. The address on Groupon was 30^th Street. I called them and booked an appointment. The lady who received my call called me back again after sometime and was insisting me to take their pedicure and manicure service. I refused and then she hung up. Then she calls me back next day to change the timing of the appointment. Then on the day of the appointment which is on 30^th April, 2016, she calls me back again and asks me to come to their other salon which is on El Cajon blvd. I went to their El Cajon blvd salon at 1:45pm and I was asked to wait for about 15 minutes before the lady gets free with the other customer. I am not sure why was she attending the other customer when she had an appointment with me. After about 15 minutes, she sends someone else to attend me. What was actually disappointing was their service. They only did scrubbing with steam as part of the facial which was just about for 5 to10 mins. The body scrubbing was just hands and legs scrubbing which was done by both of them. When I asked them why you aren’t you doing it for the whole body, they gave me some vague reasons. They quickly did my back scrubbing for 2 mins before asking me to change. I was not sure what kind of facial they did without any massage or face pack. Total wastage of money! I paid them $ 40 at their salon as she asked me not to buy the groupon deal and pay her directly.

I got a mani pedi. Nancy did my pedi and she’s outstanding. The guy who did my mani did a great job but I was dissatisfied with his polish job. Luckily I requested a design and saw a different technician. Jessica totally saved the day. I asked her to re-​polish my nails before completing the design and she was happy to oblige me and keep me happy. Overall my experience was mediocre but I left very happy and satisfied. Loved my nails

The best nail shop I have been too the staff is great and they do a good job and will make sure the work is done just the way you like it and if there is a problem she will fix it right away. The atmosphere is warm and you feel like you are apart of the family I will recommend this nail shop to anyone who is looking for a great nail tech an responsible prices. Every time I leave there I have a great design on my nails.

Hello Queen
I had done eyelash with Hellen at Ballasima salon and posh skin care. NOW SHE IS HERE @QUEEN
I love the lash she like at cat, she is very sweet and nice

TUYEN (TWIN) did such an amazing work on my full set last night. She didn’t mind staying late even when it passed the closing time. She’s so sweet and funny! Coming back here again for sure! Thank you, TUYEN :)

Gave this place a chance because it opened at 9am. This place is straight in the ghetto with very limited parking. Don’t stray too far.
The ladies here are nice but the woman who did my pedicure made my French tip so uneven. Maybe I just have ugly toes.

Helen did my eyelash extension, at Queen Nails. Everyone at the salon was very friendly Helen was AWESOME! She was reasonably priced, she was very detailed and explained what she was going to do and how I should care for the lashes to insure they stay nice. She made sure I was comfortable and played peaceful music while she worked. It takes about an hour. They look very natural but glamours. I told her what I wanted and she gave me some suggestions that I was very happy with.
I was a little unsure because the location is not very fancy and I had them done before using a groupon. I guess you get what you pay for cause they were not done right.
My experience at Queen Nails, with Helen was wonderful. I will continue to go to her and recommend her to anyone wanting to get eye lash extensions.
I coming back to try the gel manny.

GREAT! In search of a inexpensive, but good nail tech I went to Unilocal to read reviews & found Queen Nails.
I showed up around 5 PM today. There were a couple girls getting their toes done. I was immediately seated & asked to chose a color. I opted for no gel which they seemed disappointed over. Initially the woman who greeted me was so friendly and had the prettiest smile! I later found out that she is the owner and her name is Tuyen. I was told that a full set was $ 13 (AWESOME!!!) and she had me sit with a young man.
Cons:
They don’t have too many new OPI or Essie colors! There wasn’t much to chose from those two brands & I’m a little bit of a brat with off brands like Color Me or Sevina. Nonetheless I found a dark OPI color I liked!
I told the male tech that I wanted short nails. He trimmed the acrylic pretty short as you can see in the picture then said because of the length the price is now $ 15. That was a liiiitttttlllleee irritating since my nails were SHORT. SIMPLE. Oh well. 2 bucks is not gonna kill me.
He made zero conversation the time being. Which is fine. He did a good job though!
Tuyen painted my nails and made sure I was happy. She really goes the extra mile to make you feel comfortable… Asks your name, what you do, where you live. I’ll be back because of her and the prices! But the guy needs some work on his customer service skills because he was not friendly at allllllll.

I have been coming here since Tuyen first bought the place. She is so nice and extremely helpful. She makes sure my nails always get done right and are exactly what I want.
Everyone here does a great job. The pedicures are so relaxing and my feet feel so soft afterwards.
The waxing service is top notch!
They also do facials, massage, and eyelash extensions.
This salon has great service, great prices, and wonderful staff. I’ll keep coming here until Tuyen sell it!

My first time here, but based off of the positive reviews on Unilocal I wanted to try Tuygen. Sorry if I misspelled. She did a wonderful job on my nails, helped me realize the difference between gel set and gel manicure and I could not be happier with the finished product. I most definitely will be coming back.

I love it here. They have the best selection of gel colors and they do a great job. I like my nails longer and rounder which is different from what they assume you want, so I tell them what I want and they do it perfectly! I have had Anh a few times now and she is awesome! She doesn’t talk much because she is very attentive to detail and will do your nails exactly how you want. She listens well and always does an amazing job on my nails, never skipping any details. I want her to do my nails every time! I am always greeted by the owner and she is SO sweet and always accommodating.
I get a gel mani for only $ 20, you can’t beat it! (And yes it’s clean… I see them open up new products every time I go). I’ve already brought in 1 friend and always recommending more. I’ll probably always come here.
Thanks for the great service!!!

The first time I came in to give this place a whirl on a pedicure since my girl was busy and I really needed to get in before my trip. No customers were in the shop and only the girl and Tuyen, the owner. She was not capable of doing a pedicure. The owner was telling her the steps. She did not speak a word to me during the pedicure. Not even a sorry when she kept going under my nails multiple times and hurting me. She dropped her file and continued to use it on me. The worst pedicure of life. It was torture. All nails were different lengths, some were trimmed and some looked like they weren’t. She messed up my toe putting on my shoe. Delayed it even more. An hour and 15 min for a basic pedi with callus.
But Tuyen was so nice, I wanted to try her out for acrylics because all of her work on Unilocal.
Today I’m due for my fill and my girl was busy so I decided to try Tuyen out, geez she did a god awful job on my nails and it was equally painful. I have never been burnt and knicked so many times. She burnt my nail beds more than ever. That stuff I can over look if my acrylics look FLAWLESS and paint job is good. It was far from it.
Terrible job. Too thick, on my cuticles, terrible shaping– all nails are different lengths and shape. I will never return. One star because she is very kind but definitely not good at doing acrylic.
She lost control of the drill, hey things happen but got me really bad under my nail. She drills all the Polish off as clean up. I have never seen anyone do that before. It made it look soo splotchy.

I went to Queen Nails today for a pedicure. In addition to the owner, there were two new women doing pedicures. I was looking forward to a nice, leisurely spa pedicure, but instead I got an incompetent, (and maybe unlicensed) employee making an attempt at doing a pedicure. The woman didn’t know how to do the pedicure it at all, and I doubt if she had been to school. It seemed to me, that she had watched enough pedicures be done, figured that she could get away with it, and no one would know the difference.
To cut my toenails, she didn’t use a nail clipper, she used a cuticle nipper, and instead of filing my toenails, she hacked across them with an emery board. My toenails were left ragged with pieces of toenail and skin sticking out from them. Then she proceeded to pinch the skin by the side of my big toenail with the cuticle nipper, telling me that I had an ingrown toenail (which I didn’t.)
I told her to stop, and not go any farther with the pedicure because I was leaving. I got up, and as was leaving, Tuyen ran after me, said that she would finish my pedicure, and that she would fire the employee. I told her that if those are the kind of employees she hires, she won’t be in business much longer.
I told her that I was going to return to Le’s Beauty Salon across the street, where they do them properly. And I did. I went to Le’s, and Kim did a great job of fixing the botched pedicure.
The girl that did my pedicure the last time was great, but she’s no longer there, and Tuyen, the owner, doesn’t do pedicures. Now I’ll never step foot into Queen Nails again, but I feel sorry for Tuyen, because she’s still trying to get her business of the ground, and it’s such a nice place.
I have no problem with Tuyen, she’s very nice, and so is her shop. But because of her incompetent employee, she’s lost a customer, and it’s back to Le’s Beauty Salon for me. They may be a chop shop, and not as nice as Queen’s, but they get the job done, and the right way.

Awesome place, small and quaint and owner is soo
Nice! First time here but not last time. Pedicure was relaxing and nice leg massage too
Happy

I’ve been with Tuygen for nearly two years. Her services remain steady and consistent. As a small business owner with massive competition she continues to provide superb service. As an older adult I appreciate the tranquility and calmness her shop transcend. I appreciate my monthly visit, and I appreciate her passion when making sure my nails and feet are on point.
I can go on and on, but don’t take my word for it, call and schedule an appointment (scheduling an appointment is much better), but if you choose to walk in you’ll still be like Yeah!
Thanks Tuygen for great service…