Diva Nails & Spa

Like many other second generation Vietnamese Americans, I had parents who worked as manicurists. Growing up I’ve been exposed to the simplest to the craziest designs. Personally, I wanted something that was simple with a touch of glam. I was incredibly indecisive and Jasmine (the owner) had her daughter at the salon. She is such a sweetheart, I described to her my graduation outfit and she helped me pick out a color and design! She kept me company and made sure my nails met my expectations. My hands had never touched the table of a nail salon, and for my first time it was amazing!
My hands have never looked this good or felt this soft. All the workers in the salon are so so kind and welcoming. Jasmine did my nails and I’m convinced this will be the only salon I’m going too. Everyone has been complimenting my nails!

Prior going to this place I read about the reviews on Unilocal and called to find out the price of moving gel nail polish only because it’s pretty hard to remove it by your self without any tools at home. The price is really good for $ 5.00. After arriving I was greeted by a lady named Kelly. First she scrapped off the top gel, then I soaked into acetone bowl. Doing this rotation for several times. But finally after she completes everything, somehow I just don’t feel the smoothness of the nail surface. I mean their price of removing the gel is pretty attractive, but the work is not CLEAN. Then she quickly moved unto another lady. I mean just because their price is cheap, you don’t treat customer like trash! Hypothetically let’s say your service cost $ 2.00, you should fully clean off any existing gels on the nail. After I went home my nail just feels bumpy & icky. So I decided to try to do it myself to see if there is still any extra gels I can remove. Guess what? I found this thick of layers of gel on every single one of my nail. Kelly rather did my nail quickly. I’m not sure because of $ 5.00 service or because if she has next customer comes in? But even your next person comes in you still must finish well with the existing customer before you move on right? Check out these photos… I end up clean up the rest of residues myself. Can’t trust the Unilocal in here, at least not this time.

As much as I could say this was a great experience it wasn’t and I wasn’t even in the chair myself. I accompanied my best friend and 45 minutes into her appointment but started 10 minutes late after she was rushed to be there on time. She only had her first set stripped down to the bare minimum she had nothing else. They even told her to keep her nail art simple after taking a walk in internal and her nail lady was assisting another customer. The owner argued with her and then her nail lady came and finished her simple fill with polish glitter tips. We were there for an hour and a half, I’ve never seen so many errors and one hour and a half. I wouldn’t think to ever get my nails done here personally, because I didn’t even like being next to someone getting their nails done here.

Was very delighted with the posh feel of this nail salon. Tucked away in the back hall by a dance studio in a nice shopping center by Barnes and Nobles was immediately greeted by the sweet ladies asking what services I would like. Very friendly and not pushy like most nail salons, also very clean and classy. They did very lovely work for my gel fill with design… Will definitely be returning when I need these filled also!

My go to nail place. All the ladies are super sweet and works hard to get you looking pretty. Hand and feet anyway.
I book with jasmine and Jessie, and I am always happy with my gel mani after they get done. I love how I get three weeks from my mani which is awesome since I’m pretty rough with my hands. I take my 5 year old with me sometimes and the ladies treat her like a little person, go out of their way to make her feel special and honor her requests of different color nails or multiple colors on a nail. She’s very creative with her color combos what can I say.
Salon is clear and spacious. Price reasonable for the quality work.

My girl was Jessi… She was amazing and sweet (I am very picky) I felt relaxed the entire time. The ladies are so sweet and nice! I they warn the lotion and the hand massage is amazing! I give it 5 stars! Definitely will be coming back as a regular.

I came here back in August and didnt start rewiews on Unilocal until recently. I came here thinking it was another salon and met up with a friend. Wrong salon but decided to try it out. Staff was very nice and not pushy about anything. The owner charged me for just a fill even when one of my nails broke. I asked for a full set and just take off the old ones (thinking that they’d charge me for a full set anyways) but they just filled in the other nails and fixed my broken one with acrylic. Didn’t break off for about 3 – 4 weeks
Unfortunately, I don’t think the staff were very experienced. The girl that did my nails put super glue under my nails and made my skin underneath, stick to my actual nail and the rhinestones were spaced out when I wanted it to be full.
Overall, 4 stars because service was good, gave us water and welcomed us nicely. Color was nice and shape okay. Minus 1 star because store is hidden inside the plaza and a rhinestone came off after a week.

I’ve now been here twice and I LOVE IT! I can only get my nails done at lunch since I have a tight schedule and they always finish in plenty of time and still do a great job. The ultimate test was today. My original set was white powdered tips with pink acrylic. Usually when I get a a fill at other places with this type of style you can see all the outgrow portion underneath the clear acrylic and it looks hideous, but not here. Jasmine did an amazing job filing it down so you couldn’t even see it! It was a seamless transition and now I’m coming here all the time! Michelle did my original set and it was great also!

Loved my experience here! A friend of mine had recently got her nails done here and they turned out beautifully! I checked out Unilocal to see what designs other girls had and which manicurist would be a good fit for me. I saw some good reviews about Christina and requested her.
When I came to the salon, I was greeted and they sat me down right away. I showed Christina a picture of what I wanted and she liked the idea and gave her opinion on what colors would be best to use! She did a fantastic job and I was relaxed the whole time. I’ll definitely be seeing her again!

Got my lacy nails ready, to match my dress for wedding in Chicago. Happy B’day to Jasmine. The best place aroundッ

Calling all Divas, not all the Diva Nails are owned by the same people. There are three Diva Nails. Please do not make the same mistake as I did. I went to the one on Tully all these time and it was not the correct location. Hence, the bad nail jobs. I kept hearing everyone praising Diva Nails and always wondered why I don’t see what’s so great about them. Turns out, the one on Tully claimed that they’re a branch off this location. Lies! I asked the owner, Jasmine, and she said they’re not affiliated and she kept getting calls of people complaining about their nails horror.
I’m so glad I decided to visit this Diva Nails and not continue at the location on Tully as my fourth visits, I did acrylic nails and one of my finger chipped off within four days!
Thankfully Jasmine had Christine fixed my nails and they were ready for the holidays. I’m definitely coming back to this location.

Christina. Always such a pleasant experience and listens to what you want. Offers great advice for latest styles and has beautiful designs! I’ve been coming to her for almost a year now.

I LOVE Diva Nails and will not go anywhere else. They offer relaxing seats, fast service, and complimentary drinks while you are there. Everyone is really nice and never have I had a bad experience.
All the employees that do pedicures are fantastic, I never have a special request for a pedicurist because they’re all great! For my manicures, I do go with Michelle… She is fantastic and takes her time. She is always helpful in finding a design/​color that works for me. She is never inconsistent with her work. I get compliments ALL of the time!
I highly recommend Diva nails and I personally, will not go anywhere else.

I always get wonderful treatment at Diva nails– check out my beautiful summer nails by Thithi! She always offers me coffee or water and has beautiful design ideas

Great nail spot in somewhat of a hidden location inside the Princeton Plaza Mall shopping center.
The owner is the absolute sweetest! Extremely courteous and personable. She keeps her salon very clean and also has her kids sometimes help book appointments and grab customers water bottles as they are getting seated. Too cute!
I’ve had 4 different nail technicians work on my nails here and I would have to say my faves are Lynn and Kelly. Ask for them if you want your nails shaped to perfection!
I’m only knocking off one star due to the fact that sometimes when getting a gel manicure or a fill I did not get the lotion and cuticle oil massage at the end. Isn’t that a normal thing to offer?

Ever since I moved from Gilroy, I’ve been meaning to look around for a new nail place in south San Jose. After reading a lot of reviews, I finally decided to try this place out, and I’m for surely glad that I did!
Right when I walked through the door, I was automatically greeted and accommodated right away. I only wanted to get a pedicure, and there were several options for different types of pedicures, from the very basic, to the whole shabang! I believe I got the $ 35 pedicure, and it was very relaxing (parafin wax, and 15 min. hot stone massage).
I got Elisa as my nail lady, and she was very nice! Other nail salons I’ve been to always push for a manicure or that extra nail art on your toes, but Elisa asked once, and that was it. Also, I saw a mini butterfly spa chair for little kids. I’ll definitely bring my littles here the next time!
This location is inside Princeton Plaza. The store is not visible from the outside. I parked near Little Gym, and walked into the plaza.

Come here twice a month for Michelle. She is supper nice and professional!!! Just tell her in detail what you wanna get done or where you’re gonna go (birthday, wedding, party), she will give you good advice on what color or style/​trend is fixed to you and your event.
Sometimes she also shows me how to take care of my nails to keep them last long and it really works.
I always leave happily when I have my nails done by Michelle.

This review is just based on my mani I had. I received the fresh start I manicure and was very disappointed with the nail polish job. It was the messiest manicure I have ever had. They also didn’t cut my cuticles and I think it was because the switched girls in the middle of the manicure and didn’t communicate where the last person left off. I asked them to clean up my nails so the polish wasn’t all over my skin. Then I asked another girl to clean up my nails bc I still wasn’t happy with them. So having two people try and fix them it still looked like the pictures below.

I had Tea for my pedi and gel mani. The pedi was amazing hence the 4 stars. I got the basic pedi which includes a callous remover. Tea says that I didn’t have callous so she switched it to the paraffin wax treatment. I loved that she made sure I got my moneys worth.
I was not able to give 5 stars because my gel manicure was alright. She got some on my cuticles and the tips of my fingers. I like my nails short and have gotten gel done before but never have I had someone actually get gel on the tip of my finger (the area where the tip of your nail meets your finger). I had to scrape it off once I left the store. I was also not happy with the inconsistent shape of my nails.
I will most definitely be back for a pedicure but I think I’ll find another place for a mani.

2.5 stars
I actually came to this place by mistake. I was supposed to meet a girlfriend to get our nails done at the Diva Nails on Tully, but since I was already here… I decided to just go with it.
When I walked in, I was greeted nicely and was asked what I wanted. I clearly said, «gel manicure», then I was seated with Jenny. I had a gel manicure beforehand and stupid me, I always peel them off on my own. But whatever haha that’s why j was getting another one!
The moment I sat down, Jenny kept making comments about my nails and how they were so out of shape from peeling my gel off. To be honest, they weren’t. They were still in perfect shape, just needed to be filed down a bit cus of the lines. But she made me feel horrible about my nails and kept saying how it would be really ugly for a French manicure. She repeatedly said that about 3 times until I finally realized that she thought I wanted a gel French manicure. I never ever said that. Someone mistakenly told her that and when another nail lady walked by, she also said «oh yeah those nails would be ugly for a French manicure anyways». So what if my nails are ugly for a French? You should always do what the customer wants and just POLITELY warn them that it wouldn’t look as nice. Don’t say «ugly».
Anyways, then she started to file my nails and I still had some leftover gel polish on my nails. She tried to file them off so ROUGHLY that she gave me a cut on my cuticles. OUCH! I yelled and she said sorry but seemed to forget later on when she was putting acetone on my finger!!! OUCH AGAIN. from then on, I had to repeatedly remind her to watch out for that finger.
The gel mani turned out pretty decent and the price wasn’t too bad. $ 24 for one color and no design. BUT, the service just wasn’t up to par. I probably won’t come back here again because of the fear of getting cut and having my nail lady put acetone on it.
3.5 stars for the actual mani, 2 stars for service.