Cali Nails Hillside

These acrylic nails are PHENOMENAL! Tina did a fantastic job. It's been two weeks since these pics were taken (moments after leaving the salon), and I have received compliments on them EVERY SINGLE DAY. The magnetic polish adds great depth, and she expertly layered black and red polish for a truly dark, Gothic unique look. She also got the shape perfect, which can be hit and miss at salons because I prefer them very short. 10/10 experience! Can't wait to come back and freshen up these fierce little claws!

Edit update (last 3 photos): another fantastic work of art! Expertly shaped, filled, filed, and painted, and done in 45 minutes! Super cute gold liner detail this time too, nice choice Tina ?

Fantastic manicure today! The girl was very sweet and recommended gel polish for my french manicure to last longer while I'm on vacation. The staff are great here. I felt happy when I left from their positive personalities. I'll be back again.

Re last review: I got my nails re done and they are perfect. I really appreciate how the salon re did them on such short notice and they are 100% better. Highly recommend the team here and they ensure that what you are getting is top quality.

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I got my acrylics taken off and not all of the glue was taken off or buffed down. So, when I got gel Polish on top my nails looks all bumpy and like I did them myself. Additionally, while I got gel polish the polish is chipping and peeling off. I had my nails done on Thursday and it is now Sunday. I will be calling tomorrow for a partial refund.

The people who work there are really sweet but have to say I’m disappointed with the nails myself and my friend got today.

We wanted acrylic and walked in asking for 2 manicures. I asked for an acrylic French and my friend wanted an acrylic French with black tips and the lady said sure and we sat down. I will say they just said gel but we thought they meant gel x or something, so when we realized that they were just doing basic gel on us we started panicking. At this point, the lady doing my nails was rushing on my left hand as she painted all the white tips at the same time and then cleaned the edges which made the lines much chunkier than the ones she carefully did on the right hand.

Also when I asked her to fix the right middle finger because the nail looked really uneven she made a face and seemed annoyed. I felt bad for saying something but at this point my best friend and I were just trying to make the best of it.

The hand massage and warm towel service is great, but I would say maybe double check before you go here. It came to 100$ for 2 people to just get basic gel manicures. My friend didn’t like her nails and also they were slightly uneven on one side.

I have done my nails couple of times here and last week when I went for a simple nail removal, and instead, my natural nails were completely ruined. She over filed and damaged my nails to the point of decay, leaving them weak and unhealthy. This was an incredibly disappointing experience, and I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone who values the health of their natural nails. Proper care and technique should be a priority, but sadly, that was not the case there, The lady left the removal liquid on for way too long, which severely weakened my nails. On top of that, when I told her that please remove it she didn’t understand and literally ignored what I said here is my nails before and after ?