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April 2023 by Suzie Ramirez
Friendly employees. Very prompt service got a set of gel with designs. Done in an hour.
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April 2023 by Alison Liu
Extremely cleanly inside- friendly employees. I’ll definitely be back!
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January 2023 by Neha G.
Excellent and consistent nail salon in Encinitas. After trying many spas all around North County, happy to have found one that is clean, sanitary and delivers high quality work.
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October 2022 by Elizabeth C.
Great job. Excellent price. Nice service. Have gone a few times. Good selection of colors
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October 2022 by Melanie B.
I came in a little over a week ago for my wedding nails and could not be happier!! I was a little nervous since I hadn't done a trial given that I live in NYC. I wanted French Ombre nails, which I'd never gotten before and the team at French Nails explained that I'd need to get acrylics (which I'd also never gotten before), and OMG did they turn out SO perfect!! My nails far exceeded all of my expectations, and still look amazing even 10 days later. 10/10 recommend this place if you're looking to have perfect nails! Having grown up in Encinitas I've tried a lot of the nail places in town, and this one is by far the best. If you have a special event coming up and want a specific look, this is the definitely the place to go!
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September 2022 by Brianna W.
This place is a literal CHOP SHOP with THE WORST customer service I have ever seen in my life. They are quick with your nails-but don't expect them to look that great or be gentle with your cuticles. These woman are only in business because of the location convenience. I strongly advise that you spare yourself the experience and go elsewhere.
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August 2022 by Jaclyn K.
Literally these people hate their lives. From the non existent customer service to the lack luster approach to business, I just got turned down for a walk in and they had (1) appointment on their books. The lady looked at me like I was crazy for asking. Go somewhere else , net/net.
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June 2022 by Lisa Pacheco
French nails is wonderful! The ladies are so sweet and always do such a wonderful job.I actually get my lashes done there as well and am so spoiled now by the amazing job they do, I will never go elsewhere!I have a large group of friends and clients that are frequent guests and countless people have referred them to me throughout the years. Safe to say, they all love and appreciate this place as much as I do.Surprisingly, they have never been so busy or overcrowded that they turn me away and I’ve grown to appreciate that as well.They are located in the heart of Encinitas, so make sure you pop into one of the many restaurants to grab a bite or cocktail after you are finished pampering yourself!P.S. - Park in the underground parking structure and take the elevator up in less than 2 minutes. You also receive one hour of complimentary parking while keeping your car nice and safe!
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January 2022 by Hanna K.
Nice and quiet salon. At least when I went. There was no loud annoying music which I really appreciate. It was quiet so we could actually communicate. The only issue was the table and chair set up for getting an acrylic nail fill. My knees kept hitting the table and it made sitting uncomfortable and awkward. Other than that I will be back!!!
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January 2022 by Alexzandria W.
Great, fast and professional. Clean and friendly environment! I went in for a simple mani and pedi and had a great experience. The massage chair is very nice as well! I had Rachel and she was very sweet.
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January 2022 by J. K.
I've had great pedicures and I've had not so great pedicures but now I can say I've had the worst pedicure ever. Honestly I wouldn't even call what I had a pedicure, I basically paid $45 for a gel polish change. I was a little concerned when they didn't have a menu of services, but then I just figured they only have a standard pedicure and we won't be getting any additional services, but we didn't even get basic services. There was no scrubbing, not of the legs or of the feet. No massage...she slapped a little lotion on my legs at the end as an after thought. My cousin and I came in together, the same person did both of our pedicures which means one of us waited the entire time the other person was being worked on, I got gel, my cousin got regular polish, do you think they did my cousin first so her polish could dry while they did my "pedicure"? Nope. My foot bath had so little water in it the tops of my feet weren't even covered, I asked the lady for more water, she ignored me, a few minutes later my cousin said something to her and the lady looked at me and said "Why didn't you say something!" My cousin and I both told her I did she just kind of laughed and filled my tub more. Then when it came time to paint my toes the color was clearly not what I picked and she was like "Do you like this color? You picked it! It looks different!" I told her I didn't like it, thanked her for asking and asked to look at the colors again, instead she just started trying a bunch of colors out on my toes, I'm not a glitter fan so I wasn't into the glittery shades she was choosing, not to mention I wanted grey and she was choosing browns, so I asked again if I could please see the colors again and a different lady tossed a HUGE ring of colors on the table attached to my chair table, startling the s*** out of me! I picked a color and finished the worst polish change of my life. I could barely even watch my cousin get her pedicure, it was a whole disaster, she made such a mess taking the old polish off that she had polish all over her toes, it looked like a blood bath, then for some strange reason she refused to trim her nails with clippers and just kept filing them down with the electric file. Lucky for her the regular polish pedicure was only $25. I'll never go back.
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December 2021 by Brittany E.
One of my favorite nail salons in Encinitas! Nails always turn out great, the only downside is they sometimes get busy and can't take walk ins.
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December 2021 by Brittany R.
I have always loved this nail salon and after starting to get my nails done again two weeks ago (since the pandemic) and having a good experience, I promptly came back two weeks later for upkeep. Unfortunately my experience today was polar opposite to my experiences in the past. Instead of using acetone to remove the gel polish, the lady who did my nails used a rough nail file and scrubbed my nails so hard to get the polish off that she cracked three of my nails. She did not say anything or try to fix this and just put nail polish on top of them. Then she was so rough with removing the nail cuticle, even using her bare nails to push my cuticle back and then clipped me really bad on my ring finger where it was still bleeding when I left the appointment. This was concerning because while they're typically really clean with their tools, the tools she used on me did not come out of an autoclave bag as usual, so I do not know if they were clean. No lotion was used which doesn't really matter to me, but the topper was that she left my nails really abrassive at the top and after asking her to smooth them out a few times, I realized that she was not going to fully correct them so I asked for the file to correct them myself when I got back to my car. I feel awful leaving a bad review, but if I had gone anywhere else and experienced this, I would never be back. I called the business on my way home to make an appointment with someone more gentle in the future and explained the experience. An "I'm sorry" goes a long way but no one ever apologized.... I will give this place one more chance only because of the past positive history but I left really disappointed and frustrated today. I hope I don't end up with a nail infection.
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December 2021 by Britt C.
** update from today (1/4/22): Karina was fantastic -- professional and efficient -- and she respected the appointment I made in advance. What a great experience it was. They do a solid job but they accept appointments and NEVER are on time or even close to it. I'm currently waiting in the salon as I type this and they are 25 mins late because they accepted a walk-in even though I called a few hours ago and they made the appointment for me. Tina and a few others are friendly, however there are a few (30%) staff members who are not friendly at all. I continue coming here from time to time because it's conveniently located near my office. This being said, I'm always frustrated by the lack of care about appointments (though they agree to them on the phone) and sense of inconvenience I get from some of the staff.
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November 2021 by Lindsay J.
Terrible customer service and the nail technician was even worse. It was his first time doing a pink and white acrylic set, which was absolutely terrible. Uneven, powder all over my cuticles, and even made me bleed. I told him they were un even multiple times and the technician "TONY" proceeded to throw a towel, and jam my hand into acetone causing my nails to literally peel away like paper, which he afterwards threw to the side as well, getting the acetone all over my arms and clothing ! He refused to take off what he had started and left me with one terrible hand painted and the other with my nails literally PEELING off !! He caused such a scene it was embarrassing. I understand when it's your first day, but if you have never done a particular service before, you should PRACTICE first before taking clients ! The owner is obviously desperate for workers that she will let anyone work there, anger problems and all.
