Glamour Nails & Spa

Love this place staff is super nice and sufficient and most importantly fast. Me and my boyfriend are very satisfied with the service and always come back.

Nikki spoiled me once again. My nails spastic 3 weeks!
I am getting a full set with gel colors and brought my mom with me this time around. We are beyond pleased.

Stay away from this place… a picture speaks thousand words so attaching a pic of what they did to my nails by cutting cuticle too deep. Bleeding didn’t stop for 10 min.

Second time here and love the staff! Very friendly and welcoming. Nikki did my nails today and they look great! She’s quick and does a great job! Glad I found this salon!

Thank you, Nikki, for 5 years of great service and nail care. Glamour Nails is my go-​to salon even after moving to Lakeway. No one does my nails better. I highly recommend to anyone looking for a great place for nails, toes, and waxing.

Nikki is simply the best! She’s fast, knows her stuff, and your nails come out beautiful!!!

Thank you Tracy for keeping me pretty

I love, love, love this place. My first visit I was pressed for time and only had an hour. I needed a fill with shellac and a pedi with shellac. Not only were they able to accommodate me and have me out in time, but they did an exceptional job and did not cut any corners. I have been back several times since and each is just as consistent, if not better, than the time before. It may be a drive for anyone that doesn’t live in the area (I actually live about 30 min away) but it is well worth it.

I brought my mom here for her first ever pedicure! I was impressed by their reasonable prices. It was one of the best pedicures I have had, and the foot massage was to die for! They offered us wine and were very friendly. My pedicure lasted FOREVER! One of the best pedi experiences I have had!

I cannot go anywhere else, this is the best nail salon in Austin. I always get the shellac manicure and they stay about 2 – 3 weeks which is longer than any other nail salon I’ve ever been too. The ladies are pretty funny too but I have to say Soon is my favorite! I’ve brought a few friends to go with me and every one of them has said that was the best nail experience they’ve ever had.

Go for the quality work and enjoy the whole experience! Today was my first time at Glamour Nails and came in with an order of pointy acrylics with black tips and needed gold or bling incorporated for an event this evening. Nikki consulted me and had great ideas… she is very helpful and has great nail style… she will not let you leave the shop unless you are happy and the nails are flawless. Her personality is very funny and pleasant… breath of fresh air compared to the other places I have tried before her. This makes for a mindless decision to go here now. Enjoy!!!

Incredible talent doing nails and toes! Eyebrows too. Love love love the staff– visit and laugh or relax and unwind! They serve water or wine while you are there!

First, I must premise this updated review by stating that I am VERY loyal when it comes to nails salons. I was with the same person/​salon for over 8 years prior to moving to Austin and have been with Nikki at Glamour for about 8 months. I thought I was so fortunate to have found Nikki to do my nails. She was fast — which I liked — and did what seemed to be good job… very natural looking… exactly how I like them… but they frequently lifted. It wasn’t until an interaction a couple of weeks ago, after trying to book nails and pedicure at the same time 5 days prior and being treated, quite frankly, really really rudely (not the first time) and being dismissed and told «just come in and we do whenever… nails first… pedicure first…» that I decided it was time to try a new place. I wasn’t asking for any special treatment. Glamour nails had done both at the same time on several previous occasions.
I’m very glad I tried a different place. It opened my eyes. I didn’t realize that I had remained a loyal customer of Glamour simply because I settled for someone who wasn’t horrible.
After visiting the new salon, I realized many things that had been unsatisfactory during my many visits to Glamour that for whatever reason I had just accepted.
As I mentioned before, my acrylics frequently lifted, including my most recent visit, and Nikki blamed it on my oily nails. She insisted that was the problem even after I told her I’ve never had an issue before (in about 20 years — and guess what, haven’t had problems since). Her appreciated speed came with the price of her cutting my skin and doing a subpar job. The pedicures were always kind of meh. The chairs are broken and do not message. Also, I never received or was offered any «special» types of pedicures (e.g., no hot stone message, etc.). My last pedicure from Glamour lasted about a week and it was «because my polish is old» — I always take in my own and it was a brand new bottle from a brand new Essie collection. Another excuse.
In the end, it kind of saddens me to have to write a not so stellar updated review for Glamour. Despite the fact that I heard them talk bad about other customers, Nikki was nice to me most of the time… typing that makes me realize just how much I was settling — «most of time!» Customers should be treated nicely all of the time! I’m certain Nikki will refer to me as «crazy lady» when she sees this updated review as those are some of her choice words. The salon is always jam packed, so I’m certain they won’t miss my business at all — they have a very large clientele of people who live in Steiner Ranch. 3 stars, A-​OK because if you’re in the area and are in desperate need of some nail work, Glamour isn’t the worst salon I’ve ever been to… just simply not «Yay, I’m a fan!» and definitely not «Woohoo! As good as it gets!» Again, if you are desperate… this is not a recommendation or positive endorsement.
Despite the negative things I experienced and just put up with I still feel… sad…like I’m breaking up an 8 month relationship. Bye bye Glamour! Could improve a little on customer service and quality of work. Just be nice, stop gossiping about customers, and slow down a bit. Wish you the best!

This is my 2^nd time going to this place & I am NEVER going back. The first time I went, one of the women doing my nails began a discussion with a customer about how she thinks Indian men are unattractive, as well as African American men. She stated, «I would never date a black man. Yuck!» I found this extremely offensive & racist, but since they are right across the street from where I stay, I decided to give them 1 more shot. After leaving there today, I’m officially DONE with them. The same lady told another customer that she thought black & Asian men were ugly. This extremely pissed me off in the fact that my husband is black & Asian. I don’t understand why a racial conversation should even be taking place in a nail shop. This is extremely unprofessional & highly distasteful. Racism is definitely still alive & it is obvious that people are still viewed by the color of their skin, instead of the various values/​intellectual knowledge they possess. Also, their ability to do adequate nail designs are very limited.
Lastly, the guy who did my nails today (whom really did seem like a cool guy) was very disrespectful– cursing, yelling, & calling a customer a piece of s*** because the lady said he was mean. I will go anywhere else before I come back to this place. Obviously, the owner does not reprimand bad behavior of both her spouse & staff. This place is a joke. Funny, my husband being half black half Asian seems to be degrading to them, yet not only is he super handsome, he’s highly educated being a senior computer engineer who’s in the process of starting his own business, & currently earning 6 figures– which I’m sure they can only dream about. Obviously, ignorance still lives on.

The towel I had to rest my hands on was dirty. The solar nails had numerous bubbles on every nail which caused them to look slightly cloudy. The «pink» used for the nail bed was a weird pink that may have been custom to that salon as I have been to numerous salons for solar French nails and never once saw anything like that color. They were also thick and made my nails look extremely wide. Within about three days my nails were already lifting and I had a few gobs of white clinging under the white portion of my nails.
I went to a different salon and they ground it all off, I kept the same tips and my nails look fabulous. The nail beds are almost my exact color, they are thin and look long and slim, glossy and clear — exactly the way a solar French manicure should look.
The woman that did my nails at Glamour was very nice.

NEVER get a wax here. I have gotten 11 Brazilian waxes in my life and the one I received from Glamour was by far the worst in quality, professionalism, and comfort. First of all, the towel that was laid out on the waxing chair had clearly already been used and was not changed before she asked me to sit down. I believe this violates a serious health code, because every customer should have a fresh towel, especially in a pants-​less situation. Then after clarifying that I wanted a Brazilian and not just a bikini wax, and removing the first two strips of my hair, the woman changed the price from $ 30 to $ 50, $ 30 being the price she had given me on the phone and confirmed with me in person before we started. I am not a very hairy person, and I was already fairly clean down there to begin with, so honestly the amount of hair she was removing for my Brazilian was approximately how much she would remove in a regular bikini wax for most other women. She proceeded to answer the phone and have a complete conversation while removing the next few strips and over the course of my appointment she answered the phone 3 more times, made 2 outgoing calls, and even opened the door to have a conversation with another employee while I lay with my legs spread in a very compromising and vulnerable position! That was by far the most violated I have ever felt at any kind of salon appointment. Throughout the appointment, she continuously stated her surprise that I was not screaming and yelling every time she removed a strip. I imagine that if that is the normal reaction of her customers, she should really not be doing that job. Once she decided she was done waxing, I noted that I still felt a lot of hair all over. She began tweezing extremely rapidly, without even looking at what she was doing, pinching me several times in the process. Many of the hairs she pulled did not even come out because she was plucking in such a rushed, amateur, and inefficient way. After she decided she was finished with the tweezers, she slathered on some kind of oil and scrubbed my crotch very roughly and not carefully or gently at all, then doused my whole area in baby powder. She must have realized she put too much because then she started brushing it away with A DISPOSABLE NAPKIN! I inspected her work on my body, and I pointed out how much hair she had left and told her how extremely disappointed I was with her service, saying explicitly that it was the worst Brazilian wax I had ever received in my life. She offered to clean it up more, which I vehemently refused and then she offered to take $ 10 off, which did not even match her original price. We settled on $ 30, even though I believe even this was an unfair price for the bad treatment and horrible wax I got and I left feeling extremely angry, cheated, and uncomfortable because I was still sticky from the wax. I will never go back here and I will tell everyone I know how horrible the service I received was. If there is a way to report this salon as a health hazard, I am going to do it. I use Unilocal very frequently and this is the first time I have ever written a bad review. I feel extremely strongly about the mistreatment I reviewed at Glamour.

So much love for these ladies.
Sue is my go-​to for my false nails every time. I have never had someone be so detailed and thorough without taking ten years. She NEVER nicks my skin with the drill bit. I have not had one set from her with the gel hardening in messy jagged pieces underneath my nail and they almost always stay on until my next fill. Woo!
The only time they break is when I’m really hard on my nails (competitive horsemanship usually beats them up).
Sue is very easy to communicate with and is a pleasure to talk to. I can’t believe I found this place literally right behind my house. What a gem!

Glamour Nails is the best place! I live in Westlake and drive here to have my nails done because they are the best nail place I’ve found! I’ve been going to Nikki a total of 8 years and won’t go anywhere else. I highly recommend this place if you want a great mani/​pedi and the best foot/​leg massage ever!

A++++ these ladies and gents provide the best customer service! To top it off they are HILARIOUS and treat their regulars like family. I will go back when I’m in the area. There is a spot right across the street from me that is $ 10 cheaper for a mani/pedi…so when I’m in the Steiner area I will go here :)

Love this place. The staff are very friendly. You get sterilized stuff everytime you come and they seem to do more than the cursory rinse for the tubs. I got my first shellac done here and I am hooked. My nails and toes always look awesome when I leave and seem to last a long time.