Lucky Nails

Saw this salon while shopping for my friend and had a little time left so I went in to get my nails done. To my surprise this salon is actually great! The nail techs are friendly and the salon is very spacious and pretty. Very clean too. One of the nail techs working on my manicure, was very gentle with me throughout the process. She would massage my hand in between too! She also listen to all my little requests without a problem and when she was done. My nails looked absolutely perfect! Definitely what I wanted! I highly recommend this salon!

I used to come to this place years ago but then moved away. I was happy to see they are still open now that I’ve moved back and work nearby. They’ve updated the inside, everything is new and clean and they have wonderful massage chairs. This is my 2^nd pedicure here, both times I’ve had David. He is AMAZING! The best leg and foot massages, plus he pays such close attention to detail. I’ve loved my pedicures and the first one lasted more than 3 weeks. Their pedi prices range from $ 25 for the basics up to $ 45 for the whole shebang (not sure what all that entails). I do the $ 30 option and it is awesome with warm towel wraps and a leg mask. I highly recommend the place. They have OPI and Essie colors, plus OPI gel. My coworkers got the OPI gel Manis and were both very pleased and also raved about the hand massages.

A thank you note to my co worker who introduced me to Lucky Nails. They are amazing and so friendly! Thank you for such a great result. I am very happy with my gel manicure. It came out nice and very cute! With the interior of the store very clean and the atmosphere very relaxing. I really recommend to come here.

Worst manicure ever! I’m left still in pain from the gel manicure that I had gotten last night. The young man that did my nails was brutal. I came in with decent length nails and some gel polish that still needed removed. The man started using cuticle clippers on my nail bed to try to rip the old gel polish off. I stopped him immediately. Instead of soaking the polish off, he used a coarse file on my already sore nail bed.
To make matters worse, he filed down my nails with the coarsest file until they were numbs. My fingertips are now raw, exposed skin! Still burning and in pain!
Paint job itself is horrible, uneven and spotty. Lots of bare spots.

Literally THE WORST eyebrow wax I have ever received. I am always satisfied with my mani/​pedi here, so when my eyebrow appointment at my usual salon got cancelled I figured I would be safe here. I could not have been more wrong. I normally never do Unilocal reviews, but this was the most atrocious attempt at an eyebrow wax that I have ever received so I felt it needed to be addressed. I have pretty thick eyebrows and I walked out of the salon with essentially two thin lines on my face. If you have fuller eyebrows and would like to keep them that way, do not come here. This hack job is going to take months to repair.

I’ve been going for a few years and they used to do an awesome job. This time, Lisa did my pedicure and it was awful. There was no callus removal or cuticle care, no shaping of the nails and then they didn’t give me any slippers and refused to even provide any care.

Today I had a chance to change my destiny and I took that opportunity.
Opting for convenience I decided to go to lucky nails. There’s parking right outside and they have multiple stations making my wait time less.
However, knee deep in my pedicure I should’ve gone somewhere else. I ended up with nics and cuts making my pedicure actually pretty uncomfortable. Their color wall has a range of pretty cheap colors, organized haphazardly. When it does come to getting a color on they slap it on too thick and uneven. Pampering day fail. Womp womp.

The owner did my gel manicure, and clearly doesn’t know how to stay within the nail, because I have gel polish on my fingers. Also, the cuticles aren’t cut, which always looks horrible, but especially with gel! The lady who did my pedicure also painted on my toe, but she was trying hard and fixed it when I asked her to, unlike the owner who just smiled. It’s convenient because it’s open late… Expect a crappy job.

Hahaa. I had such a great time! Lisa and Kim had me laughing so hard. My Pedi was awesome. My feet were breathing so well afterwards. I definately recommend!

I got a mani-​pedi here a while back when they had the $ 25 deal (not sure if they still do it). It was nothing special, which I expected for the low price. Everything was fine and dandy until I was drying my nails and noticed that the guy who did my pedicure had immediately started another customer’s pedicure… without washing the tub or tools. Gross! Come here at your own risk, or bring your own tools and make them wipe down the tub in front of you.
Also, if you’ve ever wondered if the people who do your nails are talking about you in Vietnamese, they are (at least, here they do).

Save your money go elsewhere! They don’t know how to paint well. Don’t know much about nail polish but I do know you shouldn’t put paint on my skin. I literally was here for 3 hrs for $ 55 full set and pedi and the guy doing my nails was so inconsistent and didn’t know how to paint the nail polish correctly. I had to tell him to add extra costs because I could see nail. Also, not sure if she’s the manager but she kept checking everyone’s work and when I was drying my nail she said that she wanted to add another layer of paint to my nail. I swear it was like 5 coats on my acrylics. Just pass!

No longer a good deal on any given Monday. Observed to make sure that the equipment is clean. Or you might not be lucky to be out with beautiful nails in the surface, but beneath it, you probably have catched the bad stuffs. This type of business does not come with a promise of free fungus and bacteria.

I’ve been to Lucky Nails many times over the years. This last time, I had Matt and he’s there reason for the 5 stars. He took his time, was gentle and made my pedicure the MOST relaxing experience — ever. My pedicure was only $ 35 (that paid for a lot of pampering) and lasted 45 minutes, what an awesome experience!

This is the worst experience I have ever had with a nail salon. I had been going there for a year with only satisfactory results because the price was «ok.» My last straw was when I went in and asked for a gel color to match the pedicure I had just got. The man who carelessly was tending to me (rushed through everything as usual, did not cut any of my cuticles and didn’t scrub my feet) gave me the «match».
After he started painting my nails he said the polish was bad and sent me to go get another one. After searching for a while, I finally found the same gel color– which he should have got for me! I sat back down with him and he starts laughing, he had put the same bad bottle back on the rack for me to find. I am furious at this point but half way through the ordeal so I just continue. He cuts my skin with a cuticle cutter, I am physically bleeding and he tells me I have dry skin. At that point I got up and walked out and have never been back since.
In other experiences, they do not ask you to wash your hands, they do not make sure all of your nails are even, they do not cut your cuticles, they rush you to pick a color, and the cash only tipping process sucks.
Do not ever go here. Right across the street is Nail Trix. I have started going there and I am so much happier. A little more expensive but at this point its worth the money.

I legitimately created a Unilocal username just to come on here and write a review about this dump. This place is seriously disgusting. This lady was getting after it eating a glazed donut as she is yelling at me to SIT DOWN SIT DOWN while I’m trying to pick my nail color with a girl friend in peace. Comes over to start doing my nails and doesn’t wash her hands which are now covered in glazed icing. I got up and told her I didn’t have time anymore and we left. Second time I went (should have learned my lesson) My thumb nails have about 6 air bubbles in them, they are all different lengths. I was getting pale blue polish and she tried to tell me I had to pay more money for a 3^rd coat even though you could SEE my nail through her shitty polish job and now they look even more ratchet.
Do not waste your money at this dump. I wish Unilocal had a zero star option. Try Kims or Nail Trix. better yet, you could have your 5 year old cousin use an at home kit and get better results

I walked in and waited for more than 10 minutes before anyone acknowledged me. (I was looking at the nail colors.)There was no sign in sheet and when I tried to get a staff members attention, I was ignored. So I left and will not be back again.

According to «the Lady»:
What Lucky Nails lacks in ambiance, it more than makes up for in price. For $ 25 plus tip, you can get a great mani/​pedi Monday thru Wednesday. And, they’re open til 10:00! Efficient service, average color selection, and free parking make this your best budget option.

Do you like to save money, or do you like cleanliness? Or, should I put it this way: Is your $ 10 manicure today worth the trip to the doctor for a fungal-​infection treatment later?
Maybe I’ve seen one too many ²⁰⁄₂₀ type shows on the types of really terrible ‘hidden’ dangers of nail salons, but I do believe this is one area in which you should be able to expect a certain level of sterility.
Even when sitting with my feet in a rose-​petal topped foot bath in an expensive salon, I can’t help thinking about the microscopic bacteria, so the visible CRUD and DEAD SKIN that I could see with my (terrible) eyes was a bit horrifying.
I came to Lucky Nails after getting my eyebrows threaded at Usha (which I love!) in the same shopping center. I was supposed to head out to dinner, but my friend called to say she’d be about 40 minutes late. I spotted Lucky and headed in to treat myself to a cheap thrill and kill time at the same time.
I really need to be better about being brave enough to turn around and walk out when I feel like things are going awry. There was no one sitting at the front desk, and I was instructed by someone in the back of the room to «pick color.» Their color selection was really nice and organized in rainbow order; that’s cool because it makes it really easy to find what you’re looking for. In my case, it made it really easy to see that they didn’t have what I wanted (a metallic gold).
Things didn’t start going wrong until I realized that my technician spoke literally NO English. Now, I’m about as far from a «Speak English– this is America!» person as you can get, but I don’t feel that its unreasonable to want to be able to communicate with the person who is providing you a service. At the very least, she should learn some basic nail lingo (Square shaped, gel polish, french manicure, etc). I’m telling you– she knew NOTHING. Well, at least I didn’t have to make small talk. Luckily the guy we were sitting next to was able to help her (a little) with some of my very basic requests.
The chair I sat on was dirty, the wall next to me was dirty, the towel my hands was on was dirty: whatever, whatever, eh. But then I spotted her tools and I could see someone else’s dead skin on them. There was no visible sanitizer. They didn’t even pretend to take them out of the autoclave or plastic packaging. Nothing. I said to her, «Can you use a clean, new set of tools?» She didn’t understand. The guy next to her said something in Vietnamese and she spritzed a bit of alcohol on them. Yikes. Better than nothing I guess, but I wont’ be back. It’s not worth it.
She didn’t do a great job on the manicure (sides of the nail were missed on a few fingers), but her hand massage was OK. I will stick to Kim’s in Fed Hill for a manicure in this area of the city.

I am a huge fan of Kim’s Nail is Federal Hill so I was a little hesitant trying them, but I was pleasantly surprised. I have been there 3 or 4 times now for regular manicures, gel manicures and pedicures. All have been great!
They do not have the best massage chairs, it only really does your back-​no booty or legs. Otherwise, no complaints!
Bonus-​easy parking-​and free!

It’s your typical Vietnamese nail salon, nothing special in terms of quality or service. One star because they didn’t tell me (or have it listed on the fee chart in the front) about the charge to remove the previous gel polish I came in with (which consisted of ME soaking my feet in a bowl of acetone for 15 minutes, not worth an extra charge in my opinion).
When I asked them to waive it because they didn’t tell me up front, they said no. I told them I won’t be coming back.