Nails By Nancy

saw all the reviews for this place and decided to go because they are all great and I see they have the «matte» colors that barely any other salon has. so I went and the woman I had was worse than AWFUL. she totally rushed through I got black matte with a gold line horizontal across each nail. they look AWFUL. the gold line looks like a 2 year old did it, better yet a 2 year old could probably do better. As if that wasn’t bad enough she smudged each one as she went along. I’m not satisfied with this place what so ever.

I recently went here. Was referred by a friend. I went to Linda. The service was great. Place is very clean. Staff is very friendly. I will be going here from now on. It’s a hidden gem.

Three generations of women in my family have gone here to get our nails done, I can’t imagine going anywhere else. Love SPA by Nancy!

I’ve been here a few times and the service is always excellent. This most recent time I went with my friend for her birthday and after a little shopping trip smudged my nail. I went back and they fixed it free of charge. I would return as well as recommend it. They do a good job waxing as well!

I am not coming back to this place. I came here the other day for a gel manicure and I was sitting outside around 7:30pm (they close at 8pm) so I wanted to make sure they could see me and didn’t want to inconvenience them if they were closing.
They said they could see me and I chose a dark blue gel. Woman#1(Only way of explaining this clearly, I do not know the women’s names that work there) barely did my cuticles. There was pieces of skin all around my nails that weren’t cut off. Some of my cuticles weren’t pushed back. She barely pushed them back with the cuticle pusher. The paint job she did was horrendous. It seemed she was rushing and I wouldn’t of come in (Hence why i called before) if they were going to rush. That was the point of me calling.
I understand with the gel polish you cannot paint all the way to the edge of the nails, but the way she painted my nails was completely inconsistent on each nail and it looked like a 5 year old did it, with no color on the sides of my nails and a huge space was left with no color on some of my nails. Also on one nail there was polish left on my skin and another the clear coat wasn’t covering my whole nail and ½ of my nail looked dull without the clear coat on top.
So I come back the next day to have my nails done over since I’m not paying for something that I hate, and nails aren’t cheap mind you, and they try and stick me with the same woman#1 to re-​do my nails! Seriously? (But before woman#1 came over, woman#2 wrapped my nails to remove the blue gel and re-​did my cuticles since the other woman the day before barely touched them… there was SO much skin on the cuticle clippers as if no one touched my cuticles at all) And woman#1 i saw the day before had brought over a pink gel that I didn’t even choose. (Woman#2 told her to grab the color I wanted– I chose a gold glitter color and she brought over pink). I tell woman#1 like to see someone else. So I see someone else and they give me the complete wrong color and I just give up because I want to get out of there. NOT going back. Ever. Maybe I’m too picky but this place just isn’t for me. It is nice inside, but I think the employees need to be trained better.

I really like Nancy’s. I was recommended here when I moved to Braintree by a friend and have not had a bad experience. The most recent time I went, they used hot stones to massage my legs before the polish and that was an unexpected treat!
The ladies are sometimes a little quiet when they are working on me, but I don’t mind that. The cashier/​front desk folks are very polite and friendly on the phone and when cashing me out.

Got my first gel manicure there, and got my eye brows waxed. I am happy with the gel manicure, however, my cuticles aren’t so great. Also, the woman working on my eye brows told me that she could not add an arch to my brows because then they would be too thin. Also, i had an allergic reaction to the wax, and apparently I wasn’t the first. In fact, almost everyone that I talked to afterwards had the same reaction to said wax. It looked like a cluster of pimples across my forehead.

Awesome service everytime. Been a customer for 7+ years, before they moved to this beautiful building. I’m not good with committing to a set time so I normally just walk in. Never had to wait and nancy is so quick to grab an amazing nail tech to service me.
Had a pedi 2 ½weeks ago and shellac less than a week ago. She has a lot of shades for shellac, gotten so many compliments on these #585 or #588 I forgot. Sorry :)

I just left from having my nails done here and was extremely disappointed.
What I didn’t like:
I prefer my nails very short and the woman doing my nails didn’t ask how short or check the length with me after I told her that I needed them cut. I had to check several times and have her cut more and more, but still she never checked the length with me after cutting or filing. On the left hand, she got all the way through and was ready to polish without checking the length with me and then I had to tell her that I needed them cut before she polished. So she cut them down more, but then didn’t file them again until I had to ask! This should be a no-​brainer. When you cut the nails, you need to file them.
She forgot to do cuticle cream on one of my hands. Again, this should be a no-​brainer. You can feel the difference when it isn’t on and she should have realized it.
She didn’t even take off all of the polish that was on previously. When I was checking the length, I saw bits and pieces still on my nails. Definitely not a high attention to detail here.
She didn’t ask me to take off my engagement ring before rubbing lotion on my hands. This gets it so dingy and you should be removing the jewelry, or have the option to anyway, before they start putting lotion on.
Halfway through, they had me get up to wash my hands. Doesn’t this wash off all of the oils and creams that they use? Doesn’t make any sense to me.
She literally didn’t say a word to me the entire time.
After I left, just the act of getting my keys out damaged one of my nails. I was so over it at that point, that I didn’t bother going back in. I had my nails done in Boston near my office last month and went back to work to type all day and it didn’t ruin them in the slightest.
The only good things:
They were able to get me right in without any wait and there was a huge selection of colors to choose from.
These are the only bright spots in this disappointing experience, so if you are looking for a fast, mediocre experience, this is your place. However, I think I’ll spend the extra $ 4 and have them done in Boston on my lunch break, where I can get my money’s worth.

I found a new nail place! Had been going to ispa and nail gallery in the plaza. This place is luxurious like ispa and inexpensive. It’s spacious and relaxing and they do good work. Seemed very clean. Nails looked great. 35– mani pedi. The technicians are very professional.

I went to «Nails by Nancy» after I could not get my shellack done at «Just Nails» across the street because she only had time to do my toes, BIG mistake! I was getting married the next day and this place butchered my fingers!!! I had three cuticles Bleeding under the gel when I left because the lady cut my cuticles so bad she couldn’t get it to stop so she just put on the gel over my bloody fingers, it was horrible looking!!!
This place is a warehouse for doing nails, they rush people in and out all day and they don’t focus on the customers like they should. I do not recommend this place to anyone who doesn’t like bloody gel nails, ew gross!

They moved and the new space is very clean and they have new pedi chairs. Leg massage was a bit sloppy but mani-​pedi was $ 35 cash only and the polish selection is BIG.
They have an in house ATM machine. It’s not bad but it’s not great.

CASH ONLY… Decent nail salon in Braintree– plenty of street parking & they have a private lot in the back. They are usually quick if they are not busy and the staff is friendly. They should offer a $ 30 mani/​pedi special.

Manicurists in dingy white smocks who chatter to each other in Vietnamese while providing services.
Interior is rundown and not very clean looking.
Prices are good, but always worry about picking up a nail fungus from the pedicure basins

This place is so-​so. They push products a bit more than I’d like and my manicure chipped within a few days. I go across the street, they’re not bombarded and they try harder. Nails by Nancy seems to be hanging onto some «Best of Braintree» award they got in 1999 and they rush you through.
Also — when my friend asked for her color the manicurist pressured her to instead get purple nails (seriously?) because they are sexier (no, seriously?) so if you aren’t the kind of person who can just say ‘no’ then you’ve been warned.

I’ve gone here for about 8 years and they do do a nice job. However, I feel like they push somethings on you that you did not want, such as you ask for and eyebrow wax and they say lip too? I have blonde hair and no stache, no thanks. Also, they charge $ 12 for a manicure when other places around town charge $ 10. Most of the time, ill usually go to the other places and pay the $ 10 and give a better tip. Also, at nancys, they don’t talk to you. Just my opinion, but they do a nice job and I will still come here every now and then.

This place is just OK. Nothing fancy. I’ve had better mani/​pedicures, but for $ 33 I guess that makes sense. I wouldn’t say don’t go, but this is not the heel scraping foot pampering you might expect.

I had just moved into Braintree and sadly have to ditch my previous nail salon. Though it was only in Quincy, but it was time to find a new place. I have been going to Glow for few services in the past year or so. I always noticed the nail salon next door, Nails by Nancy– it seems like there’s always customers in there so I decided to give it a shot. Also, it was advertised «Best Nail Salon in Braintree»… so I guess you can’t go too wrong.
When I walked in there, it was a typical nail salon. Nothing fancy like the one I went to in Quincy (Sydney Nails)– I like Sydney Nails because of its pleasant modern décor and friendliness. Anyways, I had only gotten a manicure at Nancy’s. Lily was the one who did it for me. And I think for $ 12– you can’t go wrong. I liked it – it took about half hour and about less than 10 minutes to dry. So a quick in and out. The weird part was that, the station where they dry your nails is directly in front of a locked door– so you’re pretty much staring at the Main Street and people walking.
Overall, decent experience. Will most likely return. probably for a pedicure next time too! Oh right — CASH ONLY!

I’ve gotten my nails done here a few times (overall I don’t get my nails done very often anyway) and may have found my first go-​to nail salon. It is affordable ($ 12 for a manicure) and clean (they have sanitizers at every station). They also give a discount when I only get decorations done on 2 nails rather than all 10.
My only gripe is that the polish chips easily and quickly. I work with my hands a lot so I understand that my manicures probably get more wear and tear than most people, but when I got a mani/​pedi the day before my vacation last month (and didn’t have to work in between) every other nail was chipped before the plane even landed. I was hoping they would at least last until I got back to work.
I wish I remembered the name of my last stylist because she did a fabulous job. She found a pink that matched my new bathing suit perfectly and did cute white flowers on them. They looked really beautiful so I was pretty disappointed that they didn’t last the whole week. She chatted with me while doing my nails, which is great because I hate it when you have someone who just ignores you/​talks to their co-​workers the whole time.
It’s also really convenient that they are within walking distance of my apartment because everything in Braintree is so far apart for someone used to living in the city (besides, there’s not much parking). They take walk-​ins too, which again is great because it’s so close and I can just decide on a whim to get my nails done if I’m bored on a weekend.

After reading the reviews on Unilocal,my sister and I decided to give this place a try on mother’s day. Granted it was mother’s day, but both of us felt like our technicians rushed through our pedicures. We received what I would call a «rub» as opposed to a «massage» and no leg exfoliation. The pedicures themselves were pretty messy and my feet felt kind of rough the next day. It is inexpensive but save your money either do it yourself or go somewhere else.