Image Nails

This is just my first time here today but they did a really good job impressing me. Just amazing. Clean and organized. Everyone here is so nice and professional. They are willing to listen to my requests and did everything exactly just how I like it. They have good quality products and new modern equipment so I could really feel the difference from the results. They have been treating every nice and creating a welcoming atmosphere so I felt completely relaxed for the whole time. Very reasonable price.

There are nail places everywhere downtown. It’s all about finding the right service at the right price. This was my second visit here and I feel good about this rating. My first experience was a simple manicure during a break from work — it’s a convenient block away! Lilly did a great job and really handled those cuticles! Ha. That was a few months ago. Last night, I called ahead and asked for an appointment specifically with her for a no chip manicure. No need to chance going to someone else. She was thorough yet again… helped me decide on the a gorgeous color and worked those cuticles yet again. A no chip is $ 30 regularly or $ 35 if they need to remove your no chip before they start. There’s nothing fancy about this place whatsoever. It’s a regular nail spot with no frills, but they have the brand name polishes everyone is accustomed to and it’s conveniently right next to the Clark/​Lake CTA station. Works for me.

Love this place. Clean, Great location, convenient staff and LOADS of options. Tony is the best!!! Great customer service and attention to detail. My first experience won’t be my last with Image Nails

When your nail tech looks into your soul, you both become one and he gets your nails right! Tony is absolutely the
! He always does amazing work and leaves my hands looking ready for a dish soap commercial! Great location, convenient staff and LOADS of options.

They do the best pedicures at a reasonable price and always have time when I walk in! My nails last for a long time, and love them!

I went here with a Groupon for a pedicure and no-​chip mani. The price is a lot lower than other Groupon deals for the same services, so I figured it was worth a shot. You definitely get what you pay for. The place doesn’t give a nice or clean feel to start with. There were limited color options for my pedicure and I wasn’t impressed with the service. Even with an appointment I was sitting in the chair until the water went cold. The girl next to me got up out of her chair and left because she waited so long. I selected my no-​chip color from a small selection that I wasn’t thrilled with, I heard another girl come in and ask for the Shellac colors. I think they try to «hide» the Shellac brand and use a lower quality for customers that don’t know to ask. The woman who worked on me knew I wasn’t thrilled with the color options, so that was even more frustrating once I noticed that she hadn’t been showing me everything they had. I asked to see the other set and got a Shellac manicure. The manicurist was nice but rushed through the manicure, leading to a poor quality no-​chip. She didn’t leave my hands under the UV light for the full timer, so she kept pulling out nails that hadn’t dried to throw on additional coats. The manicure was too thick and lifted way too soon. If you’re in the need of a cheap, no-​frills spot, this may be your place, but I’d definitely spend the extra $ 10 to get a decent quality experience.

I’ve only been to this place twice but will not return. They ignore you when you come in and act like they’re too busy to assist you. When I was in there today, two people came in needing a repair because their polish has come off. I just got my manicure today and it already chipped (and my nails are very short). My manicurist was also rushing more so than he should have been hence the poor quality in the manicure. Too bad because it’s in a good location but there are other places within five minutes worth checking out instead of here.

Didnt really like how my no-​chip nail came out. The lady that took care of my nails seems like she don’t want to work.

Stopped in here when I was in a rush for a quick no chip.
The space is ok… pretty standard type of nail place.
They offer no chips for $ 30 – 35 all the time… so super cheap! They have a variety of no chip colors & brands… OPI, shellac, gelish.
The girl did a great job on my nails… we will see how long it lasts :)

This place is in a basement and doesn’t have hot water! They claimed they ran out?! They have very limited no chip colors. My no chip alone took an hour and a half! Who has time for that?! I would not recommend, even at the Groupon rate!

I needed an acrylic fill whilst staying at a nearby hotel. I found this salon very close by, and I would recommend this place. The gentleman, I believe his name is Tony, did my nails. He was thorough, shaped my nails exactly as I requested, and did a very neat job painting my nails. If I lived here, this would be my regular nail salon.

Will never go waxing there again. I am always hesitant to try a new place, but my regular salon was closed & I was leaving town, so this place was just a convenient alternative. The girl was so careless that she missed entire patches of hair. Not to mention the scratchy feel of the stick she used. I never feel the stick dragging on my skin, but she was really going at it, pulling hairs while applying the wax. After making her re-​do the patches she missed, I was hoping it was all good. Upon further inspection at home on better lighting (what waxing room has shitty lighting?!?) I saw a few more patches left. Really?
To add to the horrible wax, the room has no sound barrier — it’s like a loft so the ladies getting nails done outside can hear every hair being teared off your skin. Really comforting. They also don’t leave the room for you to strip down. You do it right in front of them.

Last time I went here I noticed that they use their pedicure bowls as MOP BUCKETS!!! They put some bleach in them and mop the floors and then rinse out with water only. I was so grossed out! I am pretty sure that stuff like that is against some kind of sanitary code and it is a huge risk for infections. JUST GROSS.

$ 42 to remove no chip on fingers, manicure & pedicure without repolishing. Nothing fancy. Tech removing the no chip had me soak my fingers in acetone, instead of using tin foil. She then picked the no chip off with her finger nail! Yuck. They even tried to drill both my finger & toe nails. Hell No!!! Finished in less than 45 minutes. Meh.

Definitely not impressed. I got their groupon for 2 no chip manicures & luxury pedicures. What a joke. First of all, this place is super hard to find if you’ve never been here before. The whole place seems super dirty and rundown. Not impressed. They don’t offer you anything to drink… They make you BUY water!!! How ridiculous is that?!
I only get acrylics and bought this groupon since my friend wanted to use her. I’ve done this before at other places and usually pay a few more bucks to upgrade the no chip mani to an acrylic fill. Nope. They won’t do it. She gave me a gift card saying I had a manicure leftover. I asked if I could out this towards the price of a fill and she said I could not. What?! They literally turned down my money. That’s ridiculous and rude.
The «luxury» pedicure was probably the worst pedicure I’ve ever had in terms of luxury. Barely any scrubbing or massaging. My toes look sloppy. My mail tech was not friendly and didn’t even introduce herself. So now I’m sitting here waiting for my friend to get her no chip mani as I write this. Bored and thirsty.
Bored & thirsty is probably the best way to sum this place up actually.

This place gets 0 stars! DO NOT GO HERE! THEY WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR WORK! After coming here the entire summer i finally figured out why my no chips didn’t last pass 3 days! My no chip always chipped because they insist on using a cheap brand. They will lie & tell u they don’t like OPI OR Shalack, but that’s because of the expense behind the use of those products. My nails continuously split & chipped & they argued that it was my fault. After only one week of my no chip manicure I came back & asked them to fix all of the chipped & broken nails & Tony was too disgusted to talk to me. But had no problem talking to me when I wasn’t complaining. Lisa sloppily fixed my nails & after I questioned her on how she was polishing them Tony stepped up & told me I didn’t have to come back if I didn’t like the work. WELL THAT’S A NO BRAINER! But what a way to treat your customers!

I’ve been coming here for years for pedis and gels. Everyone is so nice and always willing to try out my new crazy nail art requests. I tell everyone in the area to come here because the prices are totally reasonable and the staff is super friendly.

Went during my lunch hour to get a no-​chip manicure. Only had to wait about 5 minutes. The guy that did my nails did an okay job. I expected the worst from these places so in general, it wasn’t that bad. There was a decent no-​chip color selection, including OPIs, though it was somewhat hard to see and read all the colors as they were oddly plastered onto a giant poster board.
The guy really didn’t do much to my nails, in terms of shaping or filing them. They were pretty much left the way they were, so my nails varied in length. Most places had me wash my hands after all the «cleaning up» on my nails, but this guy just did a quick brush (literally using a brush). None of this bothered me too much. For the actual paint job, he covered my nails… all until the tips. It wasn’t very noticeable but I could still see the tips of my nails unpainted. Other places (even run-​down Asian ones like this) would paint my nail and then go over the tip and edge of it for full coverage. I had to go back to my office and file down the excess unpainted portions of my nails. Also, if I looked closely at my nails, the polish (OPI You Don’t Know Jacques) looked somewhat streaky, which I attribute to the oldness of the product. When he was painting my nails, it seemed like it was nearly out and just a bit chunky… luckily as a no-​chip, it turns out to be pretty much unnoticeable.
At the end, he did massage my hands a little with lotion, but he used too much as my hands very overly moist.
Into the second week, my no-​chip is already starting to wear out and one nail indeed chipped. In other places, my no-​chip lasted a solid 3 weeks.
Overall, again not horrible but definitely not my first choice. There wasn’t polish left all over my skin which is the usual major offender but not completely painting my whole nail (even just a bit) was very annoying. I also feel like the other employees would have done a better job.

The service, attitude and finished product were all excellent here. I used a coupon… forget which one… made an appointment, and when I arrived they were able to start my service right away. The receptionist Tiffany was excellent and doing a great job. The place was very busy and she took care of everyone promptly and courteously. When not directly deailing with a client, she was busy tidying up and performing maintenance duties. Danny, my nail technician, did an excellent job on my fill and pedicure as well and was professional. Defintiely would recommend Image Nails. Love their late hours on Sunday too.

I’ve gone here for a pedicure on my lunch hour – like everyone says, it’s in a really convenient location for those of you that work downtown.
I went at noon on a Friday.
Cons: 15-​minute wait, technicians were very chatty with each other (not sure if she was paying much attention to my feet), loud environment.
Pros: Good polish job, good price (decent for downtown, at least), plastic wrap to put over my nails for the walk back to work (still smudged them.)
I’ll probably be back if I ever have time for a lunch hour…