Magic Touch Nails

Salon was clean and the staff is nice, but this was the worst manicure I’ve ever gotten. My nails were incredibly uneven with some filed at an angle and others significantly shorter than others despite starting with very long nails. I asked her to fix it, but she didn’t seen to see anything wrong with them. To top it all off the ends were still jagged and rough, which made the polish look crinkled at the tips. Long story short, I paid forty bucks for an okay pedicure and an awful manicure that I’m going to have to redo myself.

Walked in while getting my car serviced. Very happy. Pleasant staff and loved my manicure.

Lets start this review off with a «Receptionist is supposed to be the face of the room when you walk in» not a 16 year old little girl in a crop top/​shorts/​and very unprofessional wear. Also its very VERY DISRESPECTFUL WHEN A RECEPTIONIST IS ON THE PHONE AND SNAPCHAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME. This is the daughter of the owners salon. Her name is Sabrina. Just in general they treat their coworkers horribly, and not to mention half of the people are not even licensed to work there!!(including the 16 year old little girl) its very unprofessional. When i got my pedicure done, they cut to deep into my cuticle so now i have problems with an ingrown nail (the lady apologized) but still DO NOT WORK IF YOU DON’T HAVE A PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND! Not to mention the receptionist and her mother are absolutely rude and laugh and make fun of others. Its upsetting because they did great manicures. But never coming back because of the horrible customer service.

If you’re thinking of trying this nail shop, just don’t.
I went here out of desperation. Now I’m at home re-​doing my own nails, wishing I had saved the $ 40.
I have a cosmetology license, and I own a salon. This business should be inspected, seriously.

Reasonable prices, clean set up and a wide selection of colors. I usually do my nails with Claudia and she’s great. Highly recommend!

This used to be my to go spot in my neighborhood for myself, my mother, even father and 3 year old daughter! They are very nice. There was a few times that I noticed I would pay with my card and would be charged $ 10 extra when I would already pay cash for tip! I let that pass but this time they did the same thing to my father. His total was $ 50 and he tipped cash. I checked his bank account and they charged him $ 60. My mother went to show them the bank statement and the guy only gave her a copy of the signed receipt my father signed with the total of $ 50 and told her they need to ask their bank what happened. We’re not dumb! I’ve worked restaurants and retail, you can add an amount to the total! We are definitely never going back!!! Why would you scam your regulars??!

The massage chairs are amaaaazing, and the pedicures are pretty good and reasonably priced. I feel like their polish takes forever to dry, but maybe that’s just me.

I needed a mani pedi and was in the area. What I experienced was a noisy place with unhappy clients. One woman had her skin filed instead of nail. Another came in for no chip and instead of soaking her nails off the woman tried to rip them off. I suspect time was a factor, it takes a while to soak them off. The TV is blaring loud. Owners are loud and make excuses Just not a relaxing experience at all. Can’t recommend this place.

This place does an ok job on nails. Be careful going on weekends, bc they get slammed, but they won’t give you an accurate estimate on when your mani or pedi is going to start… so your toes and fingers end being prunes soaking for 40 min before someone is available.
The last time I went a teenager did my pedi, which was annoying. Her friend (not an employee nor a customer) sat in the pedi chair next to me and the two of them chattered on about teenager stuff. I remember being a teenager. I was an idiot. I would not have been very good in the service industry, and neither was this girl. I was so annoyed by their chatter that I cancelled the mani and just walked out after the pedi. I want to relax and chill out, not hear teen DRAMA. Just give me 45 min of chilling out! Jeez.
UPDATE: owner emailed to apologize and said it won’t happen again. I will try them again!

The water was dirty and when I complained about it they did nothing to try and fix it. My boyfriend even had to school the nail tech on customer service. I rather go out of my way to go to Pearl’s where they know how to treat people.

Please see the pics I posted. Scrubby Bubbles at the sanitizing station? Eew. I had a 3:30 appointment for 2 pedicures and a no-​chip manicure. At 4:00, still sitting in the pedi chair (see pic — one was broken) I asked 3 times to start soaking off the no-​chip I currently had. Instead, the lady came over with a drill thing and started removing polish. I asked her to soak it off first. NO. When the battery died, she used a coarse file (and split one of my nails), THEN applied remover. And she was PISSED when i told her that she wasn’t doing it correctly. I asked twice to have the no chip colors to look at. NO. So i got a fair pedicure and did NOT get a manicure there. My finger nails are now rough, jagged and scrapped up. After soaking off some polish, they used a metal cuticle tool to scrape up and down my nails to get the remaining polish off. The same one used on my toes. Wrong wrong wrong. Use an orange wood stick, ladies! Well, that’ll teach me to randomly select some place after a day at the beach and a pitcher of beer at Moodys’ :) STAY AWAY. And someone please go save those big old goldfish in the tiny tank that is so filthy you can’t see through the water and the fish hung out at the top, looking like they were gasping their last breaths.

Today was my first time visiting. I came because of a previous post about Jennifer. She was my pedicurist today and she did an Immaculate job on my pedicure. She was extremely nice and gentle with my feet. She definitely believes that what the customer wants is always right. The salon itself is very clean and the atmosphere is very relaxing.

I do not reccomend Magic Touch. There are much better options for a decent manicure in the neighborhood with a better paint job and better customer services. I had a really nice girl who did my pedicure and no chip french manicure, however the problem arose when I was almost done, and the color on my toes became discolored. I had a pink, but it became purple in some areas. It looked like they used 2 colors on my toes and wanted a Barney theme. It looked horrible, and since I was on a time crunch, they told me I could come back the next day and they would do a polish change. I was a little annoyed, but I understood it wasn’t my manicurist’s fault. It was an issue with the bottle of polish. I still paid and tiped.
The next morning, I arrived at opening, to see a long line and only 2 people working on a Saturday. I kindly asked how long the wait would be, or if more staff was planning on coming in. She was extremely rude and did not gave me any time frame for any of my resonable questions. I was so upset, I left the salon in a huff.
Later on, I got a polish change. Color is great. But ultimately, do not spend your money here, unless u want to be jerked around by the staff and not have them stand by their subpar services and disgraceful customer service. I will never be a patron at this nail salon again, which is really too bad because my original manicurist was wonderful.

Super great job. I wished I would have remembered to ask her name but I will definate my go back. The price is as expected but they took their time and it was just like the picture

This place could qualify for a Salon Takeover by Tabitha. You all know where I’m going.
It’s in a GREAT location-​easy to reach by bus, train, car share, etc. It gets plenty of sunlight and the staff seem to want to do a good job.
Due to its prime sunny location a lot of the nail polishes on display seem to have sweated and degraded in quality. Also, the sun shows they don’t often sweep, Swiffer, etc their floors.
One nail technician was on her cell phone while giving a manicure. What!!! She also had a pair of high heels behind the cash register bar. It just seemed very unprofessional.
I decided to stay because I was a walk in and knew my regular nail place couldn’t squeeze me in. $ 25 for a decent manicure isn’t bad at all. The Deluxe manicure for $ 25 includes a hand scrub which smells wonderful.
Leticia, the tech I saw, was very professional and sweet.
If you’re headache or migraine prone, the Acetone fumes should be noted. They were quite strong for me.
Totally relevant but not: It’s the first of May and there are Christmas/​holiday decorations in part of the salon.

I absolute love this place. I live on the South Side of Chicago but I travel all the over here to get my nails done because they do such an awesome job. The staff is friendly, they work amazingly fast, and it’s a comfortable environment. I would recommend this place to anyone.

This place is the best! Wait time is pretty quick, they do an efficient job, and its always excellent work! The chairs are comfy, and they plan marathons of criminal minds on huge flat screen! Love this spot!

I get my nails done and re-​done here. Immaculately clean, nice people, reasonably priced and the craftsmanship is top quality. All the techs are top drawer but I always ask for Claudia; her work is as good as it gets. Need a nail place, give Magic Touch a try, you won’t be disappointed.

A step above your basic nail salon. Being very close to my house is a plus too. Clean modern and well staffed. They also seem to charge the same prices as the raggedy nail salon which is closer to me but shall not be named cough *Glamour* cough cough!
In any case, a gel fill in was $ 23 and they did a wonderful job! Several of my coworkers actually thought they were my REAL nails! This place is no slouch when it comes to their basic manis/​pedis either. $ 12 for a basic mani, $ 25 for a basic. They also offer waxing, eyelash applications and a plethora of other goodies that your run of the mill ‘hood salons don’t offer. Please check these folks out, your hands and feet will be grateful
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I dont really do many reviews but this place is so great and they have no reviews so I felt compelled to!
I decided to come here because the other nailshop in edgewater just hasnt been cutting it for me (a little over priced and sub par technicians). I came here years ago and thought i would check them out. Imagine my surprise when i walked in! They are under new management and have completely redocrated!
The shop.
Is beautiful and super clean. The massage chairs are new and really nice.
Customer service…
The woman who helped me was very sweet. As soon as I sat down she offered me a bottle of water.
Services.
I got the deluxe mani pedi and it was fab! Salt scrub, hydrating mask (on my legs! :)) and massage were divine.
Oh and FREE WIFI
Cost…
Awesome. They have a special going on. Regular mani pedi $ 30 and deluxe $ 40.
Final thoughts…
If you live in edgewater and are looking for good spot try this place! Im so impressed i want to bring everyone i know here!