Tic Tac Nails

I love this place. I live walking distance and have been coming here for several years. Top notch service. I get manicures (gel nails), pedicures every couple weeks and eyebrow waxing once in a while. They always do an amazing job and you can tell they take pride in their work. The ladies of Tic Tac are very professional and courteous. Check this place out.

As a resident of Dana Point again I feel lucky to find a great nail place conveniently located. I love Sophia, she is both kind and friendly and does an awesome gel manicure and eyebrow wax. Also Diana is the sweetest and great at pedicures :)

I don’t know why they take appointments because when you show up for your appointment, they are too busy to assist you. Will NOT be coming back here again.

The gals are only nice if you keep accepting the «Only $ 5 more, because it will be good for you» script. Otherwise they are RUDE, except for Jenny.

If I could have Jenny as a technician every time, I would give this place a better review. There is another technician that I happen to get once in awhile and every time it is horrible. She is inconvenienced, rude and actually tried to pick a fight with me yesterday when I was in there. I usually spend around $ 50 when I go in. I choose an item from the menu and most people are happy to just serve it up.
This time, the gal said, «We don’t do it that way here» even though I didn’t request a certain method. Pointed to the menu for a pedicure and she said that was only for manicures!
Last time she worked on my hands, she made me bleed. This time, my foot was just short of bleeding and today it is very sore.
She uses cuticle remover instead of callus remover, massage was about 2 minutes. Then she disappeared in the back for around 7 minutes. After that, she said something very negative in her native language causing the other technicians to look at me in horror!
After two years going here, I regret that I am going to be forced to find a new salon.
Very unfortunate that one person can cause so much havoc and cause the place to lose customers.

They are so sweet and do a great job on your nails! 5 stars all around.

I love this little nail salon. The staff is awesome they were so nice and helpful. Even painted my 5 yr old daughters nails… so sweet. I left feeling relaxed:)

$ 28 for Regular Mani/\Pedi’s
We were out on vacation near Dana Point/​Laguna Beach area and I wanted to spoil myself with a mani/​pedi. I normally do my own nails but I hate cleaning the nails and cuticles. Its so hard to do it on both hands — I’m not so ambi: P
Pro’s:
No waiting: we called in prior to arriving but they had plently of techs on hand to help with walk in’s
Clean salon — they were even installing brand new chairs when I arrived. I got to sit in one of the new ones.
Friendly ladies — They were complimenting me on my nail art and jewelery
Exceptional job cleaning the nail bed and cuticle area — I had an ingrown toenail and the lady working on me was really careful not to dig in too deep.
Great 5 min massage on my neck and shoulders
Comfy Experience overall — i was very relaxed until they started painting my nails
Con’s:
Nail Polish application needs improvement — maybe it’s because I have super high expectations when it comes to nail art and application but I have yet to find a place that will do what I can do to my own nails. They applied my nail color all goopy and stuff and missed some sides of my nails.
Top coat didn’t «seal» all the edges and sides. I had to wave my hands outside of the car to our next destination for almost 25 mins before I was comfortable digging for things out of my bag.
I went in for $ 28 mani pedi and was charged $ 41 — not sure how the math worked out because I had my soak off nail polish removed which should be $ 5 and flowers on my big toes for another $ 5. Plus I had some callus removal work done… $ 4?
All in All: I might come again or try out another one of the billions in this area. If you see someone with exceptional nail art, keep in mind of their high expectations and everything is gonna have to be perfect. At least now I can do my own nails again without having to do all that prep work. :)

I don’t understand all the glowing reviews of this place. The only positive thing I can say is that I didn’t have to wait. I had a gel set and pedicure. Both ladies looked inconvenienced to be doing my nails, not friendly at all. The lady doing my pedicure encouraged me to pay $ 5 extra for callus removal, waste of money. She spent less time on that then other places who don’t even charge extra for it. It was a quick and rushed job. The lady who did my gel set wasn’t any better. The quality seemed overall fair to poor, my nails lasted about a week and then started to chip. I would not go back here and I don’t recommend it.

I love
Tic Tac Nails Salon! They are very professional and carry the latest gel and spa products. Jenny is the owner and she is so down to earth and sees you are well pampered. Some of the other girl’s are Hanna, Mimi, Kim and Lonnie. There are more girl’s there as well to assist you if you are a walk in or make an appointment. They do permanent eyelashes, waxing and massages besides manicures, pedicures and full sets. Several of my friends and myself have been going to Jenny for year’s!

A friend recommended them when she heard I was looking for a place to get my nails done for my wedding in Kauai. Was not disappointed. My gel acrylics were beautiful and my french pedicure lasted forever, just had to add a topcoat every now and then and I was set. Next time I need my nails done I’m going here. :)

By far the best nail salon in the area! The girls are awesome and prices are extremely fair!

I love this place, right when you walk in you can see how professional they are. They accept walk ins but I suggest you make an appointment because they are usually always busy. I went in with an old set of acrylic nails and wanted a new set from them, I got a new acrylic gel set and I absolutely loved it paid $ 45 which is not bad at all. They are all very nice and don’t make you feel awkward. Already made my appointment for my next nail day :)

The worst customer service. The people here are son comfortable with the little business that the do have that they forget they have to put effort into gaining and keeping customers. As I sat here getting my nails done. 3 women walked out from lack of service or rude customer service. They overbook on appointments and give attitude when asked to clean the foot tub after the last person just used it. The people here take their regular clientele for granted and soon they will have very little to no customer base left. Ill never return.

It’s close to my house, and the ladies there are pretty nice. I keep going because their gel applications help out my super thin nails by adding layers back. I’ll also keep going back because this has been one of the few places where the gel doesn’t completely peel off unless it’s been well over two weeks, and/​or I’ve torn them up working a brush fire.
It helps if you make appointments since they can get pretty busy in there, but if you’re willing to wait (there’s a Starbucks that’s literally right across the street), they’ll take walk ins.

Had an awesome experience here! We just happened to be in the area and found it on Unilocal.It was my husbands first time getting a pedicure, not only did they do a great job on both of us, they also entertained my 9 mo old daughter while we were there! If your looking for a clean place that does a great job I would highly recommend this place!

i have been coming here before even when nancy the old nancy was there and i love it. i do miss the old girls but the new ones are just great. Great service and great prices. I love how my nails come out everytime and my toes. The girls are all so welcoming and nice. love love love it here! recommend anyone to come here

not a bad salon, i feel it could be a bit cleaner though. i got a gel manicure and it was my first time at this salon. they peeled off in two weeks? i’ve never had that happen before. it was cheap, but i dont know if id go back just bc of that reason. id rather pay a bit more and not have them peel.

Quick overview
Jens amazing:
Facials
Lash Extensions
Fills
I just received my first fill from Jenny and wow, it looks like brand new sets!
Her facials are the best I’ve had. I’ve been to many spas and she is a perfectionist.
Awesome prices, great coupons for 1^st time customers, clean, and they are all so wonderful there!

The girls are great here!
Jenny does the best facials! I just also got my lashes done by her and OMG! Will load photos in a second! My first set was literally half off of other places i’ve called. Call and ask or go there… its affordable and amazing I’ll be loading a photo of it in a second!
There was this lady that was raving about her facials by Jen and of course, everyone does but seriously, I got a Euro facial and Jen was very thorough with extracting all the nasty stuff that you get when you dont remove your makeup all hte way and build up. It was the most thorough massage and facial I’ve ever received. She uses Dermologica so if your skin is sensitive like mine, you can’t go wrong.
Angelica was new and first did my nails. Anyone there that has done my pedicure was awesome! This location is clean and hidden there on a one way street on both sides so you can easily miss it. It is located in the same plaza as Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
Clean, friendly staff, some do not speak English but thats common at some of these nail places. The prices are just what you expect but they always have coupon specials and flyers.
I like this place and glad that it is just less than 5 minutes from my house! They are closed on Sundays.
Oh, and Jenny was sweet enough to take in the business and stay pass the time of closing. Some places are very rude about that but Jenny stayed over half an hour and didnt rush through my facial. I offered to return another day but she insisted.
Love it here!