Classy Nails

I have been going to Classy Nails for the last 2 months. The customer service is GREAT! I get the same services done just about every visit, Mani/​Pedi. My gel manicure is always done so well and my feet are smooth and feel great! I would dock half of a star because they don’t offer any nail extension options, but everything else is so great! I had to go to another salon to get my nails done for a wedding that I was in but they still weren’t as great as these ladies.
Overall, great!

This was my go-​to place in McLean but the last 2 times I’ve gotten the painful grandmother and then I feel too awkward to ask for someone else.

I used to be a fan, but they stopped cleaning their salon and I started feeling like maybe the equipment wasn’t clean. Plus, if they don’t respect their own business enough to keep it clean, why should I respect it?

Friendly staff, great work. They do a better job than any other nail salon in the area.

Not impressed.
Went to Classy Nails for a manicure after a couple of recommendations from friends and family. The few pros include: overall friendly staff, plenty of parketing, and I did not need an appointment. The price for a manicure ($ 15) seems average.
Cons:
— limited selection of polishes (many of them old)
— Not the cleanest salon
— The woman who did my nails was very rough and at one point I had to retract my hand at one point because she pinched me so hard with the cuticle cutters — in my all my years of getting manicures that has never happened. She also painted over my cuticles and onto my skin. She did clean it up, but that resulted in using a lot of acetone which left my fingers really dry. Overall — messy paint job
— I got the manicure last night and already have a chipped nail
Perhaps I just had a bad experience, but I will not be going back.

I had been here a few times before and liked it. Last spring I contracted a nasty nail infection along with a wart under my nail! I also noticed the girl cut too far into my nail – beyond my protective barrier. Its been months and the doctor was finally able to get rid of the infection, but now I’m having painful laser treatments to get rid of the wart. After this experience, I’m not sure I could ever step into a nail salon again. I’m curious as to how they sanitize here.

I love Classy Nails. I never go to the same technician yet I am still always satisfied. Be warned — Classy Nails is not fancy. It is a typical «downtown» McLean dated establishment — but it is clean, well priced and no nonsense.
They have large selection of shellac colors as well as the OPI gel. My most recent shellac is on week #3 with no peeling.

I came here for a pedicure at 5pm without an appointment and was seated immediately. They have a ton of OPI colors to choose from and they are organized by color which makes it very easy to find the shade that you want.
Everyone was very friendly and the place was nice and quiet — perfect after a long day of work. The price is on par with other McLean nail salons. (Oh how I miss Arlington prices)
My favorite part about the pedicure is that you got 2 massages! 1 with the salt scrub and then another one with the lotion. This is the longest pedi massage I have experienced in McLean so I will definitely come back for that!
They also wrap your legs with hot towels while they paint your toe nails, and since they weren’t too crowded, they let me stay in the massage chair while I waited for my toes to dry. (I do wish the massage chairs were a bit stronger though)
Parking is easy because they have their own private lot with about 10 spots available.
I will definitely be coming back!

Awful experience for a long time client. They don’t assigne to you the manicurist or massage person you think is your best fit for you and you made an appointment with, because the moody boss has decided that another one must get more tips this day. They smile at you and kill you in your back, the atmosphere is rotten by their little mean politics, and the client is the loser. Worse, the massages. The room is located behind the telephone and you cannotw rest, the «therapist» does not listen to your needs (when she understand 2 words of English (like outch when she hurts you) there is no light so you get undressed in the dark and slip on the multiple objects that are left on the floor, there is nowhere to hung your clothes, the boss enters the room in the middle of the session shouting orders to the unprofessional massage «therapist“‘ and the boom boxe never works properly.
I was finacially and illegaly penalized because I chose to stick with my manicurist who was not the one the crew decided to honor that day, the boss not appreciating the I took so much liberty.
The girls don’t understand the color you want, the advise you give in order to get a minimum satisfaction. They are week located but clients are doormats.

I went here to get shellac manicure for the first time after a friend of mine had been raving about hers (she went to a salon in Silver Spring). This friend isn’t the type to rave about her beauty routine, so I thought I should give it a try.
I didn’t catch the tech’s name, but I think she might have been the owner. The manicure was ok, but started peeling after a couple days. I went back to have some nails fixed for free. However, I didn’t find it to be worth the money.
I have had a pedicure done there, and it was fine.

These ladies are awesome, friendly, professional, and the place is clean and they always sterilize their tools. I had gel nails done and they were fabulous could have lasted three weeks if I weren’t so hard on my nails all the time… oh, and surprisingly they are great at massages too. They also will give you good nail advice and advise you on popular colors. They even kept the store open late so I could get a quick manicure this place is just fabulous.

Great place, and I have been to many in McLean. The shop is neat and clean, the ladies charming and friendly. They do talk in Vietnamese, but they don’t chatter away, just seem to be asking each other for advice or assistance, and never have made me think they are chatting about customers. A little girl is usually there, quiet and well behaved and all the technicians mother her. My husband, not easy to please, has come with me and says it is the only place he has not been clipped or ended up with bleeding fingers. I’m eager to try a massage and they will do any amount of time you want, 20 minutes, 35, etc. I’ll go back often.
Update from 2014. I am still going to Classy Nails, although I no longer live close by. They conitnue to do a fine job and the polish stays on (I have had manicures at other local salons and two days later the nail polish just peels off in one piece). If too busy, they will call their second shop (same manager, owner) and get you in there, with the same attnetion and care. I trust them (even if I cannot communicate with all of the ladies)

Best place around to go for a Mani/​Pedi! Staff is soooo nice and do excellent work! Go to «Tee» for Gel nails! She is the BEST!

Classy Nails! 2 snaps! (2 snaps equals 5 stars)
Jeez, finally! I was beginning to wonder, just how hard is this mani/​pedi thing? It seemed to be impossibe to get gorgeous nails and even more impossible to find nail techs that don’t openly express a rabid hatred for the clients. I mean, even if they are clucking back and forth in a language which you cannot understand, it’s not hard to decipher when they are clacking about you or the girl next to you. I have heard this complaint over and over and over from so many women, I was beginning to think it was just an accepted practice.
But I digress. .. I lost my train of thought amidst the happy, happy clicking of my beautifully done nails
Thank you, Classy Nails. «cuz you know what’s Classy? Being nice to your clients. Being friendly. Doing you job well. Making it a pleasant experience.
Click, click, click!!!