Candy Fingers Nail & Spa

Please do not waste your money at this dirty place!
They cut my finger! They were so rough
Then when they cut my finger I asked if they could put the blue stuff on to stop the blending and she gave me a dirty look
The place is a mess and so are the people who work there
I had to pick 2 different polishes cause they had been sitting for too long and they watered them down with remover
Terrible experience here

$ 30 now for basic mani/​pedi. No paraffin wax included, at least from my 3 visits this year, granted not because they’re the best but out of sheer convience. If you use a CC there’s a surcharge. They have a get 10 get 1 loyalty stamp card, have 3 stamps and will be my last.

I have been a customer at Candy Fingers for 3 years, and they have recently changed management. The mani/​pedis may be cheap, but you get what you pay for. $ 29 got me uneven nails, a file on my toe (not my toenail), and poor polish quality.
Additionally, they no longer accept american express, and don’t post it.

This was one of the best nail salons I’ve visited. I’m a man so I only come for the occasional foot massage during rock climbing season. What brought me to this Spa was to have Calgel put on to help my brittle fingernails from breaking when I play guitar. Suzanne was very kind and did not speak anything negatively about the customers in Korean while I was there. In fact, the only things I heard were questions about where things were… I will be back to this salon until my condition approves. PS — I was very comfortable here which was better than I am made to feel at most salons.

Used to love this place– the parafin wax and the color assortment. But when I got my cuticles cut recently I ended up with an infection. Not worth it.

Compared to other places in this neighborhood this place is amazing. I did have an issue with how dirty it seemed. I saw her throw nail clippings on the floor… Regardless it was a good manicure and staff were nice.

Wonderful service, very clean and professional. They really take their time, great experience!!!

Looked all around to find a place to do my gradient ombré nails that I got done in New York 2 years ago, but not on the UES. I went to Sakura* asking down the street but their wait was too long so walked a few steps down to Candy! Thank god! This place was $ 20 cheaper and Susan did a great job! A little hard on the filing but for the job done it’ll do. I’m an obsessor over getting my nails done, and with that being said I say this place is a go. Based off my first time .
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This salon is out of my way but I always find myself trying to come here whenever I’m in the neighborhood. The work is great and I love love love that they use the paraffin wax, I’ve never been to a salon that offered that so that’s cool… The lady’s name is Lee she’s super nice very quiet and does her job! This place is very simple but cozy!

Solid manicure/​pedicure for $ 29. The place is clean, sanitary, etc but nothing fancy. The place could use a little sprucing up. The pedicure chairs are comfy, but if you are tall like me you might start getting uncomfortable after awhile cause the chairs don’t move back very far. I liked that my manicurist cut, shaped, and painted my nails exactly how I wanted… short, square, and she painted them all the way to the edges! I thought candy fingers was a strange name for a nail place, but quickly realized how they got their name when they dipped my hands in paraffin wax (complimentary with every manicure). My shoulders got a quick rub while waiting for the wax to dry, and I always appreciate that. My friend and I came to this place cause the wait was only 20 minutes, while the wait at the $ 20 place down the street was an hour. I didn’t mind spending a little more here… I wish that my mani/​pedi was a little quicker, but other than that, I am happy with the outcome.

The staff is nice but I have never gotten a manicure here that wasn’t a disaster. The polish bubbles up, there are gaps between the polish and my cuticles, just awful. They obviously thin out the polish. Pedicures are ok — my feet are pretty dry/​calloused and they make them look almost presentable. That being said, go somewhere else. There are countless other options in the area.

I gave Susan another challenge today of something I thought up on the fly… Turned out amazing ! I highly recommend this spot and go wild with your imagination. It’s all possible here via affordable calgel

Wish I could give less than one star. Don’t even bother with this place! Me and 4 friends walked & and we’re immediately told that they couldn’t help us 2 hours before they closed! More than enough time to help us. This place sucks, we gladly took our business elsewhere!

dont go.
they file my nails and hurt so much. my two finger was bleeding and no apology.
done with color gel. pretty rough.

Hands down the best gel manicures I’ve ever gotten (and cheap!) — my nails are so flaky that even gels can chip on the earlier side– the first one I got here lasted over 2 weeks, the second over 3 weeks! They take their time and it shows. It’s a small salon, so I’d probably recommend making a reservation, although when a friend of mine and I did so, we still had to wait 10 mins or so to get started.

Not happy at all with my experience here. I went it asking for the Cal Gel advertised as $ 32 in the window. The girl even pointed to the sign and the price asking «this one?»
One girl began doing my nails, then had to call someone else in to take over because she didn’t know how to do them. Then that girl came in and left halfway through because she had to pickup her sun from school.
The first woman filed my nails down to nearly nothing. The second woman buffed my nails so much they hurt (I thought the point of Cal Gel was that they didn’t have to buff??) The second woman only cut the cuticles on some of my fingers. I uploaded a photo, its the black and white french, you can see that clearly, they needed to be cut!
The second woman tagged the first woman back in to finish up. This woman decided that once done with the cal gel, she was going to put a regular polish top coat on them. So i had to sit under the dryer… Again. isn’t that the point of all these gels. No Drying Time??? So help me god, if these nails chip because this idiot put a regular top coat on my nails I will go on a tirade.
So I sit under the dryer after being here for an hour and a half already. Then they charge me. $ 50… When I asked why they were so expensive the answer was «Because mine are special» Why wasn’t I told I was being charged this «special» price before hand? This is RIDICULOUS! Especially, when you look at my nails. The cuticles are a mess, there is gunk under them, the gel is fused to my fingers, and one nail has a piece of the paint brush in it! HORRIBLE.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY WITH THIS PLACE. The «SALE» Prices are BOGUS.
There are far too many place in the city to go to get your nails done.

Honestly not sure why this place gets lukewarm reviews but I’ve had a pretty good experience here. After realizing that although I love my $ 20 mani pedi specials, you get what you okay for, I figured it’d behoove me go spend up once a while to see what’s out there. Candy does a mani pedi for $ 27, and you get a paraffin treatment (ESP in winter — I never got before, I was baffled by the whole process of hot wax! It was a nice touch)
Also there was no wait around 2, 2:30 on Sat whereas most others around the block have a wait (people did pile ins around 3 – 4)
My girl was LiLi, and she was pretty good and detailed. All the standard stuff like wiping smudges (though she could have cleaned under the nail a bit better), to asking if you want extra top coat, if you want cuticles cut, etc, I guess only time will tell if it all lasts but for those needed extra insurance, they do offer various types of gel manicures (they were on «sale» too– Bio gel $ 40, Cal gel, $ 32, Shellac, $ 24)
The staff here is Korean, I find those often give you a nice complimentary shoulder massage (always appreciated!), Candy included. Overall the facilities are clean and it isn’t cramped at all. Id come back I need somewhere good.

I’m sorely disappointed. I really wanted to get an acrylic manicure and went to Sakura first, but they were fully booked all weekend. I should’ve been patient and waited to go back there to be honest.
I waited about 10 minutes at Candy Fingers and then was seated. The first thing I noticed was that their nail polish selection was pretty basic/​lacking. But I didn’t really care much since they had the color I was going for.
The woman doing my nails was very polite/​nice however super rough and I guess that’s how she is considering the other reviews here. I thought my nail was going to rip off at one point– she doesn’t soak the cuticles and when she’s filing down the acrylic nail she files down so hard/​fast that it felt like she was going to go all the way through to the skin. I cringed in pain several times.
She finished fairly quickly but it seemed moreso because she was in a rush. The NEXT DAY my nail polish had already chipped and a day after that one of the nails had broken– and I paid $ 60 for this!
Definitely not going back, will head to Sakura which is right up the street and gets much better reviews.

I just have to say this before I go forward with my review… and that is:
Candy fingers = totally reminds me of salad fingers (hi-​LARIOUS)
Ok now that I got out of the way… on to the review! ;)
Came in here for a quick manicure prior to a party. Because I am so careless with my manicures, whether it is with cleaning, or with playing guitar, or even just satisfying my frequent craving for unshelled pistachios, I did NOT want to spend a lot of money. I mostly do my own at home for these reasons.
They offer a $ 9 paraffin manicure, which was perfect. The girl that had me was super sweet, really quiet, and very thorough. I couldn’t believe she was spending so long on me for $ 9.
The manicure was fantastic, and everyone was so cordial and nice inside. The lasting power? About 10 days, which was fine by me. There was a bubble on one of my fingers but very unnoticeable.
They charge an extra dollar for quick dry topcoat, which is a bit weird, but whatever. I agree with KJ that I’d rather give the extra dollar in tip versus paying for the polish.
Would come back again if in the area.

Candy Fingers introduced me to Calgel, which is amazing if you have brittle nails. I have come back a few times for this treatment because the prices are very reasonable. However, I have decided to dish out a little extra cash to go somewhere else because I have never left Candy Fingers feeling relaxed or refreshed.
Walk-​ins are welcome, which can be a wonderful thing (who likes to plan a week in advance for a manicure). In this case though, the owner never sends anyone away and overextends herself given how many employees she has working. In order to get everyone in and out, they really skimp on the services that they offer. They push back your cuticles quickly without first soaking them and do a very cursory filing job. They also multitask on several clients at once. This place ultimately feels more like an assembly line than a spa. I’ll save the hustle and bustle for the rest of the week– not when I’m getting my mani/​pedi!