Happiness Nails & Spa

For the past year or so, I have been traveling from Escondido to Oceanside to have Trish do my eyelash inserts. Trish was referred to me by 3 people at me previous company. She does a fantastic job! The procedure is painless and results beautiful! A few weeks ago I had someone in an Escondido salon apply the inserts. I needed them done for an event and Trish was booked so I went with someone closer to my home. When the local stylist finished, my lashes they looked great as well. A few days later though, the adhesive started clumping and lashes started falling out. I’m looking forward to my appointment with Trish next week! The only drawback with Trish is that her schedule fills up fast due to her great work! I won’t go to anyone else for eyelash inserts.

My daughter and I have been loyal customers at this salon for a couple of years and have spent thousands of dollars with good results. However, with the last couple of visits we both have had very bad experiences. We both have acrylic nails.
Complaint #1– The problem I had was really poor quality in appearance on my last set of pink and white acrylics. So I came back and saw a new person to redo with a full set, and PAID for a new set! Then, on day 1, one of them broke so I had to return for a repair. It seems that the «happiness» at Happiness Nails turns to Ugliness when a complaint is made, even though I was being polite. The repair was made but the quality was substandard. I left it alone.
Complaint #2 — my daughter had them do gel color on top of her acrylic nails and in less than 24 hours the color peeled off of 3 nails. When we returned, politely asked to rectify the situation, things turned Ugly again! We thought it was more than reasonable to request that the color on ALL nails be redone since 3 were already peeling after only 1 day (we were not confident that the rest were not to peel). They only wanted to repair the ones that were already ruined. This resulted in a bit of an argument but they finally agreed after I said that I planned to give a review. Because the lady doing the work clearly did not agree with the managers decision, she raced thru the process with a horrible attitude that made us extremely uncomfortable, but we were satisfied to have the color redone. LOW AND BEHOLD ALL OF THE GEL COLOR CAME OFF OF EVERY NAIL ON ONE HAND IN LESS THAN 18 HOURS!!!
I have no idea what has happened to the quality of product and services at this salon, but unfortunately, they have lost 2 loyal customers IN ONE DAY for good! I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS SALON!

Will never return back again. Went to receive a mani/​pedi. And left with a couple of my finger nails bleeding. Could have caught an infection. Didn’t even receive a refund. Just I’m very sorry. The nail polish chipped within a week. Management was very unprofessional when I called to speak to the manager she said she wasn’t the manager but she actually was the manager. And she said they were closing and hung up the phone when they were actually open for another 30 – 40 min. Please do not go here!

Girlfriend and I needed a place to get a pedi. This place was friendly and quick. There was no wait. Prices are good considering that you get a 10 min massage :) we will be back again.

I was not happy at all! I just wanted to get gel on my nails and a lady cutting my cuticles cut me twice, I was bleeding I was just in pain the whole time she was working on my nails. It was like they didn’t even take there time. The only thing she said was sorry which is totally fine but, I got cut twice and then she put alcohol on it. I’d rather go somewhere cheaper it’s $ 27 to get gel on your nails.

Got my nails done here in a pretty nude color with a little sparkle in it and it was pretty sheer but they only put two coats and it was still clear :(I also had some left over hot pink spots on my thumb but they didn’t take it off, now my nails were pretty bad when I came in here but they didn’t really clean them, under my nails, or push my cuticles. My nails look pretty bad.

I went with my mom, sister, and little niece for a girly day.
They let us in pretty quickly, and we all got pedicures and I got a gel manicure. Everyone was nice, they had a lot of colors to chose from, and it’s a clean place.
My only problem was with my gel manicure. It came out nice but it chipped less than a week later. I’ve gotten a few gel manicures before elsewhere and I love them because they stay on for around 3 weeks before chipping or growing out. I don’t know why it happened with this one.

This place is way too big and the services are not personalized at all. They have about 20 pedi chairs in a circle so you’re facing someone, all about a foot apart and everyone is in there talking over one another. I went there once because my regular place is so far, I won’t be lazy to make me regular drive again. I felt rushed and not relaxed at all.

I’ve been coming to Happiness Nails for well over a year now and was perfectly happy with my service until my disappointment today. Came in for my mani pedi and had a wonderful time… Until the end. The lady who was doing my nails seemed to be distracted by what might’ve been one of her regular customers who only seemed to want the girl who was with me. The other customer sat waiting, and my assigned technician was hurrying herself, as she even had me sign for my transaction while my nails were still wet. It was odd.
As I was leaving my nails were still wet and they got messed up from fumbling to get out of the chair and she honestly couldn’t hurry me out fast enough just to get to her next customer. I felt like I was an inconvenience. Left with a great pedi and smudged nails. Still not sure whether I will return.

Some of the shittiest service ever, everyone has a horrible attitude. They will burn you with water, cut you skin and scrub you raw and tell you it’s okay. No it’s not. I’ve been going here for 2 years and the only good experiences I’ve had are with the younger girls who work here, don’t go here even if you’re desperate, they over charge and the work is minimal for the amount you pay. Don’t not be fooled by the good reviews, specific people here are awesome but that’s only like 3 people out of 30. And their eye brow waxes make me breakout like crazy, they reuse the wax and it’s disgusting.

I’ve been coming here for awhile and have never been disappointed until today.
I wanted a gel manicure and an older man did it.
My sister also got hers done and they looked great, I noticed when he was finished he didn’t clean the sides at all, my fingers were covered in nail polish still. I asked him to fix it, which he did with no problem. I then walked out and noticed my pinky was smudged and there was still nail polish on my hands!
I went in quietly, and embarrassed and asked for a refund. I even said they could take the nail polish off if they needed to, which took and extra 20 minutes of them wrapping my fingers in foil and sawing them down (which I didn’t want)
I felt terrible and he didn’t even wanna give me a full refund only half. I was so frustrated at this point that I started to cry. He finally came back with my money in full and took the polish off. I didn’t want to make a scene and felt horrible, so I tipped him an extra 5 bucks on top of the other tip.
I also got harassed by a random woman while they were taking my polish off, she started threatening me in front of her young daughter (very classy lady)
But they promptly escorted her outside.
I think this salon is great if you find the right person to do your nails, I can’t give them only one star because they took care of me and my refund.
Just don’t ask the guy to do your nails! Stick with the experienced women!

John did a full set of acrylics on me and they were amazing! They stayed on for a long time and just looked so clean. I would definately recommend Going to John. As he was finishing up, more ladies walked in asking to wait for him also.

Every time I go, I always get someone new and have yet to be disappointed. I usually would rather have someone to be a regular with but my schedule doesn’t work for that right now and it’s nice to know no matter who I get, I’ll get great nails. When I get acrylics, I always ask for super short super square nails and they ALWAYS deliver. Love it here! I only wish the gel fills that are $ 31 weren’t almost as expensive has a full set with gel that are $ 36.

I’m giving 5 star to Rose. I’ve been seeing her regularly for a year. I’ve been getting my nails done for almost 10 years and this is the first time in my life I’ve stayed with one person. They last forever ! Don’t lift/​peel/​break/​chip ever and she’s fast. Make an appointment with Rose and you will come back to this place hehe that’s how they got me!

Regina did my gel manicure and did a great job, I will be back in a couple weeks for gels and a pedicure. Everytime I go here I have a great experience and I’ve even accidently messed up my pedicure and they were quick to fix it for the next day. Great customer service!

If I could give 0 stars I definitely would. Absolutely worst pedicure I have ever gotten.
Besides waiting 30 minutes just to get a chair on a not so busy Monday afternoon, I basically ended up doing my own pedicure.
A simple $ 12 pedicure ended up being the most difficult task to the pedicurist. Cutting my cuticles is always something I do not like, but I’ve had good experiences where it is painless. I ended up being cut completely off of my skin & bled for 10 minutes. The full nail was not even covered in paint but somehow all of the nail polished ended up on my skin. I let her know she was not covering the entire nail where she went back to slap on paint all over my toe.(literally). I proceeded to clean the edges with my fingernail and that this point she became frustrated & began yelling across the room in Vietnamese. I’m not oblivious to the fact she was definitely telling her manager where she came over to tell me the pedicure looked «fine.» Of course by then I had fixed it myself. I was then sent over to a different nail tech who did a tolerable job.
First & last time at this salon. Definitely not worth their overpriced services.

I’m a first time new customer here at Happiness Nails & Spa (Oceanside) and I definitely do not recommend it at all! I stopped by only because I was running my errands in the same area and did not want to wait for another week to get my nails done at my aunt’s place in L.A. I am not ecstatic with this place. I got my nails done four days ago (07−19−15) and it had already chipped on the second day and some more on the fourth day. Seriously? It hasn’t even been a week yet and it is already chipped? That is absolutely bogus! Normally, GEL last me for 3 – 4 weeks and it will still be good.
Other note, I do not like the procedure here either. Lady removed my old gel set and filed my nails to shorten. And of course, my nails had all of the white extra from filing my nails. She did not asked me to wash my hands (not even one bit), but to proceed to work on my new sets of gel. When she completed it, she put lotion and massage my hands. I paid and left. Ridiculous. That is not sanitary at all.
SMH. I’m sorry (not sorry at all), I actually helped my aunt and cousins study for their nails exam for their license. So, I definitely got some of my knowledge upon it and that is no-​no.
Disappointing and waste of money.

After reading reviews on this nail place I was a little hesitant to go inside. But I’m so glad I did. John was my assigned nail technician and he exceeded all of my expectations of this place. He was friendly, knowledgeable and very gentle. I had drawn out my design on a post it note (haha) and he perfected it. I guess that’s why this place is called happiness nails. ;) Thank you so much John, I’ll be coming back to see you again.

I came to get my acrylic nails removed because I wanted to go back to natural nails and I’m tired of getting fills and new sets.
I came in and requested to soak them off with my friend which is how my regular nail tech would do it but I wasn’t in my home area so I couldn’t go to her. This place suggested we sit down and we would be helped. We sat down and one lady came to us to file off the layer of color and cut our nails then tell us to soak in a little bowl of acetone. The amount of acetone given wasn’t even enough to put my whole nail in. She then just left us to go do another clients toes without notice which I thought was very unprofessional. We sat there soaking in acetone for a while confused on who our nail tech was. Someone then came to start filing my nails.
They kept filing til it started to burn me one finger at a time. I kept insisting i was in pain but she kept going then said to soak more. Then she left and let me sit there for a while. This went on repetitively. (The bowl of acetone was dirty after a few soaks. When in at my regular nail tech she would replace it. This place didn’t care.)
I was highly irritated so I just asked the owner to hand me a damn file and I’ll do it myself. She was confused. I explained the situation to her and she gave me a file. I then filed and shaped my own nails.
I still had to pay $ 8 for the service which I thought was absurd. At least give me a discount for doing half the work myself and having to go through pain because your workers aren’t as qualified as needed to complete a simple service.

I decided to come on a Saturday…
To my surprise…
I got sat down immediately!!! They have 19 – 20 massage chairs for pedis and enough staff to take care of customers. Again… I am not an unsatisfied customer.
They even have Essie brand polish. Leeee-​git.
Toodles!