Glamour Nails

This is my first visit, so 4 stars on one visit. The more I go, I’ll hopefully up it to 5. But so far, it’s a good start! Went on a Sunday and there was no wait. Easy parking in a mini mall. I had Amy and she was awesome! I got the Deluxe Pedicure for $ 32 and it was well worth it. Amy gave a great massage & took her time making sure I enjoyed an actual deluxe pedicure. At other places, when I got a «deluxe pedicure», it just felt like a regular pedicure & always rushed. Not with Amy. She massaged when exfoliating, massaged when slathering the foot mask, threw on a hot towel, then massaged some more with hot oil & lotion. Damn! I nearly fell asleep in bliss.
She also didn’t chatter non-​stop. Instead, she was very nice & polite. Made small talk, but never intrusive. Very friendly. The other ladies there were also very nice & inviting. I’m bringing my sister here for her bday and asking for Amy!

Everyone is super nice and considerate. I feel like I’m at the Spa. I love getting a pedicure and gel manicure. My gel manicures last over 2 weeks! There are a ton of design options too.

I am writing an update to my previous review because I am so greatly disappointed by the continued lack of customer service!!! My initial review I think was very honest… my pedicure was awesome, my manicure SUCKED (and lasted less than 48 hours before totally cracking and looking horrible), and their customer service was very mediocre. I know they were busy, and my friend and I had appts and she was 10 min late, and they put a ton of pressure on me about where she was and that they were going to have to skip her and go onto other people. I understood! I knew she was late, I apologized to them about it and I told them to take the next customer… what else could I do?
So I wrote my review and shortly after I received a message from Tina who appears to manage their Unilocal account. She apologized to me about their customer service and offered me 2 gift certificates for manicures. I thanked her and provided my address and told her that I would give Glamour Nails another chance and would be happy to update my review based on my future experience because maybe they were just having a bad day.
Well its been more than a month, no certificates in sight. At this point if I got them I would not return anyways! I think that if you are going to go out of your way to reach out and apologize the very least that can be done is to have good follow through.
Just be aware if you go here that their customer service is severely lacking!

I just wanted to write about a recent experience. I went to have a gel manicure done. As it started my nail artist started buffing down my nails, and I said thats alot, its starting to hurt, and she continued to buff.
Towards the end my nails were paper thin and when I got home, my nails were so thin, with hardly any gel on them that I had to cut them down because they were folding down.
Im sure they are a great shop, but the experience I had was not a positive one, and when I called to speak to the manager about it, I was hung up on twice. I wasnt calling to get my money back or scream, just to tell them about my experience.
I won’t be going back to the shop.
*The owner of the shop has since, reached out to me to apologize for my nail experience. She was very thoughtful on the phone and was great about solutions for a better experience. Im not able to do anything with my nails right now, but she wanted me to come back as soon as they strengthened up. I really appreciate the time she took to call me back and try and work towards a better experience.

My go to nail salon in Clairemont! Friendly, efficient and my gel manicure always lasts at least 2 weeks!

Great place! Relaxing and clean! Close to everything… the girls are nice here. The massage chairs work.

I’v been to so many nails salons in the San Diego area and none come close in comparison to Glamour nails. This place is the cleanest, nicest, most top notch nail salon around. I have used almost all the nail tech’s and they are all fabulous & pay super close attention to detail. They want your nails to be the best looking nails you come in contact with and they sure do succeed. endless compliments on my nails since using this salon and the nails last so long! pricing could be so much higher because of the quality of work but they charge average or below average prices. Their pedicures are to die for sooooo many extras!

Wow! I’m shocked to see the good reviews for this place! There is nothing glamorous about Glamour Nails. I had the worst pedicure of my life. I was seriously flinching from how rough this manicurist was being, it felt like she was angry that I stepped into the place. She never once smiled or asked my name. She promptly finished & asked me to pay, leaned over to raise my side table & rubbed her arm sleeve over my feet, messing up the Polish. I have poor eye sight so I didn’t notice it, she said Oh it’s fine. Then I got home & my husband pointed it out, ugh! What a disappointment! I’m sticking to Happy Nails from now on!

Can I give zero stars?! The package of tools they were going to use was open (AKA not sterilized), and the clippers were rusty! The nail tech attempted to use some nail oil to lube them up. When she went to wipe the oil off there was all this black crap that came off on the towel. I sat there staring in disbelief as she then got ready to use them on me! I said «no way!» She tried to tell me in was ok to use them. FORGET THAT (not the F word I want to use)!! I walked out. This sucks because I use to like this place.

Christine is amazing! The nails turned out amazing and she is such a sweetheart. Make sure to make an appointment before you go in because she’s always so busy. I’ve been to many different nail salons and this is the best one yet!

They are really nice and professional, I love coming here, they welcome you, there prices are in the mid range, very detailed oriented and relaxing environment. They remember who you are and what style of nails you like. I recommended 100%

I happened to stumble upon this place on Sunday when every other nail salon in Clairemont was either closed or too busy. I walked in to an empty salon and I’ll admit, that always makes me a bit nervous (because most great nail places are busy).
I am so glad I remembered that this little hidden nail salon was there because both Cindy and Amy did a wonderful job. Cindy did my pedicure and did the best pedicure I think I’ve ever received. She scrubbed each foot for about 20 seconds and gave a ten minute massage. They even set a timer. Her massage could’ve been a lot better if she concentrated and wasn’t talking so much to her friend who was working there. I was disappointed with that but besides that, everything else looked amazing!
Amy did my fill and reshape. The salon I went to before did a horrible job on my acrylics and she really fixed them up and they look better than ever!
Overall I’m very pleased with this place. Clean, friendly, reasonable prices, and wonderful care.

I’ve been to EVERY nail salon in Clairemont over the past 10 years. I found this place about 6 months ago and am in love!!! Christine is a perfectionist and takes pride in her work… Not only does she do my nails, but also my eyebrows. She takes her time on my eyebrows and i am extremely happy how they turn out!!!

This hidden jewel is very clean, beautiful and peaceful.
The staff is lovely and friendly.
They have many good services not just fabulous nails.
The equipment is like new and prices are compatible.
Christine is very sweet.

My mom and I went to get our nails done here to try some place new since all the other nail places we’ve gone to have either done a crappy job or are just too expensive my mom got Christina and I got Amy to do our full set and they did a really good job prices were affordable and they put effort into it I highly recommend this place :)

LOVE Christine! She always does the best job on my nails. I’ve been going to her for about a year and each visit she always takes her time and truly cares about what you want. She always stays late to accommodate my specific schedule. Every staff member is very nice but Christine is truly a customer service professional! I also feel extremely comfortable knowing how impeccably clean the spa is. I recently moved to North County but still make the drive to have Christine take care of my nails.

My sister recommended this place to me for a pedicure today. They have a very large selection of nail polish to chose from. The store was very busy when I first came in. I had to wait a few minutes for a chair, but was quickly taken care of.
Overall, was very happy with my manicure and pedicure!

Christine –does a fabulous job & always does a great job on my nails. Been going there since they open & took my daughter for her nails for wedding. It is always so clean & everyone is so friendly there.
Kim

Christine always does such an amazing job on my nails! I’ve been going to her for years and she has done some truly incredible nails in that time!
She shapes nails better than anyone else I have ever been to! Whatever shape you want — regular, square, almond, coffin, the list goes on and on… she will make it look amazing. They are always perfect and even.
Her acrylic work is fantastic, too, they are always thin, even, and last forever. And she is always up for trying new fun designs and decals. She is such a sweetheart, too! I don’t let anyone else do my nails anymore!
Glamour nails is conveniently located, always clean, and has great service. They do a consistently great job and have a great color selection for both gel and regular polish.

Pros:
–very friendly ladies working here
–large selection if nail polish
–large selection of gel colors
Cons:
–cash only (they have an ATM in the salon, thankfully the ATM fee is only $ 1.50)
–the floor is dirty. When I was seated I could see nail clippings on the floor. They should sweep up the floor after each guest.
–expensive. Paid $ 45 for a spa pedicure w/​gel color. They charge the spa pedicure separately from the actual nail color service. I’ve never paid more than $ 30 for this in Portland. And all pedicures are spa pedicures in PDX. Weird.