K & K Nails

I do NOT agree with the negative reviews. This place is AWESOME! The service was great! I walked in around 6pm on a Monday night and was helped immediately. These ladies were so friendly and did a wonderful job. I got a European Spa Pedicure ($ 25) and Pink/​White full with gel ($ 35). There is not one bad thing to say about this place. The prices are great, they offer a variety of spa pedicures, the polish selection for both regular and gel is vast, the place is clean… I could honestly go on and on about this place. I will definitely be back in a couple weeks.

Maybe I have high expectations for a nail salon but this place did not live up to my expectations. I hate writing negative reviews but I just have had so many better experiences. First the good, it’s not busy. We had an appointment and they took us in right away (there were 3 of us). The chairs look new and the massager works. The salon itself was clean and organized. There is a huge selection of nail color though there doesn’t appear to be a huge selection of gel (note, I didn’t get gel, I got a regular mani/​pedi).
As for the pedicure it was just ok. I asked for the european pedi and for the price ($ 35) I thought it would have been more than just an exfoliant and a light scrub. In my opinion, a european pedi typically is a little bit more. But again, maybe that’s just me.
Manicure — was not a great experience. First, the gal that did mine barely soaked my hands before quickly cutting my cuticles. But the thing that really rubbed me the wrong way, was my gal was a bit rude. She kept telling me to stop moving. But I wasn’t moving. I can’t help that I was breathing (LOL). Overall she just wasn’t very friendly.
Would I go back? Maybe but it wouldn’t be my first choice.

This place is clean and well put together, but the customer service was terrible. I felt as though I was an annoyance to my technician who consistently attempted to up-​sell me. She was dismissive, uncommunicative and rude. Quality of the pedicure itself was so-​so. Disappointing and I’ll not go back.

Fast, friendly service.
My toes, hands and eye brows look great every time I leave!
Clean atmosphere and I never have to wait.
They also have descent prices for their services.

Waked out with nails with scratch marks all over — also employees giggling away ruining your relaxation and massage chairs not worth it — worse they were talking profane language — they don’t realize there is google translate. Funny they are getting bad reviews so they opened another Unilocal account.

I have great experiences at this nail salon. The ladies are top notch and very friendly. They take pride in their work. They are heavily focused on customer service, which makes this place even better for me. I am so tired going of going into nail salons where the technicians look miserable. The quality of work is SUPERB!!! Especially my favorite… Nathalie

Chritine always does a superb manicure and pedicure. I am always spoiled. The facial is wonderful as well.

Do NOT get your eyebrows waxed here!
One of my brows is significantly shorter than the other, they are now super thin, and do NOT match! WTF.
Worst waxing experience in years!
To top it off they don’t even lay you down while getting waxed. You sit in a chair.
Horrible.

Well its been 3 months since I’ve been there and my nails/​fingers are still feeling the results of a very bad manicure. my toes done by Diane are fine… but my fingers done by someone else… I WILL NEVER GO BACK!!! SHOULD HAVE READ THE REVIEWS!!!

Pedicure review– always able to accomodate me as a w/​i. good color selection. menu of pedicures allows you to choose from an array (i don’t always want an hour long service, but when i do. it’s available). color wall is abundant. clean. nice women. ipads to keep you occupied.

This is the WORST place there is. I had to stop a manicure and leave because I was BLEEDING on three fingers on a SINGLE HAND. My cuticles were chewed to bits by the manicurist and left ragged and horrible. Do not go here!

I’m not usually one to write reviews. But I felt the need to share.
So on Monday I went in to have my gel manicure removed, and just get a clear coat on top. I wasn’t really wanting to do a gel again to give my nails a bit of a break. And when I told the girl that she just kept pushing that I should do the gel because it lasts do much longer. Yes honey, I know it does. So after her constant pushing I finally gave in and decided to go with a French gel manicure. She was removing my previous gel and was really aggressive and seemed to be rushing it all from the beginning. I have delicate fingers, and I’m a bartender, my hands put up with a lot, but the way she was filing my nails was hurting! She kept hitting the skin — I actually got a couple little cuts from it. But anyways, moving on. Before she started applying the gel I asked if she could make my nails shorter as mine grow pretty quickly and well, it’s hard to bartend with longer nails. She told me that she would make them shorter and shape them after she finished. That didn’t seem right to me as every other time I’ve gotten them done they were shaped before. Moving on. She finishes, starts shaping them and filing them down shorter and I leave with uneven shape and my nails still longer than I wanted.
I go out for lunch with my mom that same day and noticed that the gel was starting to peel away from my right thumb. This wasn’t even an hour after I had gotten them done. Odd. Later Tuesday I noticed it starting to crack and chip off a little bit. By Friday a whole chunk had come off of my thumb and almost every nail had chipped. So today (Saturday), I decided to stop in to get them fixed. The lady quickly seats me and starts to just reapply the polish where it had chipped off and tells me that chipped so much because my nails are too long and thin underneath. I told her that I had asked the lady to make them shorter and she didn’t. Anyways. She continues to «fix» my nails and applies a final top coat on all of them again. I thought, okay this should be good, go on with my day and go to work. I get home from work and find that a whole chunk has chipped off again! So frustrating. This gel didn’t even last a week (hardly even lasted a day!). I’ll be trying elsewhere tomorrow morning.

Me and my partner have been going to this salon for to get our eyebrows waxed for quite some time. Katlin is outstanding.
One time my partner got an eyebrow wax from another employee there, she was new and it was pretty botchy. After talking to Katlin, she was apologetic and accommodating, giving our next waxing visit for free!
We have also gotten some amazing pedicures there. The ON SEN honey citrus pedicure is very soothing. (Natalie is incredible at pedicures). Yes, they try to upsell, but the difference is only five to ten dollars for some simple upgrades. Also, thats just a part of their job. Treat yo self!
Also, I have to say that the energy and attitude YOU bring to ANY facility, matters. I have seen some rude tootin’ people walk into this place. We are nice. They are nice in return. It seems like a good deal to me. I am grateful that these ladies have become my neighborhood nail gals.
(The only thing that I don’t prefer is a big tv that distracts my zen. Heh!)

I used to be super loyal to this place and now I just can’t any more. I have been milling over and over again writing a review, but I just have to at this point.
When I go in and just do a mani, four different people try to upsell me (not just one) to get more. I feel judged when I say no, and then having to say no over and over gets super annoying.
I just went in and got a gel mani (the good news is usually you can walk in, they aren’t super busy all the time). And I pointed to which color I wanted (I actually handed over the colored nail to the person) and they started painting my nails the wrong color. I mentioned it and they said «no, it get’s darker the more layers» so I took their word for it.
I wanted a very dark purple for a gala I was heading to that night and I walked out with an easter egg purple. I was super frustrated but bit my tongue about it. I didn’t have time to start over and I am not one to send back food or make work harder on whoever is being kind enough to do me a service.
Also, during the entire process of doing my nails the lady would say «WATCH YOUR NAILS!» super dramatically each time I put my hand under the light.
I kindly said on the fourth time «Oh, please don’t worry, this ins’t my first rodeo» but she wouldn’t stop. So instead of feeling relaxed i was feeling constantly yelled at.
But alas, I wasn’t going to write this review until I woke up this morning (read, three days after I got my gel) and three fingers have already been chipped of the gel. From sleeping. Not from prying open doors or anything, just sleeping.
I was loyal to this place because it was my first place I went to in Hillcrest. But after going to Beauty Lounge I know I can be treated better. I was thinking about going back in and talking to them about my nails but I am actually afraid I will get yelled at about it and be helped in a rude way so I am just going to suck it up and have Beauty Lounge re-​do it all.

I went in for a pedicure and the price list I saw while I waited was not the same price list they handed me when I was sitting in the chair with my feet in the water. For the additional $ 7, I thought I was going to get a better pedicure than my usual place. Strike one.
The pedicurist used the same nail clippers I use at home so I didn’t get the smooth cut nails I normally get at my other place. Strike two.
She didn’t scrub my feet or clean out my nails. This is part of the $ 15 I pay at the other place. Strike three.
This place pretty much sucked. My nails didn’t look any better than when i walked in. Very disappointing.

I don’t get the hate on this place! I needed a manicure in a pinch and drove up to this place without looking on Unilocal first. I was shocked to check the reviews after and see such poor reviews. My experience was great! They have an extensive collection of OPI nail colors that are organized perfectly near the front. The lady who did my nails was super nice and did a thorough job. They use sterilized tools for each customer, too.

If I could, I will give ZERO stars. A bunch of bitches bad mouthing every client assuming we dont understand what they say.
I said I didn’t want my cuticules removed, thats when they started calling me names. Then I asked to don’t cut my nails. More «great words» towards me. The icing was the lady telling me to pay before service was performed. I told her I asked for gel and it dries on spot and I would pay after. She flipped and started calling me all those names I should have been calling her. I stood up and said thank you in her language and left without having my nails done. I am not going to pay for someone who trats me poorly like that. Rather go to a customer-​friendly place.

My best friend loves this place. I do not. I think there is potential here, their chairs are clean and functional, i loved the massage chairs. They have a huge selection of nail polish, everyone there seemed sincere and nice.
However, the girl who did my pedicure came up to me right after my manicure and rushed me to PAY NOW and said «because i am leaving’…In other words, she wanted her tip before her shift was over!
Like a submissive idiot, i reached in my purse with wet nails and ruined my manicure. I hated being rushed and i thought it was poor customer service on her part, i may go again but i will avoid her at all cost.

I don’t like writing bad reviews. Maybe it’s my mother’s voice in my head saying, «if you can’t say something nice, don’t say it at all», but I can’t let this terrible experience go without a warning to others. Don’t waste your time and $$ at this business. There are far too many other wonderful establishments to get a mani/​pedi — many of which are within walking distance to K&K.
I went in for a shellac mani/​pedi since. K&K is conveniently located in a shopping center I frequent. So after picking up a few groceries I decided to treat myself to a quick beauty treatment. I should mention I’m not very particular about my nails. One of my new year’s resolutions was to «learn how to be more girlie» — seriously.
The manicurist clearly had little to no training. If I have to give someone pointers on how to file nails evenly it is NOT A GOOD SIGN. I finally stopped making gentle suggestions because I was so embarrassed for her. I should have walked out then.
But I didn’t…
After some extremely aggressive cuticle trimming that left me bleeding in two places I figured the worst of the damage had been done. Their repeated assurances of shellac turned out be false — they only have gels. To add insult to injury (one of the cuts is bleeding copiously at this point) the gel polish was as sticky and viscous as the three year old bottle of polish laying in one of my bathroom drawers.
I truly felt sorry for the manicurist and their working conditions. She seemed to know she didn’t have the proper training and tools. So I did something I’ve never done before — pity tip. To which she responded by turning to her co-​worker and saying «she likes her nails» and then laughed condescendingly.
Finished product: bumpy/​bubbly Mani and pedi.
Time until first chip: 1 ½ days.
Yeah… never again.

If I’m in the area again, and I need an eye brow wax, I would go back. You just have to deal with the constant up-​selling in that place.
I stopped by for a quick eye-​brow wax before Yoga at Core Power.
The woman at the front greeted me, and I told her that I needed my eye brows done. She asked if I wanted a manicure and pedicure as well, I said no thanks– I have to get to yoga.
I sat down while she got the back room ready. One of the other employees asked if I would like a manicure or pedicure (as if they didn’t hear the exchange). I said no thanks. No time.
The woman did an excellent job on the catepillars developing on my face. She was even proud of her work (can’t blame her. I was looking a little like Anthony Davis).
Quick eye brow wax. $ 13 (with tip). standard pricing.