Twinkle Nails Spa

It’s a new name for Sahara nails. There’s 20% off for the new salon. They did a great job.

Always ask for Lynn, she shapes them perfectly!

I love this place and Lee always does an amazing job with my nails. No need to say much just that they are amazing and Thank You Lee!

I am here and they are closed. The sign says 10am but I guess someone decided to sleep in today. First and last time I come here. What a waste of time. Walk ins not welcome apparently it’s appointment only.

Finally got to try this place out today. My boyfriend’s sisters have always told me about this place so I decided to finally give it a try. I called on Friday to set up an appointment with Ly (pronounced Lee) for Monday. The salon is about 15 minutes away from my place and it’s right across Valley Fair. There was only one customer there when I arrived. I was pretty nervous to get my nails done considering I was planning to get acrylic and I haven’t gotten those since high school. Ly was really nice and I told her I wanted almond shaped nails. I was contemplating whether I should get gel or regular manicure. I ended up getting a regular mani since it was only $ 25. Really cheap if you ask me. She shaped my nails nicely and although I told her not too pointy, she still made them a bit pointy. It’s ok though. I ended up with a fresh set of white almond shaped nails! Next time I’ll probably get gel or bring my own nail polish! Definitely found my new nail spot :)

I love this place. I read the reviews so I knew there were limited nail techs… so every time I go I make an appointment… they’re flexible and have availability as long as you plan. She does my nails perfectly and quickly every time. Cheap prices. Clean. This is definitely where I would suggest going

What is the point of having a sign that says walk in welcome when you only have appointment. False advertising. I will never go here again!

Got me in last minute for a fill. Didn’t get her name, but she was very thorough and did a wonderful job. Prices were very reasonable as well.

I’m really annoyed with this place right now. There are TWO techs here and just ONE customer in the entire place but they’ll ask you to come back hours later. Their sign says walk-​ins welcome, but only if you can wait 1+ hour to be seen. Good luck.

I always leave this location %100 happy.
They can do any kind of design you wish!
Once I brought a picture, the design was stickers and they paint it just like the stickers!
Their pricing is really reasonable and they are really clean.
Highly recommended!

Totally friendly! Open late! Two girls to help. Comfortable chairs with massage! Convenient to Santana Row. Price is right.

I have been going to Ly for many years now and she’s always done a great job. I never have any trouble making appointments and always get complimented on my nails. She puts so much attention to detail to make sure each nail is even, never cuts me with the tools (like I’ve experienced at other places), and is extremely clean. Also Shelly is great with the manicures! Highly recommend this place!

I’ll be the first to admit I do not stick to one nail tech. But Ly is amazing! My hair stylist has been going to her for years and always has perfect stiletto nails. I decided to finally give this place a try, definitely not disappointed. Didn’t get the name of the lady that did my pedi, but she gave me a hot stone massage after she was one. SOOOO relaxing. Definitely coming back!

This is my exclusive place to get shellac. They always do a meticulous job and this is the only place that allows me to maintain at least a good three weeks of wear! Gel mani costs $ 25 and pedicure costs $ 20. They spend a long time massaging my feet and legs when I get a pedi, which is well worth it to me.
Hey, they probably do talk a lot of shit in Vietnamese, but a lot of my closest friends are Viet, so I’m well aware when they are talking about you. Once they start switching up the language, you just *know*. At least they don’t say it in English! Haha

I go here for manicure and pedicure about once a month. I always make an appointment because the place is almost always packed.
I take my husband here as well. He has issues with his feet and regular pedicures help with that. This is one of the few places that didn’t give him attitude for being male in a nail salon.
I like the fact that they are gentle and listen to any unique requests you have. I also like the fact that they have some of the wackier colors. I tend to like really quirky polish colors.

My coworker swears by this place but everytime I call they say their booked. There sign says «walk ins welcome» yet they have me wait 30 minutes before telling me they can only repaint them not give me a fill…
No thanks, not that serious.

A while back an old coworker of mine told me about this place and so I decided to give it a try! This is my second time coming to this location and I am thankful she informed me about Sahara Nails.
I made an appt. around 2:15PM for a acrylic/​shellac mani and when I arrived there I was welcomed by Ly. She sat me down and began to work on my nails. 2 days ago I got my nails done at this place called «Today’s Nails» back home and the manicure didn’t even last a week! Thank god for Ly because she is amazing with her work! I got a simple one color acrylic/​shellac mani w/​rhinestones on the ring finger ($ 40). She is very detail oriented and takes her time on your nails to make them look fabulous. Her talent with nails is superb and I would highly recommend you to set an appointment with her!
With their friendly staff and great prices people should definitely check this place out!

I’ve been to many nail salons and have been searching for my go-​to for ages.
Finally think I found it here. I have been happy with my nails every time I have been here! The designs always turn out great and they have great attention to detail. It has always driven me crazy when I would get pedicure and the nail tech would leave a strip of my nail unpainted on the side but I’ve never had that problem here. They are friendly and flexible. Glad I found this place!

My toe got infected here after a pedicure!
I was looking for a place by my work and I found Sahara Nails based on other Unilocal reviews. The salon was clean and I thought reasonably priced, until I went to pay and was charged $ 5 extra. While I was getting my pedicure, my pedicurist started rubbing my heels with her hands and asked me a question in very broken English. I could not understand what she was saying, so I just nodded and smiled. Apparently I agreed to an extra «treatment» which entailed of squirting some oil in a plastic bag and putting my feet in it. Ummmm, what? Why did I have to pay $ 5 extra for that? Of course there was no explanation for this, so I was surprised when I checked out and my pedicure was $ 28 instead of the $ 23 that was listed on the menu, and which I had asked for. Pretty shady in my opinion.
Unfortunately, this was not the worst thing that happened. Later that night when I got home I noticed some pain in my big toe. I took a closer look and it was very red, swollen and irritated! It seems to me that the lady cut my nail and cuticle way to deep and I got an infection.
Needless to say I will not be back!

I was in search for a local nail salon that did more intricate nail designs than just your standard French Tip or «Pretty Flower». I looked through the few Unilocal reviews and also the many pictures this nail salon had posted and decided to try them out. I made my first appointment on a weekday after work.
When I came in there were only 2 ladies working and there were already 2 other customers sitting in spa chairs. According to other Unilocalers, sometimes even when making an appointment here, you end up having to wait. Luckily, I only had to wait for about 10 minutes before Ly told me to sit at her chair for my gel manicure.
I picked out my color combos and asked Ly for her opinion on Japanese nail art. She told me that it only works well on acrylic nails and since I wanted to do natural gel nails I should go with a simpler design. So of course, I had to agree, after all, she is the expert.
Ly literally did my gel mani within 35 – 40 minutes. I’ve never had anyone work so fast and efficient on my nails. She did a splendid job! I also really liked the built in UV lights they have at their manicure tables. It’s pretty neat!
I definitely wanna come back here for my future gel mani appointments.