Sapphire Nails And Tanning Salon

I am not surprised this closed down. By far the worst mani-​pedi I have received. Then again, you get what you pay for the $ 45 for three mani-​pedi from the google offers. I went only once before I received a notification through email that I was getting a full refund. Then I come on here to find out they sold the business. Again, not surprised.
I was a bit baffled to know that she rushed through my mani-​pedi. It took only at 15 minutes for each activity. When I went home, I had to clip my nails myself as many were literally lop-​sided for my toe nails and they were poorly painted where some streak marks were left. I wish I was exaggerating, but I am not.

Meh.

I HATE to do this, but I have to warn people.
These new owners are very nice, but they do NOT know how to give a Brazilian wax. It’s cheap as anything, but absolutely not worth the price. I live around the corner and I’m going to find somewhere else to go.
When I went in and was asked if someone could watch the process to learn how to give a wax. I said fine, but she was touching me at the same time as the other waxer. Weird.
It was a very strange experience where they didn’t really realize that the hand placement was inappropriate.
I feel bad giving this review, but they don’t know how to do this. It was slow. It was thorough, but took such a long time because the wax application was wrong (not spread evenly). They used about a gallon of baby powder and it got in uncomfortable places.
I question if they have an esthetician license.

For EVERYONE who complains about the whole coupon deal crud, SHUT UP. YES, there is a new owner. SO WHAT?! It’s not THEIR FAULT that the previous owner set up coupon deals that expire after changing owners! SUCK IT UP and try to get your damn REFUND. The new owner doesn’t have to accept any of those coupon deals when she wasn’t the one who set it up in the first place. Also, just cause they don’t accept your stupid coupons, doesn’t mean you need to say «I will NEVER go here ever again and neither should you!» PEOPLE these days.
Anyway, I had a good experience. I got a gel pedicure and callus treatment and they did a WONDERFUL job! The best time to go there is during the weekdays early before afternoon hits or whenever they’re pretty much dead. You get the attention you deserve and they do a fantastic job because they’re not rushed to help other customers. The focus is on YOU!
The worker painted my nails perfectly and they were pretty much fully dry when I left the salon. It’s been 3 weeks and my toenails still haven’t chipped! I even had my big toe caught under a car tire a couple times when trying to scoot out of the garage and there was no damage done to the nail :) I filed my nails the night before the way I wanted them to be, so I told the worker I didn’t want to have them any shorter or shaped any other way and the worker was okay with that.
As for the callus treatment, my feet were so soft and smooth afterward. You have no idea how happy and satisfied I was! The worker took her time and I felt so bad for her having to work on my feet :(-my feet haven’t had proper care in a while. I know, I know.“eww!” —
People need to be more understanding about salons. If they’re packed, then they’re packed. Understand that they can’t just rush the other customers to get to you on time. You wouldn’t want to be rushed out the door without having enough time to let your nails dry as much as possible, would you? Also, there’s customers who just walk in and try to get their nails done, too, so keep that in mind! Obviously the place isn’t all that big and they can’t do 10 – 15 people at a time, so if you’re going to whine and complain about waiting forever and whatnot, go find yourself a bigger salon that can take in more customers at a time and stop putting so much negativity on this salon. Give the new owner a chance!
If there’s a certain way you want your nails to be, speak up. Don’t let them go any further if you don’t want your nails too short or shaped a certain way. Learn to speak up so they get a good idea of how you want your nails done instead of letting them do whatever and then diss them on Unilocal!
I’ll definitely be back soon.

I bought a groupon and was unable to use it because Sapphire Nails apparently changed ownership and isn’t honoring the groupons even though the expiration date is still 2 months away.
On the positive side, getting a refund and dealing with Groupon’s customer service was actually really easy.

This is out of my neighborhood but they always have deals on bloomspot/​pinchit for a $ 19 mani/​pedi so it’s worth the bus ride.
Pros: Clean and their pedi stations are not too close to others. Their staff don’t do small talks with you which I like a lot… I’m tired of the other places where they need to guess my race/​age and wanted to know what I do for a living (maybe they want to make sure I can’t understand what they’re saying). You get one people work on the mani and another work on the pedi which saves a lot of time.
Cons: The «massage» portion of the mani/​pedi is silly so don’t count on it. Their nail color selection is limited so bring a bottle of your own as back up.

Day three and my mani is still holding up. This never happens. So, even though it took me TWO and a half hours for a mani pedi (with an appointment), I will give them three stars for whatever magic they used to make this polish stay on for more than 30 minutes.
Be warned — it’s on the Panhandle, not Hayes Valley. Also, look for groupons and bloomspot deals.

Bought three deals though LivingSocial (I think) because of this place’s proximity to my honey’s house — and who doesn’t like a gel manicure?
Have tried twice now to make appointments to use them, and both times the people on the phone have been extremely difficult and said they’re fully booked. I should have checked the reviews before purchasing! Going to try for a refund.

This review is only about their Brazilian waxing services. I feel bad for giving this location only 1 star because I’m Vietnamese and this is obviously a Vietnamese ran location.
Their waxing was so unsanitary! The lady was very fast but she missed a lot of spots and she DOUBLE DIPPED. For those who don’t know it means when the wax’er continuously reuses the same stick for applying wax. Which results in the residual skin cells/​bacteria from the location the wax is applied to be re-​dipped into the wax jar/​container. So I have no idea who she waxed before me!
Not only that the wax’er did not use any gloves! Gross!
Vietnamese Salons are notorious for this «double dipping» I hope that they will catch on with the times and adapt to the public demands. STDs/​STIs can be transmitted this way like herpes!

Awesome! A place to get everything done in one place.
I’m a busy gal on a schedule. Last week, I had a wedding to go to and I really wanted to wear a tan colored dress that I can only wear when I’m tan.
Well sometimes I have no time to get my nails done, get waxed and then go to a tanning salon. Thankfully one of my co-​workers told me about Sapphire Nails and Tanning salon.
It’s not an over the top fancy-​smancy place but it was perfectly fine with 2 hour parking available right outside. The workers were nice, accommodated all the services I needed and I left there feeling awesome. Warm from the tan, peach colored nails, groomed eyebrows and ready to attend a wedding :)

For my 25^th on the 17^th, I decided to spoil rotten my behind and spent the day pampering myself in my favorite area of SF… Because being a quarter century old is tough.
I bought the Groupon for a mani pedi, and eagerly anticipated a day I get to parade myself with professionally cleaned cuticles and dazzled nails.
I soon learned that this was definitely a no bells and whistles kind of place, but it didn’t matter because I knew I’d feel like a queen at least for an hour anyway. And yes, the massage was my favorite part for sure!
However, I really felt rushed the entire time.
They were very efficient, but kind of… too efficient if that makes sense. If you want me to return, be a bit more friendlier to new customers just a bit too. I knew more about the girl at the end of the row of seats than the women touching me all over and that’s only because we dried our nails at the same time.
People come to get their nails done because it feels good to have someone else do the tedious task of scrubbing, buffing, clipping, scraping and shaping. They want you to pay attention to them… that’s what you are being paid for. The end product is just a perk to being able to sit and be pampered and let go.
I felt like a customer on a conveyor belt and they were just going through the motions.
…ok I may be over reacting a bit, but you get the message.
The whole point of Groupon is to get new customers in the door AND KEEP THEM… so you might want to be a bit more… I don’t know, personable?
Don’t get me wrong, they were very nice, just not overly outgoing and stellar. My nails are really cute and it was nice to start my day off with a bit of luxury, as I do not treat myself nearly often enough… but I probably would not go back.

Based on it’s location and the cutesy-​ness of the neighborhood, I thought I was definitely in for something good.
ERR! Try again.
I booked an appointment for me and two friends at least two weeks in advance. Upon entering we still had to wait a few minutes and then were serviced at different times. I sat a good ten minutes as I watched my friends get their mani-​pedi on.
When I was finally almost caught up with them, I was told to move from the spa/​massage chair to a manicure table even while my friends were able to have both done from their seats. They also expected me to walk barefoot across the salon and it wasn’t until I made a comment that the pedicurist assisted me with putting on my flip-​flops.
Then I watched as the chair I left remained empty. Tell me why again did I have to move?
To top it off the receptionist told me, mid-​manicure, that they have an 18% gratuity charge for parties of three or more. «I just want to tell you now so that there are no surprises.» UM, isn’t that something you tell me when I make an appointment? Or at least as soon as I check in? Ridiculous.
I would never come back here. The place itself is sub-​par and does not try to create a relaxing feel. The whole process felt rushed and half-​assed.

I bought their LifeBooker Loot for $ 16 for a classic mani + spa pedi. It was a very good deal! I was able to book a same day appt. My sister and I were seated in our massage chairs very quickly. We put our feet in the spa tub and ahhhh it was so toasty! It was far too chilly outside. The ladies started to quickly work on our feet but it wasn’t like they were rushing through it or anything. It was actually quite the opposite. They were very thorough.
They have a wide variety of nail colors which ranged from neons to holiday colors. I picked a holiday color :) with a little bit of shimmer. I loved the use of warm lotions, towels and air to dry your nails.
We received excellent service and I will spread their goodness to my friend and family.

This place is the pits. I just went in with someone to get a gel manicure. We had a voucher that expired less than a week before but they kept saying they were booked at the time we wanted to use it. which I highly doubt because they take plenty of walk ins. But off subject I am going. Why this place sucks. they advertise that they have OPI gel and ALL of the 5 colors I wanted were OPI and they had a display but the girl refused to tell me outright that basically they were out of all of those colors until I was in the middle of the manicure. so she basically trapped me and I would NEVER have gone here otherwise. So do not listen to them if they do not have your color. refuse to do the manicure. they acted like they had the color on my second color choice just to rouse me into the chair. Then she bludgeoned my cuticles down so much I actually had a sore finger. and ended up with a hangnail because she overtrimmed the sides instead of using an orange stick to push the cuticle back which is better for your nails. Also they have limited parking so my poor Nana had to circle the area to the point that she gave up on doing a manicure. which I am sure she would never have come in for if they would have told her they would not accept a groupon that had literally expired 7 days ago. I wish they would have at lease offered something.
This is just your run of the mill dishonest and unscrupulous asian nail salon. It was also obvious that the manicurist was just not present while doing my nails. Will never come back and neither should you. Remember they have NO OPI gel colors. and they will lie about having your color until it is to late.

My nails were neglected for way too long. I needed a mani/​pedi. STAT! I bought a $ 30 coupon from Living Social for Sapphire awhile back and it was finally time to redeem it.
I ended up getting dropped off which worked out great since available parking seemed nowhere to be found in the immediate area. I was seated immediately after I picked out my color and they start working on me.
While the pedi was great (although I would have loved a foot rub to go with the calf massage) the mani felt rushed and massage very half assed. My nails ended up looking fine what I didnt like was that the manicurist just seem to want to be anywhere but there at that exact moment. I felt uneasy and it just made for an awkward experience. Also I hate when you thank someone and they reply with an uninterested «mm-​hmm». Especially annoying when you get that response as a paying customer.
Afterward they waved me over to the fans to dry out my nails. I sat about 15 minutes, handed over the obligatory tip and got outta there.
I didn’t hate them. I just didn’t think their customer service was the best.

Do not go here for a mani-​pedi. Do not buy deals on any Groupon, Living Social, Bloomspot, etc. etc.
This place has horrific service from the moment I walked in. So I purchased my Bloomspot ticket and called the number on the voucher. No answer. So I looked up Unilocal to see if this was the same number and called again. Still no answer. I decided, maybe I can just go to the place and see if they will take me.
I arrived and the sign said walk-in’s are welcome. So I proceed to go in. First thing, the cash register lady said was, «What do you want?» A bit abrupt and rude, but I took it as english was not her first lady. I asked for a mani-​pedi and showed her my voucher. She said she will call her boss. As I was waiting 3 other workers walked-​in. Please note that there were no other customers at the salon.
After hanging up with the boss lady, the woman said all booked. First appointment is at 1:15pm and we can not service you today. The clock at the salon read 12:45pm. I told her I tried calling but no one answered and that’s why I’m at the salon. She said call again and make an appointment.
Be warned that you can not walk-​in with a voucher, the ladies are pretty rude, and not the safest place to be once it gets dark.

Bought a groupon deal and decided to give this place a try. Needless to say, that was my first and last time going here.
Nail salons should have two types of manicures: EXPRESS 10 min «I’m trying to rush you out of here to make more money» manicures or «this should be a time to relax and get pampered» manicure.
The male manicurist was awful. My nails are as short as they could possibly be, I have nail polish on my fingers, he didn’t paint to the edges, it’s uneven. I could have given myself a more enjoyable experience and better finished product.
Do not have the male manicurist do your nails unless you’re in the biggest rush of your life. He was literally looking at the door and the waiting customer while doing my nails.
Worst manicure I have ever gotten.

I got a mani/​pedi here on Saturday and was not satisfied with their service. Other then giving me a cut on my pinky and middle finger and burning my hands during the paraffin dip, my nails looked great.
The paraffin mxture was HOT and not in a good way. The plastic bag that they used came apart as a slid my hand through.
Price was reasonable, otherwise I won’t have gone here. I will not be coming back for a second visit.
P. S. My pinky is now slightly swollena dn infected from the cut that I got at this salon. :(

DO NOT USE THIS SALON!!!
They will burn you. Literally!!!
I feel bad even writing this. Let me preference this I only like to write good reviews, but this place is horrible!
I bought a groupon type deal, thinking it’s close to home why not? Well I have never had a Brazilian wax before, and didn’t know what to expect. It hurts and is invasive, this salon did not make me feel at ease. In fact I felt awkward!!!
To top it off when I went home I had first degree burns on my lady parts!!!
I debated asking for a refund, but I don’t want to go back & think others should be warned.
I only tipped because I felt bad for the girl, I would HATE to have her job.
Do not go here.
They will burn you. Literally!!!

** This review is stricktly about service **
The main reason that Sapphire Nails caught my eye is because of the «healthy nails» they had offered. I called a few days ahead and booked an appointment, with the intention of finding out more about the healthy nails. And if healthy nails didn’t pan out then taking advantage of the axxium or gelish selection they have.
I should have known not to bother when I asked the lady on the phone what exactly healthy nails was considering their website stated its not gel or acrylic so it wont damage the nails, but gives no other details. Needless to say I didn’t get a response over the phone, the lady stated «You have to ask the owner when you come in tomorrow» and hung up.
Being that curiosity rules me I followed through with showing up for the appointment. Bbbbuuuttt that’s as far as it got… I’m patient but really I do demand a bit of acknowledgment and respect. I arrived for my appointment 15 minutes early to pick out a color and such and never got my nails done.
I waited an hour to be seen to get my nails done. Since this was my first appointment I didn’t have a preferences on who saw me, I just waited for anyone to become available. While I waited two girls with color polish changes came in as walk-​ins. Once the manicurist was done with his current client he skipped right over me and took the walk ins… TWO with finger & toe polish changes with out even acknowledging me. At that point I gave up on being seen & walked out frustrated.
To anyone that’s looking to go here, don’t bother making an appointment. You’re better off just walking in because you’re likely to be seen first. Ohh and for those who want to know the service Healthy Nails is a type of clear gel they put on your fingers that is said to not damage the nails. I’m yet to test their theory though …

I really don’t have any complaints about Sapphire, especially since I got a Pinchit deal (kind of like Groupon, look it up). I had a paraffin mani and a nice little pedi for $ 19. Regularly it’s between $ 30 – 40.
The staff was nice and friendly, took me as a walk-​in gladly, and made my fingers and toes look lovely. They were nice, didn’t talk to much, and let me and my wo-​mani date Emily pop a bottle of champagne.
I’m not a lush, I swear.
Bonus points for being so close to home!