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California Nail Salon

3.6 (114 reviews)
InexpensiveNail Salons
Closed 9:30 am - 7:00 pm
Updated 3 weeks ago

Services - California Nail Salon

Nail fill-in

Toe nail fill-in

Hand nail fill-in

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Hand and toe nail fill-in

Manicure

Manicure and pedicure

Pedicure

Nail polish change

Toe polish change

Hand polish change

Hand and toe polish change

Nail polish removal

Toe polish removal

Hand polish removal

Hand and toe polish removal

Nail repair

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Rachel M.

Love this place! Bin was wonderful and squeezed me in for a pedi just as they were closing. She was super friendly and accommodating. The shop was completely Covid friendly. I got a basic pedi and it was a great deal. She even did a last minute wax touch up for me. Thank you, Bin!

Nancy G.

Let's start with how clean she keeps her shop. Thank you Binh ! She gives the BEST pedicure I've ever had. That's why I keep coming back over the past 8 years. Binh is amazing at what she does. Don't let her quietness be mistaken as rude .... she pays close attention to detail & takes her time which is the most important to me. I personally don't come to the nail shop for conversation. :) I use to get shellac coming to her shop but recently switched to acrylics. Which she doesn't offer :( ... literature only downfall. I loved her shellac mani. Again, detail detail detail & the massage is an added bonus . Happy feet here :) thanks California Nails (Binh)

Elena G.

Just like the other negative reviewers, I've been a loyal customer of California Nail Salon and come in regularly every two weeks. Every year, they close for a full month for vacation. So during the month they close, I have to find another salon. When I went to two other salons while California Nail Salon was closed for their yearly one month vacation, the other salons did not charge me any extras to remove my shellac. So, California Nail Salon reopened after returning from their month long closure, and I was happy to return. What pissed me off is that they charged me an extra $10.00 for my shellac removal "because I went elsewhere". If you weren't closed for so long I wouldn't have gone elsewhere! This really pissed me off, as I'm a loyal and happy customer for so long. What also angered me was their inconsiderate and rude response to me. Basically saying it takes time to remove other salon's shellac, and they don't care how other salon's run their business, and they are not going to remove other people's product for free. If California Nail Salon didn't close for so long, I would not have gone elsewhere! This is not the way you treat your paying, loyal customers. The other salons I went to did not charge me extra for the removal. I will never go back again, and make sure all my friends know that this salon does not value their loyal customers at all! Plus, they raised their prices when they came back from vacation. You don't treat your loyal paying customers this way. So rude with attitude. It's really too bad, because they actually do decent nail work.

The awesome complimentary GASH I got on my cuticle - and this is 4 days later!!
Monica A.

I would have loved to given this nail salon 5 stars based on my pedicure experience. But I happened to also get pink & white acrylic's which unfortunately ruined the whole awesome pedicure experience. So I'm not too entirely picky when it comes to acrylics - I have two basic rules: Please get the tips straight, and don't make me bleed. California Nails gets 0 out of 2 right. When the lady was applying the tips to my nails, she angled them to be facing inwards, on both sides... really strange. So I politely started to ask if she wouldn't mind straightening them (before the acrylic went on) and she interrupted me before I could finish and said 'not yet, later'. I gave her benefit of the doubt and thought maybe it was just a guide for the white acrylic, and she would straighten them upon applying the white. Nope. Fast-forward and the pink & white acrylics are on - still crooked. What she said she would fix 'later' was the slanted edges of the tips - didn't help the fact that the tips were on crooked to begin with. The WORST part of the whole experience was how badly she nicked me not once, but TWO times. My cuticle started bleeding, and wouldn't stop. She asked me to go wash my hands, so I did - and had to hold a paper towel to my cuticle to get it to stop bleeding. I held it there for a couple minutes and went back for her to apply top coat - and it was STILL bleeding. So she whipped out a mysterious green bottle and dropped it on my cut - OW. I asked her what it was, and she said 'liquid antiseptic'. She didn't even ask if I would like to have that stuff applied. It makes me weary putting any kind of unknown liquid on an open wound - i would have preferred to put bactine & neosporin on my own cut later. A week later and you can still see the scab on my cuticle - looks pretty cute with my crooked acrylics. Also, fellow Yelpers, there's this thing called fungus. It grows in between the gaps in your acrylics when the tips aren't fully glued to your nails. Google 'bad acrylics' and you can read all about it. Not saying I developed any, but 8 out of 10 of my nails were separated from my nail bed. So if you looked down at it, you can see a gap where dirt and other fun goop has collected because they are not glued down properly. NOT COOL. Almost all of the 5 star reviews below me are based on their pedicures. I too, had an amazing shellac pedicure, and might even go back JUST for that. But if you are looking for a full set - please do NOT expose your virgin nails to this place.

Lackluster manicure. Ridges clearly visible where paint was applied unevenly.
Elle S.

They apply alcohol directly to your fingers... big NO in my book. My hands felt so dry after my manicure. I found it odd that ALL of the polishes to choose from on the display wall were completely full... a big warning sign that they mix their nail polish with acetone to cut down on costs... not to mention that doing this will cause your polish to chip faster. They even added acetone to the nail polish bottle directly in front of me during my manicure! The nail polish colors to choose from weren't that great... nothing trendy. I had a hard time finding one that I actually liked, and eventually settled on a tired pink color. :/ Thr final results were lackluster to say the least. The gal that applied the polish made several bubbles in the paint, which she attempted to fix, but it was still obvious to me. There were also clear ridges on each finger, where paint was not evenly applied. Overall, I think their "schtick" is the longer massages, but every other aspect of the service is passable to sub-par. I give them 2 stars bc the front desk guy and the lady that did my pedicure were nice.

Gel Mani + bonus treats from the nail tech as I was leaving

They squeezed me in last minute before they closed for the day. My nails are super weak and prone to breakage but the nail tech was gentle and attentive. The nail tech was very sweet - she even gave me little treats as I was leaving!

Alex H.

I took my girl here for her to get her nails did. Small shop but the husband wife owners are very friendly. They have a solid collection of different colors and an ample supply of shellac, whatever that is. Price is very reasonable. Comes with a massage. Had I known I might have gotten one too. Idk. Man stuff. She liked it. My only issue would be it was stuffy in there. Which they had the AC going.

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Very rude, was on the phone all the time, on speaker, completely ignored my presence while doing my manicure!!!! Very bad attitude!!!

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