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    Nu-Image Nails & Spa

    3.1 (185 reviews)
    ModerateNail Salons
    Closed 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Services - Nu-Image Nails & Spa

    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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    White French tip with chrome

    This review is long overdue! Nu Image has been my go-to spot in town for probably 6 years now. The staff is always so kind and accommodating, and they truly want you to be happy with your final product. I've gotten a wide range of nails here, from acrylics and gel to regular polish and pedicures, and am pleased every time. They are able to execute inspo pics well and give great opinions when you can't decide! The space is clean, easy to access with minimal wait times, and most importantly, relaxing. They are fairly priced especially in Santa Barbara, and worth every penny. No other salon comes close to the welcoming environment I receive here!

    This was by far the worst full set I've gotten in Santa Barbara. I've gone before and the man that works there did my nails and they came out great. This time a woman did them and she applied quite a bit of the acrylic so they came out very thick. She also shaped them very poorly, so a majority of the nails look chunky. The edges of the nails are also a disaster and most of the cuticles are flooded.

    2weeks old French manicure
    Marilynn I.

    Staff was very nice when I arrived! They sat me down and got started right away. Danny was great! He did my mani and pedi. 2 weeks later and my nails still look amazing! No chips or lifts!

    Color P03

    Haven't been here in a while but came back and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of work/price/service! I had Tommy and he was very detailed!

    My roommate and I came here this afternoon and had a great experience! They accepted us as walk-ins and started on our nails right away. Tommy did fast and quality work for my full set. I will definitely be coming back.

    Salon inside
    Vanessa R.

    Nu Image Nails is clean, convenient and is staffed with really sweet and talented Nail Techs. Im not sure why the negativity on the review- Honestly I truly enjoyed my service, observed the staff opening all clean and sanitized utensils using best practices to maintain client health and safety, and my tech, Holly, was so understanding when I asked to change the color because it wasn't popping on my skin tone. I really have no complaints! I was offered bottled water upon beginning my service, the salon takes Apple Pay credit and cash which was convenient for me as I just got out of yoga, and didn't have my wallet on me. And I really enjoyed the chairs which gave me a great massage during the service. Not only that, but I had two nail technicians working on my manicure and pedicure at the same time, which was great! This would be a great salon to book a birthday party since all of the chairs are lined up next to each other in one row with another three chair row opposite that. My only criticism ( of course, I am biased as a sommelier) is that they do not offer Wine or Champagne with the service as some other spots in town do. But I bet they wouldn't be opposed to a BYOB situation !

    Acrylic Full Set, $35
    Linda H.

    I came again on a Tuesday, my friends and I made an appointment for three at 5:30 and two of us wanted acrylics while the other wanted dip, and they only had one technician who knew how to do that out the of the three who were there. They had to call one more technician in, but they continued to switch us around between the two of them. I felt like the man who was putting my acrylics on was working very fast, and possibly not paying attention to detail because by Saturday(four days) one of my nails easily popped off after bumping my nail, and my nail polish has also chipped on three nails, keep in mind that I did gel polish. I came in on Saturday to ask to fix my nail, and they told me to come back in one hour because it was the two nail technicians that didn't know how to do acrylic. I came back in a hour, and the man was already working on someone else, so I had to wait another 45 minutes for him to fix my nails.

    Was alright, no nail care! Staff just tapped me instead of communicating what they wanted me to do, Showed inspo and they got straight to work, did not ask what dhape, color, or how I wanted the french tip to look like. still came out cute but eh not really what I wanted them to look like :)

    Being pampered for the first time since the FIRST lock down last March... Love these guys!!
    Adrienne O.

    Back here again since the first lock down last March... I love these guys! They always do such a great job, are so kind and my favorite in town! I often get the pedi with French tip and I am a klutz... yet my toes remain gorgeous for up to two months... I don't know why but this place never fails!

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    Zarah S.

    I thought my nails came out great! And it was exactly how I wanted them to look. Really good price The nails are by no means perfect and some of the top coat has already started to peel (got my nails 3 days ago)

    Crystal C.

    I think this place saved my life. I came from this other place in Santa Barbara who gave me the worst service. Nu image took me in and treated me like family and the art on my nails is so beautiful! I am so grateful for Tommy, Holly, and Mary! I recommend this to all my friends!!!

    Gaby S.

    DO NOT COME TO THIS NAIL SALON. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND TIME SIS. My friend and I came 2 days ago. They were completely fucked up. If you look up "Fucked Up" in the dictionary our nails would pop up. She came in for a gel fill and were completely confused, they kept asking if she wanted acrylic and she said no and decided to do a new set of gel. They didn't even ask her for the color she wanted so they decided to paint her nails black and she wanted white. So he legit painted over the black gel with white nail polish. He had the worst attitude the whole time she was there! Her gel ended chipping after 2 days and she had to paint over them again because she was so embarrassed! They use to be our go to place back in the day when Kim worked here, BUTTTT they let us down with this new management. I on the overhand came for a pedicure and she cut my toes really uneven. Never coming back lol

    Danielle I.

    I'm gonna have to change my review... After coming here 3 times, I give up. Lisa does a great job on my nails. I'm guessing that the acrylic this location uses is cheap, because every time, my nails chip and the gel starts to come off before the 2 week mark. I'll be trying a new place this week.

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    Kim is incredibly fantastic at acrylics, she takes her time, is very sweet and they always come out smooth and the shape is very nice.

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    Terrible experience…read more Their business ethics are extremely limiting. My manicurist told me to take a break from getting gel on my hands and feet. So we booked a mani pedi with regular polish for the next time I would come in. Mind you, that I had just gotten gel on my hands and feet by them. Then I come in for mani and pedi. They never asked me which package I wanted so they naturally just gave me the more expensive one for hands and feet combo. Once my card was charged I was chocked! They charged me 250 for a mani and pedi with regular nail polish! I wrote to them and complained. And they charged me $140 for the combo of the nicer treatment with regular polish + $40 to take off the gel on my hands and feet. CHOCKED. Then I got a strengthening nail polish from them $25 ... Then I told them to tip the lady 20% And they tipped her 20% on everything After taxes and fees after treatment, gel removal, even the nail polish. Just so rude. It costs $155 to get the gel combo for hands and feet and that includes removing the gel. I suggested they at least charged me for that so that it wouldn't end up costing me more to get regular polish than gel. But they wouldn't! I was never informed that they would charge me $40 for the gel or that the combo I was getting would be $140 vs $155 with gel. Plus if I had, had a choice I would have chosen the $110 mani pedi with regular polish. I feel so mistreated, even after emailing with them they didn't want to do anything to comb me or help me not feeling mistreated. So here we are. I told them I wouldn't come back if they were seriously not going to do anything and they said they understood if I wanted to take my business elsewhere. This is after going there and being a high paying client for years. So disappointing. Thanks for my $250 mani pedi with regular polish. FYI this is how my nails looked after 1 day.

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    I encountered lots of issues, but the biggest of which was at the end of the appointment when I put…read moremy hand in my pocket to get my wallet, one of the nails, halfway completely smudged off, even with a topcoat and lots of time to dry. The technician immediately offered to fix it and at the end of that repair she would not let me touch my own wallet and took my debit card from me to put it back in my wallet and even took my phone for a moment. She clearly did not want me rubbing my polish against anything which makes sense but I don't need help with that and it felt intrusive. I spent twice as long, making sure that one nail was dried after repair, and when I got back to the car and reached in my pocket to get out my keys, that nail got smudged off again. This only happened on the one nail, which is very strange. I've had many manicures and have never encountered this. I also asked for a dark purple color with no sparkle, and they kept bringing me light blues with sparkle, and trying to convince me to change my mind about the color that I wanted (which I don't understand their reasoning for this at all, and why it matters to them) and would not let me simply walk over to the polish wall to pick my own color. When my nail technician finally brought over a couple of dark purples, a secondary nail technician came over & started to have a conversation about the two polishes and whether they looked similar or not. This was all after I had very obviously quickly chosen a color. During the appointment, that second nail technician kept coming over and staring at my hands which was uncomfortable. Finally, when choosing the tip amount during payment, the receptionist brought the card reader over (rather than waiting for me to walk to the register) and put the screen directly in front of the technician and myself, and the technician was staring at the screen, watching what my tip selection was.

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