Jessica is amazing. My nails always come out perfect. The place is clean and she takes her time and does a great job.

My girl made my cuticles bleed! I don't know who it was I told her but she just said yeah yeah I know! I said I had to wash my hands and soap and water and stop the Bleeding . It is a big deal because I have diabetes and my doctor hates the salons. He told me too much bacteria for open skin for a diabetic. I believe him because my brother had to get his toe cut off from not taking care of a minor cut. I won't go back again. read more

Amazing nail salon with great service and fair prices! this salon is a great and very clean 2-woman operation that feels more intimate and not rushed. They are very attentive to detail and uphold sanitary code very well. Katrina is extremely friendly and she did an amazing job with my gel manicure. They take Venmo, which is really helpful and makes the payment process much easier. I will definitely come back for more. Just a note, there are no signs outside indicating where the salon actually is. Just go into the big red door and go upstairs, and you should find the salon! read more

I love my nails by Katrina. She did such a great job. The length, shape, and colors are exactly what I wanted. I showed her a picture and boom. read more

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Jessica did an amazing job on my nails, I got exactly what I wanted but done even better! It's so hard to find a nail salon that does the coffin shape so flattering but Tip-Toe Nail Salon does it. I will be continuing my appointments at Tip-Toe because it is honestly the best place I have ever found! read more

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This place is located on the 2nd floor, above Salon Red, up a narrow stairwell. I walked in on a Saturday morning and there were only 2 staff members and 3 clients inside: One was getting her eyebrows waxed, the other was about to start a manicure while the 3rd was sitting by the door with foil covering the tips of her fingers. The place had a clean, minimalist feel to it and could easily be mistaken for a one bedroom apartment, It was very quiet... a little too quiet. Where was the rest of the staff? Surely there had to be more people working here on a weekend. I asked about pedicure service and if/when someone would be available to do mine. One of the shop employees politely but nonchalantly replied that, "No one will be available for a looooong time." No recommendation to make an appointment or come back at a certain time. Nothing. Welp, so much for that. I won't be back. read more

I had originally came in for a normal acrylic but instead opted to do the pink and white acrylic, although it is a bit pricey I do not regret it whatsoever. I was so nervous to try this look and shape but at the finale I was so happy and pleased with the work done. I highly recommend everyone to give them a try! read more

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Tip-Toe Nail salon is exceptional for so many reasons. I had been following these women, Jessica and Katrina from one salon to another because of their ability to give fabulous manicures and pedicures. Now that they have their own salon there is even more aspects that set them apart from the competition. I am very attentive to cleanliness and so are they. Every client has sterilized equipment and the pedicure "tubs" have disposable liners. It is a calm and welcoming environment. It is rare these days to find a quiet and relaxing environment for a nail salon. I resisted the online scheduling (and they did not object ) but once I adapted I realized how convenient it was for ME. They are competent, organized and professional. Of course to top it off... these are two women who are a pleasure to be with. I am proud to be consider one of their clients. read more

I went to Tip Toe Nails this morning for a gel manicure after reading so many great reviews on here. Jessica was very nice and did a great job on my nails! The salon is very clean and calming and sits on top of Salon Red. I really liked my experience here and will definitely be coming back. Thanks, Jessica! :) read more

This was the most organized (and therefore calm) manicure experience I've ever had. Since everything is by appointment, I believe there will not be more than two people in the salon at a time. This makes for a quiet and relaxing atmosphere.. pleasantly intimate is how I would describe it. Jessica was very friendly and welcoming. I got a little lost on my way there and called her. She was very helpful and stayed on the phone with me the entire time. Jessica was also extremely attentive to detail when doing my gel manicure - I've never had someone pay so much attention. The end result was wonderful. Extremely satisfied, and will be coming back! Support your local businesses, people! :) read more

As stated in other reviews, Tip-Toe Nail Salon is above Salon Red but it's not too hard to find. Enter Salon Red and take the stairs up a floor. If you get lost, just call and you Jessica or Katrina can help you. Two friends and I came a month ago to get pedicures. Jessica and Katrina were really nice and did a wonderful job! My nails still look as glossy as the day I had them painted! They scrubbed off the harder parts of your feet, gently massage them, and moisturize afterwards. My friends thought the lotion felt a bit greasy but I was fine with it. You can also turn on the massage chair for an even nicer experience. What I especially love about this place is how sanitary they are. The tools get put in a blue sanitizing solution after being used on you. Also, between pedicures, they wash the drain cap to the foot rub and switch out the disposable plastic cap. If you don't wear open toed shoes, they'll open a pack of disposable foam slippers for you to wear while our nails dry. For $30, it's definitely worth the service. Next time I get a pedicure, I'll get the manicure with it. I'm in love with this place! read more

I absolutely love this place. Jessica and Katrina are always friendly and their attention to details is superb. read more

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My daughter and I had a wonderful experience at Tip Toes. Jessica is very friendly and did a wonderful job on my pedicure. My daughter had a manicure and wanted multiple polish colors and Jessica was very kind and accommodating. The salon was very clean, neat and comfortable. It was a quiet and relaxing atmosphere. We will definitely be returning! read more

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I have been coming to see Jessica every two weeks for years for acrylic manicures and spa pedicures. Jessica is absolutely the BEST!!!!!! She's professional and runs her business professionally too. She never over-books herself, so she is on time. If she's running behind for any reason, she will text you. I LOVE the communication and beautiful work!!!! I absolutely recommend Tip-Toe Nail Salon. Best nail salon in Gaithersburg! read more

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Jessica is the best. I am so glad I found this place. My nails look great every time I come. Jessica takes her time and makes sure that your nails look great. They have a great selection for nail colors as well. I also love that you can make your appointments online which is super convenient. read more

I have been going to Tip Toe Nail Salon for 2 years now. It's a small nail salon which I love because I have gotten to know Jessica personally and she is now also, a friend. The salon is very clean and well decorated. Every time I get my nails done, Jessica makes sure she takes her time so my nails will turn out amazing. She also shapes my nails really well which I've never had before. Jessica waxes my eyebrows as well and they always turn out exactly how I want them to look. I would highly recommend Tip Toe nail salon if you love a quiet place to relax and get pampered by two awesome people! Thanks so much Tip Toe! Sarah read more

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I tried out Tip-Toe after reading the wonderful reviews about it on Yelp. I brought my mom who was in town visiting and also my brand new week old baby in his carrier. I made the appointment by texting back and forth with Jessica who was SO helpful and wonderful! The salon is UPSTAIRS of salon red - unfortunately there is no outdoor sign, so we had a bit of difficulty finding the place, but Jessica helped us locate it :) The salon is gorgeous and quiet. Completely clean and well taken care of. It was just Jessica there that day and just my mother and I in the whole salon. There was nice background music and plenty of room for us and my son in his carrier. Jessica did my gel mani as well as my moms pedi at the same time - I got wrapped and waited while my mom got her pedi done. She did wonderful, so kind and really took her time on both of us :) I loved being able to actually chat back and forth with my manicurist, really allowed us to bond rather than just sit back in silence, or worse sit back while the manicurists talk in their foreign language. It's been 2 weeks (tomorrow) and my nails still look wonderful. My mothers pedi came out awesome, she chose OPI so the color will stay awhile!! Jessica uses her phone and a card scanner to pay with credit/debit where you can put a tip ON the card!! YAY!! Thank you Jessica! read more

Yes, yes, yes!!! After about an hour of searching yelp for a good place to go, I decided to give this place a try. Katrina gave me a pedicure and it was great. My feet tend to get pretty rough and worn from wearing heels all week. Katrina used a razor to get all the roughness off, used a scrub and then went back over my feet with a scrubber. When it came time for the lotion, she spent a good 3 minutes per foot giving me an amazing foot massage. Once again, due to wearing heels all week, this is something I always look for when getting a pedicure. I feel so relaxed and recharged. All for $30. The salon is small and quiet which makes for a nice, personalized experience. I texted the owner to make my appointment but you can book online too. They were on time with my appointment and very clean. I highly recommend this place! read more

Jessica & Katrina are the BEST!! I always leave with a flawless manicure ( or monthly pedicure). I've been a client for 5 years and have been very pleased each and every time. That's over 250 manicures & 50+ pedicures :D They are amazingly consistent. Tip-Toe offers a wonderful array of colors, always up to date in both traditional and gel finishes. They take sanitation very seriously. Appointments are easily to make thru Schedulicity. https://m.schedulicity.com/Scheduling/TNVV4F read more

First, I hate giving this business 3 stars because their customer service is outstanding and they really go above and beyond to make your experience good but I have to say I was not too impressed by the pedicure. Just recently I came back from a vacation and heels felt like sandpaper. I saw the amazing reviews and decided to give them a try. My heels still feel like sandpaper which has never happened after a pedicure before. That's the only part I didnt like. Oh and a day after the manicure my cuticles started showing up which usually never happens. Overall the service was great. They promptly get you the first available appointment. One thing I cant stand about nail salons is the lame small talk, I dont go to salons to talk about my love life or to "chat it up". I have to say, in my one hour there, both sisters were extremely polite and let us be. They didnt try to strike up conversations and focused on their work. This is what I consider a true relaxing experience. I dont think I will go back, just because my pedicure was not too amazing but if I ever do go back it would certainly be for professionalism and great customer service. read more

THis is by far my favorite nail salon in the area. After trying many salons, I finally was told by two friends about the cleanliness and professionalism of the two sisters. They use a plastic cover in the foot tub and they sanitize all equipment. That is my number 1 priority. Second comes the way my nails turn out in the end. I get tons of compliments for how beautiful my nails look and how lovely are their colors. They are kind and friendly always. I will never look for another salon again. I am hooked... read more

It's almost been three years since my initial review when I first began going to Tip Toe Nails. I felt compelled to update my review because I have come to love going Tip Toe Nails more NOW than I did years ago. Jessica and Katrina are both wonderful. You can tell they care about their client's satisfaction and will do anything to ensure you walk out nothing but happy with the service you received. I have always been satisfied with all my manicures and pedicures. One time my nail broke and was about to rip off, but Katrina and Jessica allowed me to come up for a quick fix up so the nail could be saved. This just shows how much they care about their clients, even if they're not making money off of a favor. I think that says a lot about this business and it does not surprise me that they have so many loyal clients. read more

Before I go on with my review please look at the photos and just guess how many days apart they are! Now I wanna start off by saying that before I came here, I had pretty much given up on nail salons in this area because most of them can't do nails to begin with and if they can they are plain rude or just both! So when I looked on yelp one last time for an even halfway decent nail salon close by and saw Tip Toe Nail Salon had FIVE STARS, I immediately saw about making an appointment. Luckily I got one for the next day (last Friday, Dec 29th). I made an appointment with Jessica, the owner, for 4:45 pm -- I was coming straight from work and when I got to the location there was no sign for the salon. No biggy, but I walked around the back of Whole Foods just to end up back at the salon they share the building with. I asked the receptionist if she knew where Tip Toe Nail Salon was and told me they were upstairs. I get there around 4:49 at the latest because mind you, there was no sign on the building. That's not where the issue begins though. I walked in and Jessica was working on another client but still greeted me and asked how I was doing, ALREADY showing me that maybe I finally found the perfect place because other places in this area barely acknowledge someone coming in. Anyway, I sit and look through gel polishes when Katrina tells me she's ready for me... mind you I scheduled an appointment with Jessica. This wasn't a big deal to me though because I didn't see any bad reviews towards either of them. I show her these nails I wanted for her to use as an inspo (which I attached to this review as well) and we couldn't find a green similar enough so I settled for my signature single sparkle nail and an army green gel polish. We had a bit of a conversation which again was rare for me cause every salon I've been to in Gaithersburg is full of antisocial rude individuals. She was very nice and was already doing a wonderful job on the coffin shape which , you already guessed, a rare occurrence. I did notice that (mind you this was a new full set not a fill in) she didn't get close to my cuticles and I already looked like I needed a fill but I didn't think too much of it cause like I said, people in this area cannot do nails, and it still looked a lot better than other nails I've had done before. We moved on to my pedicure which was amazing and honestly the best I've ever had, I will give her that. If I were to ever return (which I won't) I would just get a pedicure. Now y'all are probably thinking, so what's the issue? Well on my left hand the sparkle nail is significantly shorter than the one of my right hand. Again, not a big deal cause most people wouldn't notice but I did and I'm a bit of a perfectionist. Mind you I didn't notice this until my pedicure was almost done so I decided to just let it go. Then New Year's Eve comes around. I'm having a good time, a couple things happen and my pointer finger nail on my right hand, breaks -- my fault, I was having too much fun. So I disregard that. BUT then I start to notice my nails are already looking as if they've been done for 2 weeks!!!! I go back to work yesterday, Tuesday January 2nd. I pushing in my chair at my desk GENTLY as I was leaving for the day (bc I was still getting used to having acrylics again) and I looked down... MY PINKY NAIL IS BROKEN OFF IN THE BACK OF THE FUCKING CHAIR. REALLY!?! Now granted, my real nail underneath was very short so it was bond to break eventually, but in 4/5 days !? HUH!? At this point I knew I wanted to write a review, but I didn't want to make a big deal out of it until TODAY. I just got home , looked down at my nails and my middle finger?? GONE. If I had done something for it to break, I would've felt it. But who knows when this nail even came off ?? Bottom line, I'm highly disappointed. I thought I found a place that would finally be my regular but instead I paid for something so mediocre and O V E R P R I C E D and I tipped 20% because Katrina was so sweet! $102 gone and wasted!!!! I will NOT be coming back. I am not asking for anything, but y'all, be aware. They are very nice ladies but at the end of the day my nails look like shit less than a week later and I've paid 60% less for nails that lasted for 4 weeks before, even though my nails were still growing normally (when I was in school in Bmore)!!!!! I hate that I possibly ruined their 5 star rating but honestly I had to say something. I wasted so much money on something that I'm getting removed ASAP. I'm convinced the only reason they have 5 stars is cause these people have been going to them for years and they have loyalty ‍ read more

I go see Jessica every two weeks as well as Katrina. These ladies are fabulous and talented. It's been about 3 years since my first review and they have transformed my nails! I should also mention that Jessica and Katrina know all clients by name . They both love what they do and their clients! If you are looking for a place, STOP and book with them RN! read more

The best nail salon I've used and go there every 3 weeks. Jessica is fabulous! My feet are very sensitive and I get ingrown toenails which is very painful. She is so careful. And does her work carefully and professionally. She stopped me from getting acrylics because the former salon I was using was ripping me off! She started just doing gel and it lasts sometimes for 3 weeks. I like to the atmosphere. It's private, quiet, and on weekends no walking-ins because she's fully booked. Call ahead for an appointment or go online. I always leave there feeling I just spent an hour with a friend. She's sweet, accommodating and a very positive person. Love her! Julie, gaithersburg Md. read more

This place is amazing!! Jesica and Katrina are really nice person. jessica did the exactly style that I want!! read more

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Best nails in MD! I had been to quite a few nail places before finding Jessica. She is the best! In fact she is so good that I drive an hour to have her do my nails. She has great attention to detail and will stop at nothing to ensure you love the end result. She is by appointment only (no walk-ins) and very focused on providing excellent customer service to her regular customers. She tries to accommodate changes of schedule, even if it is an inconvenience on her part to do, so worth getting on her book! read more

I can't say enough good things about Jessica! I've been going to her for almost 3 years and I'll continue even after I move to NOVA this week. Her care is the best I've ever had. The prices are crazy fair for the quality and results. I simply love her and so will anyone who gets to be served by her. Highly recommend!! read more

Katrina is my favorite, she does such a good job in my feet and removed everything, she massaged my feet for a long time, I was in heaven. Katrina is AMAZING read more

This is my go to location for mani and pedi!! Katrina did an awesome job on my nails for engagement photo shoots, showers, and wedding receptions. The designs are on point and received lots of compliments. Always made me a happy camper. read more

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Jessica and Katrina are warm, loving, friendly god-sends who never cease to amaze me with their flexibility in scheduling appointments by text message. Our time never feels rushed, and I love the care and attention I get at EVERY appointment. read more

This salon is great. Katrina was amazing. She did exactly what I asked for and paid such close attention to detail. She went above and beyond I'll definitely be going to here until I go back to school. read more

Says walk ins welcome however went on a Thursday afternoon only one person was there and said I could not get a gel manicure.

Tip Toe nails is the place to go. Jessica is amazing and always makes sure that I am taken care of. You can not beat the price and the quality of service is the best. I have been going to Jessica for many years and she has become a great friend. If you are looking for great service, perfect price point, clean salon, and wonderful conversation...the is the nail salon to go to. read more

Finally, I have found the nail place where I can rely the most. Love Jessica for all my nails doing, it's perfect without any flaws. Jessica is lovely and nice. Her patience is absolutely better than other nailist and her talents will definitely not disappoint you. You can always text her and tell her about your need and she will try her best to squeeze out some time for you. read more

I get my nails done every two weeks. Acrylic/gel/pedicure and I am satisfied each and every time! Jessica and her sister are amazing and make a personal connection with me as their client. Best nail salon I've been to by far! read more

Definitely my favorite salon to get my nails done. Both Jessica and Katrina are incredibly friendly, sweet, kind, professional and accommodating to every customer they have - new and old. They take interest in you and make a personal connection. I love that! It's small, but it's very relaxing, quiet and provides a welcoming environment. Scheduling an appointment is best, but it is such an easy process! There's always something available to work with your schedule. I'm never going anywhere else! read more

I highly recommend this Salon to anyone who wants high quality nail service with in a beautiful quaint spa setting. I have been getting my nails done there ever since it opened and 10 years before that by the owner and the stylists who work there before opening..You not only get personalized care and service, but you are treated very special at each appointment. Brenda K read more

BEWARE: Let me start by stating that I have been going to this nail salon for some time. On the 29th of May I went to have a pedicure. My original nail tech was not working.I allowed another lady to give me a pedicure. She rushed my pedicure and all the while I was getting it done I was flinching and saying ouch. Well a day later my toes began to swell. That evening they began to feel like pins and needles. Three days later my cuticles began to fill with fluid. I go to the doctor to find out that I got an infection from the pedicure. I immediately let them know and at first they were apologetic. They asked me to come in so they could take pictures. They told me to submit my doctors information and well as my work information because I couldn't go to work since I'm an armed officer that has to wear boots. The pain was not pleasant at all. They didn't want me to submit all my documents in person. Which meant I had to keep making trips when I lived almost 30 minutes away. Every time I asked for the owners name she would never answer. I asked for emails never would give it to me. All of a sudden she wants to have no contact with me and tells me I would hear from the owners insurance. I have not heard a word. I will be reporting them and taking them to court. read more

Ever since I started coming here a couple months ago, I have been hooked. I literally go just because, not even when I need a mani pedi. I LOVE Katrina. She does amazing work, and I have to admit, I am not the best about maintaining my cuticles, moisturizing or anything else that I should be doing.I book all my apointments via text, which is also a huge plus for me. The place is small and a bit difficult to find, but I don't mind, because I'd rather not share :). I've had the occasion to text after a manicure to find the name of the nail polish used because I chipped a nail, completely my fault because I'm a total clutz and she insisted I come by and let her fix it. When I declined because I knew I'd only mess it up again before my party, she insisted I stop by to take their bottle of polish. Who even does that??? I love this place and even when I leave the Kentlands, I will definitely come back just for my regular mani/pedis. In all my years of attempting to find a salon that could consistently provide good service, I have never been as happy as I am here. And I can honestly say that I've tried everything between Germantown and DC. Oh and please, don't be ignorant. Even if you've never been here before, you should know better than to show up unannounced. Though many places do offer walk in service, they frequently under-serve depending on how many people they have waiting. I promise you, that will never happen here. Call and book an appointment, don't be an animal. :) read more