Funny Nails

This place is terrible. My pedicure took more than two full hours and honestly I could have done it better at home. The nails are uneven and crooked, plus she kept hurting me when using this evil grater on my callouses. Then I asked for them to please be more quick while doing my hands, which resulted in the shottiest manicure ever. The nails are rough and I have nail polish on my skin.

I’ve been coming to Lyly for many, many years. I found her when I was in undergrad and have gone to her ever since, even while moving away to different cities she will always be «my eyebrow lady.» She can shape like nobody else! I have a deep fear of my eyebrows being too thin, but she keeps them shaped nice and natural. She uses a cream wax, gentler than the regular wax at most places. Also, she’s a really sweet lady!
If you want to avoid a wait, do not come on Friday afternoons. Come between classes, mornings, or weekends.

Lily is amazing!!! She does such a great job on my nails! They’re always super cute and done up nicely! She’s very sweet and really takes care of her customers! Definitely come by!!!

I stopped by for the first time to try this place out and it was horrible. The lady who did my nails was so bad… she filed the nails on my left hand differently than my right hand. She also did not completely put the arcylic gel or whatever it’s called on my left hand. This was the worst set of nails I’ve ever had and the same day I was folding my laundry and one of the nails broke off! I won’t be coming back. If she didn’t makes so many mistakes I would love this set.

Exactly what I required. After a long haul in the back of the plane, needed pampering.
Of course pulled the best one and mid pedicure asked to stop to go meet the new bosses. Came back 30 minutes later and got my treatments completed with a smile.

While my manicure looks nice, this place was completely unsanitary. The manicurist kept her tools in a little box and returned them to the box and put them away when she was done without cleaning them! Not only is this unsanitary, it’s a dangerous way to spread infection. I will NOT be returning.

I came out of convenience. They weren’t very nice and we’re completely understaffed. Me and 2 girlfriends walked in for pedicures.
Due to the understaffing… my feet Were left soaking for over 45 min. Pathetic.

Please do not go here. This is THE WORST nail salon I’ve ever been to in my life. I seriously had no choice because I am currently living at Dobie and this was the most convenient place to go to without a car. Next time I need my nails done, I’m hoofing it to anywhere else even if I have to walk a couple of blocks.
I walked in for a manicure. The two technicians who were just watching TV before I got there «greeted» me and kept trying to push me to do more things, like getting shellac or a pedicure. I insisted on just a manicure, picked my color, and sat down.
The woman who did my nails was just horrible. She actually made one of my fingers bleed because she cut too much when she was doing my cuticles. Also, she offhandedly complained that I have too much cuticles (as if I can help that — I got my nails done 2 weeks ago too) by shoving the cut cuticles into my face before putting them down on the towel (like a «see how big your cuticles are?!» gesture). After she was done with the cuticles, she just sprayed oil all over my fingers and told me to rub them myself — I’m nitpicking at this point but everywhere else I’ve been, they do everything for me. Lastly, she sucked at putting on the nail polish. She didn’t even finish putting the polish all the way to the tip of my fingernail on one of my fingers so I had to point it out and get her to do it right. She kept missing spots everywhere and she kept complaining that my nails were too short and hard for her to paint (all other nail technicians could paint them perfectly fine). Also, she kept turning around to watch TV while doing my nails and her level of focus severely diminished when her «favorite TV show» was on (she hurried a lot so that she could watch her show). Honestly, if I had the balls, I would have left at some point because of the rudeness and the incompetence.
Anyway the debacle was over and I was getting my nails dried but I hated being there so I left before my nails were completely dry and I messed up one of my fingers really bad, so I begrudgingly went back to ask for it to be redone. There was another lady who’d just walked in for a pedicure. The lady was obviously super annoyed at me and she literally stood me there in the middle of the salon and rubbed some acetone with her fingers and repainted one coat and told me she was done. I said I wanted her to erase it and repaint it and that I was willing to pay. She rudely told me «Then you have to wait!» and did this thing where she’d tend to the lady getting the pedicure and coming back to me every now and then to work on me (all this while I’m standing in the middle of the nail salon). I left again in a hurry and ended up messing up that same nail yet again but it wasn’t as bad as the first time so I decided I’d rather live with it than go back there.
tl;dr DO NOT GO HERE!!! The ladies are super rude and can’t even do a good job! It’s not worth paying money for! You could do a better job painting your own nails!

I booked a 6:45 appt for a pedicure. I came in at 6:15 to see if they could get me in. They said yes and promptly filled my foot spa tub. Ended up waiting until 6:30 to get a technician to do my nails. During the pedicure they insisted on doing a manicure I was reluctant to say yes and caved in.
The manicurist spent a long time on my nails but CUT ME TWICE! So its safe to say that I ended up not tipping. $ 35 all together for french tip pedicure and reg manicure.
I gave it two stars because the color of my manicure is to die for (emerald green). Probably wont be coming back again.

THEY DO NOT CLEAN THIER INSTRUMENTS OR TOWELS!!!
GROSS GROSS GROSS!
The cuticle clippers and scrapers are not cleaned between customers. Towels are not switched out, but rather refolded. DISGUSTING!
Seriously! I’m surprised no one hasn’t contracted a fungus by this point

I came here for a pedi after a summer of exploring Costa Rica on foot. I have to say, my feet were in TERRIBLE shape. So the most important thing to me was to get all the roughness scrubbed off. They were busy, but I felt like they did a GREAT job. She spent almost an hour on my feet and I was only charged $ 25 for French-​style. She didn’t chat with me, which was perfect, as I wanted to read my Ethics textbook. All the dry, scaly skin is gone! So happy with the job I got, even a week later! :-)
I’ll be back when my student budget can afford another pedi (or they look so awful that I can’t justify not doing something)!

I first started going to Funny Nails two years ago when I was staying at the Austin Folk House near UT and desperately needed an eyebrow wax. They did a beautiful job and for a reasonable price. Of course, coming from NYC, everything seemed reasonable, but the prices are good as compared to any other city. The staff is very sweet and the lady who did my brows told me I had beautiful skin, so of course I kept coming back ;)
I haven’t had a pedicure here yet, but this is definitely my top place for waxing now that I’m a resident.

Previously got my legs waxed there; Lyly did a fantastic job. However when I returned for an under arm waxing, it left a rash, and it was irritated for a few days afterwards.
Manicure wise, the ladies there are very professional and efficient. The results are beautiful, but I would prefer to not use the solar machines to dry my nails.

They are by far, the cheapest place to get your eyebrows done near UT campus. I’m originally from Houston, so I am very used to getting my eye brows threaded for the same price, but threading in Austin is a fancy business.
I’ve been going to Lyly for the last 5 years I have been here, as I used to live at Dobie during my freshman and sophomore years. She’s pretty good at doing eyebrows, JUST MAKE SURE you SPEAK up BEFORE she starts.
Sometimes, when she’s busy, she can go through them pretty quickly, which HURTS A LOT, but I think I’ve been disappointed with the shape only once with her.
I haven’t ever gotten any manis or pedis, but hope to before I leave Austin… =)

I come here every once in awhile to wax my eyebrows. I’d much rather have my brows threaded, but it’s so expensive to thread in Austin!
I feel like the lady who does my eyebrows used to be more thorough. It just looks like she cleans them up now instead of giving them a good shape. However, this is the closest/​cheapest place I know near campus, so I keep coming back.
They can be quite pushy, but I guess you have to be to stay alive in Dobie mall.

This place, located in the mall near UT’s campus, reminds me of all the «express nail» places that you can find on almost every corner in NYC. It won’t be the best or the worst mani/​pedi you’ll ever have, but the convenience and speed can’t be beat.
They have a good selection of OPI nail colors (but don’t come in expecting OPI’s latest «Scotland» or «Mars» or whatever bs collection they have), and are pretty good about walk-​ins (both times I went on Saturday or Sunday afternoons).
The technicians can also be pretty brusque and unfriendly, but I like that because then I can focus on reading my magazine or watching House on their TV instead of making small-​talk. If this makes me a terrible human being, at least I’m a terrible human being with nails that don’t look like they were done by a 5-​year old (generally how my nails look when I do them myself).

Never again.
There’s a reason why it’s so cheap – You get what you pay for.
I got in and there were only 2 technicians. I suppose that it was a Sunday and it’s usually slow, but with the new fall semester starting at UT, they might have underestimated the arrival of the students.
–I’ll give them that.
It was only 2 people in front of me, but they managed to make me wait over 45 minutes with my feet soaking in the cold blue water (This is when I decided to Unilocal Galaxy Café;-).
When the lady finally got around to my pedicure, she beat the BeJebus out of my poor right toe into a bloody pulp. I was literally shaking with fear every time she grabbed for my foot with her overly aggressive monster hands! Even my tiny shrieks that became increasingly emphatic wasn’t enough to tame the beast… Finally I Unilocaled in pain when she covered my foot with the hot towel that was literally drenched in boiling water a moment before. I was so painfully scared.
Throughout the whole pedicure, she just seemed like she was in SUCH a hurry! UGH. It probably lasted about 10 minutes. I could see the pouty look on her face when I said that I wanted French/​American instead of a solid color. It almost made me, as THE COSTUMER feel bad that I wasn’t doing her the favor of making her life easier with my money.
The manicure was even worse.
She whizzed through the prep and as she started on my color (I was watching Law and Order), she was on the second finger with French when I specifically asked for American. I then proceeded to tell her so, and she muttered some unintelligible words in broken English. I think I heard her say the words «match» as she looked at my toes, and me, being a sucker, just decided to let her have her way.
Everything just boiled inside of me until my inevitable return to this Unilocal review.
During the middle of the manicure, she just left to help the other costumers while I just sat there for about 15 minutes. I finally just stood up and asked when I can pay because I wasn’t having it.
Sometimes convenience and price isn’t worth it… (but damn, sometimes it is T_​T)

If I could, I think I would give them 3.5 stars. My manicure was only $ 9, thanks to a coupon that they handed me when I walked in the store. They have OPI, which I feel boosts their legitimacy & street cred a bit, since I couldn’t help but feel like I was in a perhaps semi-​ghetto flea market, and it did feel a bit odd for a guy to be filing my nails and massaging my arms. He did a great job though: filed my nails in the squarey-​oval shape exactly how I like them. Lotion, cuticle oil, arm massages, and even compliments. I know, flattering. I’m glad they had lots of OPI’s because I picked the most perfect orange-​pink that I loved, and after my manicure was done, I couldn’t stop looking at my nails. Actually, I think I just talked myself into giving them four stars. Pretty good quality for $ 10, but I definitely want a lady filing my nails next time.

Was it the best manicure? nope
Was it the worst manicure? nope
Was it the cheapest manicure? nope again
So why the hell am I giving them 4*s?
Because after a long week at work, I plugged in the wrong coordinates to my GPS for a nail salon only to find out that it didn’t exist (user error). And it was already 8:30pm by the time I showed up so I was sure that I was SOL.
I used my trusty Unilocal bb app, found Funny Nails, asked if they were open and get this…
THEY STAYED LATE! It was likely close to 10pm on a Friday night by the time I had left properly mani/​pedied/​waxed, all for $ 44.
Oh, and the leg massage? brilliant + included in the $ 22 pedi!

Warning: This is a little gross…
I actually went here a long time ago but just thought of writing a review. I had never gotten a pedicure before (and only one manicure) and was a little squeamish about the idea of someone getting up close and personal with my toes but decided to see what all the fuss was about. A friend of mine went there regularly.
The place looked clean and the massaging chair was nice. The technician talked me into getting a simultaneous manicure. When I put my feet in the foot bath my skin nearly burned off! It was REALLY hot which I guess is a good thing. Still, I needed some convincing (OK, the technician held my feet down) to dip my feet in and keep them there.
The manicure and pedicure were… OK, I guess. Sorry, I don’t have much to base it on since I don’t get my nails done regularly. I would’ve gone there again though.
Except…about a week later I noticed a cluster of 3 little dots on the bottom of my heel. I thought it was a callous and ignored it. But, it kept growing. A plantar wart hurts and has little black dots inside so it couldn’t be one, right?
Finally, it got to the point where I thought someone was gonna call the CDC on me. I saw a nurse who confirmed that it was a plantar wart. A couple of months and two bottles of Dr’s Scholl’s wart remover later and it was finally gone.
There is no way I could’ve gotten it from anywhere other than the nail salon. I don’t frequent any pools or locker rooms. Sadly, this experience will probably prevent from getting a pedicure ever again.