Polish A Day Spa

I came in on Christmas Eve with my mother in law, sister in law & a family friend for pedicures. We had our own room which was a big plus. It was very well decorated, totally set the mood for relaxation and pampering. My Mother in law packed a nice spread of snacks and pomegranate cosmos which the staff was very helpful with, going so far as to bring our food to us on a little table and offer cups. The pedicures themselves were great, very relaxing with hot stone massage and a great smelling leg and foot scrub. They didn’t pay as much attention to my callous as some places I’ve been, but they did a pretty good job removing cuticles and shaping my toenails. Overall it was a really fun experience and we will definitely do it again someday!

First if i could give them 0 stars I would! Worst ever… booked appointment for 2 Signature Spa Pedicures–
Classic pedicure with:
Pedi-​Care, sea salt or minerals
(removes rough/​dry skin)
Cooling gel (relieves tired/​aching feet) 35.00
Any service including Paraffin Wax Treatment+$ 10.00
so my bill should have been 45.00 + tip…
we arrived (and the front door is not where one enters it is the double doors on the side the of the building are all that is unlocked…) we were asked what service we wanted today, I told the man that I have an appointment for two of the signature spa service. They have some bench chair with foot bowls in the main room where they do Mani/Pedi’s and he told us to pick our colors. Next a woman came out and took us back to the room with the massaging pedi chairs, she also handed us a glass full of all the nails painted with the polishes. She told us we could take our time relax and pick out our colors. Now understand its 20 degrees outside yet they do not offer anyplace to hang your coat scarf or purse, so we piled our stuff onto a chair in the corner of the room. We sat down in the chairs and the water was cold for me and scorching hot for my daughter, I asked the woman to warm the water and I also asked where the seal salt or minerals for my soak was??? They looked at me like I was speaking in tongues and finally came out with something in a box called Pearl spa??? They made it a big point to tell both my daughter and I that this Pearl spa is $ 55 but I was only asking for the minerals or salt or whatever they put into the water for a soak when you book a Spa Pedicure… I have no idea what that is but if that is what comes with my service then yes that is what I want… so after a soak, trim, buff, and pumice, I got a 2 leg massage and she barely rubbed my feet… at this point the woman who has been working on my daughter gets up and leaves the room… there she sits awkwardly in a chair that is broken and will not properly extend back waiting while I am getting my nails polished and a design on my big toe, just as my tech is finishing my daughter puts her socks and shoes on, when my nail tech says «oh no I polish you now, my daughter responded with my mom is done the pedi was booked for us to be done together, we are done… so needless I skipped the paraffin wax, our service that was to be a relaxing girl day was ruined… as we are getting ready to leave the man comes over to say how sorry he was there will be no charge today. He spoke with both my daughter and I and he told her there would be no charge for her today (which I would be surprised if there had been because she basically soaked her feet in water and that was it) he then came over to me and told me that he felt horrible and he would have finished my daughters pedicure himself, but he was very sorry and there would be no charge today to make things right. I thought to myself well that is really nice of him, I thought maybe he was the manager or owner and he was trying to salvage what was a potential client relationship. I was wrong. My nail tech came back and took me over to the register. She busted out the calculator and punched a few keys and told me my service was $ 75. I looked stunned and fumbled for my bank card. I guess the man was a nobody, I am not sure why he even came over to us, I guess the Pearl spa sure was $ 55 but I managed to find it online for a whooping $ 3.70, I did get gel polish which was $ 15 and the snowflake was $ 5 extra. My daughter handed over some cash and we left.

Not going back there. Rushed me through a pedicure, completely unsatisfying experience. Nail tech was horrible at making nail designs and she never spoke to me. Cut some toenails way too short. I’m not happy at all.

Made an appointment to go here with my husband. I’m due in 2 weeks and he thought it would be nice to pamper ourselves before the baby comes. I opted for the diva pedicure while my husband got the gentleman pedicure. My lady kept getting up and leaving in the middle of doing my nails and would return and totally skip over certain parts (forgot to pumice or scrub my right foot, didn’t even bother filing my left toenails) the massage lasted three minutes and I don’t even know why we paid for the hot stones because they literally rubbed two stones up my calves and put them away. The woman doing my nails painted them quickly and then moved on to the woman next to me (obviously she was a regular client there as she got much better treatment and attention to detail). Needless to say it was a total waste of money and I left pretty pissed off and in a crappy mood. Please do yourself a favor and go somewhere else where they care about your business and you actually get what you pay for.
UPDATE: It hasn’t even been a week and the polish on my toes is chipping away (I’m not doing anything extreme I’m on bed rest for God sake. And I noticed the filing job is crooked. What a waste of money and time.

This place is the chicest little spot I’ve seen here in ID. I was so excited because j thought the service was going to be amazing. I was wrong! I came in for a gel mani and my nail guy put the base coat on ONLY the tip of my nails. The rest of the gel polish can’t properly attach, adhere, and set with the base only on the tips. That doesn’t make any sense. I’ve been to about 20 different nail salons and they’ve always put the base coat on the entire nail. I even asked him why he did that and his response was– that’s all it needs. The file job was horrible: not smooth and crooked. I tipped 20% and left. Within 3 days the gel started to crack on about 4 nails and even lift along the sides on 3 nails. On my thumb and another finger, the polish lifted off the tip/​edge. I don’t do any rigorous work. I’m on vacay, I don’t even do the dishes. There’s no reason why that should’ve happened. I get my nails done frequently and I’ve never ever had the gel crack. Anyway, I called him and booked an appointment to fix them all with no cost. I could tell that he was annoyed and he talked significantly less than the first time we met. His answers to my questions were one word answers and half the time he ignored my questions. So rude. I could tell that he was genuinely taking his time and trying his best. His attention to detail isn’t so great though… Upon completion he even told me that he did his best and took his time. I tipped him even though he said not to and left. Not coming back.

My mom and I just went for Mani/​Pedis and it was one of the best ones we both have ever had! The salon is absolutely ADORABLE and very nice but the staff were so friendly! I’m so in love with how my shellac came out as well :)
Will most definitely be back!

Such a great experience. Ambiance is very plush and cozy. Great service. Friendly and skilled! I went with a friend from work and we had a great experience.
I got the Diva pedicure and then an extra 10 minutes of massage for my hands. It was so lovely! Definitely will bookmark this place for future visits!

Update: I also highly recommend Polish’s on-​sight esthetician, Krista Claffey. She has been doing facials and brow waxes for me for several months and she is great. She was able to clean up my troubled skin and got me into a new line of skincare products that works wonders. She is also a master at shaping brows.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Joey!!! He is sooooo great at doing nails. He’s fast, precise, consistent and very talented. Polish is reasonably priced, but with a pro like Joey you are getting hands down the BEST deal in town.

Probably the best Mani pedi spa in Boise. They make you feel like a princess. They don’t really speak good English but damn they give a good long massage. And it doesn’t smell like the average nail salon, very fresh and clean.

Hands down the worst pedicure I have ever had. Will not be back. It was a complete waste of money, since it only took 15 minutes I guess it wasn’t a waste of time, ha. I even had to ask her to cut my toenails which should be standard (obviously)…I paid for a pedicure and what I got was basically a polish change.

I initially reviewed this place as excellent. They DO a great job, but I wanted to let heavier patrons know that recently, I was discriminated against for my size (or so it seems). I put on a lot of weight. I went in after work for a mani pedi. My thighs helped themselves to the whole chair, and I was even wearing my longer ones! She put a towel over my thighs before she started. They came down to mid thigh! It’s not like I was putting a pre porn show! The girls to the left and right of me were also getting pedis. They were also SKINNY and I suppose your usual high maintenance customers. Their thighs (also wearing shorts… shorter than mine…) were not covered.
I was treated less than in other ways as well (that are totally insignificant, but I noticed). It took them at LEAST 15 – 20. to even take my card after I was done. Part of being pampered (let’s face it) (for me) is getting your ass kissed, or at least being treated POLITELY for heaven’s sake.
Like I said. great job. they are super detail oriented. and the work they do stays nice… but I came in to feel BETTER about myself. not be reminded society … and bitchy women… don’t approve of my size (which really by med. standards would NOT be considered fat.).Sorry you read too many mags. and watch too much TV and their idea of thin is what I was put in a clinic for at one point.

I went here the first time two months ago and received the «hot stone massage pedicure» for $ 35. The rocks were barely warm at all and it did NOT warrant the extra $ 10 spent (regular spa pedi is $ 25 here), but since I enjoyed the level of service and the clean, professionally-​decorated interior, I just noted that for my next visit.
Enter my «next visit» which was today:
I called beforehand to inquire about appointments. The man said they prefer to make an appointment but that if I did want to just walk-​in, there are 13 people on-​staff to provide services. I mentioned that I was bringing my little daughter and he said it wouldn’t be a problem, as they have 3 different rooms for pedi’s and that he could place us in a smaller room. PERFECT! Right? Awesome… or so I thought.
My daughter was quite excited to get her toes done for the first time as we set out on our mommy-​daughter day. Upon arriving there, it being a Saturday, it was crowded, which was to be expected, no biggie. Surprisingly we went to a pedi chair right away in the smaller room with only 5 chairs in a row.
The water was already filled up in the basin — weird & questionable — and they directed me to climb in. So I did, and the water was nearly cold, undoubtedly from sitting there for who-​knows-​how-​long! They fixed that… until after sitting there for TWENTY MINUTES until someone FINALLY came to do my toes, and my water was really freaking cold! There were no bubbles, no smelly foot soak, nothing added at any time, just plain water. What the heck?! The lady did a less-​than mediocre job scrubbing my heels, (they aren’t even soft), trimming my cuticles and shaping my nails. She had me (and 2 other women!!! In the middle of spa pedis!!!) play musical chairs in order to be near an outlet for her UV light for the Gel polish (the gel polish pedi is $ 40). Ridiculous. By this time the mass crowd had died down, I was alone in my room, 2 others were getting pedis in an adjacent room, 3 women getting manis up front, and 2 women waiting for pedis in the lobby. The lady then informed me that they were «really busy» and she didn’t have time to do my daughter’s trim and polish (they even have a kid’s pedi on their price sheet!!! so it wasn’t something I just asked them to do as a favor!)
REALLY?! No time for a customer that has been there this whole time waiting her turn? Mind you, my daughter was seriously minding her own business, talking very quietly with me, and not wiggling or running around, so it wasn’t based on her behavior. I just want to know what happened to the 13 people on-​staff today?! And why they «didn’t have time» to provide a listed service to a paying customer who had been waiting over an hour?! My poor little girl was heart-​broken that they didn’t do her toes as planned.
Outraged and flustered, I just paid for my horrible pedi, STUPIDLY tipped her, and marched out of there for the last time EVER. We went right over to a place on Parkcenter Blvd and had AMAZING customer service and attention to detail on the services provided. Check my other reviews for more info.

Hooray for Polish! I have found that trying to get a mani/​pedi in Boise either results in paying WAY more than you should at a spa or some grungy salon that is still overpriced. Enter Polish A Day Spa. Their building is cute and clean (the important part). They have a shabby chic thing going on with amazing pedicure chairs. They have a menu of services that you select from that range from a classic to signature to diva. I have been twice and done the classic and the signature pedicures. Honestly, other than the scrub used with the signature pedi there wasn’t that much of a difference to warrant paying $ 10 more than the classic, in my opinion.
They pay close attention to shaping your nails… it is awesome. I swear I don’t think my fingernails have ever looked this good.
Polish will definitely be my go to spot for nails.

The building and furnishings are as nice and bright as the pictures on the website — a great improvement over the strip mall nail salons. Friendly nail technicians, average prices (same as you’d pay elsewhere), I’d go back which is more than I can say for the last place I got a pedicure. I really (REALLY) like that they mention the autoclave/​sanitation right on the website — too many places make no mention of this at all. For reference, this was only my second pedicure ever, so don’t consider me an expert.