Tips N Toes

If I could give this place less than one star I would. I looked online for good nail places and I just moved to the area I took my mom for her birthday. Being a cosmetologist I am extra conscious of bacteria and sanitation in nail salons. They have to be one of the worst most dirtiest places I’ve ever seen. if I wasn’t with my mother I would have just walked out. I got a gel manicure and a pedicure my mom a pedicure. The man that did my gel manicure I was shaking the whole time and I’m pretty sure he was new. But he should know that alcohol does not sanitize your implements. I somehow proceeded onto the pedicure and the lady use scrub on the top of my feet and it hurts so bad I kept telling her not to scrub the top of my feet they got so red I told her just to skip the scrub. There was an advertisement online for $ 15 gel manicure I showed her and she called the owner sandy. Sandy looked at the ad and said her husband never posted that and she’s not going to give her gel manicures away for $ 15. She told me if I felt she was a liar then I don’t need to come back. I for some reason paid them because I didn’t want to make a scene but I’ve never been so rudely spoken to in my life. I will never be back she can count on that. PS my gel manicure lasted less than a week and I paid the full $ 30.

Came in with a specific design only to get cruelly made fun of. I decided to just get one standard color because I had been so humiliated by the women mocking me and continued to make fun for a good 15 minutes. If I wasn’t a rude person I would have walked out. Unbelievable, I’m going to sassys from now on and if you don’t want to be treated with cruelty and disrespect I would do the same.

Well
if you love your nail tech like I do Susan than your going to the salon for that specific person not for the salon especially if there’s no atmosphere like this one and, since when do you have to stay with the salon if your tech leaves? like this owner expects you to do she kinivingle try to take me from Susan who by the way was the best there she has left this salon and is at Serindipity rt up the rd across from rite aid by mikes pizza in a beautiful new salon good for you Susan for going to a more professional positive place let’s all support Susan at her new place

I just found out Susan Nguyen has moved from Tips and Toes over to Serendipity just down the street. I have referred Susan many times to friends and family. Always more than pleased with her work! So, if you are looking for her… now you know!

I’ve come there a couple times before and I’ve had a good experience in the past times i went but today when i went to go have my nails done here i was a bit disappointed. i wanted to get a full set of acrylic nails and chose my color and everything and decided on the gel colors and the lady who worked on my nails was VERY rough… when she was sandblasting my nails she scrapped up my cuticles and when she filed my nails she ended up slicing my thumb open it was a minor cut but it still hurt. and when she painted my nails the polish was not the shade of purple i was hoping for it looked like a light pink (not sure if that was her fault or not) i would’ve liked a discount or something for slicing my finger with her nail file. don’t know if I’ll be coming back.

Did a nice job on myself and 2 daughters. We went right after school and all sat together. They did great spiderwebs on the big toes for Halloween. Kids pedis were $ 20 including art. I recommend the middle pedi for $ 32 includes salt scrub and 20 min massage and hot wax… very relaxing. I found out after we left that the lady who did my 9yr old changed her color and told her it would look better with the spider web. She was a little upset but did like how the web turned out. Maybe she should’ve asked me since I was sitting right there.

I love this place. Thank you !! my nails are wonderful!

Sad to say I won’t be stepping foot in to this business after being a loyal customer for a little over 4 years. The owners scammed my friend by making a bogus photo copy of her check then telling her it didn’t go through the bank when it indeed it did. The check was a really nice photo copy even cut out like a check it look like the real check but it wasn’t. It was indeed a check scam to get more money. My trusting friend paid the check again thinking they were telling the truth when indeed the check had already gone through her bank. She took the bank statement with the check listed as going through her account when she confronted them. They continued to lie and would not refund her money. So she called the El Dorado county Sheriff reported the incident and within 20 minutes the Sheriff met her at the business to assist her in getting her money back. At first they refused but with the sheriff there the owners gave her back her money that was owed to her ! How can someone run a business and scam their paying customers? I am appalled!!! Beware and careful! No Stars!

Be aware that they sneak in extra charges and don’t tell you certain things cost more. Like adding an extra $ 15 to the cost of a pedicure with gel. So I just paid $ 47 for a freaking pedicure. Not ok!

Susan is the best. Took me as a walk-​in to repair a chip. She was concerned about the lack of quality I had been receiving and decided to redo all of my gel tips but only charged me for the repair and repaint. Now my daughter and I both switched and we see her regularly. She’s funny, friendly and best of all incredibly talented.

Three of us got our nails done on Christmas Eve day and I thought the staff was friendly and the place was clean enough.
I got a gel manicure, which is supposed to last 3 weeks, but in my case it lasted just a week. I don’t think the lady who did my nails spent enough time on them because I was done way before my mom and partner were and my cuticles weren’t pushed back. I wouldn’t go again to spend another $ 27 for a manicure that doesn’t last longer than a week.

The nail salon always seems to be packed and even with a reservation I still end up waiting 30 minutes, the ladies are always rushing and not very friendly, not very happy with them.

I’ve been going here for a few years on and off since I moved here. Mostly nice people but if you want some one who will be really chatty with you you’re out of luck unless you get Susan. She’s the nicest one in there, the most social and is the best with designs so I would make an appointment with her if that’s what you want. They can usually get you in right away and have pretty good prices. They’ll charge you .75 cents to use a credit card but they do have an ATM. All the people in there are really nice and the place Is sanitary. If you’re going in there for an eye brow waxing it’s 10 dollars but sometimes you don’t really get what you want so I would pay the extra money to go some where else. Their acrylics last a pretty long time and they have a wide assortment of glitters and polishes although they charge you to make tips instead of a while nail covered in glitter or polish. Also 5 dollars for a gel top coat. Their menu is hard to read so I always ask about their prices personally. Like I said earlier most of them aren’t very social but they’re nice. They sound rude over the phone usually but it kind of depends who you talk to. I’ve never gotten a petticure from there but from what I can tell they do a pretty good job. Like I said I keep going back and so far I haven’t seen or experienced anything to make me stop going.

New in town and decided to try this place on a whim because I was in desperate need of a pedi. They took me right away (late on a weekday). I was pleasantly impressed with their color selection and how attentive they were. Halfway through they asked what type of pedi I wanted (not having a menu or price list and it being my first time I said basic). The massage was okay. I’ve had better but it was decent. However the lady with next to me received a massage three times in length then the one I did. What’s weird is the massage was done before cutting the cuticles. The lady was a little too gentle. I want to feel the dead skin being scrubbed off and not gently brushed. Didn’t get the paraffin that other reviewers mentioned (does it not come with the basic?). The design I asked for I got. And she took care to make it symmetrical which I really like. And she even added bling which I didn’t ask for. Overall I’m content with everything. It’s still not as good/​fancy as the place in Rancho Cordova.
Update: I was disappointed that the price is $ 5 more then any other pedicure I have gotten. For the extra cost this place was NOT worthwhile. And two days later my polish chipped bad. I can make the polish on my toes last 3 – 4 weeks so to have it chip on multiple toes in days is pathetic.
NEVER GOING BACK!

This is my. favorite mail salon in the area! The. people are very nice and I love their pedicures!
I have had pink and white tips, basic manicure, and a few different pedicures. I get the deluxe pedicure (one up from basic) where they use a scrub and it’s great! They also dip your feet in wax after every pedicure! It makes your feet so soft! I’ll be seeing them soon.

Love them! sorry I didn’t go to them today :(

I’m not much of a person to get my nails done, but overall I was happy with the results. The staff appeared to clean the pedicure stations correctly if you’re concerned about that kind of thing. They were also very efficient for how busy they were and seemed to fit everyone in within a few mins of walking through the door, yet I never felt rushed or hurried. The thing that got them four stars instead of three was the paraffin bath for your feet. Who know that your feet could be that soft after such an simple process.

The lady was nice but didn’t offer me a gel coating while other salons do for the same price. The nail chipped off when by day two. Also there was no cool glitter nail polish. The ones with a lot of glitter that you use as a top coat. I was bummed and had to go by my own. She tried to paint a flower on my toe but thought that orange and black looked good over red nail polish. Gag! Also there was no TV and as usual they talk in a foreign language… which makes you feel left out and kind of insulted.

I got a NAIL INFECTION from this place. I had been getting acrylic nails there for quite some time (no where else) and when I asked Tony what was wrong w/​my nail, he said that my real nail was «lifting» from my finger and that was what was causing the deformity and thickness, so he shortened the length of my fake nail telling me that this will stop the real nail from lifting away from my finger.
I believed him, because I had didn’t have any real reason to not believe him.
I noticed some of my other fingers developing the same issue. I decided to stop getting acrylic nails at this point.
My thing is, I got the infection from Tips and Toes… and if you think about it, the fungus is still at the shop, because there doesn’t seem to be anyone cleaning their drill bits or getting new files or buffers… they just put it back in their drawers… I see the wonderful containers of blue sanitizing liquid, but I have never seen anyone drop anything in them! So, in theory… I got the fungusfrom there and other people gave it/​got it/​will get it too.
If you take a look at the poster for Barbertology/​Cosmetology right by their front door, you will notice that they do NOT practice said hygeine. I understand that businesses need to make a buck, but it should not be at the expense of their clients’ health by cutting corners w/​hygeine. I would rather they raise their prices and charge me the extra for the new buffers/files…seriously.
It does not appear Unilocal will allow me to post no stars, so… I have to put one star, even tho I don’t think this is right. Also… it appears that Unilocal has a «filter» which isn’t allowing my post to appear on the front page of their other reviews. I think that customers should know that the potential for an infection is REAL at this place, but Unilocal is has their opinion.

I went here for a fill after having the set done at another salon. I think that guy that did my nails was named Tim… Anywho, Tim took one look at the shit job the other place did and said, «you didn’t get those here, where did you go?» He had a very good attitude about customer service and wanted to do my nails the way I wanted them done (mainly not SUPER thick) and he also takes pride in the quality of his servieces.
I no longer have time to keep up artifical nails, but they do a great job on pedicures *free parfin dip* and manicures. I opted for the extra salt scrub last time because the gentleman next to me was having it done when they offered it. Personally, I’m not sure I would opt for it again… I just don’t think salt scrubs and my skin work well together.
The massage chairs aren’t the best I’ve sat in, but I did watch the lady who did the pedicure at the chair next to me take apart and scrub down all the drains in her station, which makes me feel really good about their sanitary practices.
I’ve also had waxing here, my eyebrows looked really natural and not overshaped.
One final note, the people and atmosphere here are what really make it. There is no TV on, they play easy listening music, and for the most part they’re pretty quiet and have a lot of smiles.