Studio Nails and Spa

I have been here a few times and I never leave happy. No one seems to know what they are doing. My nails are always peeling by the end of the day or the next. Not worth it at all.

This place was great. I went on Valentine’s Day with my little girl and even though they were busy– the nail tech took her time and made sure our nails were perfect. I rarely get manicures and pedicures, but this by far has been the best. I don’t recall the name of the lady who did our nails. We will for sure be back!

I really wanted to love this place due to the location but I just can’t. I have been twice and both times they work incredibly slow. Which can be ok if you are relaxing but not if you have other errands you need to do. Plus, the first time the lady did such a bad paint job and I had to have someone else fix it. There are definitely better places in the area.

Worst experience! Brought both my granddaughters a couple of days ago for a girls day at the salon. My oldest granddaughter wanted to get her nails done with the gel coat. She did an ok job… nothing great. She gave her the ticket and was $ 37. My granddaughter gave the bill to me and I asked her why so much and to ask the lady at the front who was very helpful. Come to find out the lady that did her nails charged her for a manicure which she really did not do. She barely touched her cuticles. The lady at the front desk asked her if she was given a hand and arm massage and my granddaughter no. She apologized and reduced the price. My experience with the pedicure tech was not any better. He looked like he was the maintenance man. Did not really seem as he been doing this very long. When it came to painting my toes the polish was not put on smoothly and he missed fully covering my nail bed with the polish. I asked him to correct it instead he made it worse looking and I told him I was done. I will be honest I did not complain but wanted to but felt it was useless. My other granddaughter was left soaking in the water for a good 20 minutes before a tech came to do her pedicure. Same thing was happening with other customers. They are trying to get as many customers as they can in and leaving them to soak there feet in the water when a tech is not even available. NOT GOING BACK EVER!!!

DO NOT GET YOUR EYE BROWS WAXED HERE. I got my eyes brows waxed and they burned me pretty bad. The burns removed my skin. She asked me if the wax was too hot after she burned me. When I pointed out the burns she continued to charge me full price. I got a manicure here as well and they left my nails bloody.

I don’t get my nails done regularly, but every is and again I need to go in and get the cuticles and callouses taking care of. This place seemed clean, nice, and I was seated right away.
I asked for the basic pedicure and manicure. She started in my feet and told me I need my callouses worked in BUT that would mean I needed a deluxe pedicure ($ 12 more) usually a deluxe included a massage, salt scrub, or even the wax dip. BUT no! She worked my callouses, trimmed my toes and rubbed some lotion on my legs. I’ve gotten better for the price at other places. She did use double coats. Trimmed my finger nails too short. She didn’t paint around my cuticle. It’s not like there is a perfect neat line around the edge… It’s jagged and looks like crud. To top it off she places my hands under some lights that didn’t have fans… As I was waiting for gm nails to dry she brings a hand written receipt over with my charges written on it and explains that one is for my pedicure, one is for my manicure and there’s a 5 charge because she had remove my toenail polish!!! This is just ridiculous! I’ve never been charged in my life for that!
Fine whatever… I’ll pay when my nails are dry… Nope! She just opens my purse and pulls out my wallet and asks me which card. I was appalled and didn’t know how to react. I wouldn’t recommend this place. I’ve had good experience at US nail off parmer and tx nail on cypress, as well as the place in liberty hill next to smoky mo’s

It’s difficult to find a place that does waxing for men. I’m very happy! Kari did a great job and she was very professional. Kari was reasonably priced. I will be going back again.

I decided this would be my first review. I am extremely picky when it comes to my nails. Especially the shellac manicures because I only do tips people seem to have a hard time getting the tips all painted evenly. I read the reviews and decided to try this place. I LOVE MY NAILS. Michelle did my nails and she did a great job! She massaged my hands and it felt wonderful! She has strong hands so if it bothers you just speak up. I live in Round Rock, but will be back! The drive is worth it!

I don’t usually post reviews about anything, but today I felt the need. So I went there today to have a nail fixed and polish changed. After looking at it I asked how long would it take to get a fill, get the nail fixed, polish and get the paraphan deluxe manicure. I was told by Lana the person who greeted me at the desk, about 30 minutes. I asked MiMi I think her name was, who actually did the job how long it was going to take, explaining my son and husband were across the street getting a haircut. (Love when people don’t listen) she said about 40 minutes. Okay I am fine with that I tell her to go ahead. I really like the current shape of my nails and like the way they look, please keep that shape. Well so she is doing my nails and I kept looking at them a little unsure but told her to go ahead. I didn’t like how a few looked but wasn’t sure. Sometimes you really don’t know until you wash your hands. Well okay for now they look okay, she goes and polishes them and they still don’t look awful. She put the paraphan wax on after my nails were not really dry yet, I had only been sitting under the dryer for a few minutes. (anytime I have ever had wax done I had an arm massage and paraphan done before the nails were polished), So I asked again how long will it take to do, she said for you two or three minutes cause again had to stress I had to get going. I am sitting there 5 minutes before I have to get Lana’s attention and she took them off and said oh it didn’t set or something like that, it sets when it is cold. I told her I had to go. Meanwhile as soon as the gloves came off the nails are all scratched and look awful. I pay the bill and leave with my family to go get lunch that is now over an hour late, and I come back and I want my money back (28.00 in total), they are uneven and don’t look nice. They offered to fix it now and I told them I don’t have time today. They told me to come back Monday and they will fix it.
As I left I am not sure I will go back to have them fix it. They really messed it up the first-​time, not sure I want them to do it again. Just Ugh!

No Stars is appropriate… I had my cell phone stolen at this place and Im sure it was the woman at the front desk… I left my phone in my tennis shoe after a pedi and when i went to retrieve my things it was gone… Police report filed.

This place was horrible. I went in about one month ago for a basic mani and pedi. I was nickled and dimed. The lady charged me 3 dollars to remove very little left over nail polish and another 5 dollars to use cuticle remover. Shouldn’t that be included in a mani-​pedi??? I think she was just trying to upcharge me bc I wasn’t getting a delux pedicure. My gel nails didn’t last but one week. They immediately began peeling, she put about 3 coats on and it looked horrible. I will never return. Not worth the money or time.

I was in this salon for about an hour for a basic mani/​pedi. I never saw one foot basin cleaned after a client had been helped. I waited about 20 minutes before I was ever sat in a chair. Even though there were plenty of chairs open. I was stuck waiting another 15 minutes after being seating for someone to acknowledge me. Other girls who walked in after I did were promptly helped. Maybe they had an appointment? By the chaos and screaming in this salon… I doubt it. However, the main reason I was left waiting? The manager was too busy getting her nails done to let someone help me or re distribute the work load. I asked later if that was in fact the «boss» getting her nails done just in case I was mistaken. I was told by the super sweet girl that did my mani and pedi that she wasn’t the boss but rather the manager who just happens to be the owners daughter. When this woman did speak, she was so very rude to her employees and clients. Client after client had to ask to pay after standing at the register waiting to be helped. Of course then we were told to «wait just a minute». At this point the manager was done getting her nails done and had moved over to a massage chair where she was on her computer eating a protein bar. Maybe she was doing office business on her computer? It’s still so gross to watch this woman with her shoes off relaxing and eating while we wait to pay for crappy service. I have never left a Unilocal review but if this review will keep even one person from giving this place business… It’s worth my time. I left the girl who helped me a very large tip… I hope and pray she saw some of it.

I’ve never had a manicure from here and I’ve only had one pedicure but I come here for waxes all the time. Eyebrow waxes are only 8 dollars and I’ve never had a bad one. I came here my first time and literally haven’t gone anywhere else. If you just want to clean up your brows and keep your shape they listen and make them look beautiful without looking crazy (unless you’re into that and then they can do that too!) they’re very good at keeping it natural though. I also get upper lip waxes and they’re only 6 bucks. It’s super quick and while yes it is slightly painful they get it over with as fast as they can while still getting the job done safely and efficiently. They also use a cooling gel afterwards that smells really good and feels good too. The people here are friendly and the wait has never been more than about 5 – 10 minutes (at the most). Usually they get you taken care of as soon as you walk in. Love this place so much!!!

I moved to Cedar Park in April 2013 and gave this place a try. I was surprised at how dirty and unsanitary it is. They re– use nail files on multiple people and when I asked for a new file I was given an eye roll. Once I saw how unclean it is, I opted to forego the pedicure and just do a gel polish mani. They use the Slow and (not cleaned probably ever) 3 min light. Most all decent places now use the 1 min LED lights.
My manicurist came in from smoking a cigarette right in front of the entry door and sat down without washing his hands. Ewwwww. Needless to say I opted for no massage.
This place smells like food — I don’t know what they’re eating back there but it’s strong, chemicals and cigarette smoke.
The movie playing was an R rated movie with zombies… Hardly a spa experience. I would Never set foot in this place again.

I’m still getting mine right now and I wish I could just get up and walk out. First, they kept my feet in water for over 20 minutes. They kept telling me it would be just a minute. I feel like I was kept hostage and that instead of telling me the truth that it would be 20 minutes they put your feet in water so you can’t leave! I always get so mad when I stray from my usual joint in pfluggerville so why do I do it? Never again’! And a side note on hygiene, I saw her over there trying to just wash off some tools she just used to use on me. I was watching her like a hawk. The lady giving another lady a pedi saw me watching and spoke something in another language and she took the tools to the back… smells fishy

Dirty!

Terribly disappointed. I really thought this place would be the 4.5 stars Unilocal has awarded it. Unfortunately not.
I have now tried 3 nail places in the Cedar Park area in hopes of finding a conveniently located salon that does a solid gel manicure (XO nail did a terrible job as well).
I was going to see Nancy at US Spa off Oak Knoll/​183 b/​c her manicures are amazing and stay on for a minimum of 3 weeks, but when i moved up to Blockhouse I needed to find something a little closer. So far, epic fail and a lot of wasted time and $$.
I stopped into this location last Tuesday for a gel manicure. The manicure started peeling back on Friday and half of the paint on one finger came clean off Saturday afternoon. For $ 35 dollars I am not impressed, $ 45 if you count my tip. Maybe he forgot the top coat but the gel felt thin when i was finished — I should have known better.
During those days I did not have my hands soaked in bleach or vinegar or anything that would weaken the strengthen of the gel. The short life of this manicure was not a user error.
I don’t know if I will be back. I should have gone in and demanded my money back but the reason I get gel/​shellac is b/​c it accommodates my busy schedule. I don’t even have time to maintain a routine 6 week hair appointment let alone find time to complain to a business that won’t notice if i ever come back or not.
Hope your experiences are better than mine. Looks like I’ll head back to US Spa where i know I will always get a true gel manicure.

I’m really a fan of most of the staff here, especially the ones that speak English well. I’ve be going here for almost a year and have started bringing my friends up here. While there are nail salons in almost every shopping center, the space is large and open. It doesn’t make me feel cramped or like I’m in a place that could fail health code inspections. I almost exclusively get the gel manicures and I love that they have a lot of options in colors and brands (they carry 4 different brands). Every once in a while, I’ll do a cool design on my nails and it won’t cost me an arm and a leg. They set up at the location here has 9 chairs set up in sets of three, with two sets of three in the back so I can bring a group of friends and we can all get done at the same time. I suggest going on the weekday as you would probably get to hang out and soak longer and such. In addition to always having «in-​season» colors, they also started carrying the brand Essie here, which I love for my pedicures!

This place gets four stars for the décor and cleanliness. Tools came out of sterile wrapped packages, and the spa was clean, modern, and bright, which was great for sure… BUT… the pedi wasn’t impressive. My nails were filed unevenly and the paint job was a bit sloppy (she left color on my cuticles and the tops of my toes). Also, I didn’t find the staff to be particularly friendly, and they weren’t ready for us when we arrived, even though we had an appt.
I wish I could combine the cleanliness of this place with the caliber of pedicure of XO. I need to get my nails did, though, and they had a decent selection of nail art, so I shall come back again to try that out and see if they fare better with the fingaz.
Also got a brow wax here, which I can’t recommend either. Once again, the lady who did it wasn’t very friendly, and she took too much off my brows. Me no likey.

Even when they are super busy they take their time and make sure to give you what you pay for. I have been coming here for two years and love it every time. Great job!