Lynamy Nail & Beauty Supply

Now has Continuum Pedicure Spas. If you are looking for the best price and a name brand, you have to stop in.
In the showroom are 2 units:
Echo LE
&
The Bravo
Continuum is a local company that manufactures them up in New Berlin, WI. Who doesn’t want close and convenient? Their webpage is
if you are looking for more information.

My happy place. I’ve been coming here for awhile, they’ve remodeled it big time. It’s bigger and way more organized, more product. I love how you can find a bunch of older collection polishes like my all time favorite china glaze color, wagon trail. They have all the mainstream brands like China glaze OPI & Essie then they have my favorite brand color club, dare to wear, sation and some new ones like fantasty nail color and QRS which I’m really loving. Their gel polish selection is also pretty awesome. They have always asked for license when I’ve gone and all the workers are pretty friendly. Highly recommend this place If you are licensed!

China Glaze &Color Club polish $ 2.25.
OPI $ 4.50 ONLY LICENSED PROFESSIONAL! (They have a sign above the polish)
It used to be $ 3.25! They went up on OPI but you can try to get them for $ 3.25 if you always bought it for $ 3.25. They will sell it to you for $ 3.25 if they choose to only!
Essie polish $ 3.00
These are the only brand I purchase there and I know the price for. There are other polish such as L. A Colors and Dare to Wear that are $ 1 ONLY!
This place is open to the public not just Licensed professional but some products in there can be bought only for professionals such as OPI l!!!
Their Essie polish selection was limited when I went and they didn’t have all the colors I was looking to get. I got 33 bottles and had to substitute the colors that I wanted in Essie for China Glaze.

I wish I could give this place five stars but due to location and parking sadly I cannot. This place is a hidden gem. All your nail needs for the price of close to nothing they are very fair in pricing licensed or not please keep in mind you cannot buy OPI if you are not licensed. They carry the mood change «Le Chat» they do not water down their products. Total must if you do your own nails or prefer to bring your own color to the salon of your choice.

Ummmm, is this place not the best thing ever?! I’m so terrible at painting my own nails but visiting this place inspired me a bit. An incredible selection of polishes at dirt cheap prices. I snagged 2 China Glaze polishes, an Essie, an Orly top/​base coat, and a giant bottle of acetone for $ 20. As some other reviewers have noted, OPI here is sold to licensed professionals only.
They also have a smaller section of beauty supplies like heat styling tools, hair dye, skincare, false lashes, etc.

Ever since a friend introduced me to Lynamy several years ago, I don’t buy polish anywhere else. EVER. $ 5 for ESSIE! No joke. Because I don’t live nearby, I make sure to compile a list of shades in order to make the stop worthwhile.
NOTE: you do need to be licensed in order to purchase OPI.

Oh Lynamy, why do you always have to play with my emotions? You guys have once again won over my heart. Non-​licensed technicians are now welcomed to buy ANY brand besides OPI. The prices were not as affordable as they once were, but still cheaper than any drugstore. Still great for any nail polish junkie like me. Another plus is that they have expanded and currently renovating. YAY! No more cramped spaces, old product, or dust on everything.
Surprisingly, everyone there was really helpful. Even though there were so many people there, they seemed to do a great job at checking up on everyone. They even helped me find a couple of colors I had my eye on.

Loooove this place. Yes, it’s pretty packed in and busy almost all the time, but what did you expect? It is mostly nail techs shopping there for their salons, though.
I was just there today, and THEY DO SELL ESSIE to non licensed lay people like us, it’s $ 5 a bottle. They do NOT sell OPI products, though, unless you’re licensed. China Glaze is like $ 3 or something crazy like that.
Overall, it’s great. If you wanna get an industrial sized Seche Vite and a variety of good quality polish colors, this is the place to go. The sales lady was also extremely helpful to me even though I wasn’t making a huge haul, just buying some stuff for personal use. Can’t wait to go back!

I don’t like spending tons of $ on nail polishes and I’m glad I found another alternative.
$ 2.70 for China Glaze
$ 4 for
The only negative is they don’t sell OPI and Essie unless you are a professional. But don’t fret, I found another place in the area that sells them — Lee Nail Supply.

They could have let us know that they only sold to licensed professionals before we spent all that time picking out polish. I saw the signs, but knew friends that purchased here before, so figured it wasn’t actually regulated.
Well we pull up to the counter with a ton of OPI polish to then be asked if we had a license. Ugh… too late! Super sad too…
The girl was nice enough, the place was a WRECK with people going back and forth all around us with boxes and such. We ended up buying China Glaze at $ 2.70 a bottle, which isn’t bad, but the quality and colors aren’t as good.
In any case, bummer about this place, and is there anything else like this in the city that will sell to anyone? Bargain hunter here!

Curse you Unilocal!After all the attention Lynamy got Essie and OPI cracked down. Now only licensed professionals can buy Essie and OPI at Lynamy’s low prices.
So, now Lynamy is just a chaotic nail and hair care store catering mostly to the pros. For me, China Glaze and the other brands I’ve never heard of aren’t worth the hassle.
Boo

Even though this place is a hot mess and I got yelled at in Vietnamese for apparently being in the way, I kinda love it. It just adds to the experience.
The parking lot is nothing short of a clusterfluff, as it serves as the lot for all of the other businesses and restaurants in this strip mall. Luckily I had the good sense to not park here, so heed my warning. Cars were just randomly double parked in here, blocking people in.
The store itself has all kinds of products, but specializes in manicure and pedicure items, catering to nail techs. My mom was with me and we marveled at the plastic feet (see photo) and individual fingers that looked like they were amputated. They are intended for budding nail technicians to practice on but they were kind of creepy.
I specifically came in to buy some Essie products after reading how crazy cheap they are and this was no exaggeration. I bought four items (including the brand-​new color «Navigate Her») which I would have paid $ 32 had I paid retail, but here it only cost me $ 16.65 plus tax. That’s almost a 50% savings! It was pretty hard not to go crazy buying tons of colors because they had everything.
One odd thing is while I was looking at all of the colors on the Essie wall (which is horribly located next to the register), an older woman just kept handing me polishes. I wasn’t sure if she was trying to help me or suggest colors or just wanted me to put them back in the display because she never uttered a word. It was so weird.
The aisles here are really narrow, making it difficult to maneuver and there are clusters of people just standing around. I couldn’t tell if they worked there or were customers. The line to pay has no rhyme or reason. This is all part of the experience.
Despite all of this, I will so be back.

Makeup Junkies Unite (both wrists in the air criss-​crossed)
I had seen some of the reviews from this place and the doubts were high. How can Essie and OPI nail polishes be $ 4.75 when they’re normally $ 8.50?
Are they old bottles that have been sitting forever and shelf life has expired!!! Nope, they are new bottles and they even have the most recent additions to Special Edition lines. I was able to pickup my Nikki Minaj Limited Edition bottle for $ 4.75 and it was just released this January!
Here are some helpful tips
–LOCATION: it’s in a small strip mall that you have to turn off from Broadway. The storefront doesn’t face onto Broadway. Just pull through the Vietnamese/​Chinese pagoda gates through the parking lot, and it will be 2^nd or 3^rd store on the right! But, if parking is difficult in the strip mall, park on Broadway and hoof it over.
–high end nail polish cheaper than drug store polish even when on SALE!
-$ 4.75 for Essie and OPI including just released items
-$ 2.70 for China Glaze
-$ 3.35 for Seche Vite Top Coat
-$ 2.95 for a pair of Ardell lashes
–under a $ 1 buffing squares
–every nail item imaginable including files, toe separators, jars to hold gels, spa sandles, cuticle oils
–they put all your polishes up in a BOX. Yay, no worry about breakage for my extra clumsy self!
–come with a list and game plan. This is so you won’t go overboard (and it’s very easy to), and so you won’t forget anything. There are so many things that you may forget one very important item…
Tuan was very helpful and kind. I came armed with a LIST of things that I wanted so I can keep focused and not go crazy. He was able to point where stuff was and also recommend some things that are *very* April OCD like «Can you tell me what’s the best white nail polish out of ALL the polishes?»
Every girl who walked in there had a huge look of AWE when they saw the Great Wall of Polishes. I kept hearing girls oooh’s and ahhh’s. That’s the sound of happiness to me in a beauty supply store

Eeeek. I’m afraid to open my big yap, lest the prices continue to get higher, but my pretty pretty nails can’t stop typing.
SO MANY COLORS. Seriously, I walked out of here feeling a little cracked out. I went in the store, I came out with a bag of things. I’m not totally sure what happened in there, but I got some nail polishes? I’m bringing a list next time, or at least scanning my massive pile of colors at home so I can branch out in the variety of colors in my array of nail polish. Also, Seche Vite. It is the best. In addition to all the colors, there are a ton of other salon implements to fancy up your fingers and toes. A variety of callous scrapers and cutters anyone? I probably should have picked one of those bad boys up. All this and more, and the prices are still cheapie cheap.
Conveniently located near Thai Pastry, though that parking lot they have there is not so convenient unless you’re unphased by the parking lot antics of morons.
The only thing Lynamy can’t do is tell me why Essie has a color called «Pepperoni.» Really, Essie?

Since being a nail technician is a pretty popular profession amongst Vietnamese immigrants– if you’re viet and in a nail supply store, they’re going to automatically assume you’re a nail tech and there for supplies. That’s what happens to me here and another beauty supply place that’s not sally’s. I’m not offended but I found it amusing when I can understand their Vietnamese amongst each other and were assuming I’m there to restock and to pass on a complimentary DVD on a new nail technique. Hehe err yeah I don’t do nails. It all happened too fast for me to decline and say I’m not a nail tech but buying just for fun so I just stuffed it in my bag and continued browsing and they left me alone. Very nice, well meaning people.
It’s a fun little place for nail polish and other beauty and mostly nail supplies on the cheap. Cheap! Also they’re good about having the latest OPI, Essie and china glaze colors. I didn’t see any butter london though. (it’s okay cuz butter london isn’t all that) I only come for the polish that I paint once in awhile on my nails for fun. The selection is vast, great and can be overwhelming when you don’t have any colors in mind. My advice: come with a plan for colors otherwise you’ll be there forever!
I love how they box up your nail polish neatly in a box. It’s a nice touch.

Perfect perfect PERFECT place to buy nail polish!
Essie: $ 4.75 (usually $ 8)
OPI: $ 4.75 (usually $ 9)
China Glaze: $ 3.25 (usually $ 6)
I had a list of Essie’s to get for my sister and I had a hard time finding them in the HUGE WALL of Essie’s and OPIs!!! The cashier came and helped me locate them on the spot. He was so quick! He also looked up a color I was looking for — unfortunately he didn’t have it but the mere fact that he looked it up for me was AMAZING.
LOVE THIS PLACE!
There’s a salon in the back and they carry beauty supplies in bulk. They hold various beauty supplies but its mostly for nails :)

$ 4.75 for essie/​OPI/​china glaze.
Great place to stock up on your favorite colors for the DIY nail girl.

I don’t think you will get a better deal on nail polish anywhere else.
3.95 for OPI! I thought I was going to die.
They do carry new polish collections too! But if it’s hot like shatter was when it first came out it takes awhile to get in stock like every other store. (they do have it now in many brands and colors)
They have a huge selection and free parking in the shopping complex.
What more could you ask for?
Customer service isn’t the best but what are you complaining about? You just got nail products for at least 50% off! If you want to be served on hand and foot, go to somewhere snooty and overpay.

THIS IS THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN CHICAGO. This wonderful, innocuous-​seeming little store tucked amongst all the other hair salons, phở places, and bakeries around Argyle is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. They have a whole wall lined with nail polishes — about $ 4 for OPI, $ 3 for Essie, and $ 2 for China Glaze! They also have a variety of other nail supplies and hair products.
I almost went insane. Good thing my friend was there to curtail my spending.

Ulta? Puh-​lease. I can’t score a good deal on Essie there, ever. But, after stumbling upon this place after a trip to Ba Le, look what I found:
$ 3 for Essies’ Soulmate.
No joke. I, literally, almost fell over when the lady told me it was only $ 3.
They had walls and walls of different polish — OPI, China Glaze, Essie. Not the mention the fact that there were all the nail supplies you could EVER imagine in here. *sigh*
I stopped in a little before closing, so I will be back soon to explore what other goodies this place has. Cuticle oil? Buffers? Pumice stones? Can’t wait!