Fantasy Beauty Hair & Nails

From a 5 to a 2!
I got my nails done and they all ended up breaking within a week. I was so mad because I was going to an event in Vegas. I had to run into the gas station. YES the gas station because I was driving to Vegas and had to buy Krazy Glue.

I have been going to this place for my nails for almost a year and always make an appointment. I had an appointment with Ben the owner for mani and pedi with anyone. When I got there on time, they made me wait 15 minutes, finally They sat me on the chair and started my pedi, 40 minutes latter I noticed Ben was working on someone else so I asked to have someone else to do my mani. Long story short, when Ben was done with his last client at 3:10(one hour and ten minutes after my appointment) he still didn’t acknowledge the fact I was waiting for him. He could have called me and let me know if he is running late or when I walked on. He has no respect or courtesy for his clients, he didn’t even apologize or give me any credit for being so inconsiderate.
I will never ever go back to this place.

My experiences are inconsistent here. Depending on who I get, I either walk away with poorly painted nails or perfect ones. I get gel manicures here every 2 – 3 weeks and with some of the nail techs, my polish comes out uneven. Sometimes I make an appointment and I can walk right in when I arrive and sometimes they still make me wait 30 minutes. One time I came with a group and they made half of us wait almost an hour even though we all made appointments! Honestly, I like this place because it’s near my house but I can’t deal with it being so inconsistent. I expect a similar experience every time but after trying this place out for over 3 months, I think I’m going to try other places instead.

Absolutely the worst service, don’t even bother with this place! I’ve been to several nail salons and this is by far the worst service I’ve received in the Southbay. This is my third and last time. I just had to get up and leave. The last time I came here the lady cut up my fingers and the only reason I returned was because there was one gentleman who did a fairly decent job the first time I visited this place and it is blocks from home. After the service I received today I will never ever be back. Zero stars.

Unfortunately I’ve only has my acrylics for a week and a nail had already broken. I’ve NEVER had this happen before. Usually I am prying my nails off after 3 weeks! Customer service was great and I was happy with the job but they seem to be chipping and breaking a lot more than most of the nail jobs I’ve gotten :/

One of the best manicures I have ever had, and I am very picky about my nails! Impeccable attention to detail! Pleasant staff and I didn’t have to wait, I would highly recommend this place to anyone!

Went yesterday and got acrylic nails, A nail tech named Tea worked on my nails and I was very disappointed and my nails are very sore. I wish I would have just stuck with getting gel nails like I planned to do in the beginning. The service yesterday was also poor because I made and appointment and there were customers going ahead of me.

I’ve been coming here for three years now, and I think I’ve finally found my guy! I’ve never been picky with who did my nails because I feel like I can’t go wrong with any of them because they’re all good. But today I went in and had Dat, he’s such an amazing nail artist, I came in with an idea and he adapted the design to be a much more fitting design for my nail length.

Unfortunately I am going to have to drop my review to 3 stars. After getting 3 manicures in total, I was happy with my gel manicures I got the first 2 times … but the 3^rd time was just not good quality.
After a few days, the polish on one of my nails chipped. I was thinking it would be alright since it was on the side of my nail, but then my actual nail broke. I called in to see if Ben could fix it that day. He said coming in the next day would be better. I called the next day to see when he would be available. When I came in at the time they said, Ben was not there. Another woman handled redoing my nail. Instead of completely redoing it, she filed the side of it and redid the top coat. She did not charge me for this which was nice.
I was leaving for a work trip the following day. As soon as I got home, another nail broke in a strange way… the bottom of it started peeling. I filed this myself knowing they were not going to redo my nail for me.
The single nail chipping would have been fine, but I also noticed that the underneath of my nails were turning yellow. From watching Youtube videos I know that this means the glue has separated from my nails. I think that this may have happened this time because Ben is always pressed for time. No matter when I book, he is always overbooked and then is late and struggling to catch up for time. He makes my nails look good, but the quality this time slipped too far.
The real deal breaker for me though was that I had 2 more nails break in the span of less than 2 weeks (4 total). I have never had so many nails break with any gel manicure I have ever gotten … in fact, in the span of maybe ~2 years of me having gels, I have only had one nail break and it was because I was being rough with it. One of my nails broke so far down that it bled and I’m going to have to wait a while to get any kind of manicure … what a bummer! Especially with my brother’s graduation coming up.
PROS:
Nice staff
Low prices
Good pedicures
CONS:
Not sure of gel nail quality anymore
Ben does not do nail art

I love this place! I get my hair and nails done here. Nicki does an amazing job with my hair and cuts it exactly how I want it. I’m not picky but I feel that attention to detail is important. She knows what’s best, and I always end up with a great cut. I always get long bangs and my hair layered. The color on my hair lasted for quite some time. Always make sure to make an appointment! She’s always booked! She’s that good.
Dat is my go-​to nail tech. Everything he does is attention to detail. My nails last up to a month! The shape of the gel manicure is maintained as my nail grows. That’s when you know it’s a good job. Water doesn’t seep underneath when I wash my hands because it’s so carefully done. That happens a lot when some techs aren’t careful with sealing off the edges of your nails. The polish doesn’t chip or peel. He makes sure that my nails are evenly filed and takes his time. That’s important.
Q is my go-​to for pedicures. Best massages and always makes sure my toes are taken care of. My toes take a lot of beating from heels at work so she makes sure my toes are in tip top shape.

Amazing salon. So many services, sweet people and REALLY talented artists! Ben is my awesome go-​to for acrylics!

Always a great experience here. Today I came in for gel mani/​pedicure & left with the prettiest sparkly red toes & fingers with a candy cane design on the ring fingers. love love love!

Ben is the best manicurist in town! He is so talented and I always walk out with beautiful nails!

I’ve been here a few times over the course of the last few months. Fantasy Beauty has now become my official go-​to in the South Bay. I always get a gel manicure and regular pedicure. Sometimes I call in to see if there’s a wait or if its mid-​day, I’ll just drop in. I’ve never had to wait longer than 10 minutes and if there is a wait, they’ve always been very forthright in telling me how long to expect (just in case I want to leave and come back). Ben usually does my gel manicure and he’s awesome. My nails always look great and he asks if Iike the cut, shape and color at each stage of the process.
Parking is a bit tough, but the parking lot above usually has available spaces.

Love this Nail Salon! They are thee best! Super kind and they have a huge selection of colors! Just know you are going to wait if you walk in, best to make an appointment. this salon!

I’ve coming to this place for about four years. Ben does my gel manicure and he is AMAZING. A true perfectionist!!! Diane used to do my pedicure but she is no longer at the salon. I’ve been trying new people and they have been good.
Place is clean, nice spa chair, huge gel color selection. The only reason, I didn’t give at 5 star rating is because they don’t respect your appointment time. They take walk-​ins because they don’t want to lose business; however the loyal long time customers get to be taken in late. It sucks…
Since I haven’t found a new place, I’ll be coming back but will consider searching for a new place.

This nail shop is located on the beautiful and iconic Pacific Coast Highway and 13^th Street in Hermosa Beach. It’s about a block North of Aviation and Pacific Coast Highway in a little shopping center that’s easy to miss. If you do miss the lower parking lot, they do have another parking lot on top if you turn onto 13^th Street. There’s also a great view of the ocean from up there.
I came over here yesterday to try this place out, especially since my fellow Unilocalster, Sharr K. had posted a great review and nice pictures of her nails. Personally, I am not the adventurous type when it comes to my nails. I am very particular about who does them, because we all have experienced those places that cut you up so bad, you need a tetanus shot or your hands or feet hurt so bad as they heal, that you’re in serious pain for days, and most importantly, I for one do not want to pay for bad service or a bad mani or pedi.
When I stepped in here, it was late afternoon on a hot summer Saturday. They were fairly busy and I walked in and stood at the counter. And stood there… and fucking stood there. Those doing pedicures just watched me and I looked at them wondering if they were going to acknowledge me or tell whoever was in charge that a customer was waiting, but no one did. So I just rolled my eyes in major irritation and frustration and then walked up to one of the nail stations. I asked the technician how long for a polish change, interrupting her conversation with another lady and then the lady who had her back to me the whole time turned and FINALLY acknowledged me and apologized for not noticing that I walked in. Apparently, she was the greeter. I believe her name was Stephanie (sorry if I didn’t get it right). She saw on my face that I was not happy, at all but I have to say that she was very personable and made it a point to ask my name, apologize again and ask what I needed. I just wanted a polish change on my nails and toes. I showed her a picture of how I wanted my nails and she gave me the price.
I thought it would be quick, since it was a polish change, but it wasn’t. I didn’t necessarily mind, because it felt good to just relax. Stephanie ran water for me and told me that I could sit there and soak. I thought it was weird at first, because usually they don’t have you soak for a polish change, but I have been to places who have, so I figured they do it like that. Well I was wrong… I was so busy watching the girl do my nails and on my Unilocal app that I didn’t realize that the other lady was doing a full pedicure until she was basically halfway through it. At that point, I didn’t bother to say anything about it and just went with it. When I got the chance, I told Stephanie and she said that there was some miscommunication, but again apologized and asked if I minded paying for the pedicure, but at a discount. I didn’t mind at all. That was fine.
As far as my nails, I wanted white ómbre and it seemed to be taking forevvvvveeeerrrrrrr… so long that the one technician I did have passed it over to Dat who finished. She kept asking him questions, so he might as well have taken over. She and Dat both were sponging the white on, but it wasn’t white enough, so I told Dat that from the picture, it looks like the white is painted on and then sponged going up. They had both kept telling me that’s not how they normally do it. Eventually, Dat tried it and it worked! We were done in 5 minutes! I had been there for over 2 hours, at this point. My nails came out beautifully and I was very happy with the outcome. I do plan to visit again and ultimately, it was a good experience. I really liked the customer service and the fact that Stephanie kept checking on me. She also knew all of the customers names by heart and they call you Miss Amber or whatever your name is. The customers were also really nice. Everyone was smiling and greeting each other and I also appreciated that. I will definitely be back.

I’ve tried several nail salons in the South Bay and I’ve finally found one I’ll be coming back too.
The first time I tried them was based on reviews others had posted with the quality of their nail art. Bummed I forgot to get a pic of that one but I loved it! I showed them a picture and they were able to replicate it. Same with this second time.
Both times I went in I had one person work in my mani and another on my pedi. Katie took extra care and was so detailed to make sure I was happy with my nail design. Picture included.
Service here is great! Definitely coming back again. Thinking of trying out their hair services too!

I am sad to say this place has down grounded significantly. I used to be a valued customer of this particular nail salon; however, I am in need of finding a better place to go.
The last few times I have made an appointment, they completely forgot about it and told me to come back later. I actually called around 930 in the morning which is half an hour later than when they open and told me my appointment for 2PM would be okay. When I get there at 2, they told me they were too busy and told me to come back later. Totally unacceptable.
Next, when they do my nails they dig into my cuticles SO much that my nails begin to bleed. I know they are trying to get the job done, but they are just making me feel like I am in utter pain.
They’re also not great at doing designs. I asked for them to do one straight line on top of a plain colored coat on one nail of mine and the line was uneven and very sloppy. I think the only decent employee at this place is Lily. Lily is very attentive and detail oriented. Everyone else here is pretty sloppy and just wants to get the job done as quickly as possible.
Lastly, they charge you for the most random things. My friend came in for acrylics and they sneakily told her to do gel without telling her there would be a difference (original acrylics are $ 23) and gel would be $ 35. She was in shock that because they made it seem like it would be of the same price.

I really got lazy after moving to Manhattan Beach area. I stopped going to my favorite nail salon Marie Nails, at Melrose (WeHo) area.
I saw this place driving by several times and honestly didn’t have the aesthetic appeal that I was used to. BUT my nails were in dire need and it was a case of emergency.
I just called them up and made an appointment the day of. It was easy.
I walked in and got the basic pedi and gel mani done for half the price I was used to paying. Granted they don’t particularly specialize in nail art but I was happy with just pretty basic gel nails. Sometimes simple is good. And I can get used to spending less money.
The parking lot is small and tight in front… but there are more parking up on top behind the building.