Fancy Nails

I broke an acrylic the other day and only wanted the one nail redone. I usually do them myself but have t been able to find the time. I went in, asked them for just the one nail. There was only 2 woman there and both were busy, I let them know I just wanted wanted the nail refine and I’d file and shape them myself. The first nail tech sat down, secured the tip, got up and walked away, the other tech sat down did the acrylic in a hurry and it seems so rushed, she was very rude about it, and sounded angry when she was speaking to the other tech. She quickly pushed my hand back at me at soon as she was done, didn’t even look at me, charged me, and I left. The tone she spoke to the other customers was very different them how she spoke to me. I didn’t think it was a big deal, it was saving them time and they still made a few bucks. The art of customer service is seriously a lost art.

Looked at the website saw they did design nails. Went. Worst manicure and pedicure ever. Over priced and polish chipped off next day. Have new non trained working. Paid over 53.00 and have to be redone.

I had my nails done at Fancy nails for the very first time. THEY WERE AMAZING. Took me in for an appointment promptly and were very warm and accommodating. I have never had such a great experience as I had here. My nails looks amazing. The woman who did them made sure that she was giving me what I requested by doing a trial on one nail, allowing me to decide if I wanted anything changed. I can’t stop looking at my hands– they look so good! I will be recommending Fancy nails to everyone I know I’m the area and coming back regularity! Thank you!

I am furious — this was by far the WORST nail salon I’ve ever been to.
I made an appointment, but still had to wait 10 minutes to be seen.
She was rushing so much that it took her only about 10 minutes to do my acrylic set. She did the worst set I’ve ever seen… My nails are completely uneven AND she had the nerve to ask me if I would mind doing my own polish at home!!!
AWFUL waste of $ 30.00. And now I have to take these ugly nails off.
I will never come back here. I advise you to stay away too unless you want shitty nails.

wish I would have asked her not to cut my toe nails, but it was too late. She cut them a little too short.

It was my first day time coming here and I’m glad I chose this place. Because I went on a Sunday and there were only two women working that day, the wait was about 10 minutes. The woman who did my nails knew what she was doing and was very attentive and methodical. She would periodically ask if I liked the shape of the nails. She worked quickly, but only because she knew what she was doing and it was great. I then got moves to a second woman who painted them. That’s when it got a little weird. The entire time that she was painting my nails she was facetiming her boyfriend. And a few of my nails were not painted to the best capacity. Overall, it was a great experience. For a full acrylic set, it was $ 35, but because I paid with a debit card it was $ 36 total. Would definitely recommend coming here.

First time great customer service very clean my gel nails turned out beautiful!
Thank you. Will be back for the next set of gel nails!

I had a great experience today. The people were very kind, respectful and attentive to the job they were doing. Love my gel– looks great! Thank you

Good from far but far from good. Just left and will never return. Nails look better at a glance but look at them up close and they look bad. I get that they were busy and short staffed. But when I got my nails done an hour ago, I felt like they were beyond rushing on me and it made the experience terrible. Pedicure was hands down the worse I’ve ever had. Freezing cold water, scrubbed so hard it hurt and yet they didn’t scrub them well or long enough. Soak your feet for 15minutes and they scrub and paint in less than 5mins. Didn’t use a top coat. I had to ask her to repaint a couple of them bc it wasn’t well done and she didn’t paint the full nail. She said it was bc I wasn’t careful and rubbed the paint but that wasn’t true. I saw it after she painted it. As soon as I left the pedicure chair and went on to the nails I noticed they immediately refilled the water and put another person in. I hope the blue scented stuff they put in the water is what sterilized it bc I was a little nervous seeing that. And at other nail places I’ve seen the chairs cleaned in between customers. I debated multiple times just stopping everything to leave but I desperately need them done for an occasion tonight. The woman who did my nails a full set did a great job shaping them and was extremely fast bc she was rushing. I think they would look perfect had she not been rushing I could see she is skilled and my friends nails looked great when she did them. When someone is working on you with sharp objects you don’t want them to rush. From far they look fantastic but up close there are lots of air bubbles in my nails, I had to ask her to remove the acrylic buildup on the underside of my nails (she said I should have asked her to remove it before she painted them. Um. I shouldn’t have to ask at all) and my cuticles look torn-​up when they didn’t before up and 4 of my nail cuticles bled and a jumped and said «ouch» a couple times. I’ve never been a customer to have to ask a person to redo anything or ask someone to fix something. But today I felt like it was necessary. I will never go back. I can’t even believe I feel the need to have to right a review to warn other people about this place.

I was on the phone while she was doing my nails, so I didn’t supervisor her completely, but she cut my nails so short they look awful. This has never happened in a salon in SB before. It was hard to communicate what I wanted as she didn’t speak English at all, so that’s not her fault, but I was so shocked when I saw how short (not even comfortable!) she’d cut my nails. Maybe they are better for fake nails… I don’t know.

No where in sb really does nail art and I found fancy nails and gave them a shot. Ended up leaving very happy! I took a picture in and they look almost identical to the picture. Lina did my nails and she was so sweet and very professsional! I will definitly be coming back to her! :)

As a guy I find it a little embarrassing to go and get a manicure or pedicure. Every time I come here they put me at ease. The chairs are comfortable and I love the spa pedicure (massage rollers in the seats are great). Tammy always takes care of me. The guy (I think his name is Taylor) always likes to joke around with me. Some people take him as being rude but he just has a good sense of humor. All in all I find it very relaxing when I go here (worth the wait if there is one).

Needed to get my nails done for a night out so stopped by Fancy Nails to get a gel manicure. Gotta say, it was worth every penny and I am so glad I stopped by. I didn’t need an appointment and I was helped right away. All of the staff was super friendly and the girl that did my nails was fun to talk to which helped make the time go by fast. I got some pretty flower designs on my nails and I got a lot of compliments on them when I went out that night :) Plus, my manicure lasted 2 weeks yay! Overall, great service, friendly attentive staff, and my nails looked amazing. I would definitely recommend them and go back again.

The first time I went here the experience wasn’t my fave but I have found a God sent manicurist! Listly is THE best manicurist in SB and I’ve tried EVERYWHERE ! She knows how to do all the trendy jewel embellishments, she takes her time and does not cut corners. I love her and Tammy so much! They always fit me in and do an excellent job ! Ask for Listly and Tammy they are the best!

I came to Fancy Nails on a recommendation from a co-​worker. I got a spa pedicure. She did a great job and I got to sit in a massage chair while I was getting my pedicure and that was just what I needed cause my shoulder had been bothering me recently. Great job, very friendly staff. I will be back!

Not very impressed.
I love gel manicures, especially with nail art. Driving down to see my lady in Port Hueneme every 2 – 3 weeks is not possible so I have decided to hunt for a decent place within Santa Barbara. I know it’ll be more expensive but if the quality is there then the time saved in driving & gas will be worth the extra cost. Fancy Nails was my first try in town for gel art and the hunt will continue…
$ 66 for a gel manicure with a simple design which involved drawing lines in 2 different colors?! Ridiculous. The tools? Not sanitized and I was cut twice. Not even an inviting environment. The furniture is older, the place feels cheap and basic. One of my gels chipped in 2 days, luckily I was able to salvage it and the rest of the gel polish lasted 1.5 weeks prior to lifting.

This place is hands down THE worst place I’ve ever been to! I did not see them sanitize their tools. Used to live in sb but was there for work and staying at nearby hotel so walked here to get a pedi and a no chip. My pedi was painted unevenly… And my no chip chipped they SAME day! I had to go back in and get it «fixed». The owners way of fixing it was using the file used for fake nails to blend off the white (got a French no chip) and re due just the white! This of course resulted in uneven work which then chipped again THE next day! When I went in again I just wanted my money back at that point. The owners reply… No money back but would re do it again! Sorry but after going back already once before to have it fixed there was no way I was going to keep coming back taking time out of my schedule for her to fix the problem!!! Not to mention it was over 70 for a French no chip and a pedi. I live in Scottsdale and pay 60 for same service which lasts over two weeks! Crapy crapy place!!!
Ps– I know a lot of people write reviews only when service is bad. If you check out my last reviews I’m the opposite… I review great experiences! This one was so bad I had to write!!!

I really like this place and I always go to Tammy. The only downfall is that even though you have an appointment, you end up waiting a 10 – 15 minutes.

Had a good experience here. Chose this place because it was the best price in town, even though its nearly double what I pay in my hometown of Long Beach, CA. I had a pedicure and callous removal, which were $ 28 and $ 10 respectively. The workers were thorough and took us without an appointment. The only weird thing was that I didn’t see them sanitize their tools. Usually my place takes them out of a shrink wrapped plastic envelope and u see them throw them in a bucket of sanitation liquid after they are used on me. This place, no. I have no clue whether the tools were cleaned properly. Anyway, my toes look great.

I tried Fancy Nails because someone recommended them for acrylic nail infills. They also talked me into a pedicure. On the nails she went too fast and cut my cuticles very badly with the drill-​thing! Didn’t even apologize for cutting me until I ‘yelped’!! The polish job was good though. Then the pedicure… it was done by the husband who spent the whole time telling me that I had to have extra treatments — at extra cost, of course! He was not pleasant at all and also cut my feet and cuticles with his tools. Polish job was poor. And then came the bill! They cost more than any infill and pedicure than I have EVER had — anywhere in the world! I paid it, but no tip, considering the cuts to my cuticles and feet. The killer though was in the next couple of weeks, when I took off the poor polish on the toenails and found that the unclean tools had given me a bad fungal infection! I have never had a fungal infection before, so the only place my doctor said i could have gotten it was from their unclean tools.
Do NOT go to Fancy Nails unless you want to be hurt, overcharged and get infections!