The Beautiful Nails Studio

Nothing special to write home about…
I booked a pedicure here based on the reviews from Unilocal.
It’s good advice to ask the men to do this and I wish I’d seen that before the booking, It might have affected my choice, experience and therefore review… because I really wasn’t impressed with the pedicure I got and my friend and I had two women working with us.
I had really hoped to get my feet in a good state for the warmer weather and some sandals, but I came away disappointed and my feet still feeling only fit for boots.
While they buffed and scrubbed our feet, I still felt the need went home to grab the pumice as they didn’t do that great a job. The foot massage also mediocre to say the least.
Maybe it’s because we were one of the last customers of the day, however the lady who came in after us was treated to a back massage at which point I realised the seats we were sitting in where vibrating massage chairs and they’d forgotten to turn ours on.
The studio itself was very small and cramped and it wasn’t particularly a pleasant environment, however I could overlook this detail if the service had been great, but I’m sorry to say I’ve had far better, and far better for cheaper…
As this little treat will set you back £25, which is reasonable if they do a good job, I feel they didn’t, so I won’t be back.

I love getting pedi’s. Luuuv it. This place is just as strange as all the other Vietnamese and Korean places… Magazines, television playing something very uninteresting, all off the staff speak in their own language and you feel like a very welcome outsider. But good and clean. The girl (Chan) that helped me was very good… She is not my regular lady, and she really took her time and was very precise. Took aaaall of my high-​heel-​city-​trooper-​skin off. Loved it!
Two weeks… I’ll see her in two weeks. (not like I can reach my feet in a normal way, being 7 months pregnant and feeling fat!!)
Get a pedi and ask for Chan. It will do you good!
They do gell, fakes, solars and all that stuff too. I been here around 10 times now, lots of girls walking in for a «single fill» or without appointment.

I have been to Beautiful nails a few times. Their french mani’s never seem to last on me, but I go when I need a last minute manicure and there is no where else available. I will not return though, no matter how desperate I am. I went last week, to get my nails done for a wedding. The guy who was doing my nails was rubbing away on my thumb cuticle so hard it started bleeding. It wouldn’t stop and after numerous attempts of sanitising it and pressing down with cotton wool, he gave up and proceeded to paint over the nail anyway! By the time I realised I was in no position to get it re-​done, but throughout the weekend, I had traces of blood under my nail (i had gone for a nude shade so it was unmissable). this is the last straw, I won’t be returning. Just because they are cheap does not mean they need to be sloppy.

Great place. BRING CASH. Get the guys to do your nails, the women are questionable. More like i had my nails done by one and within a week my ‘gels’ were falling off and pulling apart.
But they’re good and lots of walks of life come into this joint to get their nails done.

Despite the queues and the higher price (some £15-£20 is just the start), a girl does need to take care of her nails!
The ladies here get overworked sometimes, but never fail to be good at their job.
Soo, I need to appologise if I have ever been nervous about the waiting time, it’s been worth it each time.

Great job on manicure and pedicure. Very thorough, great attention to detail and decent finish. I happened to arrive at the right time and was started on immediately — one of them on the pedicure whilst the other one started the manicure. I’m glad I didn’t arrive 30 minutes later when a queue had developed and customer service skills, such as managing expectations about queuing times, were not being well managed.
Overall I would say, cheap, cheerful and a place I will be returning to

Nothing is too big a job for Ben & his team.
They came from Vietnam to make a better life,
so they have a certainty about them & how they
work: charming, polite & eminently fastidious.
They take pride in making customers happy.
Highly recommended!
Parking is metered — as it is all over the West End
so come by bus or Goodge Street tube.

I went to go get a full set (acrylic) and honestly for the price, I didn’t know what to expect and I above all, wasn’t sure if the website had the updated prices or not.
I came in early, and they took me early which is always a good surprise.
During my full set, about 6 people came for diverse treatments.
They are very professional and really listen to what you want.
The full set went well, he gave me a very nice shape and was quite gentle.
He also took care of my cuticles which was a surprise because I didn’t ask for it.
Overall, I am very happy with the result and with this. It is great value for the price.
I paid £28 (Nails Inc for full set is about £50)
Infills are £17 (Nails Inc is I think around 25£)
It makes a huge difference and it’s just as good if not better!

I actually set out to Charlotte Street to get a manicure at «Lin’s Nails» which seems to no longer be based in Eclipse Hairdressers. I was flying to Boston for a conference two days later and decided I must have properly polished nails. I came across «The Beautiful Nails Studio» whilst wandering forlorn back to the tube.
I’ve had very few manicures in my life as I’m quite blessed in the nail department. Just a lick of clear polish and people have been fooled into thinking I’ve had a french manicure, which is a contributing factor in not wanting to spend much on my nails.
A regular manicure here is £15. The colour selection wasn’t great, lots of pinks and reds — I wanted neither of these so settled on Essie Chinchilly which I found with one of the manicurists, mostly just because it wasn’t pink or red.
The process was pretty swift and the polish application itself was neat. I left satisfied but not in love with the colour I was wearing. However, the next day I got my first chip and by the day of my flight my nails were looking pretty messed up. If you want a cheap manicure just for the same day/​night, then I guess you can’t go wrong. But next time, I’d rather go elsewhere and pay more for something that will last me a week or two.
On top of that, when I was in Boston, I paid $ 11 (including tip) for a polish change at a salon on Newbury St. which was about the same as the manicure process here (but more thorough application around the tips) and it lasted me more than a week.

unpretentious little place — they do a great job!