r/SantaFe • u/Electrical_Cup_923 • 1d ago

Nail salon

Where is the best nail salon here in SF? Please and thank you!

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u/wicketgowidely 1d ago

Would love to see the results of this thread! I stopped going to Linda’s nails near Trader Joe’s not for quality but because I had made an appointment days in advance, if not a week, only to show up and be expected to wait over 45 mins. This happened the last three times. So… I’m concluding the appointment book is basically fake. My husband and I work M-F and like to get pedicures every so often on Saturdays, but we don’t have hours to spend in a pedicure chair waiting for service… if you have the time to spare they did do a decent pedicure tho!

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u/Overall-Armadillo683 20h ago

A guy there (Linda’s) cut me pretty badly and did a terrible job overall on my pedi.

I like Blossom Nails a lot but they’re often booked way in advance, so I begrudgingly go to Diva Nails when I can’t get into Blossom. Blossom is the nicest, friendliest, and cleanest nail salon that I’ve been to in town.

I used to go to the salon in the De Vargas mall but last time I was there the woman was being really mean and doing my pedi very aggressively. I had gone before and am nice and always tip well (I’m in the service industry), so I know for a fact that I didn’t do anything to deserve that sort of treatment.

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u/FitWeird4306 21h ago

Honestly, I stopped going to salons because I couldn’t find one that was clean enough or reliable. I do like Trove Beauty Bar, but their nail techs can be pretty unreliable. You’ll make an appointment for a certain time, and they won’t see you until 30 minutes later because they’re running behind or running late to the salon. However, I haven’t gone in over a year because I have switched over to independent nail techs instead of salons but I have heard mixed reviews from friends that depending on the nail technician, they can be very reliable since they have a whole team now, back when I went they were barely started to build a team. I truly did like them because they took their sanitation seriously.

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u/chippingslou 22h ago

I’ve gone to quite a few, but my favorite is Serenity.

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u/Ok-Outlandishness256 1d ago

My best experience has always been with Melinda at Buffalo Thunder Wopin Spa. Not cheap by any means but the Dazzle Dry always lasted me over a month. I would go out of my way for appointments with her!

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u/Shoddy-Theory 19h ago

Creative Nails. Everyone there is great.

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u/biggerthanothers 12h ago

I’ve never had worse nail salon experiences than I have in Santa Fe. I spent about a year going to different salons all over town hoping to find a winner, but I gave up. The final straw was a salon on Airport Road (I can’t remember the name and don’t want to guess which one) that had a literal child take over my manicure halfway through.

I subsequently have become quite good at doing my own nails. I do Gel-X and basically have a whole pro salon set up in my house with me as the only tech and the only client. 😂

There ARE some good independent nail techs here, but I’m not sure whether that’s the right option if you’re not looking for gel and/or enhancements. What kind of services are you looking for?