Virginia Nails

Do not go here! I just left this salon very upset! I came on Saturday and they told me they could complete my pedi and fill-​in. I sat down and got my pedi first and then they told me they didn’t have time to do my fill in and that I needed to make an appointment for tomorrow. There is only one person here that can do designs and he was busy. I was upset as it was Mother’s Day, but I decided to come back tomorrow at 5:30 as they requested. When I got there, they forgot I had an appointment and I had to wait another 30 minutes before being seen. When I sat down in the chair the nail design tech basically didn’t know how to fill in a bling nail period. He said he did but then started asking ME how should he do it. Ummmm are you serious? I ended up getting up and storming out! This nail shop is a joke! If you want basic designs then go here, this shop is years behind nail design industry. They should have looked at my nails and told me they weren’t qualified to do them yesterday! I’m out of gas and a wasted trip. I will not come back here! Don’t waste your time, find somewhere else.

I’m a huge fan. They give great pedicures & manicures. Last time I went in, the manager gave me a pedicure because everyone was busy. He had to stop a few times to address things but never left me hanging. He made sure I either paraffin on my feet or hot rocks warming my feet. Everything was great! I’m always pleased when I go. They are very clean, kind and professional.

I got a full set with regular polish the first time I went here and my nails looked immaculate! I get my nails oval shaped and the roundness was perfect and the length on all of my nails matched. I was extremely happy with my nails, even with the regular polish, they lasted (almost) chip-​free until I needed a fill!
Naturally, I went back for my fill but was disappointed that the same attention to detail wasn’t used this time around. Someone else was doing my nails this time and he started trying to get my oval perfect on my nails and then looked like he basically said f — k it and started with his little grinding tool again. The shape wasn’t terrible, a couple of nails were a little bit off but I was more just disappointed that he filed two of my nails to perfection by hand and then threw down his nail file and opted to just keep going with the dremel tool. I asked if he would get the same polish I had on from last time and he looked for two seconds and picked one that was not the right color and wouldn’t go back to find it. I looked myself and found it within a minute. The polish would not dry on my nails like they did last time and I was left to sit without any attention waiting for them to dry, no one would check on me. By the time I got home, my nails were destroyed (I sat there for over 20 minutes at the salon waiting for them to dry). I had to repaint them myself. They didn’t last as long as the first time either, they started lifting within about a week when my first time here my nails lasted almost 3 weeks before I got them redone.
This past weekend I decided I was going to treat myself to a pedicure so I decided to try Virginia Nails out. They have almost too many options for their pedicures and at different price levels. I spent about ten minutes reading over the menu and trying to figure out (besides the scent) what the difference in all of these pedicures were to make them different prices. I opted for the Mandarin & Mango pedicure because I’d get the hot stone massage and parrafin wax treatment. It was a bit on the pricey side but my pedicure lasted a very long time (not complaining about that lol) and was extremely relaxing. I felt like the man doing my pedicure spent a lot of attention to detail and made sure my toes came out super soft and perfectly polished. Super happy about that experience.
Only other down side is every time I have been here, the one TV in the salon is stationed to a sports game. I haven’t asked them to change it (I don’t like people having to change something just for me) but I’d rather watch something a little more appealing to women than college sports/

I loved this place when I first started going about 2 years ago. But it has declined since. I went one time and pointed out to the technician that I had a healing blister. He put his long nailed finger right in it a few times during my pedicure. He’s rough and rude about how the place my feet. I had the bad luck to get him again in my last visit. He was rude as usual. I should have walked out but I didn’t want to be rude. I asked to pay my bill the minute he was done. The man I asked told me to wait. I was so mad I couldn’t wait to get out of there. The rude technician made sure to stay to see how much I tipped. I usually always give 20%…but not this time. He got 15%. He looked and just walked away! That was my last time to go there!

I would like to preface this by saying if this review was solely based on how welcome Virginia Nails made me feel, it would be a 1. I bumped it up to a 2 because the style of my nails was nice and I was able to salvage them.
When I went into Virginia Nails with a picture of the shape and color of how I wanted my nails, they tried to upsell me on solar powder nails vs. the painted acrylic I wanted. Nothing wrong with this because I totally understand that they are a business, but I knew what I wanted and politely declined. Once I said I didn’t want solar powder, my technician became very rude like I was wasting her time (I tip very well so I wasn’t being «cheap», I just didn’t want solar powder). Kudos to my technician — she did the shape I wanted very beautifully. However, when it came to color, I felt again very unwelcome and she was rude. I brought her a very light pinky nude color and said I wanted 3 coats so that it wouldn’t be see through. She told me any light color would be see through… Umm, I know that this is not true given that I do my own nails ALL THE TIME with the exact color I was asking her to use. She just didn’t want to do 3 coats on me. Finally, a manager or someone else came over and I had to even say to him that I do 3 coats of this color all the time and it looks great and he said oh yeah she can do 2 – 3 coats of that. The technician then SUPER RUSHED through painting my nails… as in literally didn’t let them dry at all between thick coats — not even 15 seconds between coats let alone in front of the fan at all. Of course I messed up a nail while grabbing my purse (which she fixed)… anyone who does nails knows that if you put on a bunch of thick coats without even allowing drying time, they will literally never dry. So she sat me at the fans in front of the salon and told me not to leave for a while. I sat there for 15 – 20 minutes, she never came back to check them or tell me I could leave. My nails, of course, still smudged after I left, because you can’t do super thick coats like that without drying in between at least, as anyone who did nails would know. Because this woman felt like I wasn’t spending enough money, she didn’t spend enough time on my manicure and what could have been a wonderful experience (My nails looked gorgeous before all the smudging) ended up being upsetting and disappointing. I felt very unwelcome and rushed. I’m not trying to bash Virginia Nails, just make them aware of how they made someone who could have become a repeat customer feel based on a technician’s actions.

Both Vivi and Ben are amazing! They treat everyone with respect and truly care about your experience. I won’t go anywhere else!

I recently moved to this area and I was looking for new place to get Spa pedi so decided to check this place out because reviews were good. I took three friends from out of town. We went in and told them we wanted spa pedi for 4. About 5 minutes later they said they could start 3 of us and the other in about 5minutes. I let the others get started and 20 mins later they were ready for me. They were of course well into theirs before I got started. The manager or supervisor started the water without checking temp and it was scalding hot. She had also done this to one of my cohorts. All of the nail technicians were very good and polite. When mine was about finished the «manager told him to move and let her finish. I guess she thought he was taking too long and my friends were still in the chairs waiting for me. She then finished painting my toes very sloppily and moved me out of the chair. Understand that there were no clients waiting and four empty chairs beside us. The man who was doing my pedicure was just standing around but she hadn’t allowed him to finish? We paid our ticket and tipped 20% for the actual technicians. Will not return because the manager made us feel unwelcome.

Another successful trip to Virginia Nails. Got an Easter look without going overboard

Wonderful salon! Best in McKinney! I’ve been here numerous times and they always do a fantastic job! Pedicures with hot stone massage, manis, even eyebrows… all done friendly and with expertise!

UPDATE: I originally gave this place a great review. However after just little over a week my NexGen is popping off! As well as my toe polish chipping badly, that happened after only a week. I’ve had my nails and toes last much longer at other places. I had such high hopes for this nail salon because they were so nice! But I must give it a single star now. Not too happy :-(

They play attention to detail and make your experience is as relaxing as possible! Very warm and friendly!

Great service and prices! Very clean and very friendly staff!!! I’ll be baaaack. Great consistent service and work

So I went in today and told Wilson how I wasn’t a fan of his pink and whites. We agreed he’s stronger on the solar one color nails, so I went back to the #8 color, which I call liquid metal. He did a fantastic job and it was $ 33, which was far more reasonable than last time.
If you want pink and whites, Tony and Ben are the guys for that. Wilson does a fabulous job on solar one colors and gel nails.

I went in wanting a new set of acrylic nails, not gel, not solar gel, just acrylic. Tony served me and tried to upsell me four times during my services. Annoying. I could barely understand his fractured Englis and and he never put tips on just took my nails off and went back over with acrylic powder. I just let it go it wasn’t worth the energy to explain all this or complain when I could barely understand him.
This is a place for the younger generation that is who they have working in there mostly looking at their phones.

Sooo happy with my nails! Not usually in the McKinney area but will definitely come by here again. It was my first time here and Jenny did my nails and I am just overall pleased with the job she did. Definitely would recommend Virginia Nails if you’re in the McKinney area!

I literally only asked for Tiffany, because of a review on Google said that she does a good job at coffin nails. I work in McKinney and before today I had never been to this place. Coffin nails are my favorite so I decided to give her a try and they are perfect! She did take a little longer than what I am used to but it was so worth it. She was a sweetheart, she had good conversation, and the establishment itself looks really nice. Overall I enjoyed myself. Thank you Tiffany, I will be back in 2 weeks for my fill. :)

This is the best nail salon I’ve ever been to. I was having a hard time finding a salon just good for me, but this salon is absolutely worth the price. And Louis was very nice and carful.

Tony is the best! I recently moved from Houston and had a hard time finding someone to do nexgen… he’s amazing! I love that they do your nails and pedicure at the same time, no problems. They have a great variety of pedicures and they let you customize scents. Everyone is super nice and accommodating. It’s the cleanest nail place also. Not a dust speck anywhere.

I’m really sad I just found this place! I’ve been driving all the way to West Plano and paying more $$$.
I came on a pretty busy Saturday morning. Luckily I beat the rush and was sat immediately. I usually do acrylics and they have some really fun and bright colors. They have tons of sparkly colors as well. Regular nail polish seemed decent since I saw lots of OPI and China Glaze. Ben did my nails and he is amazing. He is an absolute perfectionist. He notices things before I did. As long as you’re vocal he’ll do whatever you say without hesitation. I think I spent about 2 hours in there just for my nails. That’s a little longer than what I’m used to but if it’s for quality work then it’s worth it!
Prices are really reasonable. I paid $ 33 for my refill and even with adding a $ 10 tip it’s still cheaper than going my previous salon in West Plano.
I will come back for sure! Even though I plan to move to Plano at the end of the year… it will still be worth driving back down here.

Tony is the man to ask for at this establishment. He is very, very good and knows what he’s doing when it comes to Gels, or shellacs. I don’t know if Tony knows how to do the NexGen.
NO ONE knows what they’re doing with NexGens. They’ll tell you they know how to do them. But they DON’T. I walked out after having my nail and finger drilled with the electric file for the last time. So frustrated. Used to be my place to go. Now I won’t step foot in there anymore until they get people in there who know what they’re doing.
Also, the last person who did do my hand nails, after buffing my beds, took the same nasty brush she dusted her table with and dusted my nail beds with the same freaking brush!!! REALLY?!! I’m done until they get new management. That’s just nasty, gross and completely unsanitary.