Lakeshore Nails

This review is very belated. Very disappointed with my first and last experience here. I came in for a Manicure after work for an upcoming event and end up with a big chunk of my skin cut out As the manicurist (a slightly older lady) was trimming my cuticle when she somehow became distracted and cut off a piece of my skin. Realizing what had happened, she used a cotton ball to suppress the bleeding and then a applied a stinging blue solution with a dropper bottle (the kind that meant to sanitized combs or tools in most salons). This stung like crazy and I think had me bleed more. You can tell the manicurist was extremely scared of what would happen next and to her position there in the salon. She continually drop on more solution until I asked her to stop and to please give me a bandage instead. Needless to say, she finished the rest of the manicure, I paid and left. I know a part of me would have openly expressed the situation but I felt for manicurist who had this look of fear and felt for her. Although, I did end up with a crater like indentation in my finger for a few weeks before it completely healed.

BE AWARE — anyone who is thinking of doing EYELASH EXTENSION here. I have had eyelash extensions done at different places before and never had any problems. In this case, Tina particularly, was suggested to me by a friend. I had my extensions done in January and I was told that they will last 2 – 4 weeks. To my surprise 6 weeks later I didn’t lose any of the fake lashes; however, as soon as they started to fall off, they came off with my real ones! With each fake eyelash I would lose at least 5 of my real ones! I don’t know what kind of glue or technique Tina used — all I know is that I lost all of my real eyelashes because of this lady! Never again!

Great job on the eyelashes, Tina is really a sweet person did a wonderful job ! Busy as she is on doing nails also she alway makes the time to work in a schedule for you !

This place doesn’t get enough credit. The staff is so friendly and they all do such a good job and pay very close attention to detail. The owner redid a crappy gel manicure I had gotten a few days ago at another salon, and I’ve never been happier with the color, service, or manicure. I wish they wore nametags!

I don’t think this place has enough stars to be honest. Every time I go in they are so welcoming. Usually busy but that’s because they’re good!
Roxanne usually does my nails and is always so gentle and neat! They have great colors and finish in a timely manner.
This is a very underrated nail salon.

I’m not sure why this place gets bad reviews (I’m guessing it’s how the customers interact because I notice that some people talk AT whoever is helping them rather than WITH them and this is where communication gets frustrating), but I find this place amazing. I typically go in the morning to beat the crowd and when I do, I’m out of there within 30 minutes. The times I have gone, they have been thorough and they make sure you’re pleased with what you asked for. I always had a difficult time at some places because of the language barrier, but I had no problem here. Everyone is so nice!

Very disappointed
I do not like write you negative reviews and I thought I can live with it but it only 4 days and nails are chipping and spleating. Jel is separating from nails. For 3 days I was
First impression was nice.
Not busy 2 – 3 clients, took us right away.
The first girl was very nice. She was young and she did very carefully and extremely thoroughly job.
It was very pleasant.
The second girl was little bit older and did the rough job.
She was on the phone all the time and it did not feel like I was important.
After she finished. She said she finished. She did not asked if I like it or not or if I am satisfied.
We had to come back in 5 minutes to file nails again.
She told me it would last for 2 weeks.

I have been to this nail salon for awhile since I live close by. Love the results of the manicures. But I wish they can be more friendly.
Today, I had a lady who kept adjusting my hands to weird angles and kept telling me to relax. How are my hands supposed to relax when you bend them in opposite directions? At first, my reactions were calm and I thought she just needs to see it at that angle. But in time she kept adjusting them, bending, and pushing them. It was very irritating. It definitely pushed my patience.
This place will be my ultimatum, if other salons are busy.

Sad that there are such bad reviews… I came in at almost 7:30 and was out at 8:03. I just needed a fill so I was willing to take my chances.
Boy oh boy I’m so glad I did! My nails were shaped exactly how I wanted (which at some places doesn’t happen) & the color was perfectly applied. In and out and just what I wanted, I will be back!

I like this place it’s clean and they get the job done and they take there time and do a great pedi they also have a lady that named Tina does permanent makeup I’m definitely going to look into it

Tina does a great job with eyelashes and its super affordable compared to anywhere else. I have a mani/​pedi with shellac for my fingernails and my eyelashes refilled here every two to three weeks. They have a huge selection of colors and they are fast with the mani/​pedi which is really great for me.

Tina has been doing my bikini wax for years. Most recently, I’ve added getting my eyelash extensions done by her. They offer the most competitive rates from San Francisco and through out the entire Peninsula. Sure the facility is a hole in the wall, but your not paying for that! Your only paying for your service! It’s pretty important that their rates are competitive, because I get waxed every 3 – 4 weeks, and my eyelashes are touched up every 3 weeks.

Worst place ever! I’m a veteran and have traveled all over and even got my nails done in Afghanistan (natural looking of course) and this by far is an embarrassment. My nails and cuticles are hideous. I’m so upset and all I asked was for a simple french tip. The lady kept touching the polish on m nails as she was putting it on and now it looks choppy and like my 4year old did it. I posted pictures. NEVER AGAIN! Plus they are all uneven and no where near close to the shape I asked for I even showed her a picture. I’d give no stars of it were possible!

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE.
I’m going to keep this review numbered, dear Unilocalers, so you understand why it’s not wise to waste $ 32 on a mani/​pedi or ANY service but it’s important to know exactly WHAT TO EXPECT if you DO go here.
1) It’s dirty, unkempt as are the workers. I watched a worker put a ball of rice in her mouth, wipe her hands on her shirt and then come out to work with a customer’s nails! Disgusting.
2) Customer service? None to speak of. In fact they’re all rude, completely inefficient and unsanitary.
3) They’re lazy. I specifically asked for my heels to be exfoliated and the woman barely touched my feet.
4) They’re liars. THE WOMAN WHO DID MY PEDICURE LIED not only to the owner, her boss, but in front of another customer when I asked why she did not massage my calves with cream as part of the pedicure! The other customer actually corrected her and stated, quite plainly, she was lying and that she did not see this woman massage my calves. Unbelievable.
5) The other acne-​scar-​faced woman who did my nails did not buff them out as I requested but did NOTHING to them after she took the gel nail polish other than the baseline standard of trimming the cuticles, trimming and filling the nails. SHE IS LAZY AND UNPLEASANT TO LOOK AT/​DEAL WITH.
I am actually calling the health board on Monday to report this place. They should not be allowed to operate and need to be brought up to speed about what it is to run a business with integrity, honesty and cleanliness.
If you want a decent mani-​pedi in the neighborhood, go to West Portal. You’ll pay a bit more AND they’re thorough, clean and efficient. This place is absolutely TERRIBLE.

Came here twice once for mani pedi then for an arm & bikini wax (which was very quick and not terribly painful). Both times were super efficient and I was pleased with results. I was in and out in less than 30 min. Is it luxurious? No. Do they get the job done well and quickly? Absolutely. Would totally come here again.

I have to write an update — the lady who did my mani /​pedi didn’t speak to me at all. I asked her for her name and she didn’t say anything. I watched the girl next to me get pampered and we ordered the exact same thing — my shellac pedicure already chipped (the next day). Customer service is HUGE with me and I had none this time.
The lady next to me wrapped the girls pedicure as she put on her shoes. We sat for the same amount of time and mine smudged because I was offered none of this. I always come here because I’ve had such great times before but when you watch someone get treated 10x better than you next to you, when she bought the same thing (I asked what she got — we were talking) makes me want to take my business elsewhere. I probably will not be back :/

Amateur, terrible job had to be fixed at home. One toe looked like I’d had an ingrown nail removed when she was done and my nails had stripes of gloss. When done my fingers stuck as she slopped the clear polish on (and missed) and still had dirt under my nails. Lousy place and I’m not a complainer! Just warning others. thx

Look at the reviews of this place, and think twice about trying Lakeshore nails. I was stupid enough to regularly go here because it was closest to my apartment.
The facilities are DIRTY! You can tell by just walking in. The owner is rude! Their manicures/​pedicures suck!
My very last visit ended up with me soaking my feet for 30 minutes because I was told they had time for me, and ended up drying them off myself and walking out. (beware! if you show up and they tell you they have time for you, you’ll seriously be soaking for 30 – 45 minutes before anyone actually acknowledges you).
This place does not deserve to be in business.

I would stay far far away from here.
Last month when my friend and I wanted to get our nails done, especially since I had to go to a wedding that weekend, we both walked in and were greeted and went to the nail polish rack to pick out a color.
As we stood there trying to pick out colors, I noticed that a lot of the colors seem to be repeating a lot but didn’t really think anything of it. A lot of the nail polishes were OPI, Essie, some Chanel. basically the good stuff. One of the OPI bottles caught my eye and it was a bright NEON GREEN and picked it up and joked with my friend that I should get this color painted on my nails. Before putting the bottle back, I checked the bottom of the bottle to see what the name was and it was called «Got the blues for red» and googled it on my phone to double check the color and soon figured out that the salon was REFILLING OPI bottles with OTHER nail polishes. and it all started to make sense that a lot of the colors on the rack seemed so similar and when a lot of the bottles on the bottom didnt have the name labels on them.
After figuring this out, my friend and I left. If this nail salon could have that level integrity, who knows what else could be going on.

So I was here yesterday to get a mani-​pedi. First strike, one of their massage chairs wasn’t working. Second strike, lady said they were able to take me in, so they had me sitting at a NON WORKING massage chair and had me soak my feet for 20+ mins… I waited for someone to start on me but my feet turned up wrinkly. Third strike, When a lady started exfoliating my feet, I told her my feet are sensitive… She made me bleed from her hard as a rock scrubber… Ugh. Why?! Fourth strike, when my nails were in the process, the lady didn’t bother to push back and or remove my excess cuticles. She did a poor job on doing my nails. Toenails, are eh as well.
Do not go here. If you wanna get REALLY pampered, find another place.
Overall, they just rushed me.