Aqua Nails in Peoria, IL

SCAMMERS! Do not buy gift cards from these salons. They owners change management and then refuse to honor them. I give a gift card for Mothers Days, purchased May 2023 and in June 2023, AQN would not honor it. I spoke with Angel who explained that they were told in April that AQN owner told them to leave by June 1. They continued to sell gift cards (tons of them, I'm sure) and did not disclose they would not be honored after May 2023. My family gave Angel our business for years. She refused to honor or refund the gift card and said there was nothing she could do. This unethical business has been reported to the BBB. Also, the pedi chairs are old and function poorly. Service is inconsistent and rushed. They rush application of polish layers, put on too thick, causing polish to scuff, even hours after application. Do NOT SUPPORT this unethical business. If you were scammed a gift card, report to the BBB. It's a pretty quick process.

horrible experience here!! i felt bad because the lady tried very hard on my nails but they just looked terrible. nails were bumpy and not smoothed out, also very pointy not what i wanted, the flowers on my nails didn't look like flowers. The design i showed her was not at all what i got i had been waiting to get cute cute summer nails and this is what i got. not worth the 70 dollars i spent!! also rude to multiple other customers who came in!

Do not recommend. Not only did I spend a long time getting these acrylics done but I paid $70!!! I left a reference photo and what I left with and as you can see these are two different things. I wanted a round shape instead of the square and asked the lady multiple times to round out the top of my nails and they are like daggers. The pedals are nothing like what I asked for and one of the flowers is even missing a pedal! 0/10 do not recommend. Save your money and go somewhere else.

I payed 65 dollars for nails and ended up paying 10 in tips. The nails took an hour and a half and it hasn't even been a full 3 days and my nails are already coming off. One nail is already off and the others are starting to come off. Will never come here again.

I stopped in first thing when they opened on a weekday so I was the only person getting a pedicure. I had an hour to kill before a lunch meeting nearby. I got a red gel pedi. I felt the time spent was sufficient and it was $70, same as what I pay for similar deluxe service at my regular salon in St Louis. The reason why I gave three stars is for hygiene. This place so blatantly reuses all the pedicure tools without washing and sanitizing. I understand many places are like this. If you look at their foot pumice pads, they are worn so far down that there are holes. They also use the metal blade style files that I thought aren't allowed. I don't mind them and use one at home but this is the first time I've seen one in a salon in years. Anyway, every tool she used, she simply rinsed it in my dirty pedi water and used the towel that my feet were on and dried them, then put them back in their little cubbies. So, I won't be going there again.