Golden Nails in Lexington, KY

My regular nails salon! I have been going here for over 2 years consistently and the staff is always friendly and conversational. When it comes to their artistry. They know what they are doing and know how to achieve many different looks with perfect shape!

I always get French, or pink and white SNS. Everytime that I switch it up and get a color, I never end up loving it. I thought I would be brave today. And so the story goes... it's not the same shade as what was on the sample swatches.

When I walked in today and noticed that the place was packed, I felt at ease that people loved them. The gal who signed in after me asked how long the wait was and they said an hour. Wrong! Not only were they way off on the estimated wait time, they were seating appointments ahead of the ones waiting. I get it, they had appointments, but it's the staff's fault for not factoring in those appointments when estimating the wait time. Ok, I'll get off of my soapbox now. While sitting two hours waiting, I decided to go with something easier than white tips, so that's the real reason why I ended up choosing a light pink color.

I had SNS pink and white on when I came in. The gentleman who did my nails, mentioned twice soaking my nails (for the removal process), but he actually ended up filing my existing SNS down and covered over and filled in with the light pink that I chose. I asked, "is this a fill-in"? He said no, but since my SNS was clear once he trimmed them down, that it was ok to layer it. Ummmm, ok. I never go with color, so I went along with it, he's the professional. He ends up only used two coats of the SNS powder, still I was thinking that would be normal since I had existing SNS under the coats. Since the color wasn't the same as the swatch, I questioned him again. In the end, my old base coat apparently changed the color result of the one that I chose. I almost hate it. It's almost an orangish tone. Uggg. Not happy!

I wanted to wait on posting a review to see how long my gel manicure would last. Well, I am 3 weeks in and my nails still look incredible. I am new to the Lexington area and have tried three other local salons before this one, dissatisfied with the quality of each previous manicure. Thea was the sweetest technician, took her time on my nails, and made sure that my mani would hold up until I schedule my next appointment! I'm so happy to have found this salon!

I was so upset when I got to the salon today. I wanted to try this nail salon since it is closer to home but when I got there at 6:20 it was already closed even though their hours say It closes at 7pm. I doubt that I will ever try to get nails done there.

I don't get my nails done often, so this was a really nice treat for what I think was a reasonable price ($30 for SNS + $10 for manicure) I think the nails were done nicely!

The ONLY complaint I have is sanitation. I know most shops reuse nail boards, but I think it's a bit unsanitary. Some of the brushes didn't look completely cleaned out and there were nail tools that were laying around (which doesn't seem to fit perfectly with sanitary codes). I know it's a bit picky and not everyone cares.