The Nail Bar – Chesterfield

IMG_0769One thing I won’t shirk is decent manicure. I feel so much better when my nails are gorgeous! I am a happy regular at the Nail Bar, so please excuse this if it seems a little over the top. I have had my nails done here at what is now my nail bar of choice since 2012.

The salon is simply laid out in the New York style, and it’s a drop in. Appointments can be made, but most people don’t. One of the team gives you an idea of how long you will expect to wait, which is usually no more than 20 minutes.

Sarah and her Vietnamese team are fast, efficient, polite and very good at what they do. I have acrylic french tipped overlays on my naturally long nails with a glossy gel finish, but they offer every colour imaginable, with any length and any paint effects you can think of. You often start off with one tech preparing your nails before a more experienced tech shapes and finishes your nails. After they dry there is some mango scented hand cream next to the dryer, which is a nice touch.

My nails always last a very long time, and I’ve never had any issues with them breaking (as people often worry about with acrylics). The only reason I get them retouched as often as I do is because of how fast my nails grow, which is obviously no fault of the team.

I haven’t tried any other treatments that they offer but have seen someone get permanent eyebrow tattoos and they looked really natural. There isn’t a web site so I have added this link to their Google+ The Nail Bar so that you can find them easily.

Oh, and it’s educational – I have even learned a little about life in Vietnam and a couple of words of Vietnamese. Cam on Nail bar team! – Vivienne

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Mirage – Chesterfield

This is a tiny Tardis of a salon in a busy little shopping parade in Littlemoor. You might pass this over thinking it is all about tanning and nails – but you would be overlooking a little gem of a salon.

At the front is a single salon setup on one side and a small waiting area on
the other. As you go back through the premises, there are two K-mirageSun Sunshower tanning booths and a sunbed. These are not something I need to use but I am told are state of the art; they were extremely popular whenever I was there. Then there are the Biosculpture nail bars, and beyond that the treatment rooms.

I went there for Caci, the non-surgical beauty treatment, but they also have a good menu of other face and body treatments. I also saw some amazingly pretty and creative hairstyling, particularly prom and party looks.

The staff are very friendly and during my course of treatments I was made
to feel relaxed and unrushed. The treatment was painless, and it gave me both a fresher look and a little indulgent me time.

Mirage does not have a website, just FB, but here is the link – Mirage

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