Nail Salons
Neighborhood nail shop in the No. 2 Road plaza at Blundell, the west-side sister to the Blundell Road location. Standard manicures, pedicures, gel and acrylics at everyday prices, with a parking lot right out front.
Frequency is what decides where you get your nails done. A salon close to home, at a price that lets you go every three weeks instead of twice a year, beats a better one across town, because the work only looks good while it is fresh. Awesome Nails No. 2 trades on that logic from the plaza at No. 2 Road and Blundell on Richmond's west side.
The standard range covers manicures, pedicures, gel and acrylics, which is what most people actually book. Elaborate hand-painted nail art is a different sort of appointment and often a different sort of shop, so it is worth asking when you call rather than assuming. Walk-in availability at any salon varies wildly by day and hour, and Saturday afternoon is the worst bet of the week.
This plaza is a service block for the neighborhood rather than a destination. The streets behind it are Blundell, Broadmoor and Seafair houses, and the businesses here live on people coming back rather than on passing trade, which tends to make the relationship a long one. It is also the kind of crossroads where one stop covers three errands, and for a service you repeat every few weeks, that convenience is the difference between keeping it up and letting it slide until a wedding forces the issue.
In the Blundell neighbourhood of Richmond.
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