Nail Salons
Ackroyd Road nail spa a short walk from Lansdowne station, doing manicures, pedicures, nail extensions, body waxing and lash extensions. Open late in the evening most days, which suits after-work appointments.
Ackroyd Road does a great deal of quiet work for a street almost nobody names. It runs behind Lansdowne Centre, parallel to Westminster Highway, and the low buildings along it hold clinics, brokerages, studios and service businesses that would pay far more on No. 3 Road for no obvious benefit. Nothing about it is scenic. It is, however, a five-minute walk from Lansdowne station, and that is the part that matters.
NP Nail Spa covers manicures, pedicures, nail extensions, body waxing and lash extensions, and the practical argument for a shop carrying that range is consolidation. The alternative is three appointments in three parts of the city on three separate days. Anyone maintaining several of these on a schedule saves more time than the individual service prices would suggest.
Book rather than walking in if you want a particular technician, allow more time than the service description implies, and settle shape and length at the start instead of halfway through the appointment. Photographs help more than words here, as they do in any appearance service. The area around Lansdowne is straightforward to reach from anywhere on the Canada Line, and the surrounding blocks give you somewhere to wait when you arrive early, which happens more often than not if you take transit. Getting a nail appointment right is mostly a matter of being specific before the work starts, since correcting length or shape afterwards means giving up the result you already paid for.
In the City Centre neighbourhood of Richmond.
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Well-reviewed Ackroyd Road salon splitting its time between nails and lashes. Express manicures start around $26 and gel around $46, with classic lash sets and Korean lash lifts also on the list. Open seven days.
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Buswell Street nail lounge a couple of blocks off No. 3 Road, open until 8pm most nights and 6pm Sundays. Gel manicures, pedicures and nail art, with online booking and a big base of repeat downtown-Richmond clients.
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