Nail Salons
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.
Book the lash appointment first if you want both services in one visit, since lash work takes longer than a manicure and the rest of the afternoon has to fit around it. Sugar Nails and Lashes splits its work between the two, a common pairing and a practical one, because they draw the same clientele on different cycles. The salon sits on Ackroyd Road behind Richmond Centre, one block off the No. 3 Road corridor, in the quieter frontage where a lot of the city's service businesses end up.
Lash work is the part worth thinking about before you book. A classic set and a Korean lash lift are different services with different upkeep. Extensions need infills every few weeks, while a lift works with the lashes you already have and simply grows out. Say which one you want when you book, and be specific about the look you are after, because vocabulary varies between technicians and the gap between what you pictured and what you asked for is where the disappointment lives.
City Centre is dense with nail salons, from mall counters to storefronts under apartment towers, and the price spread across them is narrower than the quality spread. The real differences come down to booking, cleanliness and whether the person doing your set listens to you. Ask what is included before you sit down, since a manicure means different things at different counters. Once you find a technician you like, ask for them by name every time. Ackroyd is a short walk from Brighouse Station, which makes it easy to fit an appointment around something else in the city center.
In the City Centre neighbourhood of Richmond.
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