Nail Artists and Salons You Should Know

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known and nail art is among the numerous expressions of creativity that continues to evolve.

Top Nail Technicians
Top Nail Technicians

Good nail designs are easy to find whereas great, creative, innovative designs are extremely rare.  The difference between good and great is attention to detail and the nail technicians and salons that have made this list understand the importance of precision.

Taraji P. Henson Manicure
Taraji P. Henson Manicure

From Empire nail decals to Deborah Lippman’s Empire collection the show certainly supports that weekly manicure! The women of Empire understand the fact that your nails say everything about you.  The nail artist and salons that made this list create those amazing manicures that enable us to inform the haters: “You’re messing with the wrong bitch.

Lovely Mimi

Maryland
5248 Marlboro Pike
Capitol Heights, MD 20743

Georgia
4550 Jonesboro Rd.
Union City, GA 30291
(202) 704-6494

Temeka Jackson

5405 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
(323) 900-0355
(203) 589-4138

WAH Nails

494 Kingsland Rd.
London, UK E8 4AE
+44 20 7927 7844

Naja Nail Guru

7985 Santa Monica Blvd. #109
West Hollywood, CA 90046
(862) 251-NAJA

Enamel Diction

5405 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
(323) 900-0355
(203) 589-4138

Spifster Sutton
Shervan Salon
2201 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 548-8915

Polish Bar of Brooklyn

475 Myrtle Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205
(718) 622-5363

Lili Nguyen aka This is Venice
20 Rue Danielle Casanova
75002 Paris, France
infos@thisisvenice.fr

It’s A Secret Salon
4315 Overland Ave. #B
Culver City, CA 90230
310-465-8039

Nails by Mei
New York, NY
(347) 323-9994

Nancy McNails
Not Another Salon
188 Brick Lane
London, UK E1 6SA
+020 7033 3920

How much do nail techs make?
After reviewing this list of amazing nail artists and salons, you may be wondering how much do nail techs make?

Mei received a large amount of press a few years back when it was revealed that she made $300K in one year as a nail technician.  The average nail technician makes about $20,000 per year before tips.  As explained above, do you plan on producing good nail designs or will you pay attention to details and create fabulous masterpieces?

How to become a Nail Technician
After reading the comments above many of you are convinced and are now wondering how to become a Nail Technician.

To become a nail tech you must get licensed by your state.  To do so, you must first complete training from a cosmetology or nail technician school and pass your state’s board exams.