You’ll find all the usual services—minus the packed waiting rooms and crabby technicians—at this stylish, friendly studio. The basic New Yorker ($15), does the trick; visitors praise these manicures for lasting weeks after their visit. If you’re in the mood for something extra, try longer treatments like a dead sea salt soak, an organic sugar scrub or detoxifying clay masks.
NYC living certainly doesn’t come cheap, but you can still find a decent manicure for under $15 at these cheap nail salons. You can stop spending cash at beauty supply stores for polish that you’re just going to make a mess of anyway and instead have your nails looking polished and perfect in no time. Give your hands (and feet) some much-needed love at these places, some of which even have spa treatments that rival the best saunas in NYC.
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