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Perfect
Nails

★ LAKE FOREST · CALIFORNIA · 4.7 / 40 ★

An owner-run nail studio on Lake Forest Drive. Hand-finished gel, sculpted extensions, and bespoke art — booked back-to-back, never rushed.

— chez Perfect Nails

✦ THE FEATURE

The studio with the same hands on every set.

Perfect Nails is a single-room studio on Lake Forest Drive that has been doing one thing well for over a decade. Structured gel, builder extensions, freehand art — every appointment is a single technician, start to finish.

We don't run a fill-line and we don't book three clients to a chair. The work that holds for three weeks is the work that gets the time it deserves, so we cap the day at twelve appointments and call it done.

Bring a screenshot if you have one. Bring nothing if you don't. We'll talk through what your nails will actually do — keyboard, lifting weights, washing dishes — and design from there.

— with our compliments

tonight's

✦ PROGRAM ✦

  • ACT 01 ·

    Signature Gel Manicure

    Structured gel overlay shaped to your nail bed, sealed side walls, color of your choice. Holds for twenty-one days.

    $60
  • ACT 02 ·

    Builder Gel Extensions

    Sculpted on the natural nail in soft-square, almond, or coffin. No acrylic, no etching, no damage on removal.

    from $95
  • ACT 03 ·

    Bespoke Art

    Hand-painted detail, chrome, ombré, micro-french. Bring a reference; we'll plan the design in the chair before we paint.

    from $18 / nail
  • ACT 04 ·

    Spa Pedicure

    Warm soak, e-file callus refinement, hand massage, hot-towel finish. Forty-five minutes start to finish.

    $70
  • ACT 05 ·

    Russian Manicure

    Dry, e-file based prep with a full cuticle reset. The cleanest sidewall you'll book; gentler than nippers; longest wear of any prep.

    $85
  • ACT 06 ·

    Soak-Off & Reset

    Gentle acetone-wrap removal, nail strengthening treatment, buff and prep for your next set. About thirty minutes.

    $30

— intermission optional

the critics

✦ ARE RAVING ✦

"The structured gel is honestly art. I've taken sets to the airport, the gym, and a thousand keyboards and they look as good at week three as week one. The only studio I've ever stayed loyal to."

Dani K.

Three-week client, four years

"Booked my whole bridal party for a Saturday afternoon — six people, two technicians, two hours, perfect work and not a single rushed cuticle. The maid of honor cried when she saw her chrome."

Pri R.

Bridal & special-event

"I had been told for years builder gel would feel heavy or look fake. The set Perfect Nails sculpted is the cleanest, most natural-looking work I have ever had on my hands. I called my sister from the parking lot."

Ana J.

First builder set

the marquee —

✦ FIND THE BOX OFFICE ✦

✦ ADDRESS

22821 Lake Forest Dr STE 108

Lake Forest, CA 92630

✦ SHOWTIMES

Mon9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Tue9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Wed9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Thu9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Fri9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sat9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
SunClosed
(949) 461-7702

— call ahead, darling

you, darling —

✦ THE CHAIR IS YOURS ✦

CALL (949) 461-7702