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LA’s Best Nail Salons For Summer-Ready Manis and Pedis

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Now that we'll soon be knee-deep in the pool party circuit, it's time to ensure our digits are just as colorfully dressed. Luckily, LA's beauty scene is home to tons of lacquer lounges that serve an array of budgets and styles.

Whether you're seeking an It girl-faved hole-in-the-wall, an all-organic happy place, or a splurge-worthy nail art spot, we've rounded our city's top 11 nail salons to get your digits prepped for summer. See them all below and sound off in the comments if we missed your go-to paint shop.

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Olive & June

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In addition to its OG Beverly Hills outpost, this fashion girl-faved nail salon now has charming locations in Pasadena and Santa Monica. Designed by the minds behind TenOverSix's cool interiors, the Pasadena studio is also conveniently connected to DryBar. Pricing: $34 mani/$45 pedi
Photo: Natalie Alcala

Nail Swag

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The new home base of celeb-faved pro Natalie Minerva (who regularly hosts guest nail art superstars like Britney Tokyo and Ashley Crow), this gels-only salon's complete pampering experience includes "toasted rice green tea and Japanese snacks while they get their swag on" and scented sugar cube scrubs to hydrate your digits when you get home." Pricing: $50 mani/$40 pedi
Photo: @nail_swag

Bellacures

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With locations in Beverly Hills, SaMo, Brentwood, Studio City, Pasadena, and more, this high-end nail salon is the epitome of cleanliness and attention to detail. Pricing: $20 mani/$25 pedi
Photo: Bellacures
From simple color coats to Swarovski stones to 3D accoutrements, this celeb-loved Japanese nail salon — which also has a Beverly Hills location — takes decking out your digits to a whole new level. Pricing: $60 basic gel mani or pedi
Photo: eS Nail

Beauty Box

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LA insiders have been signing the praises of this Shellac-certified Echo Park spot for years. Enjoy their wide variety of shades and design ideas. Pricing: $28 basic mani/ $40 pedi
Brentwood's latest beauty destination is much more than a mani/pedi stop; it's also a shop, offering a 109-piece collection of "five-free" polishes. Pricing: $25 mani/$30 pedi
Photo: Côte

Enamel Diction

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Since arriving on the scene in 2014, this sleek and minimalist Mid-City lacquer lounge's pro painters have scored famous fans like the Kardashians and Ciara. The fashion-faved nail studio also scores a gold star for having its own in-house color astrologist, Rose Theodora, who'll chart out your power colors. Pricing: $16 mani/$20 pedi, $45 gel mani/$55 gel pedi.
Photo: Enamel Diction

Kure Spa

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Treat your hard-working hands to Kure Spa's refresher hand treatment, which delivers supreme pampering with an oil soak, nail and cuticle care, a house made sugar scrub, a massage and an Instagram-worthy coat of polish. Pricing: $20 mani/$25 pedi
Photo: Kure Spa

CHI nail bar & organic spa

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From Chanel lacquers to eco-friendly (and mess-free) Minx, this organic spa and nail bar offers an array of relaxation services. The Jade Stone treatment for hands and feet includes a full mani or pedi, jade and ginseng scrub, and jade stones to promote cell growth and regenerate your skin with moisture. Ahhhh. Pricing: $25 basic mani/$35 basic pedi
Photo: Chi Nail Bar

Mars The Salon

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Ever the masters of Zen, this Japanese nail salon specializes "artistic, freehand gel application" and an exceptionally luxe experience with leather chairs, private rooms, flat-screen TVs, porcelain foot baths, and more. Expect supreme pampering from two nail pros, who'll attend to you hand and foot while prepping and polishing your nails with their cherry blossom-scented products. Pricing: $50 standard mani (spa $60), $60 standard pedi (spa $100)
Photo: Mars The Salon

CT Nails #9

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Tthis pet-friendly mani/pedi spot enjoys a little friendly rivalry with the similarly named salon a few doors down. The tie-breaker? Master nail artist David, whose pro airbrushing skills has scored him top praises from fashion folk, including Alexa Chung. Pricing: $23 mani/pedi.
Photo: @chungalexa

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Olive & June

In addition to its OG Beverly Hills outpost, this fashion girl-faved nail salon now has charming locations in Pasadena and Santa Monica. Designed by the minds behind TenOverSix's cool interiors, the Pasadena studio is also conveniently connected to DryBar. Pricing: $34 mani/$45 pedi
Photo: Natalie Alcala

Nail Swag

The new home base of celeb-faved pro Natalie Minerva (who regularly hosts guest nail art superstars like Britney Tokyo and Ashley Crow), this gels-only salon's complete pampering experience includes "toasted rice green tea and Japanese snacks while they get their swag on" and scented sugar cube scrubs to hydrate your digits when you get home." Pricing: $50 mani/$40 pedi
Photo: @nail_swag

Bellacures

With locations in Beverly Hills, SaMo, Brentwood, Studio City, Pasadena, and more, this high-end nail salon is the epitome of cleanliness and attention to detail. Pricing: $20 mani/$25 pedi
Photo: Bellacures

esNAIL

From simple color coats to Swarovski stones to 3D accoutrements, this celeb-loved Japanese nail salon — which also has a Beverly Hills location — takes decking out your digits to a whole new level. Pricing: $60 basic gel mani or pedi
Photo: eS Nail

Beauty Box

LA insiders have been signing the praises of this Shellac-certified Echo Park spot for years. Enjoy their wide variety of shades and design ideas. Pricing: $28 basic mani/ $40 pedi

Côte

Brentwood's latest beauty destination is much more than a mani/pedi stop; it's also a shop, offering a 109-piece collection of "five-free" polishes. Pricing: $25 mani/$30 pedi
Photo: Côte

Enamel Diction

Since arriving on the scene in 2014, this sleek and minimalist Mid-City lacquer lounge's pro painters have scored famous fans like the Kardashians and Ciara. The fashion-faved nail studio also scores a gold star for having its own in-house color astrologist, Rose Theodora, who'll chart out your power colors. Pricing: $16 mani/$20 pedi, $45 gel mani/$55 gel pedi.
Photo: Enamel Diction

Kure Spa

Treat your hard-working hands to Kure Spa's refresher hand treatment, which delivers supreme pampering with an oil soak, nail and cuticle care, a house made sugar scrub, a massage and an Instagram-worthy coat of polish. Pricing: $20 mani/$25 pedi
Photo: Kure Spa

CHI nail bar & organic spa

From Chanel lacquers to eco-friendly (and mess-free) Minx, this organic spa and nail bar offers an array of relaxation services. The Jade Stone treatment for hands and feet includes a full mani or pedi, jade and ginseng scrub, and jade stones to promote cell growth and regenerate your skin with moisture. Ahhhh. Pricing: $25 basic mani/$35 basic pedi
Photo: Chi Nail Bar

Mars The Salon

Ever the masters of Zen, this Japanese nail salon specializes "artistic, freehand gel application" and an exceptionally luxe experience with leather chairs, private rooms, flat-screen TVs, porcelain foot baths, and more. Expect supreme pampering from two nail pros, who'll attend to you hand and foot while prepping and polishing your nails with their cherry blossom-scented products. Pricing: $50 standard mani (spa $60), $60 standard pedi (spa $100)
Photo: Mars The Salon

CT Nails #9

Tthis pet-friendly mani/pedi spot enjoys a little friendly rivalry with the similarly named salon a few doors down. The tie-breaker? Master nail artist David, whose pro airbrushing skills has scored him top praises from fashion folk, including Alexa Chung. Pricing: $23 mani/pedi.
Photo: @chungalexa