Top Teen Nails 9 High Street, Purley CR8 2AF

"Had my acrylics done here twice, both times my nails have cracked / fallen off within 7-10 days. I’ve noticed the acrylic is used minimally so it’s extremely thin… and only one coat of Gel/shellac is used so they snap incredibly easy. I have had my toes done and they are ok for the moment as of 2 weeks. Such a shame as the ladies are lovely in this salon but unfortunately not worth paying the money for. They don’t last and I even gave it a second chance."

"Terrible!! Extremely disappointed glue was left all over my fingers, had them done on a Friday to have them crack and fall off on the Sunday. One of the ladies was extremely rude and had a terrible tone while talking to me and my mother I would never go back here STAY AWAY !"

"Two occasions, the staff members managed to cut me whilst doing my nails with no apology. Third time - triple booked me in so was waiting a while. I gave them a few chances but i wont be going back for sure. Jasmines across the street was much better."

"Avoid!!!! Needed my nails done & my usual nail tech was booked so went here to get a basic full set of acrylics. Usually don't write bad reviews but where to begin... 45m wait even though there was no one in there. Picked a nude colour but the paint had run out so instead of asking me for a different colour she took the colour I wanted and a similar colour, gave both to the man who worked there and he came back with only 1. In hindsight, he probably swapped the lids and she painted my nails with the other colour as it was the same number I picked but when it came out mauve I tried to tell her it was wrong but got ignored. As the lady was filing the side of my nails down pre-polish, she did so with such force that the cardboard file sliced through the side of my fingertip causing me to start bleeding pretty badly and she just ignored it and carried on with the next nail!!! I stopped her because nothing was disinfected so I took my hand away and put antibac on it to stop the bleeding but she just told me to keep still?? As she cut my cuticles she also cut through my skin which was really not nice either - then to add insult to injury as she applied the acrylic powder it got over the open cut and dried over it so she went to press the skin with her nails to peel it off and I yelped it was SO painful. Had to go home and take the polish off it was awful. 10 days later and they've all come off - I'm used to getting a minimum of 2 weeks if not 4 weeks from a set, not 10 days! The set was mediocre at best and definately not worth the cuts. Save your money and avoid this place!"

"There are a few nail salons in Purley and I’m new to the area so I thought I’d start by checking this one out. I was a walk in customer and wanted shellac pedicure. The technicians were all busy but said I could wait. Then I noticed the ‘cash only’ signs. So had to go find an ATM. (Who doesn’t take card payment these days smh) I was very happy with the service and would definitely return. My nails look nice and look very freaky done even a week later. The lady who did my nails was very nice and did a lovely job especially as I’d not had a pedicure in a while It’s a small shop which had lots a customers going in and out and I could see that many of them were repeat or return customers. They had very friendly welcomes from the staff. I would visit again for sure."