Would you pay more than you already do to get your nails done?

Unfortunately i think a lot of job which require people to be regularly spending spare cash on luxuries will be increasingly unviable and its mostly women in these jobs

I do my own, short with just clear polish. So I don’t pay anything anyway.

TBH I don’t like the look of fake nails, especially over-long ones or multi-coloured, though OK on the very young IMO.

Bit judgemental of something that makes other people happy!

I have shellac. My nails function fine.

I came here to say the same thing!

Personally I pay to get my nails done as I am crap at doing them myself and it makes me happy. I pay £30 for a shellac manicure every 3 weeks including soaking off the previous ones. They would easily last 4 weeks but I like my nails short and get annoyed if I wait that long. Once I’ve been 5 times I can get a 20% discount on anything I book, so I usually do something more (eg they have an amazing offer for a mani, pedi, massage and facial combined).

The male owners do, not Vietnamese or other 'technicians' there's a lot of trafficking/dreadful living conditions/having to leave their families back home & abuse.

using these salons is contributing to that. I'm amazed women still do,

I pay £35-45 plus tip every other week for my acrylics, at an independent place.

Plus £30 for pedicure as and when

Husband and wife team.

I would pay an extra £5 or so because I love my nail lady.

I use an independent beautician (whos also my SIL) every 3 weeks for BIAB infill. I love having my nails done and when I dont have i bite them. Shes £30 for this and worth every penny. No power tools used do takes around a hour depending on design. I would 100% pay more if i needed to.

I pay around 20 - 25 for my nails. She uses a drill and I don't have a pattern so it takes around 30 mins.

I have mine done by an independent lady every three weeks. I pay £30-35 depending on what needs doing.
I assume she's making money as she's about to extend her cabin

I have never paid as I don't like that look.
I paint my own or use nail wraps.
Most nail bars are money laundering fronts for the drugs trade and I don't want to contribute to that.

I (obviously) support people earning a decent amount per hour but the BBC report made me think about competition law. The proposal to get everyone to put their prices up seems to me to be problematic...

It's £15 in my local place. I think it's probably a bit dodgy though, because the building is owned by the people who also own the building next door with the brothel, crack house and definitely dodgy betting shop in it. And because the people working there always have a stack of kids to look after too. Always Vietnamese people as staff.

I don't get my nails done there. Mostly because I don't like the look so get them done nowhere, but also I would worry about the people who work there. I imagine that places like that are much more a concern for low wages than someone charging £50+.

I’ve had mine done 2-3 times in total. I don’t have time for this, and I wouldn’t pay £50. TBH I don’t like the look either.

I pay £23 for gel finger nails every 2 weeks without fail. Every 4 weeks for toes. That includes soak off and takes around an hour. There is a loyalty scheme so every 6th appointment is half price. My salon is always busy and you have to book well in advance. I have all my appointments booked until July plus two in December for Christmas. My self-employed nail technician drives a Mercedes and is just having a new house built so I assume that financially she must be comfortable.

I haven’t had my nails done since covid! I never bothered to do them myself I just stopped, I now keep them short and file them myself. My lady used to charge £28 for a soak off and new gels, she used a small room in the house I think she’s now given up completely since she had her last baby.

I did have a look as we have a holiday in August so I may get my toes and nails done for that but the prices have jumped to around £35/40 each and I am not sure I want to pay that.

I also used to get a lash lift (again only once since covid)…that’s now £55 - so instead have been using some stick on ones when I feel I need them not very often as I don’t go out

A salon was raided and I’ve been very wary of them since

https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/15084550.hollywood-nails-in-cirencester-faces-60000-fine-after-immigration-raid-results-in-three-arrests/

£35 from Mint salon that don't drill so a sock off gel nails and a new set is around 2 hours.

The oriental shops that drill were a lot quicker charged £25/£20 for shellac.

I genuinely don't understand nails. I like to look as good as I can, but have never thought that painted nails made me look better/more polished/put together/attractive etc. So for me it falls into the very minor take it or leave it category of life. If i fancy it i paint them myself old school style. There is no way I'd spend £50 on it, but equally no way I'd want to be part of an industry that exploited women. So I think if it was important I'd have to look for an independent technician, as there would be no guarantee paying more in an exploitative salon would mean the money would be passed to the women anyway.

I’ve had my nails done a handful of times for special occasions, but I can’t fathom people that have them done regularly (partly because of the cost and partly because it’s often really inconvenient having thicker nails that won’t function as normal nails!)

I wouldn’t be paying money on the regular for something as pointless as colours on my nails.

It’s been well known for years that these sorts of industries don’t pay their staff well. Paying more will just mean more money goes in companies pockets

Not many people will pay more anyway, OP. This is mumsnet where not paying your cleaning NLW is a badge of pride.

I pay 30euro for my fingernails to be done every 3 weeks and 50euro for finger and toenails every 6. My little luxury to me in life.

I do my own shellac, DD used to do them for me but I started doing them myself, it's cheaper and I'm a bit of a dab hand at it now after a lot of practice.
I usually do a french tip but with a pink tip not white, right now I have a pink glitter tip.
I only get my nails done professionally for holidays, my lash lady does them for me as she has a lot of nice colours.
I can't afford lashes and nails every three weeks so I just get my lashes done.

The lady in the article charges £30. I'd pay £40 sure.

I've never had my nails done and never would, but there are loads of beauty places in our small town so it's clearly very popular and they seem to make good money off it.

I pay £30 .. it’s my friends salon, I pay salon rates (not mates rates), and she’s doing fine

There is a lot of modern slavery that goes on in the Vietnamese salons, some are of these people earn a lot less than £7 an hour.

I have mine done every 3 weeks and pay £25, it's been that for 2 years. I'd carry on if it went up say £2.50-5 but not if it got to £50.