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Top 20 Nail Polish Salons
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  1. Brees Beauty Room

    Brees Beauty Room

    1 / 2 Smith Street, Charlestown 2290
    (76)
    Brees Beauty Room provides excellent service at affordable prices. Treatments include waxing, manicures, pedicures and spray tans, and brows and lashes.
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  2. First Class Beauty

    First Class Beauty

    283 Auburn Road, Hawthorn 3122
    (130)
    Ideally situated on Auburn Road in Hawthorn, First Class Beauty caters for all your skin, nails and beauty needs – from skin treatments to deluxe massages.
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  3. Beauty Genesis Forest Hill

    Beauty Genesis Forest Hill

    T141/270 Canterbury Road, Forest Hill 3131
    (219)
    Beauty Genesis in Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre caters to all your mani, pedi, waxing and general beauty needs. It’s a retreat in the mall, fully-equipped with spa massage chairs for you to completely unwind in.
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  4. Hali Nails & Beauty

    Hali Nails & Beauty

    Shop 3 / 77 Prospect Road, Prospect 5082
    (227)
    Hali Nails and Beauty is a Prospect beauty salon specialising in luxury body and beauty treatments.
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  5. Twinkle Nail and Beauty

    Twinkle Nail and Beauty

    144 Koornang Road, Carnegie 3163
    (37)
    Twinkle Nail and Beauty is a Carnegie-based salon specialising in manicure and pedicure and other traditional beauty treatments.
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  6. C-Beauty & Co

    C-Beauty & Co

    16B / 108 Bourke Street (Inside Paramount Centre), Melbourne CBD 3000
    (113)
    C-Beauty & Co is a premium skincare and beauty services provider conveniently located within the Paramount Centre in Melbourne’s CBD.
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  7. Golden Nails Care - Port Melbourne

    Golden Nails Care - Port Melbourne

    156 Rouse Street, Port Melbourne 3207
    (24)
    Treat yourself to phenomenal manis/pedis, lash and brow treatments from the talented team at Golden Nails Care on Rouse Street in Port Melbourne.
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  8. Tips & Toes - Fitzroy

    Tips & Toes - Fitzroy

    399 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065
    (111)
    Tips and Toes, specialises in artificial, acrylic and gel nails. The professional team also delivers eyelash and brow treatments including lash extensions.
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  9. Pure Passion Hair and Beauty

    Pure Passion Hair and Beauty

    89 Anderson Street, Yarraville 3013
    (156)
    Get all your hair and beauty needs covered in one place with Pure Passion Hair and Beauty. Services include hair, skin, nail and eyebrow threading.
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  10. Coco Nails - South Yarra

    Coco Nails - South Yarra

    Shop 2 / 53-61 Toorak Road, South Yarra 3141
    (114)
    Transform your nails from boring to breath taking with Coco Nails! You'll find all your favourites including SNS, acrylic, gel, and eyelash extensions, too.
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  11. LV Hair & Nail

    LV Hair & Nail

    Shop 4, 534-542 Mount Dandenong Road (Inside Churinga Shopping Centre), Kilsyth 3137
    (45)
    Conveniently located inside Churinga Shopping Centre on Mount Dandenong Road, LV Hair & Nail can accommodate all your hair, nail and beauty needs.
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  12. Nail Paradise

    Nail Paradise

    Shop 4 / 332 Centre Road, Bentleigh 3204
    (29)
    Enjoy a relaxing mani or pedi at Nail Paradise. The company offers services including shellac, nails, nail art, gel nails, eyebrow waxing, tints, and more.
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  13. Golden Nails Care - Heidelberg

    Golden Nails Care - Heidelberg

    180 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg 3084
    (17)
    Golden Nails Care on Burgundy Street is your go-to destination for top-notch nail, lash, brow and waxing treatments in Heidelberg. Book online now.
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  14. Takumimo Salon

    Takumimo Salon

    Shop 5/69-71 Mitchell Street, Darwin CBD 0800
    (24)
    Itching for a makeover? Overdue for a pampering? Head to Takumimo Salon on Mitchell Street in Darwin for all your nails, lashes and beauty needs!
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  15. Chapel's Beauty Salon

    Chapel's Beauty Salon

    81A Chapel Street, Windsor 3181
    (169)
    Visit Chapel's Beauty Salon, and be pampered to perfection with an exceptional range of services to highlight your natural beauty and boost your confidence.
    Next available: Today 10:00 AM
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  16. Signature Nail Designs

    Signature Nail Designs

    123 Kennedy St (Inside Bel's Hair & Beauty), Picnic Point 2213
    (1)
    Signature Nail Designs is a Picnic Point nail and beauty salon offering premium nail and beauty services in a luxe studio.
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  17. Maison de Linda Skin & Beauty

    Maison de Linda Skin & Beauty

    7 / 214-216 Victoria Street, Richmond 3121
    (22)
    Maison de Linda Skin & Beauty is a professional skin and beauty clinic in Richmond providing advanced skincare and beauty treatments in a modern studio location.
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  18. Essence Lashes and Beauty

    Essence Lashes and Beauty

    55/55 Elgin Street, Carlton 3053
    (1)
    Treat yourself to a revitalising experience with Melbourne’s most sought-after lash and brow technicians, at Essence Lashes & Beauty on Elgin St, Carlton.
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  19. Channie Beauty

    Channie Beauty

    75 Pelham Street, Carlton 3053
    (12)
    Retreat from the stress of everyday life with Channie Beauty. Offering facials, spray tanning, manicures, pedicures, waxing, massages, and eyebrow tinting.
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  20. Nails and Beauty by Hannah (Nuyu)

    Nails and Beauty by Hannah (Nuyu)

    85 Glenferrie Road, Malvern 3144
    (22)
    Nails and Beauty by Hannah is a high-quality nail and beauty bar in the heart of Malvern offering a variety of traditional beauty treatments.
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Nail Polish

You probably don't give Nail Polish much thought. It comes in a bottle and makes your nails look gorgeous, right? But its history is really quite interesting.

For starters, nail polish is not a new invention. In some form or other it's been around for centuries. The Chinese were probably the first to use it. As early as 3000BC women in China used a concoction of beeswax, egg white, gelatin and vegetable dyes to decorate their nails.

The Ancient Egyptians loved it, too. The colour of one's nails back then also gave a clue to your breeding. Upper-class ladies painted their nails red, whilst the lower classes were only allowed to use very light colours.

Automotive Paint

Nail polish has contained many different ingredients over time but it wasn't until the invention of the car that the recipe was perfected. Believe it or not, today's nail polishes were inspired by automotive paint.

Cosmetic company Revlon took it to the next level, releasing its first range of colours in 1932. It has to be said that your colour choices were pretty limited back then. It was basically three shades of red. How different things are today.

Nail polish went in and out of fashion over the decades, hitting a high in 2012. Its use shot up around 30%, probably due to an increasing demand for nail art. After that, the sky was the limit.

Nail Art

Practically every colour and finish is available, including matte, gloss, shimmer, glitter, crème, iridescent, duo-chrome and more. The mini works of art created by professional nail art technicians are just amazing.

Many people still favour a classic French manicure, which is designed to look like a natural nail, only better. That simple combination of pale pink and white has been taken to some quite spectacular new levels. Think black and silver, red and black and more.

An inverted French manicure is also popular, where the classic white crescent is painted over the root of the nail, not the tip.

Most Expensive Nail Polish

Nail polishes not only vary in colour but also in price. You can pick up a bottle for a couple of dollars, or you can pay up to $250,000. No kidding, Black Diamond King is the most expensive nail polish in the world, as it's made with 267 carats of black diamonds.

There are plenty of weird and wonderful facts about nail polish that you may not have come across before. For example, did you know that an unopened bottle of nail polish can last forever? Some nail polishes kale, garlic and cucumber.

There's another story about a woman being arrested for painting her toenails on a plane. That one's probably a myth. However, there is truth to the old wives tale that you can use nail polish to mend a run in your stockings or tights.

Choose a Professional

There are plenty of myths about nail polish. Some people swear you should keep it in the fridge. Not so. This will change the chemical makeup of the product and it won't work as well. You should also keep it out of direct sunlight.

It seems to us that the easiest solution is to always have your nails professionally painted. That way you don't have to worry about storing your products correctly or upsetting airline pilots!

Whilst acrylics and gels are popular you do have the option of choosing nail polish when you book in for a manicure or pedicure. It's a lot cheaper than most other services and gives you the option of changing your colours as often as you like.

For all its simplicity there is a real knack to properly applying nail polish. How many of us have ended up with gritty uneven nail colour when doing it ourselves? If you want the job done right, go to a professional.