COLORVAT NEW YORK CITY

The salon has offered nail care in New York City for eight years. Its manicure work takes place in a private studio with three manicure tables, which keeps appointments more private than a shared open floor.

Each visit starts with a check of the natural nails. Before any service, the technician assesses the nails for weakness, brittleness, peeling, discoloration, or damage, so the rest of the appointment can be planned around what the nails show.

Cuticle Care sits within nail care. The pedicure side includes a Dry Pedicure, a technique built for dry, cracked, or rough heels, and Skin S.O.S., a treatment listed among its pedicure services. Russian manicure techniques are also offered.

On hygiene, the salon says it cleans the studio between appointments with hospital-grade solutions. Tools are professionally sterilized, and each client's personal manicure set is prepared and kept for that client's own use.

Products are a HEMA-free and TPO/TPU-free line, and the salon says all of them are made in Europe. It also states that its technicians are trained to high standards by educators and medical experts, and that it works with European laboratories. The salon describes its nail artistry as award-winning and says more than 2,000 women have been through its transformation; these are the salon's own claims. Gift cards are sold as eGift cards in $100, $250, $500, and $1,000 amounts, or a custom amount.

The salon starts each service with an assessment of the natural nails and uses product lines it describes as HEMA-free and TPO/TPU-free.

A small private studio with three manicure tables.