Chicago - February 24, 2009

Get Nailed

Nail Art at Cici Nails

When you tried to French your florist, he suggested therapy.

Talk is cheap. But getting your nails done is cheaper.

Drive to Chatham (just head south and don’t look back) for a real-deal nail art manicure. Located on an unassuming block, Cici Nails salon is as bare bones as the staff is snappy. But the nail art is the best: quick, intricate, and long lasting.

After the manicure, you’ll choose base and design colors (we dig the neon tones). You can pick your own design (initials, rainbows, stars), but we suggest letting the artists go to town. It takes them mere minutes to do their work, and they hit the nail (ha) on the head every time.

They charge extra for rhinestones.

Hey, it pays to look polished.

Cici Nails, 822 East 79th Street, at Maryland Avenue, Chatham (773-962-9099).

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