Nail Atelier · Est. Arlington
Lacquer Room
A small, precise studio for structured gel and considered nail art. Booked by appointment, open late, and never rushed.
- Structured gel
- Builder overlay
- Russian manicure
- Freehand art
- Chrome & cateye
- Spa pedicure
- Soft gel extensions
- Open til 8pm
The studio
Six chairs, one standard,
no conveyor belt.
We kept the room deliberately small. Every appointment gets a full hour minimum, a technician who stays with you start to finish, and tools that came out of an autoclave, not a drawer.
The work is structured gel: a properly prepped nail, an apex built where it belongs, and a finish that grows out cleanly instead of lifting at week two. It takes longer. It also lasts.
- Hospital-grade sterilisation, logged for every tool
- Single-use files and buffers, opened in front of you
- HEMA-free and 10-free product lines available on request
- Ventilated stations at every seat
- 6Days open a week
- 8pmLatest appointment
- 60+Gel shades in stock
- 1hrMinimum booking
What we do
Services
Six disciplines. Open one to see what is involved and roughly what it costs.
01 Manicures from $28
Dry-machine prep, cuticle work under magnification, and a shape cut to your nail bed rather than a stencil. Finished in polish, gel, or bare and buffed.
02 Pedicures from $45
Pipe-free tubs, liner-lined for every guest. Callus work, a proper heel file, and a lower-leg massage that is not a token thirty seconds.
03 Gel & Builder from $40
BIAB-style overlays for nails that split or peel. We build an apex, thin the free edge, and cap it — which is the difference between three weeks and ten days.
04 Extensions from $70
Soft gel tips and sculpted forms. Length and shape agreed before we start, and kept to something you can actually type and drive with.
05 Nail Art from $5
Freehand line work, chrome, cateye, encapsulated foils and French in any colour. Bring a reference; we will tell you honestly whether it suits your nail length.
06 Waxing from $12
Hard wax for face and bikini, strip wax for legs and arms. Single-use spatulas, never double-dipped.
Recent work
Lookbook
In their words
Reviews
I came in with three nails split from a set someone else had rushed. They took the whole thing off, looked at what was underneath, and put a builder overlay on instead of selling me another full set. Four weeks and nothing has lifted.
Booked the 6:30 on a Thursday because nothing else in Ballston is open that late. Sat down at 6:30. The Russian manicure is the cleanest cuticle work I have had here, and I have tried most of them.
Brought a screenshot of a chrome French I was fairly sure nobody could actually do. She did it — then told me straight that it would sit better a few millimetres shorter, and she was right.
I react to most gels and had given up. They keep a HEMA-free line, prepped the station before I arrived, and nothing flared. Six weeks of appointments now with no reaction at all.
Where & when
Visit us
Opening hours
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tue – Fri | 11am – 8pm |
| Saturday | 10am – 7pm |
| Sunday | 11am – 5pm |
Last booking is one hour before close. Walk-ins are taken after 2pm when a chair is free.
Find us
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Address
218 Lantern Row, Suite 4
Arlington, VA 22201 - Phone (571) 527-8120
- Email hello@lacquerroom.com
Appointments
Book the chair
Same-week slots usually open up on Tuesday mornings. Call the studio or send an email and we will fit you in.