Our salon resides at the top of Potrero Hill in San Francisco overlooking the city skyline and the bay. The neighborhood is very relaxed with several restaurants and coffee shops very close to the salon.

Our long time manager, Carmen, and our front desk expert, Oge, are ready to make your Pinkies experience as fabulous as it can be. If you know the name of the polish you like, Carmen and Oge are masters at picking it out on the shelf before you can even blink. You might even get to meet our owner Connie’s giant shnauzer, Bella, who loves to dress up for Farley’s Costume Pet Parade.

Our seasoned technicians will give you fabulous manicures, pedicures, and waxes! You’ll see why our clients continue to come back for our waxes. Pinkies Potrero Hill has some amazing non-natural technicians who can give you the best treatments as well as fantastic nail designs.

Pinkies Potrero Hill is the only Pinkies offering spray tans. These tans give you a natural glow without  exposing skin to harsh UV rays. We know how hard it can be to maintain a tan in all this city fog!

Get away from loud and busy neighborhoods, and venture into Potrero Hill for a special, personal experience in nail treatments. Don’t forget to become our Facebook fan and sign up for special email offers so you can stay up to date with the latest Pinkies news and promotions.

1447 20th St

San Francisco, CA 94107

415-401-6264

New Cuccio Lytes Ultra-Sheer Body Butter! Now available at Pinkies Nail Salons in 8 oz. bottles… just $10.

Guava & Mangosteen renews and deeply hydrates for soft, silky smooth skin. Contains antioxidants and vitamins.

Tuscan Citrus & White Tea gives your skin a toned and brightened appearance. White tea contains polyphenols to help increase skin’s elasticity.

Pomegranate & Acai promotes healthier and younger looking skin by reducing fine lines and wrinkles. The most potent antioxidant blend.

Honey & Soy Milk helps regenerate damaged tissue and skin cells. High in Vitamin E and natural humectants to soften and condition the skin.

Available exclusively at all Pinkies Nail Salons locations.

Pinkies Nail Salons

1447 20th St

San Francisco, CA  94107

Your wedding is a really big deal to you and to us. Regardless of your taste and personal style, your nails will be on stage with you. Everyone wants to see you ring, and it is captured in photos forever. We’d like to be in know on all you can do with your special wedding nails.

Many choose a beautiful French Manicure. What you may not know is you can decide the type of pink and the type of white colors for your French Manicure. Options range from sharp to subtle, pinks to grays-oh the possibilities! This makes French Manicures our most popular bridal option…even for brides who never considered themselves “French Manicure” types. A fun alternative is an American manicure: white on the nail bed and the pink on the tip. Again, the color choices are many…extreme to subtle.

If a French manicure isn’t your style, we recommend a sheer polish treatment. We have so many options here from clear to silver to every soft pink you can image. This polish treatment includes a base coat, two layers of soft color, and top coat. Your entire nail surface will be the same color. We recommend this option for brides concerned about chips because chips are much less visible with light sheer colors.

Of course, you can always go with a bold color. We always apply a basecoat, two layers of polish, and  a top coat to help set the polish. If you do not regularly get nail treatments a deep color option can be risky for your wedding day. Polish takes hours to cure, and it could ding and dent if you are active. If you are set on a deep dark and beautiful color you must be aware of your nails. We want your day to be perfect too!

At Pinkies we offer color alternatives for those who prefer a no-color treatment. Even when you don’t want color, you can still get trimmed cuticles and shaped nails on your special day. Clear polish or a fabulous buff will leave your nails picture perfect.

Our Deluxe treatments include a massage and will fully moisturize your hands and feet. Deluxe Pedicures feature a fragrant exfoliating scrub that leaves your feet and lower legs smooth and glowing as well as a 10 minute lower leg and foot massage that will relieve you from stress. Deluxe Pedicures allow you to soak your hands and nails in warm oil and lotion and also include a massage.

Note to Maids and Matrons of Honor: we honor you. We’ve learned many things over the years, and at the top of the list is don’t mess with you. Let’s face it, you couldn’t love your bride more. You are under stress, on stage and responsible for your bride until she leaves for her honeymoon. Stay prepared for any emergency by picking up a bottle of your bride’s polish color (tip color for French) before you leave Pinkies. We will make this easy for as we are here to assist you. You matter to us too and want you to feel pampered.

The groom MUST get his nails done, too. Pinkies is hardly too frilly for men. We’ve been providing men’s nail care for years and men are a common site in our salons, and we take care of our guys just like we care for you. His hands are photographed with yours so his cuticles must be trimmed, nails clipped, shaped and perfectly buffed. A pedicure is also a nice touch for him on the Big Day. You see those feet…and wouldn’t clean, trimmed, filed and buffed toe nails on him make the honeymoon a little sweeter? We think so…

What better way to get ready for the isle than to book a party at Pinkies the night before or the day of? We can accomodate as many people as you need. Simply visit our website and fill out a party form.

Pinkies Nail Salons

415-401-2100

*Services available at all Pinkies Nail Salons locations.

No alcohol, caffeine, sugar, chemicals, bad fats, unhealthy meats, nightshades, gluten, eggs, dairy, soy, corn, etc. Excuse me, but that just about covers every food group as far as I’m concerned.

When my partner Connie called and announced “we” were signed up for a bio-cleanse I thought, “fine, I could lose a few pounds anyway.” That was the last time we spoke about it until we met with Dr. Amy Day of San Francisco Natural Medicine just down the street from our Pinkies location on Potrero Hill.

Dr. Amy had 14 participants lined up and announced she too would “cleanse” with the group. We went around the room introducing ourselves and talking about our individual goals. The stories were all pretty familiar. Too much of a good, or delicious, thing isn’t good for you. We all know this but sometimes a bad habit isn’t all that bad, right? And what the heck is a nightshade anyway?

After the orientation, Connie and I raced off to Whole Foods with our grocery lists filled with items we couldn’t pronounce. We stood there staring into bulk food bins when a perky store employee approached and asked if we were participating in the cleanse. “We only have one bottle of bentonite left and we are out of Castor Oil,” she said excitedly. This forced us to move into immediate supermarket sweeps mode. Connie dashed off leaving me with two shopping carts and desperately scanning ingredients on every item.

That evening, Connie had me over for dinner. It was our last night of food freedom for 10 days so we did it up. Cheeses, bread, wine, Indian food, and more wine. It was wonderful.

By cleanse day 2 we were both feeling the effects of caffeine deprivation. During our frequent phone conversations I wasn’t sure if Connie was continually repeating herself, I was hearing double, or if she was intentionally trying to annoy me. Another couple of days passed and we were off and running. The great part about Dr. Amy’s plan is that she uses full body approach to the cleanse process. It was not a diet so we never felt starved!

The key to a successful cleanse is to get back in touch with your body and learn something(s)about yourself. I discovered that my diet was not in any way related to my chronic insomnia and that eating on a regular schedule is key to staying trim. Both Connie and I learned that eating and drinking is more of social experience for us. We enjoy the company and, trust me, it’s gets lonely eating a special diet for 10 days. If you are planning to cleanse do it with a friend or in a group. “The allowed foods get rather boring,” says Connie, “so you’ll want o swap recipes with a friend.” She also goes on record that it was me who was annoying her around day 2!

Both of us agree that our eating habits have improved as a result of the cleanse and we highly recommend this to anyone who is feeling a little toxic. You will have done something really good for yourself not to mention your liver. If we can do it, you can too.

So what is a nightshade vegetable you ask? Foods in the Potato, Tomato, Pepper, and Eggplant families contain naturally occurring toxins. These toxins may or may not be problematic for patients but all potential toxins are removed from the diet during this cleanse.

For more information go to http://www.sfnatmed.com/ and, as Dr. Amy says, “love your liver and be well.”

1447 20th Street

San Francisco, CA  94107

Saturday, March 21, 2009

March 17-21 at the de Young

Bouquets to Art is the largest fundraiser benefitting the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Connie Kullberg and Derik Landry look forward to this event every year. This year’s magnificent installation is at the de Young in Golden Gate Park.

There are nearly 150 floral exhibitions in the museum galleries during the weeklong event. The “bouquets” are inspired by and displayed next to works of art.

This year floral designer, friend, and client Emily Dreblow (http://www.soulflowersf.com/) created an orginal masterpiece for this event.

Bouquets to Art raises funds for special exhibitions, acquisitions, and education programs. For more information visit them at http://www.bouquetstoart.org/ .

Pinkies Nail Salons

1447 20th Street

San Francisco, CA  94107

415-401-6264