The salon features a faceto- face furniture arrangement  typically seen in living rooms.

The salon features a faceto-face furniture arrangement typically seen in living rooms.

With home-style décor and a wall-to-wall collection of modern art, Luna D’Oro — a Beverly Hills, Calif.-based beauty house that focuses on natural and restorative nail services — is anything but the typical salon space.

I loved the two massive paintings of  James Dean behind the couch.

I loved the two massive paintings of James Dean behind the couch.

  • Adorned with colorful throw pillows, visual art purchased at local galleries, antique carpets, and a rare book collection, Luna D’Oro looks like your friend’s boho-chic living room. The personal and eclectic décor is forever fluctuating — almost everything visible is also for sale. A pedicure becomes a chance to go shopping from the comfort of a plush armchair. (Or better yet, take the chair home with you!)
This mini boutique area displays  jewelry and polish for sale.

This mini boutique area displays jewelry and polish for sale.

  • Luna D’Oro is one of the first salons in the U.S. to offer Australian-made Christina Fitzgerald nail and skincare products. The staff goes through a training program conducted by the brand as well.
[left to right] Receptionist Yuliya Tsvihun  with nail techs Naima Malone, Olga  Kovner, and Mila Sandul. All nail techs have  between 10 and 15 years of experience.

[left to right] Receptionist Yuliya Tsvihun with nail techs Naima Malone, Olga Kovner, and Mila Sandul. All nail techs have between 10 and 15 years of experience.

  • To the ladies of Luna D’Oro, maintaining healthy natural nails is important. Most services offered are waterless, and from reflexology to Reiki, each nail tech has a therapeutic specialty. They all complete additional training with a local podiatrist too. The salon is known for its 90-minute Japanese manicure, which features a collection of serums to aid different types of nail damage and doesn’t use colored polish or metal implements.
Resident manicurist-turned ref lexologist Sandul gave me an  hour-long nail treatment.

Resident manicurist-turned reflexologist Sandul gave me an hour-long nail treatment.

  • Luxury is critical, explained salon manager Yulia Dremina. “One of our main goals is to provide a luxurious experience and to make people feel beautiful, treated, and healthy,” she said. During treatments, clients get Russian candies and iPads to play with. A complimentary coffee station and full wet bar are also available — champagne is a standard request. When I asked if the salon had any male clients, Dremina responded, “Of course; we serve vodka and whiskey too, you know.”

www.luna-doro.com

For reprint and licensing requests for this article, Click here.

Read more about