Nail Salon Near Me in Santa Monica for Royal Pedis: Natura Nail Spa

Natura Nail Spa is no longer at 922 Wilshire Boulevard. The salon has moved a few blocks toward the ocean, into Suite 101, Unit 18 of The Verona, the Sola Salons building at 530 Wilshire Boulevard between 5th and 6th Streets, and set your map to 530 Wilshire to find the entrance. A classic manicure is $25, the gel version is $43, and the doors open at 9:30 am on weekdays. For anyone searching nail salon near me in Downtown Santa Monica, it is now a private studio rather than an open salon floor.

The salon was conceived by Tomas Calderon, an interior designer, who set out to remove the rushed, noisy atmosphere of a typical nail shop. Regulars simply call him Tom, and a December 2025 reviewer wrote that she loves Tom the owner and his team of ladies. The website dates back to 2018, and the brand has built close to four hundred Yelp reviews since then, which it advertises as a 4.8 average.

The move into Sola Salons changed the format more than the menu. Natura now works from its own lockable studio suite inside a building of independent beauty studios, so instead of a row of chairs facing a busy room you get custom lounge seating in a private space. The salon describes the seats as private armchair comfort, and the booking system lists three active technicians, Anna, Tom and Mati.

The Verona sits on Wilshire Boulevard between 5th and 6th Streets, a few blocks inland from Ocean Avenue and the edge of Downtown Santa Monica. Valet parking runs on site from 8 am to 5 pm, and after that you rely on metered street parking nearby. Big Blue Bus Route 2 and LA Metro Line 20 both run along Wilshire past the building.

By rail, the Metro E Line ends at Downtown Santa Monica Station at 4th Street and Colorado Avenue, about half a mile south. Walk north on 4th or 5th Street to Wilshire, then turn toward 6th Street. Old listings on tourism sites still show the former 922 Wilshire address and other phone numbers.

The house splurge is the Royal series. Natura's Royal Pedi costs $80 and adds a sea salt scrub, a cooling mint mask, beeswax and a ten-minute massage to the standard pedicure. The Royal Mani is the hand version at $67. Both are booked in sixty-minute slots, which is how the booking system lists almost every service here, so plan on an unhurried hour either way.

If you want the treatment without the full ritual, the Callus Repair Pedi is $40 and adds a callus treatment, hot towel and five-minute massage. The Classic Natura Pedi is $30, and the Natura Gelicure Pedi is $48. Paraffin can be added to any service for $15, and gel polish is a $20 add-on to any manicure or pedicure. Gel removal is also $15.

The Classic Natura Mani is $25 and covers a soak, filing, shaping, cuticle care, a five-minute hand massage, cuticle oil and polish. The Natura Gelicure Mani is the same service with gel polish for $43, and Yelp reviewers single out the gel as non-toxic and lasting about two weeks. Dipping powder is $50 and a regular acrylic full set is $60.

The menu item that best fits the brand is the Detox All-Natural Mani at $40, which uses an organic base coat, polish and top coat plus organic cuticle oil and lotion. The pedicure equivalent is $45. The salon describes its products as gentle, low-odor botanical formulas and non-toxic polishes, and it uses single-use implements. Aprés Gel-X extensions are on the menu too, though no Gel-X price is posted online.

Natura's following is loyal and local. Reviewers describe themselves as regulars who keep coming back for both the manicure and the pedicure, and one called it the best salon they know, with extremely friendly staff. Parents book children in too, with a Kid's Mani and Kid's Pedi at $10 each, and a child can sit for a polish while a parent has the Royal Pedi.

The quieter studio suits exactly the clients the design was meant for, people who wanted the treatment without the chatter of a shop floor, and the long run of repeat reviews from the old 922 Wilshire address suggests many of them have followed Tom's team down the street. If you want a buzzing salon with ten technicians and walk-in energy, this is not that room, and that is the point of the move.

Payment is the first. Natura takes cash, Venmo and Zelle, and credit cards are not listed among its payment options, so arrive with one of those ready. The second is the reviews. Most are warm, but Yelp's own summary notes uneven service and occasional miscommunication, and one reviewer described a terrible experience. Ratings outside Yelp are lower too, around 4.2 on Chamber of Commerce.

My honest read: the Royal Pedi is worth the $80 when you want an hour of real quiet, but skip it if you only need fresh color, because the $30 Classic Pedi gets you the same chair and the same soak. And do not count on valet for a 6 pm appointment, because valet ends at 5 pm and street parking downtown fills up in the evening.

Walk-ins are welcomed depending on daily availability, but older reviews already warned that the shop gets busy, and a three-technician studio fills faster than the old salon floor did. Book online through the salon's booking page, where you can pick Anna, Tom or Mati. Hours are 9:30 am to 7:30 pm on weekdays, 9 am to 7:30 pm on Saturday and 9:30 am to 7 pm on Sunday.

If nothing is free, Bellacures Santa Monica at 1609B Montana Avenue is the nearest dependable backup. It is a chain rather than an independent studio, but it also advertises non-toxic, vegan polish, it opens until 8 pm every day. It is a short drive north, on the Montana Avenue shopping strip.

The best reason to book Natura over a salon further inland is what is two blocks west. Palisades Park runs along Ocean Avenue on the bluff above Santa Monica Bay, about twenty-six acres with a rose garden, public art and the Camera Obscura Art Lab, and it is open from 5 am to midnight. Walk it in sandals after a pedicure while the polish finishes setting.

If you would rather shop, the Third Street Promenade is the pedestrian street a couple of blocks south and east, lined with stores and cafes. From there the E Line station at 4th and Colorado is close, which makes a Natura appointment easy to fold into a beach day without moving the car.

Address: 530 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 101, Unit 18, Santa Monica, CA 90401, inside The Verona, Sola Salons, between 5th and 6th Streets. Hours: Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 7:30 pm, Saturday 9 am to 7:30 pm, Sunday 9:30 am to 7 pm. Payment: cash, Venmo or Zelle. Valet parking 8 am to 5 pm.

Prices: Classic Natura Mani $25, Gelicure Mani $43, Detox All-Natural Mani $40, Royal Mani $67, Classic Natura Pedi $30, Gelicure Pedi $48, Royal Pedi $80, Callus Repair Pedi $40, dipping powder $50, acrylic full set $60, Kid's Mani $10. Transit: Big Blue Bus Route 2 or Metro Line 20 on Wilshire; E Line at 4th and Colorado.