Amour Nails Ashburton is a professional, full-service nail salon on Burnett Street, offering a complete manicure and pedicure service. The salon is best known for its full-set acrylic extension nails — applied to your natural nails or added as beautifully shaped extensions — alongside hundreds of gel polish and dipping powder colour options. For anyone wanting strength as well as style, BIAB (Builder Gel) delivers stronger, more resilient nails that can last up to three weeks, while the gel manicure pairs your choice of polish with a hand-cream massage and cuticle oil.
The salon's famous, soothing spa pedicure is a highlight: a relaxing, full service including a foot and lower-leg massage, finishing with your toenails painted in the colour of your choice. Reviewers consistently rate the salon five stars, praising the welcoming atmosphere, meticulous attention to detail and results they describe as the best they've had — with some customers travelling in from out of town especially for it.
Beyond nails, Amour Beauty offers eyebrow tattoo and waxing, bookable through the same online system, and gift vouchers can be purchased online with any balance redeemable for 36 months from purchase. Appointments can be made online, by phone, or by walking in subject to availability.
On Burnett Street in Ashburton, Amour Nails has made its name as the town's most elegant destination for nails — a professional, full-service salon where the menu runs from sculpted acrylic extensions to builder gel, dipping powder and a spa pedicure that locals describe as the best they've ever had. Colour choice is a point of pride here: with hundreds of gel polish and dipping powder options, no two sets need ever look the same.
The centrepiece of the service list is the acrylic full-set. Acrylic can be applied to your natural nails, or you can add extra length with beautifully shaped extensions — the salon's gallery shows long almond shapes in glossy pale pink, pink-and-purple glitter, chrome gradients and intricate marble art. Whichever route you choose, the finish is built to last and to turn heads.
Strength is the specialty of BIAB, or Builder Gel. It is a great solution if you want stronger, more resilient nails: it can last up to three weeks and can be back-filled as your nails grow, making it a favourite for anyone growing out damage or simply wanting durability. Dipping powder offers another long-wearing option — your nails are dipped into a pre-mixed powder and coated with an activating solution that sets them to a glossy, natural-looking finish.
For something more classic, the gel manicure covers a full manicure with either gel polish or normal polish on your natural nails, finished with a hand-cream massage and cuticle oil. And for those who see nails as a canvas, design and nail art can be added to any booking through the online add-ons list — think white marble with gold veining, black-and-white marble, glitter accents and rhinestone details.
If one service has put Amour Nails on the map, it is the spa pedicure. This is a relaxing, full service that includes a foot and lower-leg massage before finishing with your toenails painted in the colour of your choice. The reviews are emphatic. One customer wrote that she and her mother agreed their pedicures were the best they'd had — better than the mall salons they normally visited in Christchurch — and she returned days later for acrylics ahead of her baby shower, praising the care and attention taken with the set. Another visitor, in town for a family wedding, called it the best pedicure and manicure she'd ever had.
The salon's review page is a wall of five-star ratings. Customers describe awesome service in a beautiful salon, professionals who know what they're doing, and an atmosphere worth returning to — one reviewer has been coming for almost two years and recommends technician Hannah by name for her perfect finish. Another praised the owner's acrylic refill work as amazing and very thorough. It's the kind of word of mouth that keeps the appointment book full, from locals to visitors passing through Ashburton.
Alongside the nail menu, the salon operates as Amour Beauty, offering eyebrow tattoo and waxing, both bookable through the same online system. If you're gift-hunting, Amour Nails gift vouchers can be purchased online, with any balance redeemable for 36 months from the date of purchase — a safe bet for the nail lover in your life.
You'll find Amour Nails at 187 Burnett Street, Ashburton. The easiest way to book is online: the booking page shows the full price list and services and lets you select design and nail art add-ons as you go. Prefer to call? The salon can be phoned anytime on 027 266 8762. Walk-ins are also welcome, subject to availability. The salon shares its latest sets on Facebook and Instagram, so you can scroll the gallery, pick your inspiration and arrive ready.