Touch Nail Spas Invite You To Come Pamper Yourself

As the husband-and-wife team of Timmy Pham and Tiffany Ha celebrate the sixth anniversary of the original Wesley Chapel location of their Touch Nail Spa, they have continued to grow by opening new salons, expanding their services, and remaining committed to providing the best possible customer service to keep their clients raving.

Touch Nail Spaโ€™s Wesley Chapel location is 5,000 sq. ft. โ€” the largest nail salon in the area โ€” and conveniently located on S.R. 56, about a mile east of I-75, in the same plaza as Capital Tacos. That location alone employs 44 people.

In December 2020, the second Touch Nail Spa opened in The Village at Hunterโ€™s Lake, in the same plaza with Sprouts Farmers Market off Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in New Tampa. Itโ€™s a convenient location with abundant parking and now has more than 30 employees.

โ€œWhen we opened our first location, we had 10 people working,โ€ Timmy says. โ€œWeโ€™ve grown so much.โ€

And now, Touch Nail Spa has expanded again โ€” as a third location has opened in Odessa at 16222 S.R. 54.

But, Timmy and Tiffany say itโ€™s not important that they are the biggest salon in the area. What they really strive for is to be the best.

โ€œWe try to give the best customer service we can,โ€ says Timmy. โ€œThere are so many nail salons, and they learn from us and copycat what weโ€™re doing.โ€

Touch Nail Spa offers beautiful, upscale, serene surroundings with high ceilings for better ventilation, rows of comfortable leather pedicure chairs and plenty of manicure stations to minimize the wait time.

A complimentary beverage is offered with any service, including manicures, pedicures, eyelash extensions, waxing, facials and massages. Complimentary beverages include bottled water, soda, or a glass of chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, moscato or sangria, served in a chilled glass (wine is for adults ages 21 and older with proper identification, of course).

Want To Try Something New?

As for new services, the Wesley Chapel location now offers microblading, a semi-permanent treatment to fill in eyebrows, and Timmy is hoping to expand that service to the New Tampa location, as well.

In addition, all three Touch locations now offer eyelash extensions with many options to fit a variety of budgets.ย 

Whether youโ€™re looking for a simple mani/pedi to keep your fingers and toes neat and polished, a relaxing spa experience with luxurious touches, or a skilled technician to provide the latest trends in nail shapes and designs, Touch Nail Spa can accommodate every desire.ย 

Touch offers dipping powder, acrylic nails and all kinds of nail designs,  French manicures, gel polish (which lasts longer than regular polish) and more.  

Timmy says each location has always had thousands of colors on hand, but has recently added many more, so the salon is now carrying even more colors than it had prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. He estimates Touch now boasts 3,500+ colors.

But, like so many other business owners have experienced, the pandemic left its mark on Touch Nail Spa.

โ€œWeโ€™re so glad Covid is gone,โ€ Timmy says. โ€œThe pandemic destroyed a lot.โ€

While some people still wear masks, restrictions have eased. However, the stringent cleaning protocols that were in place prior to the pandemic are still being utilized at Touch, to ensure the health and safety of clients and employees.

โ€œIt seems like people are back to normal,โ€ he explains. โ€œThey donโ€™t mind sitting closer now.โ€

Also back are private nail parties. While all three locations will accommodate groups, only Wesley Chapel can provide a private room for the exclusive use of your gathering, whether itโ€™s for bachelorette parties, birthday parties or bridal/wedding parties. Although they didnโ€™t require a private room, Jannah and her daughters Kristen and Lauren, daughter-in-law Caitlin and Kristenโ€™s boyfriend Chaz each enjoyed a different manicure โ€” from Orange Burst to Strawberries & Cream to basic โ€” and everyone raved about their service, relaxing foot massages and nail techs.ย  ย 

Timmy says long-time customers have noticed that the salon had no choice but to change its prices after the pandemic. Just as costs have risen for consumers, he says they have risen slightly for Touch Nail Spa, too. He says supplies cost twice what they did prior to the pandemic.

โ€œIt gives me a headache,โ€ he says. โ€œI want to be fair with all of the customers and with the technicians, but everything has changed.โ€

Touch Nail Spa does offer a rewards program for its regular clients. Be sure to ask about it when you visit any of the salons. Customers sign in with their phone number on one of the spaโ€™s iPads and receive one point for every dollar spent. Points can be redeemed for a discounted pedicure, according to current terms. 

Discounted prices also are available for children ages 11 and younger.

Timmy says while he works to keep prices affordable, what he wants most is to please his customers. He promises that at Touch Nail Spa, you will always be serviced by an experienced technician whose goal is to make the customer happy.

โ€œWhat does the community want us to provide for them?,โ€ he asks. โ€œCome in and tell us what you need.โ€

Touch Nail Spa offers an electronic gift certificate for all occasions โ€” including Motherโ€™s Day โ€” that can be used at any of its locations. E-gifts are available for purchase at TouchNailAndSpa.com.

The Wesley Chapel (27233 S.R. 56) and New Tampa (8630 Hunterโ€™s Village Rd.) Touch Nail Spas are both open Mon.-Sat., 9:30 a.m.โ€“7:30 p.m., and 11 a.m.โ€“5 p.m. on Sun. To make an appointment with a specific nail technician or for more information about the Wesley Chapel location, call (813) 973-4111. For the New Tampa location, call (813) 536-1003.

Looking For An Upscale Nail Salon? Try Touch Nail Spa On S.R. 56!

Tiffany & Timmy Pham invite you to visit their brand new, elegant Touch Nail Spa on S.R. 56, which offers manicures, pedicures, and spa services including, eyelash extensions, waxing, facials and massage.

Itโ€™s officially flip-flop weather again in Florida. If youโ€™ve been skipping pedicures during the winter and are looking for a new salon, the great news is that Touch Nail Spa is now open.

Located in the Cypress View Square shopping plaza on S.R. 56 (in the same plaza as Capital Tacos), Touch Nail Spa offers a beautiful, luxurious setting to enjoy a pedicure, a manicure, or one of the salonโ€™s many other services, including eyelash extensions, waxing, facials and massages.

Touch Nail Spa is owned by Timmy Pham and his wife, Tiffany. Originally from Vietnam, Timmy has been in the U.S. 21 years and has been doing nails almost 17 years. Tiffany and Timmy met when he spent a year in Chicago about 10 years ago and have now been married about four years.

Timmy previously owned a nail salon in Kentucky. He moved to Florida seven years ago and has worked at other salons in the area. He says he opened Touch Nail Spa because of his desire to serve customers at a higher level.

โ€œWorking at other salons, Iโ€™ve seen owners not do right by customers and employees,โ€ says Timmy. โ€œHere, we are all about the customer experience โ€” and the service.โ€

Touch Nail Spa celebrated its Grand Opening on March 25 by giving a free manicure or pedicure to 89 guests. He says the reaction everyone had when walking into the salon was, โ€œWow.โ€

With high ceilings, large windows, and beautiful dรฉcor, Touch Nail Spa is 3,200 square feet โ€” much larger than you might expect at a typical nail salon. Timmy designed the salon himself, which includes 16 massage chairs for pedicures and 21 manicure stations.

Traditional costumes highlighted the spaโ€™s Grand Opening on March 25.

He says heโ€™s thrilled with the way it turned out โ€“ beautiful and relaxing, upscale and clean. He credits Tien Vuu Construction, LLC, with executing his design perfectly. โ€œThey did an amazing job,โ€ Timmy says.

He describes the way he and his employees keep the salon as โ€œflawlessly clean,โ€ including gleaming floors and spotless tabletops, a tidy restroom, with all surfaces and tools sanitized for each individual person.

Neighborhood News billing manager Stephanie Smith, who got a manicure during the salonโ€™s grand opening, agrees. โ€œI like the way everything is sanitized, like bringing out a new package of tools for each person, and using liners in the pedicure basins so that it is completely clean, not just rinsed out.โ€

Available Services

While the dรฉcor reflects a more upscale experience โ€” donโ€™t let that fool you. Touch Nail Spaโ€™s prices are very affordable.

Guests who choose a โ€œHot Touch Pedicureโ€ get the royal treatment while enjoying their services in one of these thrones.

Timmy says most customers come in for a manicure and/or pedicure, and the salon offers a menu of options to fit everyoneโ€™s individual taste. From a simple polish, to acrylic or gel nails, or many other options, a wide variety of services are available and the licensed technicians can help each person find the service thatโ€™s right for them.

Currently, there are nine people working at Touch Nail Spa, all of whom are State-licensed in cosmetology.

โ€œAll of the technicians were very friendly and made an effort to talk to the customers, not just to each other,โ€ Stephanie says. โ€œThey want you to feel pampered and feel that you came into a spa, not just a nail salon.โ€

A variety of spa manicures and pedicures is offered, and even the โ€œSimple Touchโ€ pedicure (just $25) includes a callus treatment, pineapple sugar scrub, hot towel wrap and lotion massage, along with nail trimming and shaping, buffing, and cuticle grooming.

For an even more spa-like experience, a variety of โ€œHot Touchโ€ pedicures are offered ($45-$60). These include a hot stone massage for your legs and feet, plus additional treatments โ€” such as specialized exfoliation for the bottom of the feet and a mask for legs and heels โ€” along with a seat in the salonโ€™s throne-like chairs reserved just for these pedicures (photo on next page). โ€œYouโ€™ll feel like a queen,โ€ Timmy promises.

Touch Nail Spa has two private rooms for services beyond nails, each with a beautiful floor-to-ceiling stacked stone wall, and its own music. In these rooms, cosmetologists offer facials, eyelash extensions, neck and shoulder massage, and even full-body waxing.

Stephanie also got an eyebrow wax during the grand opening event. โ€œIt was phenomenal,โ€ she says. โ€œThey got them even and perfect.โ€

A Better Experience

โ€œWe want people to relax,โ€ Timmy says, so first and foremost, โ€œPeople are not rushed when they come in. They donโ€™t have to hurry.โ€

To add to the relaxing atmosphere, he and his staff pay attention to details. He says they immediately greet each visitor as they walk through the door. The TVs are kept quiet, for example, and Touch Nail Spa offer a complimentary beverage with every service, such as water or even wine, served in a chilled glass.

Timmy says he chose a location with plenty of parking to be sure that everyone who comes in for services has a place to park.

And, he says, clients will be happy with their service. โ€œWe use good, quality products,โ€ says Timmy, โ€œWe fix the mistakes other people do.โ€

He adds that youโ€™ll always be able to find the color you want, and that every color he carries in a regular polish is available as a gel color, too. โ€œWe have five brands of nail polish and 1,000 colors.โ€

One final difference youโ€™ll see at Touch Nail Spa is when you check out. โ€œSome nail shops donโ€™t give receipts,โ€ Timmy explains. โ€œWe give itemized receipts saying what services you had and what you paid for. We also collect your name and email address so that we can email you specials.โ€

โ€œWe want people to come in to try it,โ€ Timmy says. As its grand opening special, Touch Nail Spa is offering 10 percent off all services (see the ad on page 6).

Touch Nail Spa is located at 27233 S.R. 56 and is open Monday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m. โ€“ 7:30 p.m., and 11 a.m.โ€“5 p.m. on Sunday. Walk-ins and appointments are welcome. To make an appointment or ask about services, call 973-4111.