Every set is a tiny painting. Grow one flea market stool into the most famous nail studio in the city.
You start with one folding table at a flea market. File, paint, decorate and cure real nail sets with your finger, keep a row of guests happy, and grow the stool into the most famous nail studio in the city.
Lacquer Lane is a nail salon game where every set of nails is a tiny painting. Each set is a short run of hands-on steps: you swipe to file, paint inside the nail, hold under the lamp, trace a French tip, tap on polka dots and drag gems into place. Every step gets a grade, and the finished hand comes out with one to three stars and a camera flash.
Around that sits the business. Coins and reputation from your open days buy better tools, more chairs, a team, decor and bigger places to work, and new designs open up as your reputation grows. There are 64 designs in the book, from Classic Red and Ballet Nude to Galaxy, Holographic Chrome and ten signature sets that regulars teach you. It plays free in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with no download.
Guests sit at the top of the screen with a picture card over their heads showing the design they want. Small badges on the card mean extra work: trim (cut the nails shorter first), pedi (a pedicure, so you paint toes) and x2 (a full set, both hands). The bar along the bottom of the card is their patience. Tap a guest to start their set, or tap the work mat to start on whoever is closest to walking out.
Read the full Lacquer Lane guide
Yes. It's free to play in your browser with no download, no ads and nothing to buy. Coins are earned only by doing nails.
Yes. The game saves on its own every few seconds and whenever you leave the page. Tap Continue on the title screen to pick up where you left off. Sign in on the site to keep your studio on all your devices.
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