Spa Nail Technician - Lincoln Square

Nails are our front door. Care is the house.

Please read this whole post before you apply. We wrote it to be honest about the job, the schedule and the pay.

Lena Rose is the spa where the person in the chair matters more than the service on the menu. We're a W-2, non-tipping, clean-beauty spa and shop with two homes, Lincoln Square in Chicago and downtown Naperville. We're looking for a licensed nail technician at our Lincoln Square (Chicago) spa who does clean, healthy, beautiful work and wants to take care of the human attached to the hands.

Part-time:
Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, every week. Weekends are our busiest days, so all three days are required.

• Manicures and pedicures from Classic to Chakra to Fire & Ice, plus gel, structured, GelX and Russian manicures, all to our written protocols and time windows.
• Nail health first: an honest consultation every time, proper cuticle care, and never covering a damaged nail without addressing it.
• Sanitation to Illinois state board standards after every guest, and a station reset to the Lena Rose Standard.
• At least one product recommendation per guest (goal of two), and every guest rebooked before checkout.

• A current Illinois Nail Technician license. Bring it to the interview.
• Available every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
• Clean, consistent technique: cuticle care, gel and structured application, e-file use and pedicure massage flow.
• Punctual and reliable, on time for every guest.
• Open to feedback and to doing things the Lena Rose way, even if you learned it differently.
• Comfortable with a non-tipping, W-2 model where pay grows with tenure and performance.

• You need tips to feel paid.
• You can't commit to every weekend.
• You want to bring your own clients, products or social handles into the room.
• You'd rather leave early than use a slow afternoon well.

The pay shown on this post is base pay: $20/hour to start, growing with tenure to $27/hour. On top of that, you earn 2–10% commission on everything you sell (services and retail) through our Rose Rate. From May to September 2026, commission added about $1 to $2.50 an hour on average for our providers, and up to $5.60 an hour in a strong pay period.

As your Rose Rate grows, so does your commission.

• $20/hour to start (every Rose starts as an Apprentice), growing with tenure to $27/hour, plus 2–10% commission on all your sales through our Rose Rate.
• Pay Protection Promise: your base rate only ever moves up.
• Non-tipping: steady, predictable pay that never depends on tips.
• Paid leave and paid sick leave, earned from day one.
• A 401(k) with employer match after 90 days. (Medical, dental and vision are for full‑time Roses at 40+ hours.)
• Four paid professional development days a year and 100% reimbursement of the continuing education hours Illinois requires.
• 40% off retail and services from day one.
• A paid 14-day training program, with sign‑off before you take guests on your own.

This is a hands‑on, on‑the‑floor role. You should be able to stand and move for most of a shift; bend, stoop, reach and lift up to 40 lbs to deliver services and reset rooms; and have the manual dexterity to use all tools and equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Beautifully,

Jenny & the team at Lena Rose Beauty

Lena Rose Beauty (Noktivo, LLC) is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and are committed to building a team as diverse as the community we serve. Reasonable accommodations are available on request, including for the interview.