Aria Spa & Nails

Aria Spa & Nails operates out of a suite in the Shoppes at Freeport, the shopping center anchored by Publix along US-331 south of downtown Freeport. That location puts the salon on the main road connecting Interstate 10 to the beaches around Destin, so it sits within easy reach of both Freeport residents and visitors driving through on their way to the Gulf.

The service menu covers the full range of nail care. Manicures and pedicures come in classic, gel color, and gel white tip versions, plus a deluxe pedicure and specialty options like an herbal pedicure and a volcano pedicure, with prices spanning roughly $22 to $75 depending on the treatment. For anyone who wants longer-lasting nails, the salon offers full sets and fill-ins in acrylic, including white tip, gel color, pink and white, gel X, and ombre styles, along with dip powder, generally running between $40 and $70. A separate waxing menu handles eyebrows, upper lip, full face, underarms, legs, and arms, priced from about $8 up to $75 for larger treatment areas.

Add-on services round out a visit, covering polish changes, gel top coats, hand-painted nail art, French and American tip styles, and repairs for a broken nail, generally priced between $5 and $33. Aria also runs a kids’ menu for children under 10, with princess-themed manicures and pedicures and gel options priced lower than the adult menu, which makes the salon a workable stop for families traveling together rather than just solo spa visits.

The salon emphasizes a clean, disinfected work environment and up-to-date nail chairs, details that matter more at a beach-adjacent salon than they might elsewhere, given how much foot and sand traffic the area sees during tourist season. Because Aria sits inside a shopping center built around a Publix, it works well as a stop combined with a grocery run, particularly for visitors staying in a rental home nearby who need both supplies and a manicure before a night out.

Aria keeps long weekday hours, opening at 9 a.m. and running until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, which covers most of a typical vacation day’s schedule without requiring an early appointment. Booking ahead is worth doing on weekends and during the busier summer months, when both locals and visitors passing through the Shoppes at Freeport tend to fill the schedule. The suite number, B4, is easy to miss in a strip of similar storefronts, so it helps to look for the Publix as the main landmark and then find Aria’s suite along that same row.

For anyone road-tripping along US-331 between the interstate and the beaches, Aria offers a practical, full-service option without some of the wait times that salons directly on 30A see during peak season, and the range of services, from a quick polish change to a full acrylic set with nail art, covers most of what a traveler might need in a single stop.

Dip powder has become one of the more requested options at Aria, alongside the standard gel and acrylic sets, since it tends to hold up better than regular polish on a beach trip that involves sand, sunscreen, and repeated trips into saltwater. Pairing a manicure with the salon’s waxing menu in the same appointment is a common way for visitors to consolidate errands before a wedding, a photo session on the beach, or simply a few days of vacation, rather than splitting those services between two different stops along US-331.