Bellissima Nail Boutique
Bellissima means beautiful in Italian. Private boutique salon - By Appointment Only
A boutique salon for prescriptive nail care, pampering, nail art & signature skin care from a qualified nail technician
Curated care because you deserve to feel beautiful. My name is Jan and I'm a NZQA qualified Nail Technician and Nail Artist offering services in Builder gel (Biab) overlays, Hardgel ,PolyGel, Soft Gel extensions, Gel Manicure, Pedicures and Nail Art. I also have a selection of no
31/08/2026
🤫 Secret Keeper
Some colours tell you everything at first glance.
Others keep a little something to themselves…
This lovely lady chose Aurora Shimmer, a beautiful soft n**e that looks quietly elegant at first, but has a little secret waiting beneath the surface.
Turn it towards the light and that delicate gold shimmer begins to reveal itself subtle, luminous and almost elusive, appearing and disappearing as the light moves across the nails.
It's the kind of colour that doesn't need to make an entrance.
It simply waits for you to notice.
And perhaps that's what makes it so beautiful. There is something rather special about a manicure that feels understated enough for every day, yet still gives you that little moment of ooh when the light catches it.
Soft, polished and completely natural in feeling with just enough hidden magic to make it hers.
Because sometimes the most beautiful things are the ones that keep a little secret. ✨
💅 Strengthening Builder Gel Manicure
🎨 Natural Finish
A beautifully polished natural look with no additional art allowing the Aurora Shimmer to be the detail that gives this manicure its own personality.
🖋 Not just nails, but moments shaped with soul.
Each nail a canvas for stories untold.
Styled with heart that’s Bellissima’s goal.
Always Bellissima. Always you.
30/08/2026
💋 The Darling Series - Memoirs of Lavish Wit
🥂The Soirée
⏳ The night doesn’t open with the first guest it opens with her arrival.
Contessa Vivienne Du Vernis (Darling) steps out with a calm so precise it feels orchestrated by the evening itself.
Satin glides, pearls breathe, and the air shifts in that subtle way it does when someone arrives who understands the art of being seen.
She moves with unhurried certainty, as though she has chosen the exact second the world should look up.
No rush.
No spectacle.
Just presence delivered at the perfect moment, wrapped in the kind of elegance that doesn’t ask for attention but receives it anyway.
Every glance follows.
Every whisper softens.
Every heartbeat in the room seems to adjust
to the rhythm she sets simply by appearing.
💋 Darlingism
“Darling, timing is everything. Especially when making an entrance.”
👄 She doesn’t arrive on time, she arrives correctly.
💎 Darling, even the night knows when to pause for her.
👠 Darling, she is not the moment, she is what you remember once it’s gone.
27/08/2026
📱 The Quiet Craft
💅 Before the brush touches your nail,
I’ve already made a hundred quiet decisions.
This is the nature of my craft, the unseen rituals, choices and preparation that happen long before you sit in my chair.
📸 You see the polish, the finish, the photos.
But behind every Bellissima set is a little more than what meets the eye.
🧼🫧 A clean, prepared space.
Meticulously cared-for tools.
Time spent practising and refining my art.
Upskilling and learning my products inside and out.
Testing formulas, techniques and ideas.
Exploring what works, what doesn’t, and what might become something beautiful.
And then there is the preparation you may never see at all.
The thought that goes into creating your experience.
The atmosphere I create before you arrive.
And the quiet shift I make within myself, leaving the rest of the world at the door so I can be fully present with you.
💅 Because the Bellissima Experience doesn’t begin when you sit down.
It begins long before that.
It’s in the details.
The decisions.
The preparation.
The care.
🖌 The quiet craft behind the visible beauty.
26/08/2026
❤️✨ A Red of Her Own
Some colours you simply wear...
And some colours somehow become yours. ❤️
♥️This lovely lady has now claimed her second polish as her colour and honestly, once you've found a red that makes you feel this good, I completely understand why.
A deep, sumptuous red #003 cat-eye with that beautiful magnetic shimmer that seems to glow differently every time the light moves across it and now, quite firmly, her second colour.
There was no need to compete with it. Instead, we let the red take centre stage, adding just a whisper of gold to a couple of feature nails. The gold softly fades from the cuticle into the shimmer beneath, creating a delicate reverse ombré that catches the light without taking anything away from the richness of the red.
It's a little bit regal, a little bit indulgent, and completely hers.
Because sometimes a colour isn't just a colour.
Sometimes you find your red. ❤️✨
💅 Luxury Structured Hard Gel + Accent Art Add-On
🎨 Accent Art Tier
A considered touch of glitter added to selected nails just enough to give a beautiful manicure its own personality without taking over.
🖋 Not just nails, but moments shaped with soul.
Each nail a canvas for stories untold.
Styled with heart that’s Bellissima’s goal.
Always Bellissima. Always you.
👀✨ The Details Tell the Story
Look closely at those little flashes of gold.
Starting softly at the cuticle before melting into the Red, the reverse ombré gives the feature nails their own little moment without stealing the spotlight from the colour she has claimed as her own.
Because it's often the smallest detail that makes a set feel finished. ✨
🪑 Your Turn at the Table
Maybe you already have a colour that feels like your colour.
The one you return to.
The one you know will make you smile when you look down at your hands.
The one that somehow feels a little more you than anything else.
And if you haven't found it yet… Perhaps it's waiting for you here. ❤️
25/08/2026
🌙✨Midnight Meets Moonlight
There are some manicures that belong in daylight...
And then there are the ones that seem to come alive after dark. 🖤✨
🌜This lovely lady chose the deepest midnight blue Thor me out, with just enough shimmer beneath the surface to reveal flashes of blue as the light catches it.
Then came Luna Glitz the moonlight silver foil polish, swept across the tips in a French design, creating that beautiful contrast between deep midnight and luminous silver.
A little mysterious.
A little decadent.
And just the right amount of sparkle. ✨
💎 Hard Gel Manicure + Poussin Art Tier
🎨 Poussin French Connection is the perfect art tier if you want French and ombré styles, from timeless to creative. Perfect when you want a polished, elegant look with a classic or modern twist just like this silver foil French bringing a little midnight glamour to the set. 🌙✨
🖋 Not just nails, but moments shaped with soul.
Each nail a canvas for stories untold.
Styled with heart that’s Bellissima’s goal.
Always Bellissima. Always you.
🌙✨ The Details Tell the Story
Swipe through and watch the silver catch the light against that deep, almost-black blue.
From one angle it's midnight.
From another, the blue shimmer appears.
And then the foil catches the light like a little flash of moonlight across the tips.
Sometimes the magic is in the contrast. 🖤✨
🪑 Your Turn at the Table
Perhaps you're drawn to the darker side of elegance.
Deep colours, metallic details and a French that doesn't need to be traditional.
Tell me the mood you're after, and I'll create the details that make it yours.
✨ Your next Bellissima moment is waiting at the table.
25/08/2026
🌹✨ Where Fireflies Rest on Roses
Somewhere between a rose garden and the softest evening light, these nails found their little moment of magic.
🥀This lovely lady wears a delicate Dainty base kissed with Firefly shimmer, creating the prettiest veil of light across the nails. Tiny rose features add a touch of romance, appearing almost as though they've been scattered among the shimmer and caught in the evening glow.
It's soft without being overly sweet, feminine without being fussy, and has just enough sparkle to make the roses feel as though they've come alive when the light catches them.
A little garden of roses, with fireflies resting among them. 🌹✨
💅 Strengthening Builder Gel Manicure + Accent Art Add-On
🎨 Accent Art Tier
A considered touch of artistry added to selected nails just enough detail to give a beautiful manicure its own personality without taking it into a full art design.
🖋 Not just nails, but moments shaped with soul.
Each nail a canvas for stories untold.
Styled with heart that’s Bellissima’s goal.
Always Bellissima. Always you.
23/08/2026
💋 The Darling Series – Memoirs of Lavish Wit
💌 The Postcard series part 4 - Kyoto
🎍 The Lantern Lined Street
🌸 Kyoto softens around her like a painting she has stepped into.
Contessa Vivienne Du Vernis (Darling) moves beneath the cherry trees, their petals drifting in slow admiration.
A traditional kimono wraps her silhouette, each fold whispering centuries of grace as she lifts a parasol, the moment unfolding with the kind of quiet ceremony
that seems to welcome her into its stillness.
The lanterns glow, the blossoms lean closer,
and the street becomes a corridor of gentle reverence
designed, it seems, for her alone.
She doesn’t pose, she doesn’t perform, She simply is and Kyoto rearranges itself accordingly.
💋 Darlingism
“Darling, I don’t walk through the blossoms, they gather around Me"
👘 She doesn’t chase serenity, serenity steps forward to greet her.
Darling, even spring knows how to honour refinement.
👠 Darling, she is not the moment, she is what you remember once it’s gone.
20/08/2026
🧜♀️🎵 Siren's Song
Some colours don't simply catch your eye, they call you closer.
🌊 I wanted my own nails to feel a little like stepping beneath the surface, deep blues, shifting light, unexpected flashes of sparkle and textures that reveal themselves as the hands move.
Blue Opal Cat-Eye creates that mesmerising movement through the set, while Ocean Eyes glitter layered over the cat-eye on my thumb echoes the same blue beautifully rather than breaking the flow. Borrowed & Blue and Sizzling Sand add their own notes, with shadow stamped flourishes bringing a little movement and sugared details giving the set that tactile, almost sandy texture.
Several finishes, several little details, but all telling the same story.
And perhaps that's what I love most about creating my own nails, I can start with a colour and simply follow wherever the idea takes me. This one just happened to lead me straight into the deep blue. 🌊💙
💅 Luxury Structured Hard Gel Manicure + Illumination Layered Art Tier
✨ Illumination Layered
A layered art composition where multiple techniques, textures and finishes are deliberately brought together to create depth, movement and dimension, allowing each element to catch the light and reveal another part of the design.
🖋 Not just nails, but moments shaped with soul.
Each nail a canvas for stories untold.
Styled with heart that’s Bellissima’s goal.
Always Bellissima. Always you.
19/08/2026
💙✨ Satin State of Mind
Some colours don't simply make an entrance they settle into a mood all of their own.
💙 This lovely lady slips into a deeper state of blue with Capri Blue, transformed with a burnished metallic pigment that gives the surface a smooth, satin like glow. The colour shifts beautifully as the light moves, revealing flashes of metallic blue beneath that rich, velvety depth.
There's something quietly confident about this set. Polished without being predictable, striking without needing to shout, the kind of blue that makes you pause for just a second longer.
💅 Luxury Structured Hard Gel Manicure + Illumination Art Tier
✨ Burnished Metallic Pigment
A metallic pigment is carefully burnished over the colour to create a smooth, satin-like illumination, giving the manicure depth, movement and that beautiful light catching finish.
🖋 Not just nails, but moments shaped with soul.
Each nail a canvas for stories untold.
Styled with heart that’s Bellissima’s goal.
Always Bellissima. Always you.
18/08/2026
👼🏻✨ Angel Tears
Some little luxuries are so delicate they almost seem to have fallen from the sky.
😍 There’s something beautifully ethereal about this manicure this lovely lady wears, Cloud Dust, a soft, luminous shade that seems to melt into the natural nail, while delicate Pearl Thread detailing creates a subtle raised texture across the surface.
As the light moves, those tiny pearlescent details catch and release the light like little drops of shimmer.
The effect is delicate and understated, almost otherworldly a manicure that doesn't ask for attention, but quietly captures it.
💅 Luxury Structured Hard Gel Manicure + Illumination Art Tier
✨ Illumination Art Tier
Pearl Thread detailing creates delicate texture and reflective movement across the nails, using light and dimension to give this soft manicure its ethereal glow.
🖋 Not just nails, but moments shaped with soul.
Each nail a canvas for stories untold.
Styled with heart that’s Bellissima’s goal.
Always Bellissima. Always you.
👀✨ A Closer Look
Swipe through and watch the Pearl Thread reveal itself from different angles sometimes subtle, sometimes catching the light just enough to make you look twice.
💌 Your Turn at the Table
If your idea of luxury is something soft, delicate and quietly beautiful, perhaps there’s a little Angel Tears waiting for you.
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| Tuesday | 9:30am - 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30am - 4:30pm |
| Thursday | 9:30am - 4:30pm |
| Friday | 9:30am - 2pm |
