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| - I have gone everywhere. I never take it upon myself to do my own brows. Sorry, my talents do not lie in figuring out eyebrows.I take brows seriously.
I did some research since I was not just looking to get my eyebrows done, but was looking to get them re-shaped,brows that suit me.
When I arrived to this Mission location, before I could even go in, a man approached me. I was a bit weary since I don't normally talk to old strange men, but thought maybe he needed directions? I was wrong! He started to yell at me that he saw where I parked & he was going to get me towed and call the police. That I was a bad person & I need to be ashamed of myself. At first I thought, am "I being punked" & looked around for a camera crew, but sadly this creepy old man was serious. I asked him why where I parked concerned him? Apparently I shouldn't have since that really set him off. He went back to yelling at me & saying he works for the property management company across the street and the parking was for doctor's patients, not for me. I was not ready to debate with a crazy unstable man who obviously doesn't know how to talk or approach people and anyone who can yell like that over something so small, really isn't "right in the head". I surely wasn't going to continue this one sided conversation with this old lunatic. To make peace, I advised him nicely I would go move my car and walked off. At this point he followed me & many passby-er's stopped to watch this. I was walking to my car, he started to yell again how the police was on their way and I am evil for parking where I did. Not sure why he was being so dramatic, why he needed to follow me to my car 15 feet away, or why he continued on? I like to just think he doesn't have better things to do and likes to spread his misery everywhere he goes. I just wanted to move my car & go about the rest of my day and to my appt. Found another spot literally 5 feet away from where I was currently parked. Do note: creepy old man, stood outside the brow studio & I needed to walk by him to go inside. Just ignored him since I wasn't in the mood for more abuse and wasn't going to let him ruin my day. Win-win.
Finally entered The Brow studio & was looking forward to a relaxing experience after I just had to endure a crazy man. Advised the reception my name and told her I was there for an appt. The receptionist wasn't overly friendly,just looked at me. Maybe I disturbed her from something? Maybe she was updating her Facebook status and I just interrupted her train of thought? No idea? What I do know is I was the only person in there besides the receptionist, so it's not busy. A "hi" or even "welcome" would be suffice, but hey who am I to point out the obvious?I sat down & another person came from the back & stated to follow her & my appt was with her. So literally I didn't even wait 5 seconds after I sat myself down for my appt. Bonus
The brow studio is small. The chair I sat in for my brows was about 6 feet away from the receptionist. The whole place is really small but its cozy. It's decorated nicely & looks very clean. No complaints about the studio itself.
I don't know the girl's name who my appt was with. She never introduced herself to me, nor did the unfriendly receptionist tell me who my appt was with? I do know she is pregnant (going on mat leave in 2 weeks) and she was the only brow person working when I was there. My "brow girl" was friendly, professional & we spoke for a few minutes before she started any work on what I wanted & what my expectations were for my brows? I thought this was a loaded question & made a joke of "as long as I leave here with two brows, that's great". We discussed shape & size, then she stated she would get started. She did a quick wax and some tweezing. She told me she filled in my brows too, which isn't something I normally do but hey, why not? She provided me a hand mirror to look at them. They looked fine. The appointment itself was really quick. Allot quicker than I thought it would be. She stated I could pay at the receptionist & went to the back. I am not sure what is in the back, but hopefully a chair since she is pregnant & shouldn't be standing all day anyway. I sympathize with her & she was really nice too.
The price was very high & not what I am use to paying for my brows. It ended up being $42.50 without a tip. Yikes! If it was reasonable, I would think about coming here again 1 day but that is allot to spend on brows for a 7 min. appt. My brows turned out nice & she did a good job. Later on when passing a full length mirror, I realized the power she filled in my eyebrows with was a bit too dark, so washed it off & my brows looked fine. My review (stars) is based on The Brow studio itself. I did not factor the crazy old man into the rating since he has nothing to do with the service I received at The Brow studio. He is just someone to avoid at all costs if you are going to park anywhere in this vicinity. Consider this a Yelp tip!
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