This place had me FUMING RED... in two different places!!
Today was my 2nd visit and after today, I will not return again. I have to admit that I didn't really want to try the new girl out, but since Susan was completely booked, I figured the new girl couldn't be bad (plus, Susan did a fantastic gig on me last time, how could she go wrong in hiring?).
I guessed wrong. She must have been fresh from cosmo school.
I got the waxing today and I won't go into much details into it, but this is what I observed:
1) Double dipping stick
2) Sticky wax (supposedly "soothing wax!" HA!)
3) Aloe "soothing lotion" burned me in the aftermath. It must have had alcohol in it.
While I was happy to "help" the newbie, she plucked a few after the wax and then left the room when she was done. Never did I get anything to help clean my hands/fingers afterwards (HELLO WET handi-wipe please!) and I had to "finish the job" with the tweezers she left behind. Now if only I could take pictures (GROSS). I found the wax upin there if you get my drift. I had to go out in the hallway where the sink is and I helped myself to their supplies. I found some kind of essential oil to use to soothe myself and to get the wax off back in the room.
I've had plenty of wax gigs and here's my advice...
1) Do not double dip the stick
2) Try not to get the customers to help
3) Use a cream, rather than Aloe gel
4) Give custys a handi-wipe for their hands
5) Give custys a mirror afterwards (I know, weird, but whatever)
To top things off, the employees (4 or so?) all crowded around the register when I was paying and I could not have said what was on my mind to save the embarrassment for all of us. So I wrote on my cc slip that I would not be returning in lieu of my signature.
I'm sure this was a very rare occurrence as my first trip wasn't like that, but I felt it rather personal to discuss a private matter about my private matter!!!!!
If you need to get some stuff done, I would recommend seeing Susan only, but DUH... she is so booked, but it might be worth the wait.
OH... and btw, the best gigs I've ever had was from a Vietnamese woman in SF on Polk St. In and out in 15 minutes. After each strip, she would massage that area for about 5 seconds with her fingers to camouflage the sting and when she was done, she lather me with Neosporin so I would not be in pain for long. Now if only everyone could that.... I'd be visiting once a month like I'm suppose to! read more