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Permanent Expressions

5.0 (10 reviews)
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I went to Elaine for permanent eyeliner. I was very happy with my experience and have recommended her to my friends. N.MB

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I have been going to Permanent Expressions, for Elaine to make my eyebrows beautiful, for a few years now.

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Metamorphosis By Kathy Baba

(77 reviews)

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I had my lips done by Kathy in 2023 and although I've had permanent make up on my lips from before…read moreshe charged me for a complete new treatment and charged me $150 for subsequent touchups of which I needed 2. I needed my lips touched up for a wedding this year and although it's only been two years and it's supposed to be permanent make up she charged me the full price of $450. Then there was a glitch in her payment method. Her secretary called me in a rage saying that I should come in immediately and pay my bill. It was a Saturday. I told her that I needed to check my credit card account first and see if the payment went through on my end. In the meantime, they figured out the glitch was not on my end but on theirs. Rather than using a credit card again through the phone I sent her a check. Now if she hadn't been talking so much (which she does incessantly) she would've noticed that her machine wasn't working because she kept me sitting there literally for 30 minutes listening to her complain about another customer before I finally said I had to leave. Her work is not bad. She just seems to make sure that touchups are needed - charging $150 for each. I would not use her again and will go elsewhere for my touchup which I need because the initial job was not very good.

I originally wrote a negative review after perm brows done by Kathy, but the mutual friend that…read morereferred me told me she called her very upset so I took it down. But I don't want anyone else to have my bad experience. I originally made the appt for eyeliner and she immediately told me over phone, sight unseen that I needed brows too. Well it's been probably 6-7 years since then of dealing with uneven brows and regretting having them done. She used what appeared to be black ink which turned blue quickly. Every time I have a picture taken I am shocked to see my brows. The left one is higher and has a bigger arch. In fact when Kathy did my 'after' pic and looked at her camera she made an audible gasp, quickly switched away from the pic and didn't show me. (Note that during her measuring she said that I had a very symmetrical face.) After the brows healed a bit, I talked to her about uneven areas, including the inner brows not matching in angle as well as some ink dots that were abnormal. She was snappy in her response, even arrogant. Knowing she had taken that pic previously and obviously didn't like what she saw, I can only think her negative response was her not wanting to admit her work wasn't good or not knowing how to fix it. As a few other reviews stated, Kathy talked way too much during the procedure which were some intense stories when you just want to be still and meditate thru the pain and to make sure her full attention is on her work. Also, her instructions were vague and she didn't explain what to expect as far as follow up as part of the initial cost. I've since learned from other perm brow artists that it takes a couple additional appointments as part of the procedure to do little adjustments, so I'm not sure why she acted arrogant about me saying they needed some areas tweaked. I never had a follow up to see her. Due to her attitude I honestly didn't feel comfortable letting her work on me again. I've spent an additional $1000 trying to get my brows fixed, but it's pretty much impossible unless I have laser done which is costly, takes several months and can cause scarring.

Secret Salon

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(84 reviews)

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In summary, I'm writing this review to let prospective brides know that there is a possibility the…read morestylist doing your trial won't be the same one doing your wedding day with Secret Salon, and in my experience, there was a complete lack of communication in this handoff. The stylists who did my wedding hadn't seen my trial photos at all until I showed them the day of my wedding, resulting in a look that didn't match my trial, my hair especially. Unfortunately, one of my core memories of my wedding day is the stress surrounding this experience and not feeling 100% confident in how my hair and makeup turned out. With all of the positive reviews of the Secret Salon, I didn't expect this outcome at all. I've added photos of the trial and wedding day for comparison. I was overall satisfied with the trial, booked in June 2025 with the stylist, Jennifer. She achieved the look I wanted and we talked through tweaks to make sure the style would last through the wedding day. She took pictures of my makeup and hair so she'd have record of it, and let me know that she would be the one doing my styling on my wedding day. On my wedding day in December 2025, the makeup artist, Samantha, arrived on time, but the hair stylist (can't remember her name) arrived late, and this contributed to the overall hair timeline of the day running late. I hadn't received any notice ahead of time that Jennifer was unavailable. When it came time for my makeup, I asked what had happened with Jennifer and that I hadn't heard there'd be a change, and the makeup artist didn't have further information other than a scheduling conflict. I then asked if she had seen my trial photos to know what I'm going for, and she hadn't and asked if I had those available. Thankfully I did and pulled those up and explained what Jennifer did at my trial and some elements we had troubleshooted. The makeup: Generally, I appreciate Samantha's commitment to getting my makeup "right" for my wedding day, as we spent extra time at the end doing tweaks. I'll add she did a great job hiding some acne scarring as well. This review isn't about her individual performance as I certainly don't blame her for the overall lack of organization. She saw my trial photos for a total of 10 seconds before she started working on me. But objectively, my concealer wasn't color corrected underneath like the trial with Jennifer and therefore looked gray in person. Additionally, the face makeup at my trial was soft and subtle, and she had a heavier hand with bronzer than I expected. Photos blurred both of these out, but it still didn't change how I felt the day of. The hair: At my trial, Jennifer worked with me to achieve the Hollywood waves I was looking for on my naturally straight hair. These fell out a bit through the day, but 12 hours later, I still had some waves. I'll start by saying that my bridesmaids and myself who wore our hair down were disappointed with the hair stylist. She simply wasn't as experienced as Jennifer, and it showed in how she handled my hairstyle. Again, when I sat down with her, I asked if she had seen my trial photos and she said no so I showed them to her. I explained the nature of my hair and how it requires high heat, hairspray, etc. to achieve a curl. At multiple points through her styling my hair, she asked me how Jennifer was able to get my hair to curl as my hair wasn't holding them. She was using hairspray and the same tools that Jennifer used. This question baffled me, as I would have expected them to have communicated ahead of time, and I wasn't told in detail what Jennifer had used. The stylist tried setting my hair in curlers for a while to see if this would help, while she finished the rest of my bridesmaids' hair and finished me last. She pulled our hair so hard to curl it that our heads were yanked backwards in the chair. When she took the curlers out and tried to curl my hair again, she said it wasn't holding the curl. But after every time she curled my hair, she was fully running her brush through the curls which knocked them out. I left with the ends of my hair curled, nowhere near Hollywood waves. When I got to the venue 15 minutes away, some of these curls were already coming undone. I asked my bridesmaid to bring a curling iron to the bridal suite, and they re-curled my hair. All the curls that they did, stayed. My hair did not look as polished and professional as my trial, and as I look back on my wedding day photos, I dislike any from the back because of this. I purposely pushed all my hair behind my shoulders in formal photos so the mismatched curled ends weren't visible. I write this review because the mismanagement was entirely preventable. It wouldn't have taken much effort to email me letting me know of the scheduling change. I'd have happily taken it upon myself to share my trial photos and notes with the new stylists. Since there are very few negative reviews of Secret Salon, I felt obligated to share my experience here.

This review is solely regarding the salon's communication and booking process. I cannot speak to…read moreits hair and make up service. I communicated with salon and its owner in August of 2025 to book hair and makeup services for my wedding in April 2026 for myself and a small bridal party (4 bridesmaids, MIL, mother). They confirmed that my date was available and provided the contract and deposit link. I paid the deposit and executed the contract. I emailed with Alice about requesting a morning start time, and then touch up services in the afternoon. Alice confirmed that we could do that, but there would be a fee for the touch up service. This was fine. And we agreed to touch base on the exact schedule closer to the date. On September 16, I received an email from Alice in which she claims that none of her team members are available on my April 2026 date (7 months from now), due to apparent "childcare obligations" in the morning. To her credit, I did receive a refund of my deposit. However, it rubbed me the wrong way that they dodged accountability with a very obvious cop out with an impersonal email obviously crafted by ChatGpt. In fact, several emails from them were heavily AI reliant. I understand that AI can be a great tool, but when it came to this, there needed to be some actual accountability. Wedding planning is stressful enough. Not only did the salon pull out of this contractual obligation with a flimsy excuse, they didn't even have the courtesy to point me in the direction of another salon/HMUA to reach out to. In sum, I found them to unprofessional and unreliable.

Permanent Expressions - makeupartists - Updated May 2026

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