In my opinion, do not purchase Groupon voucher to use at Serein. I feel like the service was sub par because of I used the voucher for Papillion. Definitely a "you get what you pay for" situation.
I received a consultation and went for flat lashes. When asked what length I wanted, I said I don't remember what I usually chose for length size since I trusted my former eyelash technician to create a look that looked good on me. I did tell the Serein technician that the lengths differed so the inner corner of my eyes were shorter, then it would fan out with longer lashes, until a cat eye effect was created at both outer ends of my eyes. She asked if i wanted a cat eye look and i said yes. When the technician was done and I looked in the mirror, all the lengths of the eyelash extensions were the same across my eyes. Also, I did not receive a cat eye effect. And honestly, I don't think I had 100 eye lash extensions placed on each eye. I've been getting eyelash extensions for almost 2 years now and I can tell how many lashes would look on me at this point.
I scheduled the same day I wanted to go, but they texted me not too long to ask if I can come a couple of hours earlier or an hour later to the salon, since the technician who was supposed to do my lashes needed to go somewhere.
While the technician was doing my lashes she said I should schedule for a touch up in 2 weeks since she herself is not very good at putting eyelashes on my eye shape. Her co worker would've been better suited to do the eyelash extensions on me. I found out soon that that technician was the one who had to leave the time I originally scheduled the appointment for.
The technician was overall kind and professional but one thing that was off-putting was when it came time to pay, she puts a small, laminated table with tip percent to dollars conversion. She just placed it there and said nothing. I understand that in this field, tipping is the norm and of course i was going to tip her for her service, but it just all became this money transaction situation. She just came across as a technician who sees me as another dollar sign. The personable, customer service feel was gone.
I won't be going back and the search for my go-to eyelash extension salon continues. Like I said before, I probably should have not used Groupon and just gone as a full paying client. And I wish she suggested I reschedule again to have my lashes done by her co worker, if it is true that her co worker does a better job with my kind of eye shape. We went through a consultation before the service. Why didn't she just mention it then? Who knows.. read more