Very disappointing experience. I have always gone to European Wax Center, but on a whim my friend recommended Uni K and I thought ok, i'll give them a shot.
I went in two days before a week long cruise and booked a package. Full brazilian, full legs, underarms and eyebrows. The whole game!
Firstly, walking in the receptionist was super cold, didnt even say hello. I said I had an appointment and she said ok and turned around. I had to ask HER if there was any paperwork to fill out since I was a new client. She sighed and said yeah here and slid a clipboard over to me. I didnt want to bother her anymore so i used my own pen from my purse. When I gave it back to her, she called my girl Lauren (or Laurie? something like that, Argentinian) and she took me to a room. The rooms look like doctor's offices, and the tables are shoved up against the wall. no art on the walls, just the hard pleather table, a cart with supplies and a huge fan at the end of the bed.
Now, I read up on this place and read that new clients get a tour to see where the wax is made and stored in individual containers, that you get a cooling pad, a calming gel and a bunch of other things which is why I was ok with trying a new place.
While Laurie was nice enough and didnt talk much, I felt like she was kind of 'all over the place' with how she was applying the wax, almost like there was no set method or structure. I just figured ok she has her own way of doing it, whatever. She would do a bikini strip, then a big leg section, then another bikini strip, then another big section but on the other leg, in a different spot. Just very all over the place. She had me flip over, did the back portion, then did underarms and finally eyebrows. When she was done she said ok all finished and walked out. On top of this, she double dipped, which, they say each wax pot is individual, but since I didnt see any of this, and since the pot was already in the room when I was escorted into it, made m uneasy. The other thing, they market this as wax that can be applied at room temperature, well mine was hotter than hot, and I actually told her to turn it down cuz it was starting to burn. To make matters more uncomfortable, the bed being shoved against the wall didn't give her a good range of motion, so there were some uncomfortable moments of her trying to get better positioning.
Now, I know waxing isnt the cleanest thing, but I was a MESS when she left. I had baby powder all over me, there were strings and little balls of wax left all over me, I had to clean up big time before I could get dressed again. I also never got any of the creams they offered. I looked in the cart and saw a calming post bikini gel, a post wax lotion and I just helped myself to both.
I paid and left. When I got home a few hours later and undressed, I yelped in pain, there as a HUGE strip of wax left in my nether regions that I wasn't expecting to stick to my undies. That was an unpleasant surprise. Even more unpleasant, I had hair left EVERYWHERE. Maybe TMI, but my boyfriend had to go in and clean up some pretty significant patches in my bikini wax. My legs were also a mess. I have 3-4 inch patches on my knees, an entire strip down one of my calves, and the thighs look like they werent touched in the back.
Overall, super disappointed. I didn't get any of the 'extras' they market like the cooling pad, creams, etc. and I still had hair. I had to shave in the middle of my cruise cuz everything was uneven! I will never go back, and highly recommend European Wax Center, I've never had these issues there. read more