The Brow Bar

The brow bar does great eyebrows. GREAT. But the prices are just BANANAS! I’ve gotten my eyebrows done just as well at Ella Bache, and it’s cheaper. Cost me $ 95 for a brow tidy, brow tint and lash tint. I was in the chair for 15 mins max. Also I made a huge effort to be on time, because they said if you’re going to be more than 10 minutes late to please call and reschedule and yet I was left waiting for 15 minutes after my appointment time.
I hated the open plan room — it looked pretty enough (but the french theme was a little cheesy for my taste) but sitting there getting your brows waxed while other people can see you isn’t my idea of luxury.
The whole time I was there I could hear the lady on the front desk answering the phone, and chasing up staff issues etc and it was really annoying! Didn’t help that the lady doing my brows was the store manager and was asking and answering questions for a lot of the time. I didn’t really feel like she was focussed on me. I much prefer a salon with individual treatment rooms. I doubt I’ll be back to the brow bar.

These ladies are eyebrow artisans. And that’s coming from someone who hates having my brows plucked — for some reason, tweezing my eyebrow hairs not only makes my eyes water terribly, but it also makes me sneeze.
Walking inside here is like being inside a luxe, French salon. Each customer gets to laze on chaise longue style beds (all of which are draped in burnished gold satin) and each «brow station» is separated by soft, white drapes. If I’m going to have pain inflicted upon me, then it’s nice to be surrounded by luxury.
I opted for the Brow Lift-​Shaping treatment — I was sold when they told me it will give the appearance of an instant eyelift.
First of all the Brow Artist (or Arch Angel as they are also called) looked at my face shape and features very carefully, before starting her waxing, tweezing and shaping.
I had been waxing my own eyebrows for years, so they were both a bit uneven (oops) but she didn’t make me feel bad, just showed me where I’d been going wrong and reshaped them both to match.
Then she blended some colours together to give my brows some depth and to frame my eyes more. After years of hiding behind a long fringe, I’ve just had a pixie haircut so it’s imperative I show my brows off to their best advantage.
It did cost me $ 70, but it was definitely worth it to fix my home-​waxing mistakes, and now my (very even) brows can proudly take centre stage.