someone here recommended this place for bridal henna and i hit their website and found out that they had been featured in suhaag magazine, so i decided to go in today and find out what it was like.
possibly the worst experience of my entire life. i thought i’d share it for anyone else who might wear my shoes someday! i warn you ladies…
so, i called this lady and let her know that i’d be comin down with a cousin and aunt and we all needed some eyebrow fixing. we were warmly welcomed.
however, everything flipped a 180 once we were actually there.
apparently, the salon’s owned by this lady and her two teenage daughters also help her, and she had some other hired help too. the “help wanted” sign on her door was a little disturbing for me. i am definitely very judgemental in this regard,.. i would’ve expected something more professional like “hey.. we’re lookin for makeup artists, or hair stylists or something..”
eitherways, back to the point. this shady lil room where my cousin was lead to have her waxing done was so unhygienic, i could almost barf! there was hair on the floor, and the lady had been using and reusing the paper sheet that you’re supposed to rip off after someone else has just sat on the salon chair.
not only that, she barely used 3 or 4 strips of cloth to peel off the wax from a pair of arms.. you can well imagine how stingy she was being with it.
trying to flip that puny little cloth every whichever way to juice it out as much as possible.
later, since my cousin also needed her eyebrows waxed (and she’s 14, was gettin it done for the first time for her middle school grad). so this lady put this one strip of wax above and underneath each brow, which obv gave it NO shape so my aunt asked her to shape it since we couldn’t see any difference.
however, this saboohi lady would keep on comin n goin to assist her “hired help” by pouring the “right” amount of mouse or hair gel on her palm , since the hired help could obv not handle blowdryin a client’s hair by herself.
while i was a spectator, i couldn’t help but notice how all the hair products which were being used on the clients had their lids open and sticky with hair stickin on to them, left, right, centre. the little shelf with castors for holding rollers and pins was in shambles. hair and dust and ickiness wherever my eyes could follow all over the salon.
the height of delight.. when this saboohi lady (during her trip all over the salon to offer assistance, while my cousin waited with a wax strip on her eyebrow..) looked around and picked up on someone’s USED piece of cloth with a little end available and stuck it to her face to peel off the wax. i’d had it then.
i gave her a sound piece of my mind, and the lady decided that it was time for a "you know so many people wait now, i have to go now, help them too. maybe you decide fast what you want more’
translation: she pulled on a thread to work the eyebrows after the initial 2 strips of wax and my cousin cringed since she’s never had it done before. i told her to finish off her job with the wax but she bluntly refused and told me how she ALWAYS threads to give it shape. now that was a blatant lie. in all my life, watever salons ive been to have waxed my eyebrows, from start to finish if that’s the option i chose.
i could go on forever describing the rest of my extremely unpleasant experience with this nasty lady. ohhhhhhhh, and i also couldn’t help hearing how this lady was LOUDLY announcing to the rest of the salon how one of the girls who came in, had oily skin with some acne, that she should drink more water, exfoliate and maybe consider laser hair removal , which she would be introducing soon… and this little girl couldn’t be more embarassed.
obviously, i will never be goin to this shady, “hairy” place again!