Khoobsurat Threading Salon

 

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Elizabeth F.

San Francisco, CA

4 stars bc where can you get your eyebrows threaded for $8 and upper lip for $5....but then again I'm a newbie at this.

My first time threading and I felt that my eyebrows were a little thin and the upper lip part brought tears to my eyes.  Thank goodness for a friend holding my hand through this and taking only 3 minutes.

The mother daughter team told me that I should tell them if I want thicker eyebrowns next time.  So I will be growing out my eyebrows and sporting the Care Bear look for the next 2.5 months and going back.

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sreejaya n.

Sunnyvale, CA

I advise people not to go to this salon.This is the worst place i have ever gone.There is no respect for customers.They minded only for money.There is no quality in their work.One girl has done threading harshly even after warning her several times.I dont wven feel like giving rating to this salon.Beware of this salon.

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SatisFahYing A.

Oakland, CA

Very exotic to have one's eyebrows done with a technique that has obviously been around for thousands of years.  (Yeah I'm sure Cleopatra did it)  The attendant stands with the thread  around her fingers and clenched between her teeth.  Winding lightly, she uses the intersection of the two strands to trap hair and lift it out at the follicle.  Apparently less painful than tweezing and less damaging than waxing.

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Critic O.

San Francisco, CA

I've gotten my eyebrows shaped and upper lip threaded here a few times.  For the most part, I've gotten decent results, but I must say that it really depends on who works on you.  The only complaint I have is that many of the threading ladies don't wash their hands or anything before working on people's faces.  They have anti-bacterial gel at the station, but I rarely see any of the threading ladies use it between faces.  Once I asked a lady to put some of the bacterial gel on her hands before she worked one me and so she just dabbed a small, teeny tiny dot of gel onto her hands. And when her fingers touched my face, they felt sweaty (not moist from the gel) and even though she did  okay with my eyebrows and upper lip, I still felt I needed to wash my face when I got home.

UPDATE: It seems that since I left this review, the staffers seem more conscious about showing me that they value cleanliness.  For the last two times that I went here, the threading ladies remembered to put anti-bacterial gel on their hands before working on me.

UPDATE 8/24:  And then I went back today, and the lady who threaded my upper lip didn't put the cleansing gel on her hand until I asked her to when whe was ready to work on me.  So I guess at this place, it's really a hit or miss.  Some people care about cleanliness and others don't.

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Sha S.

San Jose, CA

I would give it less if possible.

As a long time eyebrow threading fan (I don't do my eyebrows any other way), I love the high an eyebrow well done can give you. I've had a couple of botched jobs over the years but they were always willing to correct it.

The reason Khoobsurat gets such a low mark is cos of the attitude they gave me after botching up my eyebrows. It was my first time threading in the bay area and I was trying to be happy with whatever I got. But I came out with really uneven eyebrows. (My left was so much thinner than my right) When my mom saw that and requested that something be done to even it out, the girl who provided the service was so rude.

She claimed that my eyebrows were uneven to begin with (I've never had this complaint from anyone else) and that she did the best she could do. My mother said please just try and make the right one thinner. and the girl says she will not do it because she didn't want it on her hands if it gets worse.

I had to resort to going home and plucking my right eyebrow to shape it to match. At least it was correctable.

Such bad service doesn't even deserve a star.

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Sabreen K.

Sacramento, CA

THIS RATING IS BASED ON THE SALON ITSELF; BUT AZEEM GETS A 5...first of all.. worse customer service, the owner herself also does beautician work.. she is just straight demanding, rude, and over confident. Not to friendly with her staff, overly charge. Must agree, small place, not so clean, have to agree on the fact they dont clean your face before doing eyebrows, but they did clean my eyebrows after they were done with some toner or some sort.  
I have to say this though, Ive been to alot of eyebrow ladies, and some are good and bad. But at this place if you want good eyebrows, only see AZEEM. i went to her from a reference of 2 different people.  and little hesitant first but VERY HAPPY after she was done.  Just hope she stays this good next time i go. I would only let her do it, even if i have to wait. no one else..

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Amruta G.

San Francisco, CA

I don't have a huge beauty routine..but my eyebrows are a must. After a few mishaps, I've learned not to trust just anyone with them! I've tried tweezing and waxing, but I can never duplicate the perfect arch
(and compliments) I get from threading.

I've been in the bay area for a few months and my sister recommended Khoobsurat Threading Salon to me. So far so good. The service is great with convenient late hours (open till 8 p.m),and price is decent for California I suppose..($8).

The only thing to note is that they are closed on Mondays and while the actual threading takes less than 5-10 minutes, you might have to be patient..a lot of women want their eyebrows done!

What I do while I'm waiting is look through their collection of beauty products and Indian formal wear-Lenghas, Salwar Kameez, Saris..

I'm happy!

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VJ J.

Sunnyvale, CA

Yes Puja..I too had the same experience..very arrogant staff, Misusing the customers patience. Staffs don't have even the basic manners, least bothered towerds the custumrs. I have got full scar marks on the fore head.

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