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The Brow House
The Brow House is all about making you look good--from the lower lids up, that is. As its name suggests, The Brow House offers an array of services to get your eyebrows in tip-top shape. Pun intended.
"People underestimate the power of the perfect brow," the salon manager tells me. "But a subtle change can make a real difference. Someone might say to you, 'Oh, you look so good; did you change your hair, new clothes?' Not realizing that your brows can change your whole appearance."
Makeup artist Kira Thompson conceived the idea for The Brow House six years ago. She opened a small shop at Dundas and Logan before moving here to Leslieville, on Queen Street a few blocks east of Jones, about a year ago. Since then, business has been booming for the eyebrow salon, which believes itself to be the only place in Toronto "dedicated solely to the perfection of the eyebrow."
The space is modest, with four lipstick-red salon chairs facing mirrors at the front. There's some space in the back for waxing (The Brow House recently hired a fully certified esthetician) and that's about it. Nevertheless, the team is serious about what they do.
"We see a lot of young girls who come in who have been over-tweezing," one of the eyebrow designers tells me. "As well as women with misplaced arches, brows that are overly rounded, with not enough of an arch, or no arch at all." I suddenly find myself feeling a little self-conscious. "So when they come for a brow consultation, there's usually a growing out period before we can take the next step."
That next step ($25) usually involves correcting the shape with tweezing, since the method can be more precise than waxing. However, waxing is used to clean up larger areas. Regulars tend to come in every three to four weeks for general maintenance, as well as treatments including brow and lash tinting ($25), lash perm ($65) and eye lift treatment ($30). As well as helping you to correct the shape of your brows, the team at The Brow House also offers personalized eye makeup tutorials ($35) and various other waxing services.
Photos by Dennis Marciniak
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I used to be able to do my own eyebrows but for the past few years anytime I try to fix them myself I just make them worse. I used to go to Venus Nails And Esthetics but the lady would shape my eyebrows and take way too much off. I tried a few other places and they were better but I still haven't found a place that can properly wax/pluck men's eyebrows.
I'm looking for someone who knows how to properly wax/pluck while avoiding my eye brows from being arched and only a few cm thick.
I wouldn't mind paying upwards of $50 if I knew they were experienced in dealing with men's eyebrows.
Thanks in advance.
The Brow House does mens brows. I had the same fear about being 'too done' but that was not a problem at all. Very good at it.
Thank you!
Go north to Gerrard and east a bit to Little India -- I prefer the eyebrow threading -- fast, efficient and CHEAP.
I second Bombay brow house in Vancouver they are great!! excited to hear they are coming east!
The staff was cordial and I guess I was lucky to get Vanessa as she is the only one being mentioned here but I didn't want to ask for her.
I'll admit that at first I wasn't really impressed until I got home and filled them with makeup as she said I should and that's when I saw the difference. Man, I saw the difference! I think Vanessa did a great job with the shape and now I can see what I was doing wrong.
And she didn't try to push any of the products they have which was one of my biggest concerns, she got a lot of brownie points for that.
I have no idea why this place is getting such bad comments but I'll give them that the comments about friends noticing/commenting about the eyebrows right away do seem a bit over the top as well.
So long story short is it pricey? Yes. Is it worthy? Well, I know I am going back so it is really up to you to decide.
I had an appointment last Friday and it was AWESOME! I had to grow my eyebrows for 3 months after what the last person did to them! I'm happy to report I have the best eyebrows I've ever had! Yes, it's a little expensive...but worth it! Vanessa took her time to talk about what would work best with my face shape. She also gave me some tips on shading them in. Honestly, If you're interested, just go in and try for yourself. You'll be happy you did.
I say back and gladly waited.
And waited
And watched two people walk in off the street, only to be served/plucked before me. In that time I also had the unfortunate pleasure of listening to an aesthetician berate the recpetionist about her schedule, infront of 5 clients. She also went on to complain about her colleague to her client.
By the time the second walk-in passed me by I was done for good. Thanks for nothing Brow House. I won't be back and I'll be sure to share my opinion with others.
In reading the first few negative comments I have to agree that the time I sat and observed the staff, there was an air of arrogance. It makes me wonder how someone who went to an aesthetics school can come to feel so superior. I went to school with lawyers who have less to prove. Get over yourselves. Seriously.
So as a potential customer, here's what I took from this experience:
1. You obviously are not hungry enough for my business. (Which is fine, your choice to do that)
2. If owner is reading this, you should really train staff to accommodate walk-ins as well as regulars whenever possible--your walk-ins could very well become regulars and you will find that you will NEED walk-ins to survive your business
3. If that WAS the owner I spoke to you then you need to Google "customer service" and "how to attract customers" because you are atrocious at receiving new clients.
4. Too many options in this great city to settle for service and attitude like this--I say attitude but they weren't rude--they were actually extremely polite declining my potentially years of being their customer as well as hundreds of dollars over time.
Merry Christmas.