Just StringZ

There aren’t a lot of places in Baton Rouge that handle threading. In an effort to clean up the current bushels of wisdom (#1) we call eyebrows, I settled for Just Stringz in a pinch. In hindsight, it was every bit as bad as advertised.
The red flags were there:
1) It’s in a mall
2) It’s called «Just Stringz.»
3) The place is empty (and the mall is crowded).
4) The stylist was on her phone. A lot.
5) The reviews. I can’t emphasize the latter enough.
Was I daring or just too empathetic? Maybe a little bit of both.
The thread job was bad. While she went chatty kathy on me, she broke the thread more often than she cleaned up the brow. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m no longer feeling the pain, but the eyelids were stinging after a few swipes. It might be because it’s been awhile, but I don’t recall feeling this way in other spots.
After pushing down my lids for dear life, the skin areas were red. There was even a small cut. I did manage to get a «sorry about that» mustered from her but the excuse was my hair was «tough» to remove. I’d like to think otherwise, but I haven’t gotten that complaint before.
I eventually got her to semi-​even out the botched job (read:
) but I was way too uncomfortable with the chair and the overall experience to stomach more adjustments. When presented with the $ 12 bill, I just paid and left.
Never thought I’d be happy to know my hair grows back quickly.
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(#1) Don’t take it from me:

This was my go to place for eyebrow threading. The stylist, Zhonda was great consistently. After a few botched and uneven eyebrow threadings with the other ladies there I refused to go to anyone but Zhonda for my brows. After today’s visit, I’m told she is on an extended leave. How disappointing! I’ll have to find a new eyebrow threading spot quickly.

Hit or Miss!
I have been going here for about a year now and sometimes it is a great experience and sometimes I leave furious. Zonda and Jesserelle do great brows. Both take the time to get the perfect shape, trim the long hairs, pluck any strays, etc.
Zonda also does amazing, professional facials so I highly recommend one of those!
The biggest problem is that they do not take appointments. I have gone on my lunch break, called before I got to the mall to make sure that someone was there to do brows, gotten there and the person went on their lunch break or «to the bathroom» for 45 minutes. I have also gotten there right at 10:00 when they open on a weekday and the receptionist was there but no stylist. It was 11:30 before I got attended to and almost 12:00 before I got out of there. Also, that same day, the credit card machine went down, so if you were out of cash that day (even after a 1.5 hour wait), you were out of luck.
There is almost always a wait, which would be fine if the staff WAS ON TIME! very frustrating experiences and almost not worth the quality work they do.

I love coming here to get my eyebrows threaded. They charge $ 12 for them to thread them, which isn’t bad. The staff changes a lot, but lately the same girl has been doing my eyes. The don’t take appointments which is bad. You may want to take cash when you go because sometimes the cash register might be down.

Third times not even a charm.
So, I liked Stringz because no appointment was necessary and now it’s confirmed why appointments are very necessary.
The first time was great. I think Zonda is her name. She was very fast and efficient. And the only one working. She had at least five folks lined up so I was hesitant to stay but she got to work. No small talk (which I love) and boom, done.
The second time I went… meh. The girl was slow. And the only one working. Three people in line, took me an hour just to get in the chair. She did a good job, but the wait was a HUGE turn off. And maybe I’m pumping it up in my head but it kind of felt like she went extra slowed when she could feel people were getting impatient.
Third time… well there was no third time. I rushed out there on a lunch break, the gate was halfway down with a sign that said «giving facial until 1:30». Well, it was 12:30 when I got there so I did not have time to wait… NO ONE ELSE WAS WORKING.
I’m sensing a theme here.
My second attempt at a third time was a couple days ago. After work. The gate was half way down. Sign up, «At lunch, will be back in an hour.» I got there at 6pm. Again, and I assume, there was only ONE PERSON working. why would the only person on staff take an hour lunch???
Sorry, I can’t put my eyebrows through that kind of hit and miss torture. Personal grooming is too serious to be taking a chance.
The place has a good concept but poor execution.
So I’m done.