Lakeview Threading Salon

Ok. I dont normally write reviews but i need to write this one. I created a Unilocal account just to write this review.
I am a male and i went to this Salon before my marriage to clean up my eyebrows. The people here are extremely nice and they did an excellent job on my eyebrows. It was very natural and i was very happy. Couldn’t have asked for a better service.
My wife came from india and she is a pro when it comes to getting waxing and threading done. We were going on vacation with family and she got her arms waxed, and her face threaded over here. They did an exceptional job on threading, but BURNT her hands.
It wasn’t very noticeable at the beginning but by day 2, her hands had severe burn marks. I know it wasnt intentional, but it ruined our vacation and the scars wont probably go away for a while. Please note that Pratima was upset too. She called the staff and showed the marks. She will probably train them to not have this happen again.
But I am not happy at all. My wife didnt have to be the guinea pig. I would never take my wife for waxing over here. They might be good with threading, but i wont trust them with waxing. I am extremely upset that my wife has to go through this. If you do go, i would recommend Pratima since she seems to be the most experienced and seems to know what she is doing. This is my experience only.

Been coming to Lakeview Threading Salon for over 2 years now and I can finally say I now have the perfect brow shape! People are always asking me where I get my brows done and I can’t help but let them in on Lakeview’s best kept secret.
Pratima is an expert at what she does and I always look forward to seeing her every other week. The other 3 ladies who work there are equally as wonderful though so if you can’t get in with Pratima, don’t fret.
Thank you Lakeview threading for the beautiful brows!

I went here with full thick eyebrows that I had been growing for months and they completely thin them out even after I made it very clear I wanted to keep them thick and they said not to worry that they were only going to clean them. Now I have to wait a few months for them to grow again.

I wanted my eyebrows thick and at they end they were thick but perfect looking

I’ve been going to threading places for about 10 years. And I will NEVER go anywhere else again. I absolutely love them here, they focus on your eyebrows and it shows.

I have been getting my eyebrows threaded by Pratima for 3 years, trust me they do an amazing job and will perfect your brows!

I’ve gone so many times and they’re always, always awesome. My eyebrows are tricky and they get them right every time. Plus super affordable!

Bring cash !!!
And it’s a little tricky to find because there are construction things blocking the business name .
It’s the first building after the alley on Belmont right after light .
they did a nice job. Cleaned up the mess that is my eyebrows lol

Hands down the BEST and cheapest place in Chicago! I’ve never had a bad experience. I do my full face and hairline and it is fast and painless.

Great service, great art, great prices. Always gonna come here for henna. I don’t have anything else to say but Unilocal has a word count requirement so lalala

I wish I can give this place more stars!!! Pratima is simply the BEST and so is her staff. Friendly, patient, gentle, and talented. The salon is always clean and they wear gloves and sanitize the equipment. Pratima takes a lot of pride in her work and will work relentlessly to get good results. I know this as I have been going here for 4 years!!! Simply the BEST!!!

1^st time I went in I told them it was my first time at that location and I was only there visiting. I told them to be very careful and it all worked out fine. But when I went back a second time before going back home everything was awful (the same person did both. Pratima). She BUTCHERED my eyebrows. Made Them too thin, short, and changed the curvature. Background info on me… I have been getting full face threading for 16 years and I would literally have strangers stop me on the street to tell me I have great eyebrows (weird but true). So when she completely butchered them I was devastated. They take months to grow back and 2 months later I’m still waiting.
In addition she didn’t even make my hairline straight so that when I try to pull my bangs back it never looks even.
Overall I’m furious and devastated. Can barely look at myself in the mirror.

For a few years, I thought Lakeview Threading Salon’s ladies were almost magical, finding an arch hidden in my boring brows.
Now that thicker brows are back in fashion, I’m more hesitant to recommend them. Glancing at the faces around you, you’ll see most of the ladies favor thin (–ish) but immaculate arches, perfectly groomed but not perfect for me.
If you’re new, you might want to watch the ladies work to see whose style suits you. While some will heed warnings to leave your brows thick, one of the ladies has consistently thinned mine, despite my repeated request. (Pratima is always safe but busy.)
Unlike some reviewers below, I’ve never found any of the ladies to be too painful – although some of the stylists are gentler than others.

My eye brows look really nice but there were some hairs she missed. I guess it’s expected. Service was great and quick. Will definitely go back since it’s near my apartment.

I walked in to get my mendhi done for my wedding along with getting my eyebrows and upper lip threaded. These ladies were super nice, fast, affordable, accommodating, and even fed me sweets during my 4 hour stay. Highly recommend!

First time here and I’ll start with giving them
3 stars (may change later) but I rate three starts due to price and results. Price: I used to pay $ 4 back east for eyebrows in a salon (not discounted) but $ 9 isn’t outrageous so I’ll deal. Results I wanted to go to Pratima (based on reviews) but she wasn’t working and I had to get them done. I ended up with Pinkal which I wanted to avoid (again based on reviews) but I gave her a try… Long story short… The result is passable. B– for a grade… I’ll give them another shot my next go round but I don’t think I’ll go back to Pinkal.
To be continued.

These ladies do a great job of threading. Their pricing is a little high considering there’s a place I go to near Lincoln and Barry and another lady in the movie theater building at Diversey and Clark who are both cheaper. But the lady at Lincoln and Barry is on maternity leave for awhile I think so I was desperate for a quick solution. This shop is easy to find and walk ins are welcome. They shaped my brows nicely. I need to go back already. Damn facial hair!

I’ve been here a couple of times and the service has been inconsistent. The first time I had my eyebrows threaded, the woman was very gentle and precise, and I was very happy with the outcome.
The second time I came here, it was pretty busy, but they were still able to take me right away. I’m not sure if it was because there were a bunch of people waiting, but I felt rushed. I had my eyebrows and upper lip threaded and the woman threading was really rough. She pushed my head around multiple times as if my head was a dummy or mannequin. My skin was extremely irritated after my session with her, and the next day, I noticed skin abrasions on my eye lid. My skin was inflamed for three days.
I probably won’t be coming back unless I can see another woman. Unfortunately I didn’t catch her name. Hopefully I can recognize her and choose to see someone else if I ever go back.

Definitely the cheapest in the city proper, but still expensive compared to almost anything in the ‘burbs. I came here a couple times for a full face threading ($ 45+tip), always with two very simple instructions: 1. I Use retin-​a so I have very sensitive skin, and 2. I like my brows cleaned up, but the thickness retained. Looking around at all the girls with pretty thin (albeit perfectly groomed) brows, I should have taken a hint.
The first time, I’d give it a ³⁄₅ because they did a great job finding every tiny hair, but definitely went thinner on my brows. I had some degree of redness lasting about 2 days, with aloe, NSAIDs and lotion. Definitely some breakouts afterwards, which is not atypical for such a clean job.
The second time, I’d give it a ³⁄₅ because while they did a fine job on my eyebrows after I repeatedly emphasized my dissatisfaction with them last time, this time they insisted on using wax on certain areas, assuring me that my sensitive skin would be fine with their appropriate technique. It was not. I looked like I had spot-​leprosy for several days. Not so severe makeup couldn’t reasonably cover it, but certainly painful and not at all fun. Once again though, every hair was gone.
Pros: They wear gloves, minimal wait as a walk-​in, definitely cheapest in the city, do a very thorough job, very nice staff, takes credit cards
Cons: Parking is street parking sometimes a couple blocks away and not cheap (not their fault), variable on how well they listen to special requests, thoroughness can translate into running over the same area of skin over and over and causing inflammation and burns, average in the suburbs seem to be around $ 25 (a $ 20 difference, and more if you include the parking charge)

I come here once a month, and have been doing so for over a year. My previous eyebrow care was at Benefit Brow Bar at the Ulta at Clark and Wellington. I’ve been there maybe two times so I cannot speak as much for that place.
However, Lakeview Threading is amazing! That’s actually an understatement. I’ve seen (all?) three woman there for eyebrow threading and have NOT left disappointed. I almost wish there was one bad thing about their service, so I could say it isn’t perfect, but I’ve accepted it. It’s heaven there.
My background: I’m fair skinned, with sensitive skin at that. And some of my eyebrow hairs are actually white! It makes it very difficult to shape/​fill in my eyebrows, but once I found a product light enough for my skin tone, and found a place that COMPLETELY RESHAPES YOUR BROWS INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, I realized that it’s a golden combination.
On top of that, one of my eyebrows is naturally darker than the other one. I tell the women that before they start threading and I also say I prefer a bigger brow, and that’s exactly what I leave with.
THREADING DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE! I’m not nagging other places, but threading reforms your eyebrow hair and puts them back into shape. Then you can comb them with a spooley, and the hair will grow in that direction. What they do here is an art.
Seriously. If you’re taking the time to read my review this far, and you’ve got these blobs of hair above your eyes that don’t look like anything, go there. Now. You will come back a new person.
Ps– The price!!! $ 10! And I think it’s $ 9 cash on top of that. Worth all 1,000 pennies. These ladies know what they’re doing!