The Waxing House

Kristin has moved her business north to Irving Park & Clarendon. It’s a bigger venue with the same great, speedy service. Check her out at Kristin Waxing — 773 348‑4343

This place is great! Sia, whose helped me a few times, does an amazing, precise job and is SUPER nice.
I know there are alot of review on price, but here i got my eyebrows (really perfectly done– i get comments on how great they looked) upper lip and my sideburns (im italian and they can be pretty visible, i get under the ears and chin too) waxed for $ 25 total. i think it’s a bargain! most other places have charged me $ 35 for the same service, and didnt do half as good of a job, and weren’t half as nice! (really though the key is in the eyebrows)
i would recommend this place to anyone.

I’ve been coming here since the week they opened, about 4 years ago! I used to go elsewhere, but this place was much closer to my apartment at the time. Suffice it to say, I love these ladies! They do a great job, never forget a face, are very quick, and prices are reasonable. I’ve moved three times since then, but keep coming back!

I am still a fan of this place, but they closed!!! Does anyone know where the women who worked there transferred to? I know there use to be a sign of a place on Irving Park, but they took it down!

I have been trusting these ladies with my eyebrows for over 2 years now. It is run by 2 Korean sisters, and 90% of my visits have been with the same one but I am totally blanking on her name! Will update… But since I found them I haven’t let anyone else near my face with wax or thread. I get my eyebrows done every 4 – 6 weeks, and I have only been disappointed twice (on Saturdays, with the sister I hardly ever see there). They always have appointments and I’ve never had to wait too long if I just walked in.
I’ve gotten my brows waxed a few times and it went well, but their threading is so perfect and precise. Followed by a tiny scissor trim to get every single hair perfect, and of course a quick brow/​temple massage. I get brazilian waxes here every couple of months and they are just about as painless as they can be. I like that they use cloth rather than paper strips. My fav lady (whose name slips my mind) is always fun and talkative during this potentially awkward task.
Prices are super reasonable — $ 13 brow wax or threading, $ 35 brazilian, $ 10 lip wax. Minus one star only becuse it is such a small, sometimes cramped space. And it gets realllyyyyy hot inside when the sun is beating in. Still a fab shop!

I went to The Waxing House today. Christine, the owner, threaded my eyebrows with great precision. She also used the tweezers to clean up any hairs she didn’t get while threading. Afterward, I was treated to a FABULOUS facial massage. She was super sweet and we chatted for a little bit when she was done. While talking to her it was very apparent that she cares greatly for her customers. I will DEFINITELY come back next time I need a touch up… and you should too!

Christine and Esther are awesome. Consistently the fastest, least painful Brazilians I have ever had, and I have had lots of good and lots of horrific waxes… and they only charge $ 35! I moved across town but I still make the trip to The Waxing House for my regular «Samba».

So after reading all the reviews I thought this place would be my new go-​to for eyebrow threading since I live just right around the corner. The lady who did my eye brows was nice and friendly and I have to say that unlike my previous experiences, she was gentle and the process was not nearly as painful as it’s been before. The shape of my brows was nice, so at the end of the experience I was very happy.
BUT, once I got home and took a closer look at her work, she had left many areas around my brows unclean. I have never had to clean my brows after a thread. Also, my eyebrows are long and get a little heavy sometimes and I had to trim them myself as she hadn’t really cleaned them up as I am used to. I may try her again after I explain my concerns from last time, but for now the experience was ok but nothing great.

A few months ago, this place would have gotten 5 stars for sure, but my favorite eyebrow lady is gone, and the new one butchered my friends brows!
It’s very embarrassing to recommend a place to somebody, only to have them totally hate it (and i don’t blame her, her eyebrows came out way too thin!)
I called today and the owner said that Sonya was gone, and either couldn’t or wouldn’t tell me where she’d gone.
If anyone knows where to find her, my eyebrows would thank you!

What we’ve got here, is a failure to communicate.
I am a do it yourself-​er when it comes to my brows. I have to be having been «blessed» with thick caterpillar brows that require waxing 2 – 3 times a week. Every few months, I let them grow out a couple weeks, and have them reshaped by a professional. This is the circumstance that led me to The Waxing House.
I came in with Scorsese brows, and told the esthetician that I wanted to keep most of thickness towards the inside of my face with a very subtle arch over the outer part of each eye. I was very clear, but somehow this translated to «Hey, you know that guy that used to hunt the Smurfs? Give me that look!»
For whatever reason, she made them pencil thin. I came in with straight brows that were ¾ inch thick and she took them down to about ¹⁄₃ of an inch with a villainous arch. They were neat and even, but no where near what I’d asked and hoped for. Someone else may have been happy with this work, but I left very dissatisfied. I was very clear with what I wanted and this was in no way, shape or form close.
This is the FIRST time I’ve ever been happy to have brows that grow fast. It’s been three weeks, and they’re almost back to normal. Considering the 3 weeks that I’d grown them out prior to this mishap, I am just anxious to look like me again.

I love this place, the Korean moms do such a great job. And they’re so funny and cute. Maybe it’s because I’m Asian, the other mom came to inspect my threader mom’s work and was chatting with me. It made me laugh at how critical they were towards each other’s work, but it was all very endearing. And they do a really, really good job.
I’d only get my eyebrows done though, I don’t want the moms to ever see my hoo-​ha. Ever. They might inspect each other’s work :|

I made an emergency stop in this place yesterday because my eyebrows were getting so long I could practically braid them. While I would normally trek out to my trusty $ 5 place at Montrose/​Western the weather was too cold for this option. Since this shop is around the corner I figured I’d give it a try.
The place is pretty small — like they took a studio and tried to make a 2 bedroom apartment out of it. The owner and two staff members were friendly and inviting a were able to get me in right away.
When I got called in I was directed to a bed to lay down, very similar to a doctor’s office checkup. In about 10 minutes she turned my eyebrow jungle into 2 distinct arches. After a few touch-​ups I was out the door. One difference from my usual place is that she left my eyebrows a little bit thicker this time, so you can’t really tell I had «work» done.
Though I would recommend this place to friends, I think I’ll be sticking to my old faithful. $ 13 is like… 2 beers more than what I normally pay!

When I lived in Lakeview I used to go to this place every two weeks to get my eyebrows waxed. The place was right around the corner from my apt and very accessible.
The service was great and I have never had so much attention to detail when getting my eyebrows waxed. I miss living up there so I can go there. I am at the point of considering going all the way up there from downtown now because I miss it.
The prices are pretty low and as previously mentioned, the waxers pay close attention to detail.

Wow. This place is great. Having worked in multiple salons, everything here is very efficient, well done, and at a fantastic price!
I personally had a brazilian bikini wax. and anyone who complains about it hurting must have never had one. They always hurt, but she gets it done so quickly, like in 10 minutes! worth every penny and SO MUCH EASIER than going into a full service spa. In and out!

I LOVE this place for threading… well I actually went there for an eyebrow wax and the lady talked me into threading… my first time, I figured… what the hell, lets do it. Well, she did a PERFECT job. Not to mention, the AMAZING eyebrow massage she gives.
If you go during off hours (like during the day, before it gets CRAZY in there), she spends extra time massaging, etc. However, if you go during the peak hours, then you get to sit in the waxing chair in front of everyone to see because there is just a chair basically in the middle of the waiting area that they do your eyebrows, etc in… however, I am pretty sure if you get your downstairs done, you get to go in a back room! Not to mention the cheap ass price tag…$ 13!!! AMAZING!

Funny experience…
I got to get my eyebrows done come out and the older lady looks weird at me, scolds the other lady in their language, and drags me back into the room. She apparently had left my ‘brows not very nice looking…
so the older and wise lady fixed them, leaving them the most thin I ever had had them, I was freaking out first, but hey they looked good, I later realized.
I went back to try a pedicure and was pleased. Nothing fancy, but we girls like it!

So my friend Sarah tells me she gets her eyebrows threaded and I am intrigued. Her brows always look great. She also tells me threading doesn’t hurt as much as waxing. This sold me so I decide to go get my thick brows tamed.
As I laid in the chair getting the hairs ripped out of my head by a piece of string all I could think was that Sarah is a dirty liar. It hurt way more than waxing. I had already decided I wouldn’t be doing this again.
Then I sat up and looked at my eyebrows. They were perfect. Like Reese Witherspoon perfect.
So, even though it hurt like a mother, it was worth it. I shall only be going here for threading from now on.

Ok so this place was better than the last place I tried out (Sonia’s Salon) but not good enough to justify the difference in price between the two. An eyebrow thread here is $ 13 whereas Sonia’s charges only $ 8.
It did the trick for my NYE rendezvous I was planning for that evening but I probably won’t come back here. In fact, I’m going to try out a million different places because I am confident that in a city with millions of inhabitants, there HAS to be an eyebrow threading place that I will love.
My main criticism here is that she took off a little too much from my left inner side of the brow and the threading throughout the brow was a little splotchy; too thick in certain areas and too thin in others.
One of the great things about this place is that she did a nice, firm temple massage at the end. That was very relaxing and a nice way to end.
Ok so the search is still on… I will keep you updated.

Im naturally blonde. Now I am brunette… so that means that I look like a freak, unless I do something about my blonde eyebrows. They do an amazing job of eyebrow tinting and threading. $ 25.00 for both.
I love them, nicest women. Its two sisters and both are great at what they do.
Very clean and friendly.

Being used to the european wax (the one which is hot and looks like thick honey) I found the ones liquid-​like with the strip, to be very painful on my sensitive bikini area. Esther was super nice though, and the place very clean. I have to find a place where the waxers use the conventional (less hygienic I believe) wax.
In Miami, where I moved from, and in Latin America we are used to that wax and it’s not painful at all, no matter what they say I find it easier on my skin.
Whatever works for you!