Maxwax – East

First time there. Very clean, really nice staff, a little pricey. Regrettably I won’t return. Maybe they were having a bad day, but I use hard wax for my face and can only tolerate one application. The light in the room was poor and the technician couldn’t see how much hair was left behind. I had to spend time when I got home finishing a $ 33 job that included the tip. Smooth Skin Factory on East 7^th Street does a great job with hard wax. Ultra on East 4^th Street uses a soft green-​tea wax which it also fantastic and gentle on older skin.

HORRIBLE PLACE! DO NOT GO HERE!!! The receptionist would not let me in for my 11:00am appt. because I came in a couple of minutes before 11:00am and made me wait outside in the freezing rain and cold! I explained that appts are cancelled if one is more than 10 minutes late so I decided to come a bit early. She gruffkly said, «its too bad you can’t come in!» She expained that this place has an issue with their insurance. When I finally went in, the room was dirty and none of the supplies were ready for the esthetician who left for 15 minutes to get what she needed. The service was super-​rushed, not detail-​oriented and way more painful that it normally is. Not at all worth the overly-​high prices charged for this rude, unprofessional excuse for a salon.

Surprised that this doesn’t easily come up in a Unilocal search on the Upper East Side… but this is a clean, professional place for waxing and one of the few places that will do hot wax (not strip wax) without making a fuss. They are all set up for it. Highly recommended if you’re in the neighborhood. Or try the Upper West side one — it’s great too.

max wax is great. Ive been going there for some time and have found it by far the best wax on the upper east side. The place is very clean and the waxers are professional, polite and efficient. i would recommend this place to all my friends

First time here and it was a mixed bag. Staff was friendly and perfectly nice but the service was really rushed and not very thorough. I got the «Fabulous» package which theoretically includes a bikini wax and it really wasn’t much of a bikini wax. Let’s say I wouldn’t put on a bikini on right now.
May try again, but probably not.

Can’t say that I enjoy getting waxed, but MaxWax certainly makes it less painful. Friendly staff, fast and efficient waxers who know their stuff, and generally a good experience. Also– the place is super clean: gloves, no double dipping, a tidy wax room and waiting area. My eyebrows always look stunning. I’ve also gotten a few bikini waxes there which have always turned out great. Thank you Maxwax!

As usual had an amazing experience at max wax pre vacation. Nora is my favorite… didn’t hurt a bit. Thanks ladies!!!

I wanted a new place close to home, cheaper and less booked than the place I currently use (no need to say where as she is always busy!) don’t fix something if it is not broke! The woman on the phone and at the font desk was pleasant. My waxer, a different story. I had to insist twice on hard wax as she was trying to talk me out of it. At the end she ended up using the cloth strips because she said the hard wax was not working. I believed it was. The room is hot and nothing special. No pictures, no music, no color or even menu of options. Rather boring and factory like. When she was finished I looked down and saw hairs still in where she had waxed. My original place would tweeze them out. I am so embarrassed I made a quick same day appointment. I do not recommend and would never go back.

This place is a total gem. The service is extremely friendly and accommodating.
But what’s even more important, the waxing. I have been to many places, and this place is by far the best. They know what they’re doing, and it actually doesn’t hurt. Normally I hate any type of waxing, but they make it a great and easy experience.
Every woman I have been to is great. I don’t have a favorite. Marina, Monica and Barbara are who I have tried so far. They’re amazing!
I completely recommend Maxwax to anyone who is looking for a great, easy and beautiful wax.

I usually go to Uni K, which is much cheaper. So I thought I’d step it up for what I thought would be a better experience. I’m sensitive when it comes to waxing, and wanted a bit more of a spa like experience, which I thought I’d get based on the website. What I got was MUCH worse for about 50% more in cost.
The place is poorly/​minimally decorated with flickering florescent lights like they were about to burn out. The waxer brought me into a hot, bare room and had me get undressed while she watched. I asked if they had a fan it was so uncomfortable, but it was never brought in. Then, without prepping the area at all she went right to it while telling me it wasn’t going to be perfect. She was rude and messy looking — which is not want you want when someone is down there! After she started, I told her not to do as much as I had planned because it was such an uncomfortable experience.
The only good thing is that it didn’t hurt afterwards like it usually does, but that’s probably because I had less done and there was a different kind of wax used.
I’m really not sure how this place was mentioned in Allure — it was awful.

This is a pretty good alternative to a pricier place like Bliss, for those of us who refuse to get our nether parts waxed off in a Korean nail salon. It is a notch more sanitary than a Korean nail salon, and while it wasn’t Bliss in terms of the light pain, it got the job done and walking in off the street is welcome. I have gone back a few times in the past several months, and while I never have the same person twice, I would say the results are pretty consistent.

This was good a waxing experience as one could have. The salon is very clean and they don’t double dip the waxing spatulas. The waxer was very friendly and respectful.
The bathroom was also very clean. I would definitely go back.

I went here for the first time tonight. I can’t say that it was painless, but I can say that the waxer was extremely kind and efficient. And, really, that’s what I’m looking for in a wax. The office was clean and didn’t have any weird beauty-​parlor smells, which was nice, too.

I just moved to the area and decided to try out maxwax. They have a well established salon on the UWS, but just opened their UES location.
Overall, the place is clean and does the job.
The salon is well-​decorated/​schwanky. They are definitely on the expensive side. Their website advertises that they use all of their own products, but frankly I didn’t notice a difference.
My waxer was friendly enough and did a decent job, but I wasn’t amazed.
You can pay by credit card, but you need to tip in cash…