Lai Fan Beauty Center

Really good place. I’ve been getting facials here for the past few years and my sister in law has been coming for ages. They recently moved to Christie street (right around the corner from the original location). Most of the ladies don’t speak a lot of English but if you want an excellent, inexpensive, no frills facial, this is the place. Come on a weekday or super early for the least busiest appointment. They spend hours on a simple facial which is amazing.
They so extractions as part of their facial which hurts but in this case, «no pain, no gain».

If there was negative, this place wouldn’t even have that 1 star. Stay AWAY if you don’t want an infection or contract anything. My mom went to get her lips tattooed and tight the day off she experienced pain and it started swelling the next day. It’s been almost a week and her lips are full of blisters. One cold sore already hurts, imagine you whole lip full of blisters and some of them popped and are now just open wounds. I work at a dermatology office and my doctor said she has an infection probably due to unsanitary products (reusing needles, ink, etc. something that would cause an infection). She lives 1.5 hours away and finally came out almost a week after and she is still in pain. All the salon did was give her some white powder that they claim is made from «pearls» in a cheap plastic bag with no label and told her to put it on. For all I know it could just be flour. They didn’t even apologize or say anything regarding her lips. I don’t even expect a refund from them because at this point money isn’t the problem, even though I don’t want them to have the satisfaction of earning easy dirty money. Even if we do go back and they agree to refund us, the point is my mom is suffering, she can barely eat anything salty, has sauce, spicy (basically she’s eating everything flavorless) or drink anything that touches her lips. They can her make up for the pain she’s going through. And I don’t think anyone should ever go through what my mom is experiencing. If they don’t want to be responsible for their own actions, they shouldn’t be a business to begin with.

My friend referred me here last year. I have my usual facial spot to go to but since this is in the city it is very convenient for me since I work near by.
Past 3 times, I went in as a walk-​in around 6PM. They always had someone to work on me. Not sure if I’m lucky but 2 out of the 3 times I got «Lai» which is the boss. She is pretty good. she really deep clean my pores. She chit chats a lot but I like that because it takes my mind off the pain when they are doing the exaction. She will try to sell you things. And I got suckered into it. But the products actually work and I went back to buy more when I’m finished with the first one.
I came here on Wednesday. I had a another lady that speaks mandarin. Because my lady was busy. The new lady was very good with the massage from face to shoulders. Not sure was it because my face has been clear with no acne or she just didn’t do much extractions on my face. But the massage definitely made up for it.
The place itself is very small, had about 8 bedding seats if I remember correctly. 2 per section but still not very much space. One section is very small. Sometimes they will move your bed if they are close to the wall. You definitely can hear other peoples conversation here but I still fall a sleep somehow. There is a small restroom but there is no mirror in there.
Overall this place is decent, nothing fancy of course, the price was $ 35 for a deep cleansing which is totally not bad for a Manhattan location. (Some other places are about $ 50+) I also never got rejected as a walk-​in for those of you that decides to go last minute.