I went to the body cafe today for a wax service. What I received was terrifying, embarrassing and demoralizing. I have been getting Brazilians for years and though I have a favorite girl where I moved from I have been to other spas. This was not my first time out of the gate with a new esthetician. I arrived on time and she was running behind, fine, these things happen. I asked her what type of wax she used and what her technique was like (since I know more than a little about this). She was using two kinds of wax which I have never heard a skilled esthetician do but after a short consideration I decided to trust her since she said this had been her career for several years. It soon became obvious; she just generally didn't know what she was doing. I was not offered a disposable panty which is usually customary for decency. She ended up waxing over the same places (in very sensitive areas) 4+ times. Instead of pulling of the wax in one smooth motion she pulled and stopped, and pulled and stopped and even pulled with the hair. BIG NO NO! When I asked if that was normal she told me it was fine with that kind of wax to go over the same area as many times as neccessary. This and other things she said were frighteningly inaccurate. I called it quits after 45 min (she was halfway though) when she pulled out scissors and attempted to cut away the wax. SCISSORS!!!! The front desk tried to have me pay the full amount. Without being too graphic about what had just transpired I informed then that I would compensate her for her effort (which was more than she deserved) but nothing more. I cried for a half hour the pain was so bad. DO NOT DO THIS.
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