Wink Threading Salon

I’ve been to several places that do threading (which I’ve done for years) since I moved to Austin but kept having my eyebrows turn out much thinner than I like them. Patricia at Wink really listened to what I wanted and then explained that it would take a few times of coming to let some of the brows grow back in a bit. I’ve been there three times now and she has done a fantastic job!

Wink is great! I have sensitive skin that has suffered from any type of waxing or sugaring on my eyebrows – which means that I normally want to into hiding for a few days until my irritated, red skin calms down. Threading, while not entirely painless, doesn’t irritate my skin! Wink is affordable, quick and hygienic. Their technicians do a great job of helping my thick eyebrows achieve natural looking symmetry.

If you want bloody and cut up eyebrows, then this is your place. The woman, whose name I believe is Patricia upon reading other reviews, gets super irritated if you make any requests on how you want your eyebrows shaped. And if you ask her not to thread certain areas or keep it a certain shape, she takes it upon herself to thread super aggressively until your skin is cut up.
As an Indian woman, I’ve been threading my eyebrows for years. The quality of threading is subpar compared to most of the places I’ve been and only go here because there is nothing else downtown. I was also hoping that as a loyal customer they would step up their game, but instead it’s just more terrible customer service and bad attitudes.
If you want a better experience, go to Rupa at Iclips salon. It’s further out, but I have now realized it’s worth skipping the bloody eyebrows and making the trek.

$ 12 is the normal price I’ve paid at other places. Overall very happy with my eyebrows after they were done but I did have to clean it up a little after at home.

Meh. I’ve had better, but I’ve also had worse. It’s $ 12, which seems pretty middle of the road as far as pricing goes. (Admittedly, I am more of a wax-​ee than a thread-​ee.) The lady doing the threading spent literally less than two minutes on my brows. She also didn’t ask anything about how I wanted them shaped, she just said «Hello,» and then went to town. The overall shape looked pretty good when I took a quick look in the salon mirror, but upon further inspection at home, I realized I had a fair amount of cleaning up to do.
I went around 5:30 pm on a weekday, and there wasn’t much of a wait and street parking was pretty easy to find.

quick and thorough! Right next door to where I work, so I just walk in… haven’t had to wait yet!

Went to Wink because it was close to the hotel I was staying at. It was great! Friendly service and she did a great job on my eyebrows :) cute place too!

Go there for anything but the brows. Went a few months ago, was excited for some threading in Austin, haven’t been since I moved from Chicago– and there aren’t many options here, surprisingly. The young Indian woman was sweet, but did my brows so quickly and when I checked myself out, I thought — oh well won’t be back. Not much of a consult, she basically cleaned up underneath, the top and middle. She missed the sculpting mark, since I had a good foundation, it should have been easy to follow. Maybe more experience needed. I’ll go just for the lip, that’s a safe option.

Ladies. $ 12 is a lot for threading. It might not seem like that at first glance, but in bigger cities all over the US you can get your eyebrows threaded for much cheaper and they end up looking really spectacular.
The only good thing about the place is convenience. I hate commenting on people who work customer service jobs looking miserable because customer service is awful, but the woman who works at the front desk looks MISERABLE. She just radiates misery and judgment and I really just want her to find something else to do because I am sure it effects her life outside work (cos lord knows that was the case with me when my attitude got called out in a Unilocal review).
Usually when you get your eyebrows threaded they look DIVINE or at least remarkable. When I get my eyebrows done here the only thing I notice after is that they are smaller.
The reality is that this is prolly the most convenient place in Austin. So I will keep going. But is this place worth it? Hell no.

The young Indian girl who works here is not very good at listening to what you want for your brows, not good at shaping, and argumentative when you tell her you don’t like the shape. She also rushes through the service and definitely needs much more training.
I went in here based off the Unilocal reviews. Looking back through them, I should’ve read them more thoroughly, since it seems that the people who like a quick service (which this is a very quick service) or are just excited because they’ve never done threading before and liked that it’s easier than waxing give high ratings, while the people who are looking for quality shaping are disappointed. As soon as I sat down in the chair, she asked if I’d been there before and what shape I like for my brows. I began to answer her but before I was even finished speaking she began to thread my brows. I’ve been having my brows threaded for the past few years, and never had such a painful experience as today. It actually hurt when she was threading my brows! That is unusual for threading. When she finished (in like 2 minutes, if even), she had me take a look in the mirror. I was shocked that my brows were super thin (I had been growing them out for almost 2 months so she had a lot to work with), and, even though I had said I like a nice arch, they are now stick straight. When I mentioned this to her, she said she needed to take more off to do an arch. I reluctantly said yes, though I should’ve just gotten out of the chair — what she actually did was take more off of the bottom, which didn’t really make a nice arch, but just made them even thinner still! When I looked again, I repeated that I had asked her not to thin them out but to keep them natural and also to create a nice arch. She began to argue with me, saying that If I had said that in the beginning (which I did but like I said, she didn’t seem like she was listening to me and just started working before I had even gotten a few sentences out of my mouth) she would’ve done them differently. Regardless, she completely messed up my brows — I’ve been to other threaders who are way more skilled and better listeners than this girl.
The girl at the front desk did give me a complementary brow card which, I most likely will not use since I most likely won’t come back here again. Luckily eyebrows grow back, so it’s not the end of the world for me — but it would be nice to have a good threading salon in Austin.

Quick, thorough, and affordable. No judgy looks when Ive neglected my brows for to long. What more can you ask for? Love this place.

Came here after work and it took like 15 minutes in and out. I liked how she shaped my eyebrows.

Nice space right downtown, metered parking on the street that cost $ 1. I walked in and just asked for my brows to be «cleaned up» (no aggressive shaping since I prefer a more natural look). No line/​wait, only cost $ 12 for the service and my brow shape looks great. I was there for less than ten minutes.
Overall, I’m definitely a fan. I deducted a star because I had to pluck a couple of strays when I got home, but for the price and speed, I’ll definitely be back.

I’ve been coming here since they opened and have always had a good experience. She shapes my brows nicely without taking too much off (which is always my biggest fear with threading). At $ 12, the price is super reasonable, especially for the location.
I can’t speak to what it’s like over the weekend, but during the weekdays, I’ve always walked in and there’s never really a wait, which is great… I’m usually in and out within 15 minutes.
Yes, parking is a pain sometimes, but that’s not their fault. I’m so glad they opened downtown… there’s really not many choices downtown/​south Austin for threading, but they do a good job here, all at a great price. I’m a happy customer!

She got the job done but left a lot of little hairs that I had to pluck out myself. I think I saw another Unilocaler mention this as well so it must be a thing for them. Brows are the same price ($ 12) as Ziba back home in Cali so I can’t really complain about that.
If I was going to be here longer, I would probably go back in a pinch if there were no other options.

I’ve been growing out these brows for a while now. Nary a pluck in at least two months as a nod to the thicker brows look that seems to be back. (hey brooke shields.) When my brows grow in, it’s not outrageous. I’m not groucho-​ing it but it’s clear there has to be some cleanup to make things look good. As I was growing, I also applied rapid lash to the bits that are a little sparse. The result was some furry brows with random hair sticking out this way and that.
I finally couldn’t stand it anymore so I went to wink on the recommendation of a friend. She said they spent 20 minutes threading and plucking and perfecting and getting the shape right. That was not my experience. My brows look okay. It’s not transformational like I hoped and I think they’re actually slightly different shapes
Though they are super friendly and the place is really cute, the threading took no longer than 5 minutes. It’s also only $ 12. This is when I wish Unilocal had half stars. If you’re looking for someone to talk to you about what you want and do some work on your brows, I might suggest going elsewhere. If you’re looking for a quick, in and out experience with no frills, this is it. Definitely better than going to the creepy back room of some pedi place.

This place missed the mark for me. I feel like if threading is the business model, there should be a better consultation process. I have been spending a lot of money on latisse to get my eyebrows to grow in thicker and to have a more full arched look. I was looking for some professional advice, but the consultant seemed like she really wasn’t sure what to do for me. She didn’t seem confident, which of course worried me. I really wanted a professional to step up and help with the shape and provide advice. Instead, she asked me what to do. I don’t «do» eyebrows for a living. She took some off, then asked for my feedback, but it was obvious they didn’t look good. Then I was totally freaked out to move forward, do the next eyebrow, anything. After it was all said and done with and she sensed I was unhappy, then the advice started flooding in.
I feel the consultants need to be up on eyebrow trends and be able to provide consultation and feedback better. When I have gone to other professional eyebrow salons, the brow appointments take ¹⁵⁄₂₀ minutes. Professional eyebrow threaders should measure, pluck, comb, etc. Basically, make sure eyebrows are on point! Not once was any of this done. This place had me in and out in a few minutes. My appointment was seriously quicker than a nail salon eyebrow appointment. I would have maybe felt better if she would spent more time with me and seemed more confident with the advice. In general, it wasn’t a total chop job. My brows look fine and are not ruined by any means, but I definitely was hoping for a better experience for a salon at the bottom of the 360. I won’t be coming back and I’m sure they sensed that.

I can walk here and get my eyebrows/​UL done during my lunch break which is a great pro but I hate that I have to budget out $ 40 a month for the service.
I get that they want to look upscale and be in a hip part of downtown but $ 12 for eyebrows just feels like robbery. The girl that works there is good enough for my needs, although sometimes she does them better than others.
Sigh, I will see you in two weeks, wink. Unless a great indian beauty salon opens up in central austin (fingers crossed!!!)

Great job Praticha !!!
I am so happy I stumbled upon this place! I have been getting my eyebrows threaded for a couple of years now because waxing them was burning my skin. I was visiting some other places until I came in here, let’s just say I am never going to any place else. I absolutely love how professional, attentive and caring Praticha is, but most of all how nice my eyebrows look!!! Will be back.

Wink. Wink.
I first heard about this from a Groupon being offered and I thought to myself «Cool, there’s a threading salon in downtown Austin.» Beforehand I don’t think there were any threading salons in the Downtown area or south of the river.
I must admit it is quite fancy from the usual threading places I normally go to. Luckily, there wasn’t much of a line. Nice, small modern layout. There are four chairs with tall mirrors and small shelves on the sides. The lady was quick with her threading.
They do take appointments but walk-​ins are welcome.