Blink Brow Bar

Eyebrow shaping here is super worth it. On top of the usual shaping and threading, the girls have done a good job putting tiny touches to make your eyebrows on fleek. They also have super nice products. Got the stencil, eyebrow pencil and eyebrow gel for myself.
Awesome service! Their eyebrow service def persuaded me to get their products! Excellent marketing strategy Brow Bar! Im def coming back!

Five stars. Why?
–Easy, same-​day reservations on the phone
–promptly seen at the time of reservation
–threading lady Amelia did a fantastic job
–free quick mini face/​head massage at end
–loyalty card means buy 5 and get the 6^th free

Le Threading est une technique d’épilation au fil de coton, qui a l’air un peu barbare comme ça, mais franchement, ça a révolutionné mes sourcils, oui, oui. En gros l’esthéticienne forme un triangle avec le fil qu’elle tient d’un côté avec ses mains, de l’autre entre ses dents, et fait glisser ce triangle sur les poils qui s’y accrochent et sont arrachés comme ça !
J’y suis allée un peu nerveuse, après avoir booké le rdv en ligne, sans vraiment préciser ce que je voulais. Blink Brow Bar propose également des épilations plus classiques, et des colorations de sourcils, restructuration etc.
Bref, j’arrive et explique que je veux simplement un «basic threading».
La personne qui s’occupe de moi me demande si je veux les épiler au dessus des sourcils, et au milieu, et en dessous, là je commence à sérieusement m’inquiéter en expliquant que je les aimes quand même plutôt naturels, et donc épais. Elle me propose donc d’épiler mais en gardant bien la forme.
Elle m’a même proposé de refaire la ligne d’un des deux qui de toute façon né poussait pas tout à fait comme je le voulais, (trop épilé quand j’étais plus jeune), et une fois fini, j’ai découvert que j’avais enfin deux sourcils à peu près similaires.
Alors, c’est désagréable mais ça né fait pas mal du tout, en revanche mes yeux se sont mis à pleurer dès qu’elle a commencé à épiler, mais c’est normal, pas d’inquiétude.
J’en ai eu pour 17£, et depuis j’essaie de maintenir ça moi-​même, pas l’idéal of course, mais je né vais faire un A/​R Lille Londres tous les trois mois pour ça ! Néanmoins, l’esthéticienne m’a dit que continuer à la pince était la méthode «la moins pire», donc c’est ce que je fais !
J’ai une ligne de sourcils bien plus nette qu’avec la cire ou même le brow bar Benefit qui fait des sourcils carrés à l’américaine, chez Blink il y a un vrai respect de la ligne naturelle, et les esthéticiennes comprennent complètement que l’on veuille les garder un peu «full».
Bref, je suis ravie d’avoir sauté le pas !

After reading all the reviews I decided to go there and pay 17£ for my eyebrows … it wasnt bad but for the money I had to pay it wasnt worth it …

Now THIS is what eyebrow threading is all about. I was casually browsing the aisles at Selfridges when I came upon this brow bar and made an appointment on the spot.
My threader was Varsha, who has been threading eyebrows for 8 years. She quickly went to work cleaning up my brows (mostly those pesky light uni hairs) and then applied cream via brow massage to the threaded area. I wasn’t looking for a shaping as much as a cleanup of the very light hairs that are harder to see and tweeze. The whole thing took about 10 minutes and I left with neat, full brows. I would highly recommend Varsha if you’re able to request her.
By the way if you’re in the market for a product to fill in sparse brows I can’t recommend Anastasia’s Brow Pen enough (got mine at Sephora):
£17.

Happy to have finally tried threading…
but much prefer a good old fashioned tweeze.
The ladies were nice and contrary to what I have heard — it was not painful in the slightest…
Nice brow pencils and brow gel
I have pretty thin eyebrows and the threading just did not shape and clean them up the same way my favorite girl in LA does! Missing Natalie big time!

I visited the Selfriges branch this afternoon. The whole place was a mad house! Busy busy busy! You can really tell everyone is in holiday mode =)
They girls were very nice and the young lady who took care of me explained what she was going to do. I informed her that I would like to keep the thickness and only needed to get them evened out and give them a bit of shape. She agreed.
I had purposely let my eyebrows grow for two weeks in order to get them properly shaped. I didn’t have that much hair growing so it was more of maintainability I guess.
When the girl was done, I have to say it was OK but not super wow. I had to explain to her what I was after once again. There seemed to be a communication issue as she was telling me that she would thin my eyebrows if she did what I was asking and kept pointing to the top part of my eyebrow. I on the other hand was pointing at the bottom portion of the eyebrow (eyelid) telling her that she had left it a bit to straight with no curve… After explaining it to her in different ways she was finally able to understand what I was asking for.
Although a bit frustrating due to the language/​communication barrier I came out happy with beautifully shaped eyebrows.
Was it worth £17… not exactly. Will I go back? Maybe. I have seen threading advertised at several salons close to where I live (WC) between £9 — £12 soooooo I might just give it a go. I might ask to observe their work prior to actually having them thread away.

The staff are professional and have an extreme attention to detail. Before the eyebrow threading, she gave me a brief consult and offered advice on how to get the left to match the right! I went to the store at Harvey Nichols with no appointment on a Sunday and they took me right away. It was almost twice as much as I’m used to paying in the US, but well worth it. They also have a frequent threading card (6^th is free). I’ll certainly be putting that to use.

this eyebrow lounge is the place you can go with untidy, over plucked brows and be sure you will be leaving looking well groomed.
I like there branch in Harvey Nichols more– I think the ladies there are more experienced
but The Oxford Street one is also good
except that you have to put up some times with curry-​smelling hands of some of the ladies there — which is unpleasant to say the least

If you are new to the world of threading, let me break it down for you with some friendly and fun notes about threading.
Basically, it involves a string that the expert (and they really are) threaders loop around each hair and pull (instead of plucking) away from your face. Whilst they are doing this, they are miraculously shaping your eyebrows into a natural and trés groomed shape. The only pain for me was, if you’re a first timer or need to reshape your brows, you have to let them grow so that the threaders have more to work with (this takes longer than you think!) I feared I may have resembled Oscar the Grouch for a bit.
Threading, according to many, is the only way to go when it comes to brow shaping. Not only is it better for your skin (no tugging to create wrinkles like plucking or waxing, so they say) but also no artificial products (just the string).
I was rather dubious as I have seen some ladies in department stores having their eyebrows done smack bang in the middle of the floor. Not very discreet really given my Oscar status. However, I had mine done at Harvey Nichols, as I figured it might be calmer and quieter and it was. Plus the brow bar was located in a corner. Much nicer! The staff were really friendly, organised and did an amazing job reshaping my eyebrows. I confess, I have a high pain threshold, but my eyes did water! However, it was totally worth it and over really quickly.
And threading is not just for women, I would recommend boys give it a go too, no one likes a monobrow or caterpillars.

Yet another reason to move across the pond. Wonderful, spotted the one in Selfridges towards closing time and I ran over to get treated. They accommodated me and I graciously layed back in the chair. They did a fab job.

I am a real regular at Blink and have been going for years. They are brilliant and having tried a few rival brow bars to save money I have always ended up back with them. The girls there seem really knowledgable and you get good advice and a nice massage too!
I woudl highly recommend it.

They call themselves «the pioneer of walk-​in brow bars»…and despite the slighty overdramatic declaration, they quite possibly are. After years of overplucked and/​or misshapened brows, I decided to surrender to the experts. But these were no ordinary estheticians, they were brow specialists.
After fighting my way through the chaos of Selfridges beauty floor, I found Blink Brow Bar, a strangely open space with reclining chairs and attentive staff. Luckily I made a reservation (it gets quite busy during peak hours) and was quickly seated for what was about to be an incredibly painful life-​altering beauty experience.
The lovely ladies at Blink Brow Bar use a traditional Indian technicque called threading, where a string of cotton thread is twisted around the hairs, removing them from their follicle. Your eyes will water, your palms will sweat and be prepared for puffy red blotches of skin immediately after the treatment — but it is well worth the suffering. It is amazing how much one’s face can open up (and eyes can sparkle) with a good ol’ threading. My only qualm about Blink is the fact that you are open to spectators during the treatment. Walking around Selfridges with post-​thread pink eyebrows is humiliating enough, so to be clearly visible to shoppers while «in the chair» as well makes the experience a tad uncomfortable. Regardless, I am a changed woman and will never go back to my old plucking ways.
Blink’s regular eyebrow threading is £17. For those of you who have facial hair beyond brows, Blink offers upper lip (£10), chin (£10) and more.

I visited the Blink eyebrow bar in Selfridges. They offer a good service; it’s great the way you can just nip in for a fast fix when you’re out and about shopping. However, I can’t help thinking that £14 is a lot of cash for something that takes five minutes. The ladies are very friendly, but can be a bit trigger happy with the plucking, and you can come out with the ‘surprised’ look. If you’re concerned, it might be worth asking them just to do the bottom of the brows, rather than the top too, or it can look a bit slapper-​ry. I’d love to know if anyones knows of any cheaper threading places out there.

Blink is the pioneer of eyebrow bars in London using the art of threading. Blink is unique not only because it works on a non-​appointment policy but also because it uses the technique of threading to shape eyebrows. Threading is growing in popularity as women are becoming more aware of its benefits faster, smoother and with better definition. The beauticians have practised the art of threading for many years and are able to advise you on how best to shape and nurture your eyebrows.
I visit blink brow all the time you will them at selfridges, harvey nichols and fenwicks. Men or women it don’t matter, you will be astonished by the results and won’t stop looking in the mirror. GURANTEED!!!