Hi Alexis,
I'm moving to the Twin Cities this summer and I was wondering if you might be able
to recommend a good place for a brow wax. I'm sort of obsessed with keeping them
groomed and I'd appreciate your opinion.
Thanks,
Jeannie
Dear Jeannie,
Look no further than H Design on Lyndale Avenue in Uptown. Book your appointment with Jessie May (or J-May), as she is the goddess of all things eyebrow. She's the best in town with a long list of devoted clients, but since her appointments only take 10 minutes, you can usually get in on a day or two's notice.
Amen.... I go to the church of JMay religiously.
Posted by: Sarah Buckley | March 16, 2007 at 10:08 PM
For southern suburbanites, I highly reccomend Cole Nelson, owner of the Aquarius day spa at 98th and Lyndale.
Seriously. As a transgendered person of mostly north-european descent, I have a LOT of excess eyebrow to remove. If she can do my brows, she can do anybody's.
Posted by: Dave | March 16, 2007 at 11:19 PM
Church of J-May???
Do not take the lord's name in vain, J-M walks on water from where I sit. And as any of her clients will admit, you are always torn between recommending her incomparable services (I do!) and never breathing a word about her since the one day notice comment is just Alexis being generous....
Posted by: Mr. Delicious | March 17, 2007 at 12:23 AM
I don't know -- Jen (aka: Sofia in Chasing Windmills) does eyebrows over at The Beauty Room in Southeast Mpls and the word "perfect" often comes up in conversations related to her and her clients' eyebrows.
Posted by: Rich G. | March 17, 2007 at 02:11 PM
Perhaps you should add the disclaimer that you're sleeping with her, Rich.
Posted by: Alexis | March 17, 2007 at 03:10 PM
I, on the other hand, am not sleeping with my esthetician. I'll be glad to back up my claim of Cole's skills with photos of myself on request. In most of my recent pictures, my brows are one of the few things I'm completely happy with.
Posted by: Dave | March 17, 2007 at 03:16 PM
As a non-sexual-partner client of Jen's, I'll definitely vouch for her. Her name may not be as cool as J-May's but her eyebrows are rather exquisite.
Posted by: Cristina | March 17, 2007 at 03:46 PM
And unlike J-May, Jen DOES do Brazilian bikini waxes. Enjoy.
Posted by: Cristina | March 17, 2007 at 03:48 PM
Given that you bore witness to the horrendous monobrow I was rolling with before I met her, Alexis, I'd think you'd feel pretty comfortable with the recommendation. Christ, I looked like a Sephardic Bert before she got a hold of me.
Posted by: Rich G. | March 17, 2007 at 05:01 PM
Hey, that was going to be the next question I was going to send in -- where the heck do you go in this town to get a decent bikini wax.
Posted by: Marchelle | March 18, 2007 at 05:36 PM
Now I'm kinda sad I don't remember Rich's unibrow.
Thanks for the additional recommendations, everyone.
Posted by: Alexis | March 19, 2007 at 01:08 PM
I'd like to see pictures of Rich's Bert-brow.
Posted by: Jason | March 19, 2007 at 08:09 PM
Only if you promise not to send them to Heeb: The New Jew Review. They'd revoke my subscription.
Posted by: Rich G. | March 20, 2007 at 10:35 AM
Where is Jessie May? I went to book an appt. and she is no longer with H Design Salon. HELP...PLEASE!
Posted by: Jen | December 29, 2009 at 11:42 AM