Dipti’s Salon

Went here for the first time today after not being able to find anyone to do a good job threading in Valparaiso, and omg my eyebrows look great! Dipti did my eyebrows in .5 seconds and they look sooo perfect! I will definitely be coming back! I think I found my new go-​to place!

You’re in, out and fabulous in a flash!!! I used to go to Nordstrom in Oakbrook and on Michigan ave. I quit going after one trip to Dipti. I won’t go anywhere else. It’s like the Billy Goat tavern of waxing. If you’ve ever been to the goat, you know it’s a no frills place but well worth the trip. It’s endured for a reason. Same can be said of Dipt’s salon. I’ll take a fast, brillant waxing and brow job at a less posh place, over a mediocre painful one at a spa ANY DAY!
AND you don’t have to pay for parking. The meters out front don’t work anyway and you’ll be out in less than 15 minutes! It’s a win, win!

Despite the cash only place, it’s affordable and worth the try. I went on either a Thursday or Friday during my lunch hour and thankfully there weren’t any clients when I walked in, so I didn’t have to wait. There is pay for parking on the opposite side of Dipti’s but since there isn’t a lot of patrolling in that area, I didn’t pay to park. Threading eyebrows only takes 5 minutes.
I shall be returning this Friday!

Just got my eyebrows done. Didn’t hurt but she barely took a minute. She didn’t look at the eyebrow shapes and it’s obvious. I now have two completely different eyebrow shapes. I’ve never ever had them come out so differently. They don’t give you a salve to put on your eyebrows after nor do they brush off the hair off your face. (Which was a lot considering she took over half my eyebrows off). Only come here if you have eyebrows w a few stray hairs and you want to pay $ 7 for them. Many other places on Devon do it for $ 5.
Update: despite my Initial freak out. I ended up liking my newer thinner eyebrows. So I’m updating this review. It would be nicer if they were just a little slower and caring to their customers.

I’ve never been so badly bruised after a Brazilian wax. Yes I agree that the quicker the process is, the better, but she went too fast and ripped off a hand full of hairs at once. The first time I actually balled my eyes out getting a Brazilian wax. It’s burning

She lost me as a customer. She does ok eyebrows… nothing really out of the ordinary, and shes really fast. But about a year ago, which was my last visit there, she was waxing my eyebrows, and asks me, «do you want a lip wax also?» I didnt really want to get one so i said «no thank you ill pass this time.» She DEFINITELY heard me, hence shes hovering right over my face doing my brows, but the next thing i know is i feel hot wax on my lip as she says, «oh you need it.» I was literally so shocked and not in the mood to argue and of course she charged me for the lip wax too. Are you kidding me? I was furious she forcefully pretty much stole my money by giving me a service i didn’t want. I paid and left and never coming back again. So be careful! She is super sneaky. and obviously only cares about the money.

The old cliché do not judge a book by its cover holds true with this little place. From the outside appearance it looks nothing spectacular and even on the inside it’s very generic.
But after trying several threading and waxing saloons that cost three times as much. I would go out of my way any day to go to Dipti’s threading salon. They are professional, precise, and spot on when it comes to making your eyebrows look amazing!
Where else in the Chicagoland area can you get your lip, eyebrows, and chin waxed and threaded for $ 15?

Cheap, quick and the owner did a pretty good job. I didn’t give her more stars because I was there for threading and she used mostly wax on my eyebrows. Not once did she ask how I wanted them done, probably not use her services again.

If you want to look beautiful with spending very little money go to this place. Absolutely ask for the owner lady to do your brows, she is quick, accurate and funny. I haven’t had good experience with any of the other girls, but that’s because they have waxed my brows when i specifically ask for threading. Why would I go into a place like this wanting waxing; it’s a threading salon?

definately returning!
i have been to soooo many different places to get an eyebrow and face wax. I’ve gone as far as paying 80 $ for getting my eyebrows done and they did not look pretty…
I went into Dipti’s a little hesistant and skeptical after reading all these Unilocal reviews. Dipti is AMAZING i only trust her with my eyebrows! I do not get my eyebrows done anywhere else! and as for my face, it was done so fast that I actually did not feel a thing! Which is amazing! I was terrified! She does things so fast, your body does not have time to process and keep up with it! I’ve actually done a LOT of research into this and let me just say, when someone can do that, they are hands down a pro! It’s very similar when you go to the doctor and you get a shot from two different doctors. One’s you dont feel because it is done quickly and the other is long or you ask them to slow down and then it starts to hurt!
all in all: fast cheap and SOOOOOOOOO worth it! You have got to go to dipti!

Whoever threaded my eyebrows was in such a rush that she was pulling the hairs out so quickly that I had to actually stop her because it hurt so badly and ask her to go slower so it wouldn’t sting as much. I get my eyebrows threaded all the time at other places and it has never hurt me this bad nor felt like that. She was also sick and kept coughing and clearing her throat as she was threading my eyebrows with the thread in her mouth. Gross! She told me to check my eyebrows in her mirror at the end to see if I liked them & I had all these hairs that still needed to be pulled out but she had already started working on the next client. I ended up going home and plucking. I will never go back.

Best place ever for eyebrows!!! So cheap and fast! I am super anal about my eyebrows and I can’t love them more!!!

I literally just got back from Dipti’s and all I can say is WOW. I was planning on getting an expensive wax somewhere off of the Blue Line for my first Brazilian ever, but decided to look somewhere locally instead at the last minute. Dipti’s was one of my options and I decided to go for it and get it over with.
I called up on the phone and asked if they took walk-​ins and they did and I expressed my nervousness for my first time ever. I was assured that it was quick, easy, and relatively painless. So I packed my bag and trucked over. I got everything I was promised. A two-​minute wax and excellent service. I will definitely be coming back.

Great eyebrow threading and waxing! You’re literally in and out you’re done
Dipti is great
Cash only!
Closed on Sundays

My usual place was closed for the season so I tried this place for eyebrow threading. She was incredibly fast, which I thought was nice but she did a very sloppy job. Lots of strays and no trim. I ended up having to clean them up quite a bit when I got home. Not sure what her rush was, I was the only customer but she seemed pretty into the show she was watching when I came in.

Affordable but a lot more expensive than the threading places on Devon ave.
My mom loves this place and is a loyal customer. Based on her recommendation I went and wasn’t as pleased with my experience. Firstly the line is way too long after work or on a saturday. Secondly, Dipti thinned my brows way too much and didn’t leave in any part of their natural shape. In fact they looked exactly like my mom’s brows. Its a good look for her but not for me. So I think dipti only knows one shape and if it works for you great, if not go someplace else. My cousin also tried this place and was charged extra because Dipti removed hair that my cousin specifically asked her not to, but Dipti deemed it necessary.
My advice is to try it once cuz its fine for some people just not everyone and maybe go during the daytime when there’s no line. I prefer the places on Devon ave.

In and out, very affordable, friendly and even pleasant (considering I got my first ever Brazilian wax this time).
Dipti is a star, the whole procedure she was cheering me on and telling me how well I was doing, since we know waxing is not a walk in the park.
The place is not glam, which actually made me feel at ease. It is clean and kept well.
Five star positive experience since I also got my eyebrows done and received a lot of good advice.
Will be definitely coming back here

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DIPTI IS OUTSTANDING! I’ve been going here for a couple years now for full Brazilian. She’s a very sweet lady and FAST AS LIGHTENING and YOU ARE LEFT COMPLETELY BARE! She is very thorough, far better than Nordstrom.
The second best part is it’s $ 35 CASH (Don’t forget! CASH ONLY!!! There is an ATM at ⁷⁄₁₁ across the street if you forget.) Far cheaper than Nordstrom.
I go regularly now because I’ve come to prefer it.
I have a lot of respect for this woman. I could NEVER do what she does even once a day, let alone all day! She is very sweet, upbeat and «matter of fact’.
She also does beautiful brow work. I took my son (He’s a musician) and his girlfriend. (All on separate occasions.) His GF is from India and was very pleased. My son was also pleased as she just cleaned things up a bit without making him look like a drag queen.
One last thing… TO LESSEN THE PAIN, SHOWER BEFORE GOING! It’s also the courteous thing to do.

I’ve been going to Dipti’s for nine years now. I can’t believe it’s been that long! I even love her and her girls so much that I’ve made special trips from St. Louis to Chicago just for her threading and waxing. Dipti has spoiled me so much that a) I avoid those threading booths at the malls like the plague and b) if it was an emergency and I couldn’t get to Dipti’s, I still would never consider anyone BUT an Indian auntie to do my brows.
$ 7 for eyebrow threading.
$ 10 for eyebrow threading and lip wax.
$ 10 for armpit waxing
$ 15? for bikini waxing
$ 35 for Brazilian waxing
$ 15 for a mini facial to get out those pesky blackheads over your nose
I usually get my eyebrows threaded and my lip and armpits waxed. Out the door for $ 20 + $ 4 tip. How crazy is that? Where else can you do that? There are some other Indian salons on Devon that still will do the eyebrows for $ 5, but Dipti does such an amazing job that I have not even considered looking at other options.
It’s a bit disconcerting at first because you walk in and if it’s not busy, they’ll direct you to where they want you (wax first? thread first? I’m still always confused, but that’s nothing new.). If it’s busy, you take a number from the wall, but if you want waxing and threading done, let one of the girls know because they usually like to get the waxing done before you get threaded. There’s some rhythm to all of it, but I’m just oblivious.
I’ve never had any reaction to the threading nor have I ever had any pain or scratches with it. Sometimes, when you get threaded, they want you to hold down your eyelid, but it all depends here. Sometimes Dipti will ask you to hold it down. Sometimes she uses some wax. Sometimes she trims your eyebrows. Sometimes she has the phone to her ear talking away while she’s doing it. Sometimes she’ll even pause while she takes a look at whatever the Bollywood station is doing at that moment. Just roll with it. Those brows will be worth it. I’ve seen patrons ask her to fix a stray or two afterwards, which she always does without hesitation. I never had defined arches until Dipti.
The waxing rooms are not the cleanest, but if you’re worried, bring a towel. As long as they don’t double dip or reuse someone else’s muslin strip, I’m okay with it. The armpit wax hurt the very first time, but It’s nothing to me now. I haven’t braved her doing the Brazilian yet because a) I love Aveda’s cooling gel so I won’t let anyone but an Aveda spa do my Brazilians and b) a Brazilian in 10 minutes kinda scares me because that’s about how long it takes to get my armpits done!
There is almost always a wait on the weekends so go during the weekdays if you can. They’re open Mondays through Saturdays, 11AM — 630 PM, closed Sundays. Bring cash; they don’t take credit cards.

How does this place have so many good reviews?!
I left there CRYING! Not understanding how anyone could ever come back to this place or why she was even still open.
I came in for a brazilian wax. Never had come in here before, and as I walked in she pointed to a door as she sat watching tv, I suppose telling me to go right in ahead so as to not bother her program.
Whatever. I proceeded to walk and she follows me and then tells me, «Take off your clothes, get on your back.»
The room is dirty, grimy, and not welcoming at all. Why did I continue to stay? I don’t know, I wish I could tell myself that. So there bare with a huge life-​size paper on me. She opens the door and is about to begin when she forgets something so at that moment, she gets up to go, LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN, with my naked self exposed as some strange guy walks by. WTF. Yeah. I bring it up when she comes back but she takes the laugh it off, not a big deal approach. Not cool. Then the wax. She’s rough, makes you hold your legs in the weirdest freaking way, and laughs if it hurts. Tears started to come down my face and to this day, I am not sure if it is because of the actual physical pain or the humiliation this place makes you feel. Nonetheless, I am praying for this to end as soon as possible. Never have I cried for a wax, or felt this way in a salon (if you can even call it that).
She ends by saying, «Oh you a baby, stop crying.»
Ugh, never again.