Vinita’s Beauty & Threading Studio

Been getting my face threaded for three years. My skin is not very sensitive and is able to handle pretty tough threading. Came Vinita’s for the first time and my skin and ingrown hairs are worst than ever. I had to call dermatologist for consultation. They explained that they did not thread properly and pulled hair from the «top» and not the root. When I attempted to explain to the managers what happened they blamed my skin… We not interest in the «Service».
DO NOT RECOMMEND!

I wish i could give it negative stars not because anyone of the staff who does the threading or waxing is less competent or efficient but bcos the front desk person (always the same woman) is outright rude arrogant non-​courteus.
I have never been a review writing person but today her behavior forced me to do this.

I usually go to Anastasia for my brows but when in a hurry and just don’t have time Vinitas is a fabulous alternative. My favorite person to go to is Mala if she’s not available Mandeep is good too:)

Their good but there are some issues.
Leela was the first one to do my eyebrows when I was in my late middle school years, I am now 22 and after years I decided to come back and check the place out again. To my surprise Leela was still working and she even remembered me! She is an amazing lady, very kind and there is this weird vibe coming from her like she has been through so much throughout her life like she is this knowledgable woman. However, I think age got the best of her eyesight and she is no longer that great at shaping and cleaning my eyebrows. I have gone to her several times and reminded her that I tend to have a lot of ingrown hairs and rather than pulling the hair out she seems to be break them, two days later my eyebrows look exactly as they did before. Its really not worth paying $ ¹¹⁄₁₂ for your eyebrows when their not even cleaned out.
I tried asking for someone else but she keeps asking me to have her do my eyebrows, and so i feel bad and pray that she will do a better job, but nope.
Positives:
The staff is nice
The Salon is clean
Friendly people
Offers reasonable prices
Negatives:
Parking can be hard to find, but there are loads of meters

Bita is the best!
absolutely love her…

I’m glad I found this place in Westwood Blvd for waxing and eyebrow threading services!
Parking is hard !!!
The services are great, clean and fast!
They offer coupon at each services.
All the girls that work there are very professional and know their work very well. They open @11:00 am which could be a constrain for the early birds.
They don’t take appointment for threading only for waxing. It is a walk in basis!

Go somewhere else. The staff are very unprofessional and their attitudes are so cold. For example, I asked the lady at the front about how long the wait would be for me and she didn’t even talk or look at me. All she did was continue writing whatever she was writing and pointed across the room, to a chair presumably. When I sat down, I politely told the lady that I wanted my eyebrows to be cleaned up but not too thin. She told me to sit back, without acknowledging anything I said. The worst part was when she was seemingly giving me attitude for not being able to read her mind when she wanted me to move my hands correctly as she threaded my eyebrows.
Not worth the price. Terrible service. Look for a better place. I would have given more stars if at least the eyebrow threading itself was excellent. But it’s not. It’s pretty subpar. I’ve been to way better places.

If I could give ZERO stars I would! So I go here if I don’t get to my favorite threading studio which is located down the street from Vinitas. So the last two times I’ve went I had Mala do my brows, and usually when Mala does them she doesn’t do an amazing job it’s usually just «good enough», which I had a flight to catch early the next morning and I was in dire need. So one Saturday I went to my normal eyebrow place and the building had a power outage so they closed for the day (I died inside). So then I settled yet again and went to Vinitas, Mala wasn’t there so they sat me down with a younger strawberry blonde and the receptionist promised me did good work. Boy were they wrong! She changed the entire shape of my brows and threaded off the end of my left brow! And when I told her what she did (I was on the verge of tears) she tried to tell me that there was no hair there when she started … I told her no, she was wrong and I knew how my brows looked before I sat down in her chair. I then got up and began to leave, Edward scissor hands inspired brows and all and she than had the audacity to hand me a receipt for payment! I balled it up and gave it back to hair and left. Don’t waste your time here just go to Thread Bar and get worry free fab threading done where you won’t walk out with uneven brows that reek of bengay.

While the actual job is done well, this salon needs some attention from Vinita! The ladies operate unprofessionally; a couple of examples, with their regulars, they will stop their job in order to take a new client. There seems to be the attitude that regulars will come back so their work can be stopped half way so others can be serviced.
Vinita is never around to keep an eye on this! Also, they have only one or two licensed professionals so even if you take an appointment it does not mean much. There is a lack of courtesy for clients time!
I noticed that one lady had left work and driven in to reach there by 7:35 pm and she was refused service (though she had called ahead of time) because the ladies would have to wait for 5 minutes past 8 pm to get home.

Great prices, not super great service. Very subpar in my opinion. Plus side is they have a lot of people working at any given time; no need to call ahead. You may walk out looking a little surprised because your brows are uneven.

I went on the site and there was a coupon offer for a few dollars off so I clicked on the offer (eyebrow and upper lip)
Get to the place and just because I added another service they did not honor the coupon
It’s not the money I am irritated about but the fact you offer coupons and then decline the offer once the client is done and paying for the service
That to me indicates poor customer service
I will NOT be back
The lady that assisted me did not perform quality work. My eyebrows were uneven

Great threading job, friendly staff, walked in and was immediately helped, brows came out great, and inexpensive. Not the best location and nothing extraordinary. I went in mid day and didn’t have to wait at all. Definitely one of the better inexpensive places to get your brows done. My brows are nothing difficult but they did a nice cleanup job.

I have 3 punch cards and they won’t combine them because they say the cards are expensive. not good customer service

This is a great eyebrow threading place. $ 10.99 for an eyebrow threading and after 10 threadings, you get the 11^th free (they give you a frequent buyer card).
Zara did my eyebrows and she did a great job. I like my brows cleaned up and to keep them thicker, and she did just that. I will definitely be coming back!
The place is on Westwood so you’ll have to look for street parking.

This is a great place to get your eyebrows done in Westwood area. Totally affortable and professional.
Mala is also amazing. It did not hurt at all!
Highly recommend this place!

I have been going to the same eyebrow lady for over ten years but when I cant make my way to the south bay I will stop into Vinita’s, if it wasnt for my loyalty to my other establishment I would be here twice a month visiting Honey. She is SO good. she explains what your eyebrow shape is like, what it should look like and what to do to get it there. She will have a plan. She is not painful and worth the wait. The other nice thing is you dont need an appointment and can just walk in. If you checkin on Unilocal or share on FB they offer a discount!

No appointments necessary
I walked in right away and got eyebrow threading. I am very new to it. But Leena went right in. it was painless and my eyebrows looked amazing.
They offer a punch card
Discount coupons
I plan to come back.

I’ve been here once before, a little more than a year ago and I got my eyebrows and upper lip threaded by Leela. She’s an older Indian lady, and she did a fine job. My upper lip was clean and my eyebrows looked amazing. It was painful my first time, but not too bad. She even dabbed my threaded areas with extra soothing aloe/​whatever that stuff is, probably because she knew I had sensitive skin and reacted. Even though there was a definite language barrier, she tried to make some kind of small talk. Overall a great first threading experience, and I knew I would be back.
However, earlier today at about 2pm, I had a not so great experience. I came here with a friend. She got her eyebrows done and I did eyebrow + upper lip combo. It was a Sunday so I expected Leela to be there; however the asian girl at the front desk informed us that she was not. So we basically got ransoms to thread us.
I got this older asian lady and my gawd was it painful. It was like she didn’t even try to be gentle and it seemed like she had an attitude also. She didn’t care to even try to speak to me or give me enough of that soothing stuff. Also, my upper lip bled. And no, this pain is not all because I haven’t gotten threaded since my last visit here — I’ve gone to other threading places in between my two visits here. My friend also told me that she had a rough painful experience, but I didn’t see who threaded her.
The worst part is the asian girl at the front desk didn’t even honor the eyebrow + upper lip Unilocal deal. Either she was confused about how it was to be redeemed (she thought I had to wait for the timer to go to 0 in order to use it, when actually you have to use it BEFORE it hits 0) or she played a good one one me. It was only for $ 2 off but I was still annoyed that for the service I got today that they wouldn’t even offer the deal.
5 stars for Leela, but overall I’m giving this place a 3 (I wouldn’t go any lower than that, after all at the end of the day my face is cleaned up which is what matters).

I have been going to Vinita’s for 9 years– I trust them with my eyebrows. They are thorough and listen to how you want them done. I prefer threading over waxing– it’s more precise and allows you to have a cleaner shape. I highly recommend Komal (wed-​fri) and Mala (she’s there every time I go). I always get a great shape. The place is very clean and well-​organized. When you arrive, sign in and request who you want. Or you can go with whoever is available (I sometimes do this when it’s very busy). It’s also very inexpensive, so tip generously. They take their time and do excellent work. They also have waxing– I get my underarms waxed too. It’s Westwood, so the parking isn’t great. There’s metered street parking. Overall, I highly recommend this place.

I actually really like this place. They’re not amazing or anything, but I’ve never had them mess up my eyebrows (which can be difficult with some places). They’re relatively affordable (i think costs around 12 for upper lip and eyebrow) and quick and they’re my go to place.
Parking’s really rough around here though, I usually park in the neighborhood around the corner and just walk over.