Tip To Toe Day Spa

Since moving to Pittsburgh, I’ve been on a hunt for a good massage therapist. I’ve pretty much settled on Janice – though «settled» is not the right word.
* Yes, Esspa in Aspinwall has a better décor, but Janice can actually SEE me within a week. Since I have chronic pain issues, I can’t just wait a month or two until I can go to Esspa. Also, she’s less expensive than the folks at Esspa (though they are nice).
* Yes, the décor is like your Nana’s sitting room. It’s cluttered, it’s quaint. I think it’s kind of cute. Whatever. She’s a really good massage therapist who knows a lot of techniques. She’s strong and soothing at the same time.
* She gets to know her clients and really cares about them. She had knee surgery earlier this year but got back to giving massages because she has clients who have that much trouble. (She’s okay now.)
I have not gone to Janice for anything other than massages, but I’m happy to give her 5 stars on that alone. I think the only problem is, because she’s a one-​woman show, you can’t really go and do couples massages and all that.
Oh, she also gives a wonderful pregnancy massage. I highly recommend that!

I needed a brow wax. Badly. Tip to Toe is in my neighborhood, and the lady was able to take me that day. The edifice is pretty underwhelming, but I wasn’t going to let that unduly influence my opinion of her potential waxing skills. The inside continued to batter at my attempt to not pre-​judge. You know how your Nanna’s (or Bubby’s) house is crammed with crap, such that there isn’t a bare piece of vertical or horizontal surface? Well, that’s what the inside of Tip to Toe is like. OK, I’m still in the game; I’m going through with this. I sit on an old computer chair, lean my head against a filing cabinet, and she starts waxing. Unfortunately, she basically neglects the middle area of my brows. At this point I’m too *something* to point out this grievous error, and all I really want to do is leave. Salt in the ol’ wounds: it was $ 14.