Bare Waxing + Facials + Makeup

A Groupon made me cheat on Betsy, and the karmic gods took notice. NEVER, ever again! There’s just no comparison. A Barekini isn’t cheap, but their prices are comparable to other salons — and the quality is far above anything else I’ve experienced both here and in Los Angeles. Baby baby smooth, no stickiness (that macadamia nut oil rocks!), and I’m always fine (no pain or redness) the same day.
I will never cheat again, I swear.

Im so happy we found this place! Quiet, relaxing, and such a pleasant experience. I’m going to recommend it to everyone I know! Chelsea is the best. I’ve always had problems with breaking out after facial waxing and she found the perfect wax and aftercare treatment for me. Thank you so much!

This is a fantastic place to take care of your wax needs. It’s cute, clean, and the staff are extremely friendly. I got the Belmont and Nyla did an awesome job. It barely hurt, which says a lot compared to the waxes I’d gotten previously. The prices are also very affordable AND you get a frequent waxer card so every 6^th wax is free! It really doesn’t get any better than this :)

I just moved to Portland and this just became my favorite place! I had the best experience, Nyla was very gentle on my face and was very inviting. I love my eyebrows now, she did a great job!

I’ve been meaning to write this for some time. I’ve lived all over this country and am picky about where I get services done – hair, nails, waxing, etc. So much so that I had literally taking to waiting until I would travel through San Francisco for work to get my waxing done. Crazy, right? Bare stopped that insanity! Nila is great. She’s working off a picture I shared re: my eyebrows. Her bikini wax (the Belmont) is painless and fast. And, the place is clean, comfortable and always welcoming. Everyone there is kind and helpful. I highly recommend them. Love it there! Plus – you get a frequent service card. Brilliant. :) Thank you guys for being you!

I found this little place via Unilocal and am very pleased with my entire experience. I scheduled a facial, eyebrow wax and Belmont bikini wax. Betsey, my technician, was very knowledgable and articulate in her bedside manner. She made me feel completely comfortable throughout the entire process. After a year without a facial we had a lot of work to do, but Betsey made quick work of everything and was very conscious of minimizing my discomfort. I will be booking their facial package and returning regularly. This place is the bee’s knees.

While I was visiting Portland I decided to get a facial and found Bare through Unilocal.I was lucky enough to get a facial from Betsey who was, in a word, wonderful! She gives the best facial massage ever! When it came time to pay for the facial, I had to ask Betsey to repeat the price. It was a third of what I was used to paying for the same exact facial! Bare is a little gem of a spa!

I’m an expert at waxing and have to say that Betsey’s underarm waxing was THE best I have ever had. It did not hurt, plus she was so fast, zip-​zoom and it was over. And my skin did not get irritated or suffer. This will be my new waxing place. My one comment, has nothing to do with the waxing, but I would love to hear a different voice message when I call. The current one sounds as if a 12 year old recorded it.

Stopped by on my lunch and was totally hooked up. Dudes have no fear. Bare was very clean, quick & did precisely what I asked for. I will def be back and recommend Bare to my friends. Well done indeed.

Heidi is great! I actually enjoy coming in for a wax! She’s so cheerful and kind, and knows her stuff! She pays very close attention to the details, and cleans everything up nicely. She makes waxing as painless as possible. She uses great products, and even makes her own. I’ve only been for waxing, and can’t wait to get a facial!

Absolute best. Quality people offering quality products and services. Heidi’s natural balm is a cure all for just about everything. Heidi has crafted my eyebrows and maintained them for about 8 years plus. Betsy has done mine as well and does an excellent job. Recommend this place very highly.

Heidi is a science nerd, and loves the science of skin. She knows what works and why, and is would love to break it down for you, if you ask.
For waxing, she uses a soy hair remover (its not even technically a wax), which is much, much less painful than regular waxing. And, trust me, if youre going to wax your sensitive parts, youre gonna want this soy stuff. It barely even hurts, and there is much less irritation in the days to follow. She uses a macadamia nut oil afterward (which, yes, you apply yourself) because its composition is the the closest to our own natural oil glands, which also helps limit the irritation afterwards.
Now, for facials. Ive been to other aestheticians before whose primary emphasis was to make you relax. They would give you the best massages on your neck, shoulders, arms, and hands while the goop on your face settled in and the tinkly music filled the background. Heidi only does a little bit of massage, and while I do miss the other massages Ive had during facials, the transformation in my face (what Im really looking for in paying for a facial) totally makes up for it.
Ive had acne problems for well over a decade, and Heidis facials have gotten rid of the whiteheads, the blackheads, the deep pustule blemishes, and the smaller blemishes. And pretty much in that order, because she came up with a plan to target different issues with different facials. All in just a few months of regular visits. And now weve gotten down to the acne scars! With gentle peels done over 3 or so visits, those scars (which used to cover the bottom of both cheeks and the jaw line on each side of my face) have (so far) almost all disappeared, except for a few very small dots.
Even better: with the peels removing a few of the rough, permanently clogged top layers of skin, any little blemish that pops up is now gone in just a couple days (and very responsive to the acne cream she carries), instead of taking weeks or months to go away, making the scarring even less of a problem. Miracle! I can now feel very confident in just a little bit of makeup (Im sure the heavier makeup used to exacerbate the problem) and feel like a more natural beauty. Thanks Heidi! Im really going to miss you when I move back to Alaska.

Finding a trustworthy place to wax your valuables is a very hard thing to do, especially when you want them to be efficient, fast, and thorough as well.
Bare is all of these things. Even when the woman compared waxing pussy to working on a car, I had to laugh.
This is definitely the place to head to after Novembush.

I’ve been going to bare for a while now, starting with eyebrows and moving on to my chest/​stomach general hair removal waxing.
Let’s just get this out there: I’m a trans woman and they have been fantastic about it, including transitioning from old name to new (and associated pronouns) without skipping a beat. For that reason alone I’ll give them five stars. Since that little demographic update I’ve gone back a few times and with different people, each one just as considerate as the last. I don’t get a really complicated regimen done, but I’ve loved my brows every time and they have all helped at moving from bushy things to some pretty cool arches. Ripping hair off my chest is pretty standard I guess, it comes out.
Additionally, after a pretty disastrous venture at the Sephora tutorial counter (no fault of Sephora staff…) I went to Bare for their makeup lessons. I wish I was better with names because the girl who helped me catch up on about 20 years of makeup practice was really sweet and kind even when dysphoria was kicking its ugly head up. I asked for a really basic, technique (not product) focused lesson and was quite happy with everything we went over.

Yep. 5 Big Red Stars! I read all of your reviews and decided that I would make an appointment and take it all off… My hair that is. I was so pleased with the atmosphere and my esthetician was quick and made for a merely painless procedure. I might have annoyed her with my constant blabbing but that is the only way I could keep my mind off of the hot wax + paper ripping my hair from my follicles. I have scheduled out my next appointment and will be returning indefinitely. Hooray.

Let me preface this by saying I’ve had some seriously horrific waxing experiences in my time. Before switching to Bare my last waxer told me I was «loaded for bear»! I’ve had women give up half way. I’ve had wax get stuck and had to be cut out. I could literally write a book.
That being said… I’ve been a customer at Bare for just under 3 years. Heidi is absolutely phenomenal! The customer service has never been anything short of stellar and I’ve always been able to get in last minute.
I used to wait about 4 months between appointments (I’m a once a month-​er now) and it always amazed me when she’d remember to follow up on little details of our last conversation. Now maybe this is because I’m a «memorable» client, but I can’t even remember peoples names half of the time let alone to ask how someone I haven’t seen in 4 months’ vacation to Hawaii went.
As far as overall experience goes she is quick, discreet and nearly painless; I’ve never had a better Brazilian. She is also the ONLY person I trust with my eyebrows, which have broken out every other time I’ve been silly enough to see someone else.
You can tell she takes a lot of pride in her work and the aesthetics of the building as well… the new space is gorgeous.
Women of Portland, look no further!

Today was my fourth appointment with Bare. I’ve been getting the «Southeast» wax all four times. That means, yay, I’m only one punch away from getting a free sixth wax!!!
I’ve had one appointment with Heidi and I recall the experience being overall pleasant, surprisingly quick and efficient, yet no hair left out of place.
I’ve had three appointments with Elizabeth, who’s become my preference. She, too, is very quick, efficient and thorough. I also really like chatting with her.
You can’t go wrong with either esthetician at Bare. Whenever I come out of my appointments, I always book the next one before I leave, which I’ve only started doing since coming to Bare. I really appreciate how reliable they have been as a business and I am more than happy to recommend them to a friend.

So my initial experience with Bare was: higher prices, awesome personality, crappy result (maybe you remember my explicit review?). Anyway, after this first visit, and my subsequent review, the owner, Heidi, messaged me that she would love a chance to make it right.
OK, my initial reaction to Heidi’s offer was… cool! At least they have great customer service (something I an always grateful for since it seems to be generally lacking anymore), but would I feel weird going back to a place I had reviewed so badly? I wanted to avoid the situation, but I decided not to and did make it back last Friday.
At my visit Friday, Heidi did my half leg and Brazilian wax… not only did she do an amazing job… as in the BEST job I’ve had to date, but she was super cool about everything. We had a chat about my previous experience where she said she appreciates feedback, even the brutally honest kind, and always wants to grow and learn from every situation. We had a great conversation while the work was going on and there was never an uncomfortable moment.
Heidi is an awesome lady and I am sold… I’ll be a repeat customer for the foreseeable future!

I literally just left here from my first ever brazilian wax. Everything was wonderful… and while it certainly isn’t the most comfortable thing in the world, she made it absolutely bearable. We chatted the whole time, making the time go fast and distracting me from what was going on down there. And it wasn’t so bad. The room is warm and inviting and the macadamia nut oil that they give you afterward smells and feels so nice! I’ll definitely be back!
I had a conversation with her about how nice it is when people post positive comments on here, so I felt the need to practice what I preach :)

I almost didn’t go to this place because it didn’t have a website. I’m a website girl — I like to see the pricing, I like to see pictures, and I’m just a computer nerd. Of course, that’s a little bit of a catch-​22 because if I hate your website, then I’m out.
Overall, I’m so very glad that I did head to this adorable little place. I’ll preface all this with saying that it was the first bikini wax ever — so I can’t really say whether it was okay or not… of course, having nothing to compare it to, I’d say that it sucked. :) The leg wax was only the second of it’s kind — and that too sucked. The first was only better because it involved copious amounts of wine. Why do we have to go through so much pain to be gorgeous? Well, we must do what we must do… and I will continue to go here while I continue to attempt outer beauty.
The building is adorable, comfortable, and inviting and Heidi and Jill are as friendly as can be. I’ve got a facial all set up, and another waxing scheduled… so glad that I am not going to be shaving anymore. I hate that even more than waxing, and the girls at Bare make waxing about as good as it can be. Just keep thinking, I’m going to look gooooood.