I took a while to think before I wrote this review because I wanted it to be fair. Overall, I think Tina is talented. I chose Tina because of all the amazing photos on yelp and her website, but I di... Read More
I took a while to think before I wrote this review because I wanted it to be fair. Overall, I think Tina is talented. I chose Tina because of all the amazing photos on yelp and her website, but I did not have a great experience. Here are some things to keep in mind:1. Confirm your appointment. I was sent two reminder texts for my initial appointment. I responded to one confirming that I would be there, but the other went to an unknown senders folder on my phone that I didn't realize existed. Apparently that was the text I was supposed to respond to, but I didn't see it. By the time I got a hold of Tina, she had given my appointment away, which was really upsetting because I had already put in a day off for work. She did offer me another appointment quickly when someone else canceled later in the same week.2. The receptionist will take off your makeup when you get there. Like Zoey H. from Austin*, I was hoping Tina would take a look at how I usually do my makeup, so she could have a sense of what I was looking for. Describing what you want is not as easy as showing it, and the shape she initially drew on wasn't what I was looking for. I felt rushed. Tina seems sweet overall, but I felt softly coerced into getting started before I was 100% ready.3. She will put away all of her equipment before handing you a mirror, effectively minimizing how much you can affect on the finished product. Because you know she has already cleaned up, you get the sense that touch ups aren't really an option. I felt pretty unsatisfied on the first day, but I thought I would let it heal up and try again with a touch-up appointment.4. You will probably require a touch up. I've had two permanent makeup procedures at this point (only one by Tina), and I think touch-ups are basically mandatory for most people. It's hard for the technician to continue working after your face swells a lot, so you have to come back to refine it. When I went back, Tina asked me what I felt needed to be fixed up, and I pointed out a few things. When I got the mirror at the end of the touch-up session, I still wasn't happy and pointed out some things that I thought needed more work, and she disagreed and that was the end of it. I think my final result is an improvement, but I notice slight differences in thickness, different shapes in the center, and slightly different placement of the arches. I can fix this with makeup everyday, but the overall experience didn't meet my expectations.Ways the final result is positive: - I feel like my eyebrows look relatively normal without makeup now. - Filling my eyebrows is easier because I have a "rough draft" tattooed on- When I go to the gym, I don't have half an eyebrow sweating off Ways the final result is negative:- I'm still buying expensive brow makeup and taking time to fill them in every dayTina is good, and I was debating between a 3 and a 4 for this review, but between her overall approach and my somewhat disappointing results, I felt I needed to give a 3. I may bump it up to a 4 if I get better result with another touch up in the future.If you don't really know how to shape your eyebrows and want someone to figure it out for you, I think Tina is a perfect choice. If you have strong opinions about how you want them to look in the end, you will either need to be very assertive or find another practitioner.* I think if you want a worst possible scenario, Zoey H. from Austin is probably it. I think she's genuine. Read Less