Priya Beauty Salon

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Strange to read so many positive reviews here. I have been getting threading done since about fifteen years. I have had a dozen different people do threading for me. I went here to get my eyebrows, upper-​lips and forehead threaded. By far, this was the most «unclean» job. Hair not removed — a job not finished. I will not go back here.

Ive been coming here for about a year now and I have always had pretty amazing results. I’ve never made an appointment and never had to wait more than a few minutes. The ladies here are quick and concise with their threading. And there prices are unbeatable. Karmela is my favorite.

Called around 12:45 on a Saturday and asked if I could come in right away. The woman on the phone was super nice and said to come on down. I rolled in about 5 minutes later, parked right in front, was greeted and then seated right away. I was in and out in about 10 minutes and the woman who saw me did a great job! Will totally come back again.

This is my first time here. I found this place on Unilocal.I rely heavily on reviews. The Indian lady who worked on my eyebrows was absolutely wonderful, she said her name was Mumtah (I don’t know how to spell it :-(
I will definitely be coming back soon. I don’t live in the area but I have to come on Saturdays to Berkeley for my son’s rowing team training. Eyebrows for $ 10 plus tip, can’t beat that. Plenty of street parking. Quick professional service, is a win win.

took me in quick, did a great job, convenient location!

Fast and accurate! Walked in and out within 5 min.
I need to leave a few more words here, or Unilocal will not turn this into a full review. So, here you are, Unilocal

As someone who typically goes to the mall to get my eyebrows (publicly) threaded in those little kiosks, I had high expectations for going to an actual threading salon. I was to be disappointed.
After waiting half an hour to get threaded, the lady went straight to threading without saying a word to me about what I wanted except to the extent of acknowledging when I specified I only wanted my brows done. It seemed to me that she was done very fast and with minimal pain on my part. Being the optimist, I figured she must just be particularly skilled. When she showed me the mirror, I realized the job was not as «clean» as usual, but because I was in a rush to pick up my son from school I shut up and paid.
Let me mention that it is very dim in there and it wasn’t until I looked in the car mirror that I realized how many stray hairs she had left above and between my eyebrows as well as between them. Being short on time, I just left. I wont return. This was the first and only time I have ever gone home and proceeded to tweeze my eyebrows after being threaded.
I’ll be sticking with the mall from now on.

They were really nice from the moment I walked in until I left. I initially went in for eyebrow waxing but after discovering that they only threaded eyebrows, I tried getting them threaded for the first time. I must say, my eyebrows look GREAT! I’m very pleased with the final result & I will be back.

First time here and lady (didn’t get her name sadly) did a pretty good job! The last place I went to did my eyebrows uneven thickness and she fixed that and gave it a really nice shape. $ 10.00 and I left a two dollar tip.
Only criticism I had was that they were empty and she still made me wait, while she kinda went in the back. Could hag sped this up a lot faster.

I’ve been here a few times. Very nice and professional service, plus great prices.
Thanks!

Very bad service… Carmela does not know how to do threading at all. They dont know how to talk to customer. Very rude people
I would never recommend anyone to come here for any service, they are inexperienced.
There are many other good beauty saloons in Berkeley that you should prefer over this.
I guess i am more disturbed because i never availed such a bad service in my life.

Lisa (the owner of this salon) is really awesome! She is accommodating and flexible!
One of the best experiences of waxing I have had in my whole life. I didn’t even have to look for the spots left one. I will definitely be coming here always!
But the Henna/​Mehndi tattoo lady she has is not at all a professional. She does not even know how to apply Henna.
I was actually looking for a Mehndi/​Henna place for Eid and I stumbled upon Priya Beauty Salon. Lisa answered and gave me the number for Tina (to make a Henna appointment). Tina told me she will take $ 10 for each side of the hand. Fair enough! She sad she knows how to apply Henna and is a professional. When I went there with my sister, she said she does not know how to make designs and will make whatever comes in her head. We assumed she is a creative. Umm but what she did to our hands was what my 1 year old niece might do better. She just made a ton of Ws. It was disgusting!
Frankly speaking, I should have told her to stop there, but I was waiting that it might get better. For the love of GOD, NEVER GET HENNA TATTOO from here!
But DO COME for the rest of the services from Lisa and another Indian woman who works for Lisa.

I came in to get waxed. I was attracted to the cheaper prices of this salon compared to others. I requested a lip, underarm, and bikini wax but I only ended up getting the lip and underarm because the first two were quite painful.
I came in on a Friday and the threaders were pretty busy. There were 2 threaders and only one lady who was working both the nail station and waxing area.
Not going to lie, the place was a bit dirty. The waxing tools looked unattended to, and she definitely re-​dipped while she was waxing. But, I mean you get what you pay for…
Overall, the staff is friendly, and the prices are cheap.

That was lightning fast!
I popped in to get my upper lip waxed. She was just finishing with another customer. I jumped in the chair and told her what I wanted. She put down some powder, did two passes of threading and then put aloe on me! ALL DONE for $ 6. Minimal pain (I *always* tear up), no cuts and no missed spots.
I paid and returned back to my car with 25 of my original 30 minutes left on my meter.
As others have mentioned, it’s not a fancy place. But quick, friendly and good service wins my money!

Thanks to Unilocal,I booked an appt with Katie– she is lovely and a true, talented.
professional, sit back watch a chick flick and enjoy. The manager has not quite mastered English and his humor does not translate.
Good staff. Clean. Efficient.
Cash or write a check…

Quick, thorough, cheap.
I’ve been coming to Priya for almost two years now and every experience is the same. It doesn’t have the glam of a salon but who cares! I need a service and I’m ready to carry on with my day which is why this place is excellent. I’ve never had to make an appointment (although they do schedule them if you prefer) and still I’ve never been there more than 10 minutes including wait. I get lip and eyebrow threading which is said to be better than waxing.
Parking is easy. It’s on University which is always trafficky but the side streets have metered or free parking. Check the street sweeping days.
The ladies that work here are super nice and efficient. Every time I go I feel like I get a different person but the service is still consistently good.
Drumroll … Total I pay for:
Eyebrows + lip = $ 20! That includes a $ 4 tip!

Loved this place! She did an amazing job on my eyebrows! Only $ 10!
They were friendly and I didn’t need to make an appointment.

Unilocaled many, many places before choosing this one. Called around 12:30 and got a 1:30 appointment for the same day. It’s a small place, but seemed clean.
Walked in, was greeted in a friendly manner, was sat down immediately, and Shilo got to work. Had brows and lip threaded. It was almost painless, and the results were ABSOLUTE PERFECTION! $ 9 for brows and $ 6 for lip. Will definitely be coming back!

Services: full face and neck
Bottom line:
— As painless as it gets
— Affordable!
— No post-​threading breakouts
— Fast (no cuts, no missed hairs)
— Convenient location
I usually go to another place but decided to try something closer to home. When you walk in, they rub some kind of powder over your face which must be the reason why the hair comes out easier and less painful. The skin on the bottom eye socket bone (right above the cheek) and the peach-​fuzz area (upper lip) were still a little painful, but not that bad here. I usually have to ask for a break at my old place…
The woman I had also felt my face after she finished an area to see if she could feel any stray hairs. Nice. Also, I usually break out right after a threading session even in spite of showing up with no makeup before the session and doing face masques, toners, medicated lotions/​gels, etc after the session. This time at Priya’s — not one breakout! And the beautiful thing is — I only used toner the day after.
I did not experience any of the difficulties other Unilocalers have experienced: I could understand them, it didn’t smell, my eyebrows came out perfect, and I didn’t get my face slapped (yikes!).