Unique Beauty Salon

After trying so many places and having bad experience i wanted to give a try to this place. very clean and relaxing environment and honestly am amazed. Julie is amazing sweet and really really professional .i got my brazi-​WAX and it wasn’t painful at all. and my brows are just bom. definitely I recommend her…

Julie is my absolute favorite and I’ll drive 20 minutes there any day for her services. She goes slow with the eyebrow threading, never takes too much off, is very patient and definitely knows what she’s doing. Can’t ever complain about a $ 5 eyebrow thread from her! She also suggested a chocolate wax which I was originally hesitant of because I always went to the European wax center where the wax gets ripped off so easily and smoothly. I eventually caved since she said my hair wouldn’t grow as much or as thick as usual plus it was only $ 12. Definitely recommend the wax now my underarms barely have any hair and my eyebrows aren’t thin! She’s off Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s though.

I just wanted to rave about Julie she does an amazing job on my eyebrows, tint, and lashes! She makes me look and feel fabulous every time! Very professional and sweet!
If you are in Astoria go see her!

It’s getting hard to trust Unilocal reviews and even though this place had some great reviews, I was hesitant. I decided to finally go one day because my eyebrows were really thick and had no shape.
When I arrived there was one lady doing lash extensions on a client and another employee was sitting in the back. The employee in the front yelled out to the person in the back that a customer (me) was waiting. It took her about 7 – 8 minutes before she came to the front and I thought that was rude.
I thought she did a good job although when I went home, I had to pluck a few hairs. When I went into work the next day, my coworker was really impressed with my eyebrows. You know that is a good sign! I would return to this place if I was not pressed for time.

Sweety is seriously the best!!! Very light handed, detail oriented and neat. I’ve been coming to the salon for the past 2 years and not even once I was disappointed with the job done. l always get full legs waxing and sugar wax Brazilian. Sugar is my recommendation for the ones with sensitive skin. As I live on Manhattan I tried few places in the city and God are they overpriced for a poor job done… Sometimes I come just before closing and Sweety is always so kind to accommodate me.
Fast, painless (as the waxing could be) and the best part of it — very reasonably priced.

I brought a friend to break her eyebrow threading virginity here because it looked clean and well-​attended. We were not disappointed, despite my friend’s nervousness. I even asked Vinni to be extra gentle because it was her first time getting her eyebrows done. Vinni was very gentle and patient and even finished off the threading session with a 5 min temple massage. I’ve been back a few times since and this is definitely my regular threading salon from now on (I get eyebrows and upper lips done here).

Got eyelash extensions and threading from Julie who did an absolutely fantastic job! Was able to walk in without and appointment and only ended up waiting 5 minutes. Would definitely recommend and I’ll be back next week ladies!

Great price, $ 5 for eyebrows. I get my lip & eyebrows threaded. Great service! I got lash extensions by Sweety 3 days ago & will update & let you know how long they lasted.

I’ve been coming here for 2 years already all the way from Brooklyn. I absolutely love the place, the service, & how well they do everything I ask for. I can never have any other place touch my eyebrows I feel like I’m cheating on Julie & the Unique family. Every time my friends need an eyebrow place I bring them here & they become loyal customers.

Great place for eyebrow threading — only $ 5. They give you a card which you can use to get your 10^th eyebrow threading free, great deal! My threading was quick and not too painful. The shape was good, and not too thin. I was pretty satisfied. Check in on Unilocal to get a discount on your first service here.

Julie is the best. She has been doing my eyelashes for two years and she is amazing. Any of the girls are awesome at threading your brows, I have literally used every girl and they’re all superb.
Don’t go elsewhere. This place is super affordable, only 5 bucks to thread your brows and way better than waxing! It’s worth the trip to Astoria hands down

Absolutely love this place!
Found this gem on Unilocal a couple of years back and I’m hooked! I live in the Bronx but at the time I couldn’t find a parlor that catered to my needs — thicker eyebrows. I would legit grow my eyebrows for months, hoping that after I got them done my brows would be nice, thick, and groomed to perfection; every time I was wrong. The people doing my eyebrows would make them extremely thin, and I was tired of going through that horrid process of growing them out. Not only that, but the salon I would go to in Jamaica to get my facials were even worse. I felt like my skin deserved some well needed pampering from all the mistreatment from the tugging and pulling. God knows I needed a miracle!
I can’t lie though, at first I was super skeptical. I promised myself that if after this torturous two month process of growing out my eyebrows, my eyebrows did not look how I wanted them to look, I was just going to stop trying. THANKFULLY I loved the outcome! My first visit I was taken care of by Julie, who was very calm and patient and well informed about skin. She did my eyebrows, waxed my face and gave me the facial that my skin needed. I was very pleased, during the facial she also gave me a quick massage which was awesome too. I think that’s very considerate of them to do because trust me, very few salons do that. Very few.
From that day on I have been coming to Unique Beauty Salon religiously, no other salon has catered to my face and I don’t think any other salon will, especially for the price that I’m paying. I have gotten facials from Sweetie ma’am herself also, who happens to be the owner; she’s amazing. She’s the sweetest, most caring individual who truly caters to your needs. I have been getting my facials from her for some time now actually. Sometimes during the facials I feel bad because she reminds me of my mom and I feel as though it is disrespectful for someone like that to give you a massage, but I can’t complain — it’s sooo relaxing. She seems to love her job and business, you can see it from her work. Even though I feel bad about her giving me massages, it’s almost like someone from your family is doing it so it kind of makes me feel a bit better. Plus, like I said, she doesn’t complain at all. I feel like she goes above and beyond to make your experience a memorable one, she likes what she does!
And what I love most about her and her business is that she actually calls her customers to remind them of their appointments. I missed a month recently and she called me to make sure everything was okay, which I appreciated very much. She doesn’t want any of her customers having a bad experience and she makes sure she’s solely catered to their needs. And don’t think I’m the only one that feels that way, I have brought three others who have brought in more customers! They love the way the women in this store do their brows. I’ve actually asked one of my bestfriends to get his brows done here for the first time and he’s been coming here since! And it’s not like he only goes to one person in particular to get them done either, he literally just walks in, sees who is free and gets them done. He is confident that all of the workers know what they’re doing, and they do! Mrs. Sweetie really does select the best of the best.
She’s awesome and so is this place! They love their job and take care of the customers wl great professionalism. It’s nice to see a place that is so dedicated in providing excellent service to their customers, I really do wish them the best. They saved my skin and brows! You’d be lucky to get your brows done from here, I promise!

I’ve been a regular customer since I moved to Astoria a few years ago. I never thought to leave a review but lately many people have asked for recommendations on where to go for waxing and threading. I’ve been going to Julie and Sweety for years and they are both excellent! Extremely professional and comfortable atmosphere. I would suggest Unique Beauty to anyone. They also offer facials and other skin care treatments. I have had a facial with Julie and it was a nice treat.

I love this place! They are the most wonderful and nicest people here! I would recommend this place 100%. I’m from the Bronx but i always will go to Queens to Unique Beauty Salon !!
Clare M

My favorite place to come to. I travel from brooklyn to this place. I love how they make you feel comfortable & relaxing. It stood out to me and I am glad I walked in :)

This place is alright.
For just doing my eyebrows, I’ll come back here, sure. It’s $ 5 and they give you a stamp card where your 10^th time is free.
The things I don’t like are two things. One, they try to push sales on you and use your flaws to help them. I know it’s their job to up-​sell, but must you so rude?
Real convos.
Woman: Upper lip too?
Me: No thanks, just my eyebrows today.
Woman: Why??? You need it!
Like. excuse the f*** me. I take care of my upper lip so I don’t have hair there, but if I do it’s very little peach fuzz and even if I DID have any, I don’t NEED to do anything if I don’t want to.
Another thing is another woman said to me «Next time come in for a (super expensive) peel for all those blackheads you have.»
I didn’t ASK or mention my blackheads or anything. So effing rude.
Anyway, the second thing I don’t like is they don’t listen.
I asked them to tint my eyebrows and use BLACK. The woman insisted I use a dark brown. I told her NO, I always get black at my other place. My eyebrows are black, not brown.
So she says okay we’ll do brown, and if you don’t like it, we’ll do black.
I was in a rush so I was already annoyed at the back and fourth. I’m paying for this so let me do what I want, please.
Surprise? I didn’t like it. I made her do it over in black.
But she only did half because she said it’s only «that part» that looks light.
My eyebrows were half black, half brown. It looked like I put brown eyeshadow on my brow. It looked terrible and I got no apology. I would have asked her to fix it, but I had to leave.
Went back because it really is the most convenient place for me to go. I just got my eyebrows threaded. They are always speedy and on point. They also use this gel that smells great to rub on the eyebrows after, and they do a little forehead massage that feels nice. I guess I’d go back and give them another shot, if they keep it up!
UPDATE AGAIN :
The owner asked me very nicely to update my review, and offered me a free service. I declined the free service but I did update even though I didn’t truly believe they deserved it.
I went today and there were 3 woken plus the owner in there, and only two customers. I waited 18 minutes and then I walked out because I was going to end up being late for work. Absolutely ridiculous. They were being SO slow with the eyebrows, and then ringing the customer up took another 5+ minutes for ridiculous reasons. They also didn’t even say hi to me or acknowledge my existence, apologize for my wait, nothing. Maybe they recognized me from my previous review and they are being spiteful?
No one should ever have to wait that long for eyebrows when there is no line and there is an extra woman on hand.
I will not be returning. I feel much more cared about going up the block to the Steinway Threading Salon.

I frequently get my eyebrows threaded here and the job is almost always done correctly. For only $ 5. They give you a card so for every 10^th visit it’s free. Pretty awesome.
I decided to get my lower legs waxed today and honestly I’m not impressed. The lady was polite and all but her waxing job was mediocre. Not worth the $ 20. She didn’t wax my leg hair from the root. So although you see a smooth leg when felt it’s nothing but stubble. If I wanted stubble I would have just shaved at home. When waxing don’t just rip the wax off. Pull the skin back as well otherwise you’re just breaking the hair off not pulling it from the root.
I’ll still be back to do my eyebrows but never for a wax. I’ll save my money and go elsewhere.
P. S. please stop asking me if I want a facial EVERY SINGLE TIME I do my eyebrows and pointing out that I have so many blackheads. I know you’re a business and you’re trying to make your services known but it gets to a point where it sounds rude. Other than that keep up the good work with my brows ladies.

I can give this place a 5 star for a few reasons
Cleanliness is one !! I came to get a bikini wax (chocolate wax) cost extra but doesn’t hurt as much. Most places double dip which is a BIG NO NO & here they understand that & they don’t. Wax my underarms (chocolate wax) threaded my eyebrows & for the first time did a facial (seaweed). Very satisfied with all I got done. I can’t leave out Sammy which was the lady who made me feel so comfortable & was so pleasant. The cherry on top of it all was when I paid $ 95 for all of that I got done :)

Came here for my first threading and I loved it! I can’t believe I waited so long to try it. I was always scared of my eyebrows being messed up by a novice. What a pleasant surprise! Small place, great atmosphere and the prices can’t be beat. $ 5 for eyebrows and $ 4 for the mustache that I wasn’t aware of…
I’ll be back here soon for a facial.

LOVE Unique beauty! This place is a hidden gem in all of New York! Julie is AMAZING! I don’t think there is anything she can’t do and she does it all so well! I’ve had everything done there from Brazilian wax, eyebrows, threading, facials, detoxes, massages, and faux lashes – ALL done by Julie and she’s SO SOO GOOD! She’s seriously talented as an aesthetician. She so sweet too, always takes her time and makes you feel 100% comfortable!
I’ve had many Brazilian waxes at high end expensive salons and spas in Manhattan but no one does it like Julie! She is so patient and takes her time and makes sure it’s as painless as possible. I HATE getting waxed and I used to dread every second of it and before is practically have an anxiety attack when i’d walk in the room, but Julie has changed that for me. She has made the experience bearable for me! We talk the whole time and she’s just a very sweet person who knows her stuff! She does the chocolate wax and I’ll never go back to the old wax now, nor to anyone else!
I love everything she does, but she’s especially good with the faux lashes and the wax. Her lashes look so real, people never know I have fake lashes but they always compliment my eyes. They are so comfortable, she places them in the lash and not the skin and she does everything she can to make them look like an upgraded version of your own. When I leave there I feel like a kardashian bc of how much Julie does for me.
The owner is also so so sweet and so accommodating. Even though I haven’t used anyone in there besides Julie, I know they are all very sweet and I’ve heard all great things about everyone there, but I am partial to Julie! (-: I’ve also been to a few other places in astoria like euro wax and omg they’re all TERRIBLE! Like I said UB is a hidden gem and no one is better than Julie!
Are there more aesthetically prettier places? Yeah… are there places with better furniture/​ambiance? Of course! But I’d rather go somewhere like UB and get someone like Julie than go to a fancy spa and get someone pretty who doesn’t know what the hell she is doing, but somehow I just paid her 300.00! No thanks! It’s definitely worth checking it out in person! Go see Julie go to UB!