Uni K Wax Center

I felt really comfortable. Staff is very friendly, and fast ! Also if your looking for a clean quiet environment this is it !

I have been a customer of Uni K for several years first discovering the chain in Gainesville. I believe it is a franchise system but the quality, cleanliness and service is consistent. They have a rewards program that allows you to earn points with every service that adds up to a store credit, allow you to book online, and send you a text to remind you of your appointment. They use a hard stripless wax that I prefer over traditional waxing techniques. I would definitely recommend and will continue to return!

Been coming here for a good minute now. Drive up from South Tampa. I always get the full Brazilian. They’re fast, clean, and sweet. The bathroom is really clean. Maybe im weird, but I feel you can tell a lot about a place by the importance they place to the cleanliness of the bathroom. The price is good for what you get and the employees respond well to your needs.
Tips:
–Dont drink a caffeinated drink before getting waxed. Caffeine dries you out and makes your skin super sensitive. Hydrate girl!
–You can take Advil or some kind of over the counter pain reliever about 30 – 40 mins prior to your wax. For my Brazilian I take 600 mg of Advil.
–Stay consistent! Try and wax 1 a month. The hair needs 3 weeks to grow then wax it off! The frequency lessens the pain.
Check these ladies out!

Got me right in. No waiting. Very kind and friendly people. Got a Brazilian after years of shaving, so it hurt like he’ll, but I’ll be back.

Not impressed! Disappointed actually. I’ve been getting bikini waxes for a long time. Usually, at Pia’s (which I love, but it is pricey). I tried to save a little money coming to Uni K. I sat in the waiting area, and waited while my waxer watched the soccer game. Finally, we made it to the room. She was not personable. You would think someone who is going to work on your «who-​ha» would make you feel comfortable. She had to keep waxing over and over. I was over it. When she was done, she packed up her stuff and left the room. I’m like, oh I guess we’re done. When I looked in the mirror, there was some uneven-​ness going on. Maybe she had an off day, Idk. But I’m disappointed enough not to go back. Prices are more reasonable. But, you get what you pay for.

My experience was horrible!!! I was a first time client to Uni. K. Wax but this was not my first time waxing either and I am appalled. I was filling out my first time paper work after I walked in and actually didn’t get to finish it. I didn’t even have time to sign the paper waiving them of any fault if something were to happen to me which no one seemed to notice as I was rushed to the back. All I can say is that it is a good thing I didn’t sign anything after this visit. My reservation was also wrong but was fixed and didn’t seem to be a problem, however I was asked if I wanted a Brazilian a total of four times after I had clearly stated that I did not. The woman took me to this tiny, dull claustrophobic room with a table up against the wall, a dreary hospital light on the wall above the table which you find in a horror movie, scratch marks on the walls from furniture and chunks of the floor missing and told me what articles of clothes to take off. I could hear everyone else’s conversations because the room was essentially a cubicle but with slightly higher walls.
There was no conversation as to if I had any allergies, sensitive skin or if I were on any medications that should not be used when waxing. I am not even sure she was an aesthetician, but probably just someone hired and trained on the job. As I was lying on the table the woman started prepping. She turned on a fan at my feet on full blast over my body and then began to spray an antiseptic which kept blowing in my face. She then put baby powder on my underarms and bikini area which also blew right in my face. The wax at first was a comfortable temperature but stuck to everything BUT my hair and was applied with hard pressure with a wooden stick. I felt like she was trying to make me bruise and was ripping off my skin with the wax which took her about 4 times to wax the same spot which has NEVER happened to me. To top it off, she put wax on my vagina! Seriously??? The previous places that I have gone to take all the hair off in one wax and know where to apply the wax. She also would peel the wax off excruciatingly slow and didn’t let the wax dry all the way before removing it which causes more pain. She kept leaning over me and putting all of her body weight on me to reach my other side. I didn’t pay to have someone lay on top of me while I’m getting waxed. The wax became hotter as well and the woman kept mumbling things under her breath and when I would ask her what she was saying, she barely responded. She kept telling me that I had a few short hairs, which who doesn’t, and tried to pluck them and would try to scratch at a few ingrown hairs with the tweezers just to try to pluck the hair underneath. I had told her to leave them alone and she kept trying to pluck.
Once the torture was over, I was still covered in wax and was lathered down with oil to which the paper on the table stuck to. I was now covered in oil, wax and paper. When I went to the front I had voiced my concerns and experience to the manager and still ended up paying $ 100, but was offered an apology, a free membership card, free waxes on the parts that were missed but only in the next 2 days, and a note in their system for a discount for my next wax with a different person. There will definitely be no next time at this place and it goes to show that they really just want your money no matter how bad the experience is.

This is by far the worst waxing experience I’ve had in my life. I have been waxing my brows for at least 15 years and have never had any issues. I went here after I was referred by a co worker and will never be coming back. It took the woman doing my brows 25 minutes to complete them. She kept waxing and re waxing the same area. I haven’t been able to feel my brows being waxed for years as I do it so frequently, but they burned for a good 15 minutes after she was finally done with the whole ordeal. I came in with a picture of me with my normal brows and told the woman twice to just clean them up, she proceeded to turn them into Nike swish looking things. The worst part is that the entire area that was waxed developed these tiny unpopable blemishes that have not gone away after a week. Do yourself a favor and find somewhere else to go.

I love UniKWax, I used to go to the one in Gainesville often. I tried the one in Tampa for the first time and it was a positive experience. I forgot to ask about the discount from my points, but I remember in Gainesville their system was down a lot. The other annoying thing here is that you have to pay tips in cash or check which is kind of a pain, but its nice that its more anonymous that way, makes tipping less awkward in my opinion.
I love the wax they use here. It smells nice, more natural than others. They don’t use paper, they just let the wax itself dry then take it off. I like it.
Receptionist was nice and didn’t try to push any products. I asked her about some of them and she gave me honest answers, I ended up buying something after all but haven’t tried it yet.

$ 20 for a eyebrow wax. They offer many discounts if you book online and earn points. But the problem here is when you pay they never let you use them unless you go through an argument. «Our system is down» or «I forgot to add your discount and you already payed.» This is the part that takes the rating from a 5-​star to a 3-​star place. Let me use my points and discounts I earned from paying excessively high prices for a wax.
Other than the customer service and people who work the desk, everyone who takes care of you is very nice. Their wax is very gentle on your skin and is much nicer than the cheaper $ 5 places. They really do a good job on that part. The people take their time and make sure they are not stressing you out in any way. The wax took about 15min, as opposed to 2min at a cheap Asian salon, and was relaxing and very clean afterwards.
If you guys can just lower the prices or actually give the members their points and discounts, I would come back much more and in the end give the company much more revenue.