This post is way overdue.  I apologise to all the ladies out there who have been searching for the best lady for your hair removal needs.

I am not the girly girl type, I do not even wear make up.  I do keep my eyebrows groomed and all unwanted hair never see the light of day.  I do not usually go out of my way for anything aesthetic so I go to one salon and get everything done in one place: haircut, eyebrow and upper lip threading, and Brazilian waxing.  I only got into the latter about a year ago after a friend introduced me to the lady with magic hands at Azta Urban Salon in Eastwood Citywalk.

I used to go to David’s Salon in One Orchard Road.  Gary would cut my hair and I would get my eyebrows threaded by anyone available.  The first time, I got tiny cuts from the friction of the thread on the skin and my eyebrows swelled up.  The receptionist looked alarmed and insisted on putting some tetracycline ointment on them.  I thought it was a one time thing but the second time was just as bad.  I decided to try the eyebrow threading at Gloss Nail and Body Spa after a pedicure one afternoon.  I tried not to scream when the woman moistened the thread with her spit.  My eyebrows were desperate for good grooming, I just had to go through with it.  No cuts, perfect shape, no strays but I cannot get over the spit on the thread.  I got to talk to a colleague about my hairy woes and she recommended the hair removal guru of Azta Eastwood.

Azta is a chain of salons with branches in Katipunan, Eastwood Citywalk, Metrowalk, Robinsons Pioneer, Robinsons Metroeast, SM San Lazaro and Alabang Town Centre.  Only Andy of Eastwood touches my hair.  Mariz got me into Brazilian waxing.

I have been using commercial depilatory creams on my nether regions for as long as I can remember.  It occurred to me once to get it done professionally but paranoia over hygiene got the best of me.  The thought of stripping down to half of your birthday suit in a salon is out of the question.  That all changed after Mariz worked on my eyebrows for the first time.

I have never had anyone so meticulous over my eyebrows as if they were her own.  She carefully pulled out each strand with the thread, slowly so as not to cut me.  The shape is perfect with thickness that was just right: not too thin like a hooker’s, not too thick like it was not groomed either.  You can really feel that you are in expert hands.  Same care was applied to my upper lip growth and when we were done, I felt like I found the one.  A few days later, I came back for a Brazilian wax.  I love how she understands my obsession about being completely hair-free.  After waxing, she threads the finer, shorter hair that the hot wax did not catch.  She would not stop until she got every single one out!  If you have unsightly hair on your toes, she will also take care of them for free.

To those who are unhappy with their waxing lady or those who are yet to find one, drop by Azta Urban Salon in Eastwood Citywalk, Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 11 am to 7 pm and have the ultimate Mariz experience.  If you wish to contact her directly, email me for her mobile number.