Spa: Amy's Skin Care in Kirkland, Washington

It's time for an effeminate fashion post! Hurray!

Right before Memorial Day Weekend I decided to get my eyebrows and eyelashes tinted again. I know that might sound like an oddball, ultra-vanity sort of indulgence--especially during this recession--but I think my reasons are perfectly valid:

1. Mascara stings when it gets in my eyes. Being comically accident-prone, I manage to get mascara in my eyes very frequently when I wear it.
2. Having naturally transparent eyelashes and eyebrows give my face a mildly creepy-cave-fish vibe when I go without makeup, and this bothers me.
3. After eyelash and eyebrow tinting I can skip wearing eye makeup for two whole months without looking unkempt in formal settings!
4. Human beings always do weird things to control their appearance and I am very much a human being. This is a thing that I do to my face and that is OK.

So I went looking for a local, affordable and professional lash/brow tint in the Kirkland area and I found Amy's Skin Care! Her lash/brow tint costs $35 but the commute is almost $0 and takes maybe 8 minutes. My other regular place for lash/brow tinting, The Sweet Spot, charges $32 for the same service but requires a drive that varies from 20 minutes to over an hour, depending on the traffic on the 520 bridge.

Amy's Skin Care salon is a small home business, slightly hidden in a residential area. But the price was right, the commute next to nothing and her esthetician licensing in order, so I decided to give the salon a try.

Amy, the proprietor of this business, is so nice!!! A bit new to the facial tinting side of the business, but she's detail-oriented and obviously interested in providing clients with the best possible service. The eyebrow color I currently have is my favorite post-tinting color so far, thanks to her infinite patience with my color-adjustment suggestions. It was easily the most collaborative, personalized tinting I've ever undergone, and I am immensely grateful. I will definitely return to her salon the next time there's room in my budget for this kind of beauty treatment!

Also, her cat is a TOTAL sweetheart. (I told you this blog post was going to be effeminate!)