Reviews for Anna's Beauty Shop
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Monday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM
Tuesday: ClosedWednesday: ClosedThursday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM
Friday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM
Saturday: ClosedSunday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM
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by appointment only wheelchair accessible accepts credit cards street parking free wi-fi asian-owned women-owned gender-neutral restrooms bike parking
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Google: 5/5 BBB: A+Anna's Beauty Shop
2615 S El Camino Real, San Mateo
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I'm picky and have seen a lot of friends and family get very bad eyebrows. For a good job, I think you need great ink that doesn't fade into a strange red or blue color, and very importantly, a professional who has the artistic ability to make you look good. Every face is unique and mine is not symmetrical so finding someone who can make it look more symmetrical without being weird can be tough - takes me a while to do my own makeup! I finally settled with Anna and have come back to do a touch up a few years later. Even my facialist it's said it looks natural and is well done. It makes getting ready in the mornings so easy. I wholeheartedly recommend Anna.
I am one of the those women that doesn't wear make up. Tinted sunscreen and lip stain are pretty much the extent of what I wear out. My eyebrows are very blonde, so I used to have to put on brow gel or wax/powder to color them in, otherwise I look washed out. I went to Anna to get my eyebrows done. She worked with me to choose the ideal shape by first sitting with me at a mirror while she colored in my eyebrows with a pencil before starting, and then 30 minutes later: VOILA!! The color looks natural and is subtle, but highly effective. I absolutely LOVE it. Gone are the days (seriously, collectively hours of my life) staring in the mirror trying to get the right shape and color right. Because I liked the results of the eyebrows so much, I asked Anna if the eyeliner would work with my fair skin. She reassured it would so I scheduled the appointment and have the same results: natural looking eyeliner on my top lid that is subtle but very effective. Again, I absolutely love it. Anna is fantastic to work with and the staff are equally friendly, helpful and professional. For anyone fair skinned who has been curious but hesitant about semi-permanent eyebrow or eyeliner, I highly recommend that you wait no more. Anna is the person to go see. It's worth it.
I had my eyebrows microbladed for the first time in 2015 and went with a business that had great Yelp reviews. After a few months, the color faded to a hideous reddish brown (almost orange), and I had to cover it with eyebrow pencil every time I went out. Even after a couple of touchups to fix, the eyebrows always faded to the horrible clown color. She said different people take the colors differently. I don't know about that but I researched and some said it had to do with poor quality dye and/or the incorrect matching of dye color to skin tone. The business has since closed. In the fall of 2020, when things were starting to re-open, I really needed to have my eyebrows fixed. Even though I was still working from home, I couldn't stand looking at myself plus my kids asked me why my eyebrows were orange. I didn't know anyone who had their eyebrows done so I went to Yelp again. I found Anna's Beauty Salon, went in for a consultation, and decided to go with them. I was cautiously optimistic. They took the time to draw out my "new" eyebrows (something the other person did not do... just went with my old eyebrow shapes), and they told me they would try to laser any outstanding orange color. Anna told me I was not a good candidate for microblading, that my skin was too thin, so we went with the soft powder. It took a few months of laser (mild discomfort) to remove the remaining orange but I'm finally done. It's been 10 months and the eyebrow color did lightened (as expected) but it did not fade/change to another color. I recently had my touchup. Thank you Anna and team!