Beware of M&D Brow Beauty located at Toa Payoh Interchange (opposite NTUC). My mum went there for brow trimming, which was supposed to be around $10. One of the “beautician” in the salon decided to try her luck at persuading my mum to get an eyebrow tattoo instead, and also to get the whole package thing, which was as they claimed, cheaper (I call bullsh*t on this).
They then proceeded to “tattoo” one of my mum’s eyebrow. My mum was very pleased with how that one eyebrow looked and said she would like to go ahead with the “eyebrow tattooing”.
And that was when the “beautician” told my mum what she did on her wasn’t eyebrow tattooing but eyebrow embroidery – which costs a lot more than the tattooing does ($3,000+ if I remember correctly).
My mum got a shock, said no and insisted on getting the eyebrow tattoo as she did not even consent to do the embroidery in the first place. The “beautician” complied after my mum’s hard refusal, and then did the tattooing on the other eyebrow.
The “tattoo” she did on the other brow was horrid to say the least, just a slab of black stuff spread above her eye. Mum was so upset when she saw how it looked but was at their mercy now because she didn’t want to walk out of the shop looking so ridiculous. That shameless beautician had the audacity to tell my mum to go to the nearest atm to withdraw the money to pay them.
My mum was so frightened the whole time she was inside the shop. They were pressure selling and very very persistent. Mum didn’t tell us about the incident until 2 days later. I went to CASE, served them a small claim tribunal letter and only managed to get a very very small portion back from what they had scammed.
They got off with only a light slap on the wrist.
All in all, be very careful when going to any of these beauty salons around Toa Payoh, they are definitely preying on the older folks.
