Q: The brownie I had here was very good, everything looked amazing, but pricy!

A: positive

Q: If I could give zero or even negative stars for Corinne at the Benefit Brow Bar, I would. I had been going to Valerie at the Silverado location, but today I went to Corinne here at North Rainbow. BIG MISTAKE! I went because I had a lunch break at work and my brows needed to be waxed. I didn't realize I already had an appointment with Valerie tomorrow. I thought it was next week - coincidentally she left a message while I was getting the worst wax of my life. I will never return to Corinne again. I got there a little after 12:00 PM, and I was told that the Benefit employee was supposed to be there already. I waited about 10 minutes, and Corinne finally arrived. She told me to wait in the chair because she had to finish her own makeup. She said she dropped her Gimme Brow in the car and couldn't find it. She seemed very upset by this, and she said it was her favorite product. She said one of her brows was unfinished. She looked fine to me. She used the Gimme Brow sampler without using a new applicator (she used the one on the sampler). She told me she was late because she had to take her boyfriend to work as his own car was in the shop. Then she got the waxing stuff set up. She appeared to be moving in slow motion, slowly grabbing wooden sticks and cotton-tipped applicators from the storage container. It took her about three attempts to get the wooden sticks out of the container (they weren't packed tightly or anything). It seemed a little off, but I figured she was in no rush as she was apparently late for work. Hindsight is 20/20, and I am now actually worried she was under the influence while performing my service. I told Corinne that I had been growing my eyebrows for the past 4-5 months, and that Valerie said they had been growing in nicely. I complimented Corinne on her own eyebrows and thought I was in good hands (since I liked her own eyebrows a lot). She never asked me to sign a liability waver, which I recall signing with Valerie every time. As she waxed my eyebrows, she kept saying that "everything I do has a purpose" and "don't touch your eyebrows between waxes." She said she was "starting from scratch," which gave me pause because I have been going to Valerie for 4-5 months. If I have that much regrowth, why is Corinne making such a big deal out of it? I felt like she was lecturing me about how to maintain my eyebrows. I told her multiple times that I don't do any tweezing between visits, and that I have even bumped up my appointments in the past to accommodate fast growth. Corinne seemed inexperienced, as her motions were not very fluid. She was very rough with every touch, even when just simply cleaning. It hurt. However, if it looked good in the end, I was willing to deal with some roughness. After all, waxing isn't exactly a pleasurable thing. Unfortunately, my brows look terrible. Towards the end, I mentioned I had a scar on the right eyebrow. It has never affected the outcome, and I thought it was irrelevant since I was growing out my brows. The scar is only visible when my brows are thinner, and even then it doesn't look bad. Corinne then scolded me and said "you really need to be telling people that because I could have really messed things up." She then told be about a woman with bushy eyebrows and a big, noticeable scar. She lectured me for about 5 minutes. As a professional, she should ask that information if it is THAT important. Again, I didn't volunteer this information because the goal is to be GROWING my brows, not making them thinner. This is when I really got the impression that she is young, immature, and inexperienced. Nevertheless, I know there are some high school students out there that tweeze their own eyebrows to perfection. All I cared about was the end result. She did at least put on some eyebrow products to make them presentable, but that really would not have been necessary if she had done what I asked in the first place. She used the Gimme Brow sampler on me, which she had previously used on herself. I paid $20 for the service and left a $5 tip (even when I receive bad service, I have a hard time not leaving a tip), but I was not able to fully evaluate just how bad things were until I got home and removed all of the product she put on my skin and brows. I HAVE NEVER HAD BROWS THIS THIN. I have had some unsatisfactory wax jobs over the last decade, but this is by far the worse. My brows are also uneven. She took an unbelievable amount of hair, approximately 40%! I have pictures that I just took; it is just unbelievable how much hair she removed. I have never been so dissatisfied with a service before, and this is my first Yelp review.

A: negative

Q: Having eaten a few times at Pomo, I awaited the opening of La Piazza Locale with much anticipation. We like Pomo so much that another AVPN approved pizzeria had to be a good thing. We were really disappointed. Where Pomo is both classy and warm, this place was low rent. The waiter was not particularly knowledgeable about the food and didn't seem to care that we were in the restaurant. The pizza was not all that great. I realize that this type of pizza is not the same as what people are used to, but we have some other examples in the downtown area of what it can and should be (Bianco, Pomo, CIbo) and these pies were just too thin and soggy in the middle, most of the dough was devoted to the edges and a bit too charred. I had the unfortunately named Italian Stallion and was not impressed. When we had some left over we had to flag down the water and ask for a box, after which a styrofoam clamshell - too small for what was left - was dumped on our table. There were none of the little desert-ish extras that make Pomo so special. I had hoped, particularly due to its location, that this would be a great place for dinner before a Diamondbacks game, but we are not likely to go back.

A: negative

Q: Not my favorite meal. While the staff was very nice and they tried hard, the food wasn't particularly good and their red wines were really warm (kept by the window; not temp controlled). I had the chicken parmesan and it had that 'refrigerator' taste. My twice-baked potato was burnt on the bottom. My husband's almond salmon was really dry. He liked their chicken soup, though. If you are gluten-free, this is not your best choice. I'm not convinced that they really understand the ramifications to someone who is allergic to gluten. The decor is quaint and the restaurant seems to be enjoyed by some of the locals.

A:
negative