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The Ballard News Tribune
By Esther Shin

Waxing. It’s one of those things you do because you have to, not because you want to. There’s something that might make the experience a little more tolerable. The answer for you is at Ballard’s Wax Bar.

There’s nothing like some pre-wax booze to calm those jitters before the, “Holy *&#$!!!” when removing all that unwanted hair.… [Read More]

Seattle Magazine
By Ashley Breckel

Nobody likes getting waxed, bu for some of us it’s one of those unavoidable activities. Thankfully, veteran waxing specialist Karen Jahn is about to make this hair-ripping experience a bit more enjoyable (or at least a little less painful). After nine years at Habitude salon in Ballard, Jahn was scheduled to open her own place in late September 2007, THE WAX BAR, where-along with that waxing-you’ll be able to relax by sipping a cold beer.… [Read More]

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By Athima Chansanchai

Waxing
With Jahn, at The Wax Bar, I went for more traditional treatments: brows, lips and legs. This minimalist mod establishment sits between Pasta Bella and Tobacco Plus on 15th Avenue Northwest in Ballard, and while there are many waxing options in the city, this is the only one that has a happy hour with reduced prices for brows and lips and a liquor license that lets it serve beer, including my favorite non-beer-tasting beverage, Lindemans Framboise Lambic.… [Read More]

Finally someone has the right idea. Wax Bar, Seattle’s first “skincare lounge” is taking pampering to the next level by offering “liquid libations” including – why didn’t we think of this before? – two specialty beers. A beer, a full-service spa treatment, a flawless afternoon: even a bikini wax sounds, well, intoxicating.… [Read More]

Ballard News Tribune
By Mia LaCourse

Walking into The Wax Bar, Ballard’s newest concept in skincare salons, is like entering a chic alternate universe. A young man stands behind a custom-made, padded white desk in the front of a mod white foyer, and looks up from a shiny white iMac computer. Instead of the standard “how are you?” his first question is “would you like something to drink?”… [Read More]