The last time we paid a visit to Vivian Ko Gooch at Wink Beauty Lounge, she was nestled on Robson Street, making our lashes look lush via her signature extensions.
Gooch -- known to many local ladies (and drag queens) who love long lashes -- has now opened up shop in Gastown under the same moniker, where not only does she apply a mean set of falsies and continues to offer aesthetic services (behold pedi chairs at the back and loft with spa bed upstairs), she also carries covetable beauty brands.
As avid product junkies, we were ecstatic to find hobo bag-friendly La Fresh Travel Wipes ($5) on her shelves, as well as eyeSlices ($30) – which last up to 30 uses -- for keeping our peeper puffiness under check.
This little shop of goodies is one of the only retailers in town to carry Revitalash ($125), a bottled miracle that conditions and strengthens eyelashes to Megan Fox levels (there’s currently a lengthy waiting list for it). And it didn’t take us much convincing to schedule an appointment for the Aquiflora Face Treatment ($45), which uses the brand’s award-winning, three-step treatment system to give you skin with baby’s bottom smoothness.
Blink and you’ll miss -- but wink and guaranteed you won’t.
Wink Beauty Lounge
www.winkbeautylounge.com
67 E. Cordova Street
604-696-9465
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