Best of Rhode Island 2009 Editors' Picks

When it comes to our brows, we seek perfection. None of this you're-in-you're-out in ten minutes. At Strands, Lisa, Michelle (who shapes this client's brows) and Linda are, thankfully, even more obsessive than we are. They measure, they wax, they tweeze, they trim, and then they send us on our merry (er, less hairy) way with instructions not to touch a damn thing 'til we return. Their effort is our gain in that once-elusive hunt for symmetry.