The Lash & Beauty Studio is a specialist lash and brow studio on Amohau Street in the heart of Rotorua's CBD, tucked next to KFC with off-street parking for clients. The team, led by Antoniette, covers everything from everyday eyelash extensions to cosmetic and paramedical tattooing, and has earned a Highly Recommended badge on Fresha along with membership of the New Zealand Association of Registered Beauty Professionals.
The lash menu runs from Classic sets for a natural everyday look through Hybrid, Full Volume 5D and Mega Volume 8D-10D for full event glam, plus wispy sets, lash lifts (including a Korean-style lift and tint), tinting and infills. Cosmetic tattooing covers brow, lip blush and eyeliner tattoos, supported by consultation forms and dedicated aftercare guides, while paramedical stretch mark camouflage and BB Glow nano-needling skin treatments extend the studio's offer further. Waxing, brow lamination and spray tanning round out the essentials.
Clients consistently describe a warm, safe and non-judgemental space — the kind of studio where you are welcomed on the spot and talked through every step, with care taken over hygiene and comfort. Appointments can be booked online via Fresha, Afterpay is accepted, and the studio also runs IA Academy, its education arm for lash and brow training.
The first thing regulars mention about The Lash & Beauty Studio isn't a treatment at all — it's how it feels to walk through the door. Tucked next to KFC on Amohau Street in the heart of Rotorua's CBD, the studio has built its reputation on making people feel welcome from the moment they arrive, whether they're in for a quick brow wax or settling in for a full set of mega volume lashes. One client's review captures the mood: you're greeted so warmly that even the barbers next door join in, asking whether you're 'after lashes or those brow things.'
That easy friendliness sits alongside serious technical work. The studio is a member of the New Zealand Association of Registered Beauty Professionals and carries a Highly Recommended badge on Fresha, the platform it uses for online bookings — credentials that count for a lot when the menu stretches from lash extensions all the way to cosmetic tattooing.
Lashes are the heart of the studio's work, and the set menu covers every level of drama. Classic extensions take a natural-looking approach to fuller lashes, applied in diameters from 0.05 to 0.20 and curls from L through to DD — a set you can happily wear every day. Hybrid sets mix 3D fans with individual extensions for soft, subtle volume that still reads natural. When an occasion calls for more, the Full Volume 5D set delivers what the studio happily calls event glam — the look it recommends for weddings, 21st birthdays and hens nights — while Mega Volume 8D-10D goes denser and darker for maximum impact. Wispy sets round out the line-up for anyone after a textured finish.
Set clients typically return for infills every two to three weeks; the studio asks that at least half the set remains in each eye first. Not ready for extensions? The eye enhancement menu covers lash lifts, including a Korean-style lift and tint, plus an Eye Trio bundling a lash tint, brow wax and tint.
The studio's cosmetic tattooing arm is where the work gets more specialised. Lip blush, brow tattooing and eyeliner tattooing give clients long-lasting definition, and each procedure is supported by consultation forms, pre-procedure information and dedicated aftercare guides. One client reviewing her eyeliner tattoo praised the care taken with hygiene and pain relief throughout the process — and the candid advice she received about removing her lash extensions beforehand, even when she hoped to keep them.
On the paramedical side, stretch mark camouflage tattooing offers a restorative option, quoted per consultation. Skin health has its own spotlight thanks to BB Glow: a nano-needling treatment that infuses peptides, serums and a small amount of pigment to create the effect of wearing BB cream daily. The studio recommends a series of around four sessions for approximately eight months of glow, with no real downtime — just skip face washing for 24 hours and makeup for 48.
Between the bigger appointments, the studio handles the maintenance that keeps clients coming back week to week: brow waxing and tinting, lash tinting, top lip and chin waxing, and full facial wax. Brow lamination features among the brow enhancement services, and spray tanning rounds out the menu for anyone topping up a glow before an event.
The testimonials on the studio's site circle a few consistent themes. Clients describe a safe, non-judgemental environment that lets them try treatments well outside their comfort zone, and professional, lasting results — brows and lashes ready for a busy weekend, an eyeliner tattoo handled with expert skill. The team, with Antoniette frequently name-checked, earns praise for putting first-timers at ease and talking clients through every decision.
You'll find the studio at 1301 Amohau Street, Rotorua CBD, directly next to KFC, with off-street parking available. Bookings run through Fresha, and the team responds quickly to texts on +64 223 151 604. Afterpay is accepted for those spreading out the cost of bigger treatments. New lash and tattoo clients should expect a consultation — forms are available online — along with aftercare instructions to follow at home. And for anyone inspired to learn the craft themselves, the studio also runs IA Academy, its education arm for lash and brow training.