Priya Esthetics and Threads Beauty Salon, Side by Side in Herndon

Priya Esthetics is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 340 Google reviews, against 4.7 from 390 for Threads Beauty Salon. Both are Herndon waxing salons and both have been reviewed enough times that neither score is a fluke. Here is the honest comparison.

Side by side, on the record

"Not stated" below means exactly that: the claim is not made anywhere a customer could hold them to it. It is not an accusation, and it may simply mean the information lives on a wall inside the business.

The real difference

The rating gap comes first. 4.8 against 4.7 is a 0.1-star difference, and it is built on 340 reviews versus 390. The second difference is how much each is willing to put in public. Priya Esthetics publishes 52 services with a price on every one. Threads Beauty Salon publishes no menu we could find, which is less a criticism than a fact about what you can know before you walk in.

The question behind the search

Most people comparing two Herndon waxing salons are not asking which is better in the abstract. They are asking something narrower: will this appointment be worth the money and the hour, and will I know the price before I am in the chair?

On the first half, Threads Beauty Salon has the larger sample at 390 reviews, so its average is the more settled of the two. Priya Esthetics's 4.8 rests on 340 reviews, which is a smaller but still substantial base. On the second half, only one of them answers in public. A published price is a commitment. An unpublished one is not necessarily higher, but it is an unknown, and on a first visit an unknown is a cost of its own.

Where Threads Beauty Salon still shines

390 reviews is a real customer base, not a thin listing, and a waxing salon does not reach that number without regulars who keep coming back. A 4.7 average also hides a distribution: plenty of those reviews are five stars. If you already have someone there who knows your preferences, nothing above is a reason to switch. Nothing here is a criticism of the business.

Where Priya Esthetics does not lead

Priya Esthetics is not the highest-rated waxing salon in Herndon. Aura Esthetics VA sits ahead on average score with 5 stars from 227 reviews. The case for Priya Esthetics is not that nothing beats it. It is that it leads Threads Beauty Salon on the measures above and publishes what it charges.

Making the call

If you want the most evidence before booking, Priya Esthetics gives you more to go on: a higher rating, a published price for all 52 services, and online booking. If you already have a trusted regular at Threads Beauty Salon, stay. If you are choosing cold and price matters, only one of them will tell you the price before you arrive.

Figures come from Google Business listings and each business's published menu, checked in October 2026. Ratings move. Check the current numbers before you book.

Ratings and review counts are Google's own and were checked in October 2026; Google rounds larger review counts, so treat them as approximate. Figures change. If you are one of the businesses named here and something is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it.