Choosing Between SALT Beauty Co and Eye Candy Medspa and Lash Bar in Newport Beach

If you are choosing between SALT Beauty Co and Eye Candy Medspa and Lash Bar in Newport Beach, the public evidence is thinner than it looks. Two numbers are solid: 5 stars from 72 Google reviews for SALT Beauty Co, 4.7 from 348 for Eye Candy Medspa and Lash Bar, as of October 2026. Most of the rest is unpublished.

Where they overlap

Both are lash and brow studios serving Newport Beach, both appear in Google's local results for the category, and both have enough reviews behind them that neither rating is guesswork. Either will do the core service you are booking. If you live between the two, distance is not the deciding factor.

What you are really asking

Most people comparing two Newport Beach lash and brow studios 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, Eye Candy Medspa and Lash Bar has the larger sample at 348 reviews, so its average is the more settled of the two. SALT Beauty Co's 5 rests on 72 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 An unpublished one is not necessarily higher, but it is an unknown, and on a first visit an unknown is a cost of its own.

What actually separates them

The rating gap comes first. 5 against 4.7 is a 0.3-star difference, and it is built on 72 reviews versus 348. The second difference is how much each is willing to put in public. SALT Beauty Co publishes 11 services with a price on every one. Eye Candy Medspa and Lash Bar publishes no menu we could find, which is less a criticism than a fact about what you can know before you walk in.

The comparison

"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 limits of the numbers

Ratings tell you how visits have gone on average. They do not tell you whether a particular specialist suits your hair, skin or schedule, and for anything technical a consultation settles more than a star rating ever will.

Where Eye Candy Medspa and Lash Bar still shines

348 reviews is a real customer base, not a thin listing, and a lash and brow studio 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.

Which to book

If you want the most evidence before booking, SALT Beauty Co gives you more to go on: a higher rating, a published price for all 11 services, and online booking. If you already have a trusted regular at Eye Candy Medspa and Lash Bar, 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.