Eyebrow threading? Should i, shouldn't I?

cocktailsavings

Please can anyone give me a ny advice about eyebrow threading. My eyebrows are fairly thick and I usually pluck a little off them. I would like them to be thinner and have seen lots of eyebrow threading in shopping malls etc. Is it painful? do they always do a good job? Thanks

Hermia

My mum has her eyebrows and top lip threaded. She said she wouldn't go back to plucking and waxing. She said the top lip threading stings a bit. The shape of her eyebrows now is amazing, but I suppose it depends on who does it.

hellnearth

If you're dark-haired and have quite heavy eyebrows like me, then the eyebrow threading can make your eyes water :eek: But it's well worth it. It's all over quite quickly and it will be ages before you need them done again.
No pain, no gain :-)

miamoo

Threading doesn't hurt as much as waxing I dont think, but its more expensive where I go, so I get them waxed and put up with the pain!

Hermia

miamoo wrote: »

Threading doesn't hurt as much as waxing I dont think, but its more expensive where I go, so I get them waxed and put up with the pain!

My mum pays £3 to get her eyebrows threaded. She goes to an Asian salon in the Asian part of town and they give her a head massage as part of the price.

Bitsy_Beans

I had mine threaded once. I hurt. A lot. But on the plus side it was the one time in my life I had really well shaped eyebrows!!!! It is amazing to watch how quick they do it!
Go for it - you only have to try it once

kettlefish

I have had mine threaded at Debenhams (our one has a "Brow Lounge") I had never so much as plucked my eyebrows before (fair skinned, not too appearance conscious) but I wanted them done for my wedding. To be honest, it did hurt a bit, but was over very quickly. I took 2 paracetamol an hour before, and the lady put some aloe vera gel on. The redness was gone within 3 hours, and luckily I hadn't put mascara on that morning because my eyes were a little bit watery! It was much easier IMHO to let a professional do it and have it over with in minutes!!

miamoo

Wow hermia thats a great price! I pay £7 for a wax or £9 for the threading. No head massage though!
My eyebrows are a good shape now so I keep ontop of them myself plucking the odd hairs out.
But for a first time definately go for the threading its a better shape than waxing x

Hermia

miamoo wrote: »

Wow hermia thats a great price!

It's £8 to get your buttocks waxed - Bargain!

twinkle06_123

I thread them myself - you get used to the pain after the first few times. Upper lip still stings 8 years on!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

The malls tend to be more expensive, compared to 'ethnic' beauty salons, but they're fine for a first try.

You will sit back in the chair and they will probably ask you to rest two fingers of the left hand on your right eyelid and three fingers from your right hand over the top of your eyebrow, thus making the skin quite taut. You then feel the thread 'rolling' over your skin, interspersed with the feeling of the hairs coming out almost sideways.

She will be very quick but it can feel like she is right down your eyelid - that's because she is getting tiny hairs you never realised were there. She'll probably start looking at you with a very serious expression and narrowed eyes - you'll realise that she's seen hairs you have never thought about before! Don't feel down, she is used to removing absolutely everything!

Finally, one or two hairs may be removed with tiny pointed tweezers, a few snips with a tiny pair of scissors to keep the top line in order, and you are done!

Get it done mid cycle - by the time you're on week 4, it's a lot harder to deal with, and use waterproof mascara that day, as sometimes your eyes can water a bit.

It can be uncomfortable, but IMO this is partly because it's also lifting out the tiny hairs that you would never be able to get at with a pair of tweezers, so there is a lot more going on at any one time.

Fewer hairs are missed, so it lasts for longer,

You are less like to feel bruised as compared to being waxed,

The redness disappears in a couple of hours, rather than days with hot wax,

The ladies tend to do what looks right for you, rather than the latest fashion/what the beauty college said was right when they trained (believe me, this isn't a criticism, but I have had beauticians refuse to take off even one hair from above my brows, even though there were some sitting a full inch above the normal line)

And it is incredibly precise.

I would happily recommend it to anyone who has only ever tweezed/waxed before.

Although perhaps taking an anti inflammatory like ibuprofen might be useful for the first time.


But the upper lip always stings.