eyebrow shaping...

Sugar_Coated_Owl

Mine are slowly growing back after I plucked too much lol I can never get it right.

reehsetin

ts_aly2000 wrote: »

Once you have the basic shape then it's relatively easy to keep them tidy. Don't pluck from the top, only the underneath.;)

can i ask why?
i tend to because waxing although much easier makes a colour difference in the skin

ailuro2

If it's the pain put on some germolene for 5 minutes before, then clean it off and pluck - it has a local anaesthetic.

Then get a good pair of tweezers and a warm facecloth - hold the warm facecloth on the eyebrow to be plucked - this opens the pores and helps the hair to come out easier.

Then after you take the facecloth/flannel away, grab a single hair at the base, using your other hand pull the skin taut, then pull out the hair.

Grabbing the hair halfway up can make it snap off, keeping the skin taut lessens damage to the skin.

As for shaping, comb your eyebrows upwards with a fine comb, then it's easier to pick out the stragglers you want to get rid of, normally below and on the outer edge of the rest of the eyebrow.

Never pluck above the eyebrow, it will not look natural and it's prone to breaking out in spots.

If you have a few stragglers between the brows (think Noel / Liam Gallacher:p) then get a pencil and hold it against the outside of one nostril, then point the tip straight up - do not pluck beyond this line - you'll end up with eyebrows that are too far apart and it will look really strange.

Oone last tip from me, don't go down the route of using hair remover on them - I did this a few times when I was in a hurry and not up to date with my plucking - I try to keep them in check plucking a few at a time every few days - and the hair remover worked until the day before I was going to a wedding, used the hair remover and it burnt my skin - so turned up at the wedding with two big red open sores on my eyebrows.:eek: Never again....:o

trace_567

As mentioned to get you started its best to go to a salon, or even a local college that runs beauty courses (although they won't start back till september), or some stencils.
Once you get the shape, its easy to maintain it by just removing the short hairs that have grown through.

When plucking support the skin on your eye brown with your other hand, so the skin is smooth. It makes it easier to remove the hairs and also helps the pain a bit.

Try plucking quickly, so pluck with the tweezers whilst moving it over the under eye brow. So your not so much just aiming at one hair at a time. This also helps with removing the fine ones and helps the pain as its faster.

Marg

I think you should treat yourself to a salon treatment first to get your brows the right shape & then you can maintain them more easily (& less painfully) yourself by doing a bit at a time. I have mine waxed as I get lots of fine blonde hairs which I can't always see.

Have you tried automatic tweezers? They spring back as you grab the hairs & take the stress out of the job.

The new Debenhams in Blackpool were doing threading last week (by the front door) for the very brave! Pain and in public!

hollydays

I was joking about the pliers!!
I have mine waxed,but what exactly is threading? It sounds scary!!!

***Runs off to hide behind sofa,peeking though fingers***

richchestmat

Muji tweezers are good. I'm a bloke and even I can stand plucking them myself. Pluck slowly and deliberately - don't yank. It hurts a lot less than you'd think. It also hurts a lot less if you do it yourself.

maman

Marg wrote: »

I think you should treat yourself to a salon treatment first to get your brows the right shape & then you can maintain them more easily (& less painfully) yourself by doing a bit at a time. I have mine waxed quote]

Totally agree with this. Small, privately owned salon near me (South Coast) only charges about £5. Is it really expensive elsewhere?

eyelinerprincess

Try it after a glass of Baileys, works wonders, you can hardly feel the pain!





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LillyJ

Threading is AMAZING! I love it. It doesn't hurt cos it's so quick. It gets every bit of downy hair and is really precise. I wouldn't go back to plucking in a million years and I am really fussy bout eyebrows (I think they are the most important feature on a woman's face - I hate seeing people with badly done eyebrows!)
I get mine done for £5 at my gym, where they have a lady who runs a beauty salon from a room there.
It is basically threads tied in a special way, then a lady puts one piece in her mouth and holds the other two pieces and runs the thread across your eyebrow (Sounds weird I know) then it grabs all the hairs and plucks them all out at once. It originated in India.
You go a little bit red for an hour or so but no more than with plucking.