eyebrow shaping...

Philippa36

I really really wish there was someone that offered threading for £4 near here! In Liverpool town centre, they're charging £20+ and there's no way I'm paying that!

I pay almost £10 just to have my eyebrows waxed.

freyasmum

oystercatcher wrote: »

Can someone explain what the difference is between threading and waxing? ...Well I know what they do for waxing but have no idea what threading involves.

I'd love to have my eyebrows done but have never ever had the courage. I'm mid 40's as well !!

Threading uses a twisted loop of cotton that wraps around each hair to pull it out

Not hard to actually do it on your leg or something, but the precision is something else!

geri1965_2

Is it worth letting them grow a bit first to get a good shape?

lynzpower

When i was in LIverpool fairly recently I couldnt find anywhere on a saturday afternoon that would wax my eyebrows for me, the salons were packed!

In Debenhams there is a row of ladies doing eyebrow threading. I am really sensitive to pain and I didnt realise it was going to hurt more than waxing. I yelped, and woman forced my head down and carried on saying No, when I asked her to stop.

I laid perfectly still just letting her get on with it, and she suddlenly slipped and cut my eyebrow with the thread. It was poouring with blood, I was stood there, and she just shouted at me just GO!! and her maanger came and shood me off. My mother was speechless!

I was scurried off, I couldnt believe what had happened!

Anyway found another salon close by who did wax my eyebrows and also cleaned and cared for the cut.

I wont have threading again!

Busybody

I can't imagine a piece of cotton cutting you! Nor can I understand anyone using wax near a cut!

oystercatcher

freyasmum wrote: »

Threading uses a twisted loop of cotton that wraps around each hair to pull it out

Not hard to actually do it on your leg or something, but the precision is something else!

Thanks for the explanation.
It sounds even more complicated than waxing , hard to believe it is cheaper !
I don't like the sound of the horror stories ...maybe I'll stay hairy!!

sylphraven

I have my eyebrows waxed and couldnt go back to anything else, it leaves such a clean hairless finish, and when the odd hair begins to show I manage for as long as I can tweezing them myself.

I wish they did it cheaper round me though, cheapest is £9! which in my opinion is a lot of money for cotton thread & 5 - 10 minutes of their time

lynzpower

sylphraven wrote: »

I have my eyebrows waxed and couldnt go back to anything else, it leaves such a clean hairless finish, and when the odd hair begins to show I manage for as long as I can tweezing them myself.

I wish they did it cheaper round me though, cheapest is £9! which in my opinion is a lot of money for cotton thread & 5 - 10 minutes of their time

Do you have any beauty schools near you.

Luckily I ahve maanged to find a few places in london that do it for a fiver still :j:j

sylphraven

There is one, yes, but they dont do threading
Thanks for the suggestion though

freyasmum

oystercatcher wrote: »

Thanks for the explanation.
It sounds even more complicated than waxing , hard to believe it is cheaper !
I don't like the sound of the horror stories ...maybe I'll stay hairy!!

With waxing though you are using products - your wax strips (if using warm wax), new spatulas for every client (and if they don't, they're minging!), wax (no, really :rotfl:), pre/after wax and/or, if it's a sensitive area, post wax essential oil.

With threading it's just the loop of cotton thread

Most salons in my immediate area charge no more than £3.50 :undecided

geri1965 wrote: »

Is it worth letting them grow a bit first to get a good shape?

Unless you dislike the shape of your eyebrows, there should be no need to grow them out