Eyebrows - Pluck, thread, wax?

[khalilaNZ]

Hah!!!! Fabulous? No. Not on me. I used to have a friend who pulled her eyelashes out, yes, I said eyelashes. She was so beautiful that no eylashes looked good on her. Unreal.... (she wasn't terribly emotionally or mentally stable at the time, but stunningly beautiful all the same!!)

[Azhia]

That sounds quite unreal!

I only thought my Japanese host brother pulled out his eyelashes. errr...

[Shadiyah_dances]

I love threading! It works great for the eyebrows & chin, etc. I get mine done by a lovely Indian woman I've gone to for almost 20 years. She's been my hair stylist as well.

Gosh I haven't thought of the "eyelash pulling" in years. I had a next door neighbor when I was growing up that not only chewed her fingernails to nubs, but pulled out her eyelashes/eyebrows and ate them. I always thought is was a strange habit and later found out it's an actual disorder called Trichotillomania.

Trichotillomania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Malena]

Originally Posted by Azhia

MY LASER HAIR REMOVAL ESSPERIENCE...

Sounds so incredibly painful Thanks so much for sharing! I'll stick to brazilian waxing for now.

[Linnyg]

Originally Posted by Azhia

Hullo Malena!

I prefer to tweeze. Waxing is fast and can be done accurately, but I love the double accuracy of tweezing. Aaaand I'm weird, I like the way it feels. Of course, this can lead to asymmetry, as you had described.

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You are not alone...I love to pluck my eyebrows!

It took a little practice and from time to time an unintentional shocked look to my face, but you will get the hang of it. I like to put a little hot water on my face first to soften up the hair and open up the pores a bit.

What on earth in threading? I have heard this before but never an explanation of what it actually is.

[Azhia]

OMG, I just remembered when I first started getting waxed down under, as the aesthetician ripped, one of my legs would have this major reflex reaction! It was embarrassing! I felt like a chicken on its back!

[anala]

hips...go look on page one...but sit down first!

[bdaddiction]

I love getting my eyebrows waxed. But, since I moved I really don't know where to go, or who I could trust.

So now I just pluck them away...

Although, I would love to have the hair removed on my upper lip. Seems after I had it waxed a couple of times, and as I am getting older, it is getting worse.

[Amaryllis]

I tweeze and wax once in a while (mainly to reshape what I end up messing up). When I tweeze I place a really hot wet hand towel on the area I'm tweezing (it opens up the pores and it doesn't hurt nearly as bad when the hair comes out). Right after - ice cube. It really takes the sting away and makes the lasting redness fade pretty quickly. I usually put a bit of aloe vera or soothing noxzema on it to make my pretty new brows go"Ahhhhh"