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Not too long ago, I decided to give the "threaders" another try. Of course, I didn't like the outcome- I felt she had pulled too much hair. However, this was partially my fault because I didn't specify what I wanted done upon sitting in her chair. For some reason, I felt she knew what to do because the girl who went before me had marvelous brows afterwards.
No, it doesn't look bad but you have to understand- she pulled out a LOT of hair (To me, my eyebrows are are just as serious as trims are for some women). Immediately, I thought: Oh boy, looks like I'll be growing them out for a couple of months.
After a couple of weeks I decided to tweeze a few stray hairs. I noticed that the thinned out areas had begun to fill in, which gave me a more fuller and still defined shape. I liked it! I'd decided to keep the shape. I only tweeze stray hairs and trim the "stragglers" with a cuticle scissor to keep the arch clean and looking brand new.
BEFORE the thread got to me...
Not too long ago, I decided to give the "threaders" another try. Of course, I didn't like the outcome- I felt she had pulled too much hair. However, this was partially my fault because I didn't specify what I wanted done upon sitting in her chair. For some reason, I felt she knew what to do because the girl who went before me had marvelous brows afterwards.AFTER the threading...
No, it doesn't look bad but you have to understand- she pulled out a LOT of hair (To me, my eyebrows are are just as serious as trims are for some women). Immediately, I thought: Oh boy, looks like I'll be growing them out for a couple of months.
After a couple of weeks I decided to tweeze a few stray hairs. I noticed that the thinned out areas had begun to fill in, which gave me a more fuller and still defined shape. I liked it! I'd decided to keep the shape. I only tweeze stray hairs and trim the "stragglers" with a cuticle scissor to keep the arch clean and looking brand new.
This is pretty much how they look now...
For anyone who may be wondering- No, I don't fill my brows with any color. Once in awhile I'll set with aloe vera gel, clear mascara or MAC's brow finisher (in clear).
I no longer attempt to thread my own brows (for that post, click here) because I kept tearing my skin in the process. Even though it was quicker and more precise, it wasn't worth having scars! Now, I just stick to my trusted tweezer.
Do you do your own brows?
I no longer attempt to thread my own brows (for that post, click here) because I kept tearing my skin in the process. Even though it was quicker and more precise, it wasn't worth having scars! Now, I just stick to my trusted tweezer.
Do you do your own brows?
20 comments:
Your eyebrows look amazing! I don't do my own brows. I get them threaded. Not religiously every two weeks, just once a month or so. I maintain the shape (or at least try to, with tweezers). I do set them with aloe vera gel as well.
I love your brows so much!!!! I used to do my eyebrows myself, but I get super lazy in maintaining them. I now get them waxed, which I hate, but the girl does a decent job. I allow only one person to do my eyebrows, I call before I go in and find out her schedule so I can make sure she is there lol. I wish I could find someone in my area who does threading, it's just not done in Brevard county (I'm like an hour south from Orlando) I have noticed that my brows are slowly getting thinner and thinner so I think I'm going to grow them out this summer and then have them reshaped thicker.
I do my own brows, proudly. That's one less service I have to pay for. Lol. Granted, my girls get theirs waxed every few weeks, and they look great... but I feel like I have sparse brows to begin with, and I fear a beauty shop technician pulling out more hair than I would like. (I do NOT want the Whoopi look.) Maybe it's an unwarranted fear. But I do enjoy doing them. That growing-in process is a beast, though.
your brows look great! i have had many issues with my eyebrows for years...i've tried keeping them up myself, but then i'll pluck the wrong hair and seriously mess them up...then i have to go throught the process of growing them out. then when i go to get them waxed, they do it waaaay too thin! when i lived in ny i got them threaded every month, and just tweezed the stray hairs in between, (my eyebrows take forever to grow back) but now that i live in md, i can't find a threader i trust, so i've gone back to getting them waxed, but now they're too thin again :-( i just hope i can get it together soon
I love threading, I thread/pluck my own eyebrows. I love the arch you get with threading and the clean line. I use to go to a girl but then I stopped because I got to busy. Your eyebrows look really nice and thick. Two thumbs up!
i do my own..and thank goodness they require minimum maintenance..a pluck here and plink there..and they're done...
i hate too see mary mcfadden look... (oops i guess i'm giving away my age)--**take a glass and trace around half of the circumference and u have an arc..that's what her eyebrows looked like..one big upside down "U"....
neatly groomed eyebrows are as important as a neatly groomed private part.
I am obsessed with thick brows. Since an incident in '08 I have NOT gone back. I maintain mine but get them threaded once a month. I don't even pluck mine. I let my lady thread and simpy brush them everyday. That's it. I love love LOVE yours!
I love thick brows as well. I am so happy with my eyebrow threader. For anyone in Atlanta, I go to I-too on Flat Shoals and my threader is Shoba. I have went through so many issues with my eyebrows being too thin that I finally just let them grow all the way back in and started from scratch.
I do not do my own brows. I'm too scared they'll look lopsided. I like thicker/fuller brows too and would not be happy filling them in because a salon did made them too thin. I don't care for the tweezers very much (except for the occasional fiesty & stray piece) but I don't mind threading, waxing or the razor.
I'm the exact same way with my brows! I always trim and tweeze myself. I don't trust other people and I like mine thick and full!
I think the threaded brows accentuate your eyes more and they look absolutely gorgeous! I understand what you mean about getting the right person to do them. When I get the shape I like, I maintain it at home with a tweezer as long as I can until it's time to reshape.
I've always done my own brows. My tweezers stay in my purse in case a stray pops up while I'm out. LOL I recently taught myself to thread them so I'm practicing that occasionally but tweezers are my best friend. My boyfriend even comments on how perfect (his word) my brows are and was amazed when I told him I do them myself. I've read that waxing can increase wrinkling of the skin around the eye so I never tried. Too thin brows age your look also so full brows keep you looking fresh. Your brows look great Wes!
your eyebrows are great (both before and after)!!! I wish mine were that thick
I go to the indian spot around my mother's way. It's 4 bucks and she does a great job.
Yes, I do do my own brows. I tweeze mine. When I feel like pampering myself, I get them threaded.
no... but I think i'll start. Yesterday my boyfriend took me to the spot he gets his done (yes, my bf gets his eyebrows done, but just to clean them up, not to get shape or anything) and they didn't come out the way I wanted. So I guess I'll be trying to do them myself.
Love the eyebrows.:) I do pluck my own but just recently watching tutorials on how to shape them for my face. I know, a bit late on that. lol
I am overly obsessed with my eyebrows! Just like you, I prefer thick, full brows...It annoys me sometimes when I get my eyebrows arched, too much hair is removed, its like I have to begin the process of growing them all over again, ugh! Your brows look great! I like getting my eyebrows threaded, but it hurts!
I get my brows waxed at a salon and I pluck/tweeze for maintenance. While I prefer thinner brows (but not crazy thin), I like how your brows look full and lush. I've been thinking of threading mine; but, I have to find a salon to do so.
I started to tweeze my brows at 13. I couldn't wear makeup until I was 15 so plucking my brows was somthing I could get away with. I have my brows waxed in the shop about every 4-6 weeks and do maintence myself at home.
I sport fuller brows too.
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