If you’re tired of constantly tweezing your eyebrows or getting them waxed – have no fear, there’s a better option for you!
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Tweezing takes up a lot of time because you’re plucking the hair out one by one (not to mention it hurts). It also grows back really quickly and if you have darker hair, can cause the hair to grow back thicker. Waxing is a better method, but can sometimes be painful and is harmful on the skin and can cause premature wrinkles.
So, what’s the better method? Threading!
If you haven’t already heard of threading, it’s certain technique that involves cotton thread twisting and sliding hairs out of the root. It sounds kinda painful but it is also one of the preferred methods of hair removal.
Pros:
- It’s cheap. Only around AUD $10-20
- It’s safe. It won’t hurt the skin like waxing or tweezing can. Threading only aims at pulling out your hairs
- It’s super quick. It removes several hairs at a time
- It works on all types of hairs, fine and thick, short and long
- It’s natural
- It can reduce your hair growth. If you constantly get your hair threaded, less and less hair will grow back
- It lasts longer then waxing or tweezing. Waxing can sometimes break hair off instead of pulling it out from the root. Threading pulls from the root every time
- It prevents ingrown hairs. And can also remove ingrown hairs
- It’s perfect to shape your eyebrows
- It can be done on the face
Cons:
- Some people find it painful
- Can leave the skin red
- Not many threading services
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My wife and I moved to a new home and she has been trying to find someone to help her with her eyebrows. You mentioned that threading is a certain technique that involved cotton thread twisting and sliding hairs out of the root. I didn’t realize there were different techniques to eyebrow care. Is this method commonly used? I wonder if there are any local stylists that offer this treatment.