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Bunbun

Cathlete
Just venting a relatively new pet peeve here. :) I got my eyebrows done for the first time ever last year, and I love the way they look. The problem that I'm finding, though, is that I have dark hair and pale skin and I have to tweeze every single day to keep from getting that hairy look! It's such a pain in the butt that I'm tempted to go back to my cavewoman, untweezed eyebrow look. x(

Does everyone else have the same problem? I'm a relatively newbie in the tweezing world--I just never did it at all before last year, but then again, I'm more than a bit of a geek.

Thanks! (Yes, I know, this is a completely silly, shallow and frivolous whine.)
 
Bunbun, do you wax? Waxing lasts much longer than tweezing so you may want to try that. (Although it's far easier to get it done in a salon.) I have the opposite problem: my eyebrows are so light they're almost nonexistent. I get them dyed when I get my hair done....

Hang in there, eyebrows are really key to looking good! ;-)

Marie
 
Bunbun!:7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7

I've always had to pluck my eyebrows and the problem I have now is that I can't SEE to do it anymore. Aside from the fact that my vision is horrible, some of my hairs have gone grey and I can't see them at all! I definitely have to pluck between my brows or I'd have a unibrow;(. My brows are kind of wild with hairs growing every which way. Looks great with my mustache:eek:

Michele :)
 
I'd give the eyebrow waxing a try at a salon; I personally wouldn't try it at home. It takes all of 5 minutes and is very inexpensive. And, it only hurts a little bit! It seems to last for about three weeks with very little maintenance.

Shelbygirl
 
Hi Bunbun,

I get mine waxed at a salon every two weeks. I sometimes can go 3 week, but have to due minor plucking until I can make it into the salon.

As someone else mentioned waxing only takes about 5 minutes. And one you start going on a regular basis, the hair doesn't grow back as fast.
 
I'm just like you, Bunbun, and I finally gave it up. If I could find someone convenient who doesn't charge a lot, I would probably keep it up, but my guy was charging $65 and I had to go every 4-6 weeks.

I've tried waxing, and IMO, tweezing is much more precise and looks much better. Also, for me, with my light skin and dark, coarse hair, I had to wax just as often as I had to tweeze anyway. The tweezing was also faster than the waxing.

(To get more philosophical about it: Beauty comes from symmetry. My eyes are not symmetrical and the only pictures of myself that I really like are when my eyebrows appear to be even, thereby making my eyes look more even. However, I finally realized that the tweezing was NOT changing the position of my eyebrows, just the shape of them. Therefore, it was not giving me the beauty I am constantly in search of. I will have to look elsewhere. :+ )

-Nancy
 
OMG, Nancy!!!! $65????? I just got mine done last week at my new stylist and it was only ten bucks for the waxing! He plucked a little, too, to make them even and shape them up!

Another vote for the waxing here!
jenn
 
Yes, I also like waxing. For years I was plucking and really messed up my eyebrows. They became WAY too thin and all uneven. Finally I had the restraint to just let them grow in and now I get them done by a fabulous woman at my hair salon! It's 13 for a cleanup and 18 for a shaping. I probably do that once a month.


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"


Debbie
 
Yeah, I know Jen. My guy is an eyebrow specialist to the stars or something, and his work cannot be beat. But I just used him because he was 2 blocks from my office, which is key for me. Of course, he now has me firmly convinced that waxing can never be as precise as tweezing. In case you are interested, here are his comments (including that waxing is for cars): http://www.ramy.com/brows/index.html

-Nancy
 
Bunbun, I feel your pain! My name is Laurie and I am a tweezaholic, there are tweezers tucked somewhere in almost every room in my house and in my purse. I pretty much pluck something everyday and this I know, when plucking it is ALL about the lighting. Unfortunately the best lighting is usually in the car and as tempted as I have been at many a traffic light, I will not tweeze in traffic :+ :p

My 15 year old daughter who has very dark hair and fair skin just cleaned up under the arch of her brows and in between for the first time. I was amazed at the subtle differences, as lovely as she is she looked fresher and more bright eyed. The cavewoman thing is just not an option!

How I wish it was just my brows I had to worry about, after coming to terms with the after 35 moustache plucking; all of a sudden there's hairs on my chinny chin chinx( :-( :-( x( I think I'll go get me tweezers and settle into a well lit spot right now, ahhh the thrill of the hunt!:+

Take Care
Laurie:)
 
I too have light skin and dark brows. I just tweeze out the strays every other day or so after washing my face. If I pull a few hairs every other day, it seems to keep them under control.

Jean
 
Laurie,
you are right about the best lighting is in the car during the day. I have actually plucked in a parking lot before. I splurged for the chin and upper lip by having laser hair removal which took care of those areas.

Jean
 
I don't understand how waxing lasts longer than plucking, since they are both pulling the hairs out by the roots.

I've always plucked, but have never had very unruly eyebrows (and unfortunately, I began plucking when I was young and didn't know what I was doing, and overplucked in some areas!

I also never understand it when people say plucking hurts. Maybe I've just done it so long and am used to it, but it never hurts.
 
I pluck my eyebrows. I have to do it at least once a week to keep the look clean. Got my eyebrows waxed once, but it broke me out badly. Would like to try a technique I've read about called threading, just not sure where to go to get it done. I could use some professional shaping I think. Sometimes I overpluck, sometimes I underpluck.

I think well-groomed eyebrows make such a difference and have had to bite my tongue many times when I thought someone could use a good plucking. :eek:
 
Okay, now don't laugh....plucking makes me sneeze!! With every pull...AAHHCHOO. It is oh so annoying, especially since I swear, if I plucked evryday I would still have new little hairs popping up. I HATE my eyebrows....my hair stylist in VA waxed for me, but I am too much of a chicken to find someone here in Az to do it for me. And yes, I know there are 6 million nail/hair salons here, but I just hate going to someone new. Got to go soon though I have lost the lovely shape they had before. Has anyone done the laser thing???? Can they do it for eyebrows??? A friend of mine had her underarms done last summer and still has yet to shave there again. So if you hear lots of crazy sneezing, it is just me plucking....

Donna
 
>I think well-groomed eyebrows make such a difference...

And looking at some Hollywood types before and after they found someone to do their brows really shows that!
 
Laurie,
Your post is just so funny!!! I guess there are some things you just miss in life when your body hair is blond (like "the thrill of the hunt");) Ah...maybe....in my next life.

Robin:)

ETA: Some of us miss out on all the fun!!!
 
I was considering trying waxing, but I used the brow man that Nancy suggested (ramy.com). He did a great job, but it's too expensive for me to go back every month--and I don't know anyone who does waxing and comes highly recommedned. For home plucking, I think I need better light--I go after the strays in my bathroom mirror, then I catch a glance in another mirror and whoa! Love the way nicely plucked brows look; hate doing it. I never seem to get all the hairs that need to be plucked. x( Also, my right brow is now thinner than my left.
 
Glad to have made you smile Robin:) I also resist the temptation to say to unsuspecting individuals with stray hairs, 'keep still, I'll just get that for you!':+

Donna, I hear you about the sneezy thing, like the old commercial said, sometimes it hurts to be beautiful.

Take Care
Laurie:)
 
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