The March Issue // Beauty // To Tweeze or Not To Tweeze
To Tweeze or Not To Tweeze
As you already know, taking a good picture is all about the SMIZE! But what’s the best way to go about framing those beautiful eyes of yours? I’ve broken down the pros and cons of the three most popular methods of shaping your eyebrows- tweezing, waxing, and threading. Read on to find out which is best for you!
Tweezing*
Pros:
- More control over what hairs you are removing
- Easy to do yourself and can be done any time, any place
- Takes a long time because you can only remove one hair at a time
- Hard to get all the hairs, especially fine ones
*I’m a tweezer! I don’t have thick eyebrows (I usually pencil them in to make them appear darker and thicker) so I don’t have to do a lot of brow maintenance. When I have to get rid of a stray hair though, I turn to my trusty tweezers! I’m bad though… my make up artist (Valente) is always yelling at me about not tweezing them as often as I should! I usually fight back cause you can’t see them on TV, but he reminds me that everyone else can see them!
Waxing
Pros:
- Fast, as you can remove much more hair at one time
- Easily grab all hairs, even the fine ones
- Painful because you are removing multiple hairs at once
- Have to pay a professional to do it or buy lots of supplies to do it yourself
Threading
Pros:
- Very precise in the hairs that are removed
- Causes less irritation than tweezing or waxing
- Can be hard to find someone who is experienced/professional at threading unless you live in a metropolitan city
- Very hard to do at home on your own
I asked some of my fans how they shaped up their brows and here are the results:
Tweeze: 30%
Wax: 47%
Thread: 17%
Natural: 6%
How do you get your brows under control? Tell me in the comments section!
I tweeze and wax sometimes but i prefer to tweeze!
Hi Tyra, here we do it the old fashioned way, we use a razor blade, its much cheaper. although it doesnt last long and the hair grows back in afew days after i have shaped them.
I tweeze, I may not be as beautiful as most people, but people tell me all the time that they love my eyebrows.
my eyebrows are really thick so i thread them. i also tweeze the too when im in a rush to look beautiful =D
OK, see the tweezing thing...NOT. OMG it hurts to pluck so I will pass. I get folks always asking to clean up my brows. I can't do it and I love the look of perfect brows but I will stick to what I was born with. I ... moreOK, see the tweezing thing...NOT. OMG it hurts to pluck so I will pass. I get folks always asking to clean up my brows. I can't do it and I love the look of perfect brows but I will stick to what I was born with. I just don't think beauty should hurt. Now if someone can explain that to my toes trying to where cute boots.
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oh and can someone tell me what threading is? lol
Oh my gosh!!! Your gonna scream lol I shave mine with a shaver hahahahahahahahaha........I cant shape mine with tweezers so i just shave em'. HAHAHAHA.......
TWEEZE AND WAX. .. Tyra I have a problem. and well I always paint my eyebrows dark brown because my natural eyebrows are so light.. and Im just so tierd of painting them I just want natural dark eyebrows.. So I SHAVED TH ... moreTWEEZE AND WAX. .. Tyra I have a problem. and well I always paint my eyebrows dark brown because my natural eyebrows are so light.. and Im just so tierd of painting them I just want natural dark eyebrows.. So I SHAVED THEM off and 3 weeks later there grew the same.. what should I do??
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I have my friends or buddy's tweeze my eyebrows or go to the beauty shop and that cost alot for someone in a shop to do it girl.
I LOVE threading!! it soo good and it last... i have thick eyebrows too so threading is best for me... and its CHEAP!! hehe
Im all about threading they get a good natural shape and you dont have to go back so often to get them re-done or you can use it as a starting point and you can maintain them yourself afterwards.
Jacqueline I just started having done by thread, last longer
uhhh well i dnt tweeze, wax or thread. i usually do them on my own.i use a razor blade n love em' arched!!!!!
I'm a tweezer :)
I get a little both of waxing n tweezing but of course I don't do them myself.
I get my eyebrows waxed because they are so thick and it is hard to tweeze them myself, but it gets so expensive because I have to get them done at least every two weeks!
I use to draw oo my eyebrows...yup i know stereotype of a typical mexican lol. i recently let them grow out so now i get them waxed because i really dont have patience to be tweezin them and if i start tweezin i tend to ... moreI use to draw oo my eyebrows...yup i know stereotype of a typical mexican lol. i recently let them grow out so now i get them waxed because i really dont have patience to be tweezin them and if i start tweezin i tend to remove more then what i have too...lol
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I get them professionally waxed when I'm in deep need of a shaping, otherwise I tweeze on my own!
Definitely Tweeze
i use tweezers, but its soo hard for me to tweeze my eyebrowa, like the other have like an arch to it & the other don't. & the end of my eyebrows ends up being thin, & i hate it.