The September 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'm a tweezer most def!!!!
i remember when i first tweezed my brows it hurt,lol, but i looked great afterwards!
oh I also use those eyebrow shaver's. There like miniature razors, except used for eyebrows
I tweeze, I usually don't get all the baby hairs, but there really not that noticable. I would wax, but it would cost like 10 bucks a week just to do that, when I could do it on my own for free :)
I always tweeze my eyebrows but I´m not happy with them. They don´t look good. I don´t know how to tweeze them the right way. Can you help me?
I usually get mine arched with a razor that way if someone messes up then they'll just grow back rather than threading, tweezing, or waxing that takes forever to grow back.. however i have to arch every 3 days because my ... moreI usually get mine arched with a razor that way if someone messes up then they'll just grow back rather than threading, tweezing, or waxing that takes forever to grow back.. however i have to arch every 3 days because my hair grows back so fast !!! there is no way out!!!
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i'm most definitely a tweeezer aha
Tweezer till the end :) with time you get faster at it so it doesnt really take all that long and a magnifying mirror really does help (specially one that you can flip over to a normal miror, just to compare)
hey tyra , when I do get to my brows I do wax
I tweeze them, i hate it, but for those who want to be beautiful, has the feel the pain is what they say arround here.
first i shape my eyebrows then i tweeze then i line them softly to look naturaly then for finish i put a lil' powder on each eyebrow to last long thats all.luv u tyra @}~fierce & luv.
I;m a tweezer all the way! I once had them professionally done (which hurt like none other) and by the time the redness had gone down there wasn't much of a difference!
i tweeze them i get used to it so it doesn hurt.
tweez!! its so easy and i can do daily maintinance.. it usually doesnt hurt as bad if u do it right after u get out of the shower :)
My skin is really sensitive Tweezing and Waxing are not the best choice for me! My brow area would turn really red like i have a rash. Not to mention i have very light color eye brows and they're somewhat thin.
i shave it to shape... :)
im arabic,so its all about the eyebrows and eyes!i tweeze my brows and fill them in (every-single-dayyyy lol) and had them thread only a few times.i think having good eyebrows that correctly frame the face,and i hate it ... moreim arabic,so its all about the eyebrows and eyes!i tweeze my brows and fill them in (every-single-dayyyy lol) and had them thread only a few times.i think having good eyebrows that correctly frame the face,and i hate it when people have bad eyebrows!!
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the truth is that my eyes highlight is very important how my so when I need a touch different to my face I go to my faithful tweezers eyebrows
gah! im going to regret this but i shave them! not off! like my dad blessed me with thick eyebrows but i shape them. i cant wait for them to grow back because they are embarrassing when they grow back.
I'm a tweezer but I have a hard time shaping it my eye are so tiny lol darn wish I had big googly eyes