Lets talk eyebrows

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (OlgaH) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:24:42 GMT

I found my girl who waxes the large areas and tweezes the more intricate areas,

that's exactly what a brow designer should be doing.. shouldn't shape with wax..that's where a lot of mistakes are made

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (JustTaryn) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:02:23 GMT

Karen, I'm in NY. No, not the cosmopolitan NYC. Think more along the lines of Rust Belt.

Xenia, I can see your point partially. I did have some lousy waxers in my time who took too much brow off, but when I found my girl who waxes the large areas and tweezes the more intricate areas, I've never felt the need to see regrowth again. But if you've had a bad brow wax, I suppose it would be pretty bad if the brows...

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feeds@yuku.com (arclightz) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:35:11 GMT

I get mine threaded every couple of months and just tweeze them in between myself. Luckily, I leave in LA where there are a lot of places to get your brows threaded!

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feeds@yuku.com (JustJen) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:04:45 GMT

Dee-You're on retin-a, right? That's probally why your skin peeled/ripped off. I think another poster mentioned this on another page and I'll second it. It happened to me before and it hurt like a mother. Even though I can't stand threading, I've got to say it did not irritate my skin like waxing...and no missing skin from it either!

Jen

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (Dee NJ Panel) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:09:40 GMT

Donna Panel wrote:

doppelganger74 wrote:
Well, they opened up a new threading place in the mall that I work in and I've gone their twice. Best brows of my life! I am so happy with them! Threading gets all those little baby hairs that are virtually invisible, yet somehow make a big difference when they are gone.

This must be...

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (chrysanthemum) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:58:47 GMT

Daena--I almost spit out my coffee when I read "antennae." I definitely have antennae. exactly ONE of my eyebrow hairs can grow to a rather impressive, if not horrifying, legnth. I hunt for that sucker constantly. (let's not get started on my Random Stray Left Elbow Hair, still not sure how or when I sprouted that lil' sucker).

My brows are rather full, and I pluck them myself at home. I am pretty satisfied with the shape/arch, so I just pluck the strays....

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feeds@yuku.com (ocgirlie) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:22:33 GMT

I tweeze my eyebrows. I used to go to a threading place but haven's been to one over a year since we moved. I desperately need to find a place close by. I haven't seen a kiosk in the mall yet. I'm not sure if I would be comfortable having someone work on my eyebrows while shoppers are walking by.

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feeds@yuku.com (pearliegirl) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:49:55 GMT

Now that my bangs cover my eyebrows I generally ignore them. I have a pretty good shape to them naturally, just a few stray hairs in the middle that I tweeze occasionally. They did look good a little thinner when my hair was off my face, but now I don't have to bother.

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (Donna Panel) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:07:55 GMT

doppelganger74 wrote:
Well, they opened up a new threading place in the mall that I work in and I've gone their twice. Best brows of my life! I am so happy with them! Threading gets all those little baby hairs that are virtually invisible, yet somehow make a big difference when they are gone.

This must be the latest thing because I was in the mall yesterday and I saw a threading kiosk. So all of you...

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feeds@yuku.com (Eyllek) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:21:48 GMT

I desperately need to have my brows done! I'd found a great lady in Orlando, then she switched salons and I couldn't find her. Now that I'm in St. Pete, I have no idea where to go.

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feeds@yuku.com (DaenaCat) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:56:29 GMT

Kiki, yes please let me know if that works for you! I tend to use an eyeshadow to fill mine in -- I find pencils are too harsh on me. One reason I like using shadow is I can change it as my hair color changes (I don't color them to match of course but will stay in the same family of colors.) But I DO dye them on occasion (if my hair is dark) b/c it looks even weirder to have them filled in and then the blonde hairs on top. I am not too worried about it looking fake -- my hair is pink,...

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (OlgaH) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:44:04 GMT

well, I guess I should be grateful that my clients generally don't want all that regrowth.

that said.. another thing to consider with regrowth is the color.. if someone is over 40, brow hairs usually grow in gray/white and personally, I don't recommend permanent coloring on brows.. pencil.brow powder, yes.. dye-ing them, no .. I've never seen them come out right.. I can always tell and on the brows, it just doesn't look good.

again.. jmho

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feeds@yuku.com (xenia19) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:50:08 GMT

OlgaH, yes that's the precisely the point. If you wax your eyebrows and they're fairly thin and then you decide you may want thicker brows, you may not be able to because you've stunted the growth by waxing. Hair on your underarms, vulva, legs etc. isn't the same as eyebrows. Your eyebrows are always visible. I don't know of any woman who laments slower hair growth/thinner follicles in places other than their brows. Brows are...

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feeds@yuku.com (Dee NJ Panel) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:48:04 GMT

Thanks everyone for the replies, I appreciate them. I went to someone who did threading, I got a little nervous when I found she spoke no English. I kept saying not to thin, not to thin, she looked blankley at me. I said I will be right back and hit the door running. I'm going to look for a shop that does tweezing since I seem to not do well with waxing.

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (OlgaH) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:16:53 GMT

I've been waxing other areas for for over ten years and notice less regrowth plus the follicles are thinner.

with all due respect.. isn't that the whole point of waxing?

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (xenia19) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:17:24 GMT

The first time my brows were plucked was by a professional. She did them well; only too thin. I have a natural arch which I maintain myself with plucking. IMO, waxing brows is unwise as it stunts growth. I've been waxing other areas for for over ten years and notice less regrowth plus the follicles are thinner. You never know when you might want a thicker brow. So, that's why I stick to tweezers plus one hair can change the shape, only a plucker can be that precise.

Eyebrows...

Re: Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (JustTaryn) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:49:51 GMT

If you tweeze or wax only the hairs that make your brows look unruly, why would you want them to grow back?

When I was in my 20s, I experimented on my own with different shapes and that ruined the ends of my brows, but now that I have a shape and just maintain it, I wouldn't care if the stray hairs ever came back.

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feeds@yuku.com (What a Hoot) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:49:23 GMT

Taryn, where do you and brow Yoda live? I have a full tank of gas...

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feeds@yuku.com (Holly Panel) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:27:09 GMT

Brow Tech (to me) looks fake and doesn't last a darn. The Model's Prefer (now YBF) is pretty good and lasts longer.

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feeds@yuku.com (kikiaz) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:11:08 GMT

Daena Cat, I pencil mine. I haven't tried brow-tech (from Smashbox, like a powder that comes with a wax product) although I would like to - but my brow girl says it doesn't work and isn't easy to use. So I end up just doing pencil and drawing them in sort of, but I use such light strokes that it doesn't look dramatic enough, and if I do put a lot on it seems too "fake". I just can't find a happy medium! She trims mine because they're sooo long, but I just...

Lets talk eyebrows

feeds@yuku.com (Dee NJ Panel) — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:48:17 GMT

I am in dire need for something for my soon to be unibrow. The lady who was threading mine moved, and pretty soon I am going to have one large eyebrow that will cross over from one side of my head to the other. Do you wax, thread, pluck or shave your brows? I had mine waxed a few times and was burnt so bad by the wax that I had scabs after it. Also I was at a shop one day and heard the girl doing the wax for some poor girl go...........ooops! OMG I am so sorry (Not a sound you want to hear...