Threading
There's no going back once you've popped your threading cherry. Seriously, it's a one-way ticket to better brows no matter what you're starting with. If you are a virgin to the ancient Indian hair removal technique, let us enlighten you.
The threading process is quite simple and typically involves a single piece of cotton thread. After wiping the eyebrow area clean with alcohol, the thread is "twisted and pulled along areas of unwanted hair acting like a mini-lasso, lifting the hair follicle directly from the root without the use of any chemicals or unnecessary tugging on delicate skin.
The cotton-twisting treatment is not at all scary, but because it's nice to know what to expect, we've broken it down below:
One of the most common methods of threading is with the long strand of cotton thread — held in one end of the mouth, The thread is twisted in order to efficiently roll over the skin to individually pluck the roots of unwanted hair.
1. Bearable pain. Depending on the therapist/your tolerance/the time of the month threading feels like tweezing multiple hairs at once. Obviously try not to flinch during it, or you could end up with unwanted bald patches
2. One at a time. you'll be asked to pull your eyelids in opposing directions, so the skin is taught and easy for the therapist to work on. If they assume you've been before, expecting you to know what to do, ask and they'll explain!
3. Don't wear lots of eye makeup (for the above reason) or you'll probably smudge it everywhere.
4. Uncontrollable side effects include random sneezing and eye watering – they might literally stream (not from the pain, but the sensitivity)
5. Be prepared for the therapist to forgo asking what shape you want and to just get to work on instinct. So if you're growing out your arches, for example, be sure to specify and they should advise you on the best strategy
7. They might question whether you want your brows "trimmed or not"after the threading; it's optional but it makes unruly hairs look much neater. If you have especially fine hair or sparse brows you might want to decline
8. Check the results, carefully. When the shaping is done, we will show you the results in a handheld mirror and it's easy to automatically say "great!" – but look closely and ask for tweaks if you're not 100% happy.
The threading process is quite simple and typically involves a single piece of cotton thread. After wiping the eyebrow area clean with alcohol, the thread is "twisted and pulled along areas of unwanted hair acting like a mini-lasso, lifting the hair follicle directly from the root without the use of any chemicals or unnecessary tugging on delicate skin.
The cotton-twisting treatment is not at all scary, but because it's nice to know what to expect, we've broken it down below:
One of the most common methods of threading is with the long strand of cotton thread — held in one end of the mouth, The thread is twisted in order to efficiently roll over the skin to individually pluck the roots of unwanted hair.
1. Bearable pain. Depending on the therapist/your tolerance/the time of the month threading feels like tweezing multiple hairs at once. Obviously try not to flinch during it, or you could end up with unwanted bald patches
2. One at a time. you'll be asked to pull your eyelids in opposing directions, so the skin is taught and easy for the therapist to work on. If they assume you've been before, expecting you to know what to do, ask and they'll explain!
3. Don't wear lots of eye makeup (for the above reason) or you'll probably smudge it everywhere.
4. Uncontrollable side effects include random sneezing and eye watering – they might literally stream (not from the pain, but the sensitivity)
5. Be prepared for the therapist to forgo asking what shape you want and to just get to work on instinct. So if you're growing out your arches, for example, be sure to specify and they should advise you on the best strategy
7. They might question whether you want your brows "trimmed or not"after the threading; it's optional but it makes unruly hairs look much neater. If you have especially fine hair or sparse brows you might want to decline
8. Check the results, carefully. When the shaping is done, we will show you the results in a handheld mirror and it's easy to automatically say "great!" – but look closely and ask for tweaks if you're not 100% happy.
