During my book club last week, the ladies began talking about waxing vs. threading one’s eyebrows. Since the young and awkward age of twelve, I have had my eyebrows professionally waxed each month to maintain a clean look. My beauty journey has been one of pain in order abide by our culture’s ideals of hairless women, except for long locks on our heads.

The Steps to Waxing Brows:

My hairstylist would place a small strip of hot wax over the unruly eyebrow hair. Then she would take a soft cloth strip, place it on the eyebrow and rub over it to make sure the hair was sticking to the wax. Then very fast, she would pull off the cloth in the opposite direction of the hair growth. Needless to say….it hurts!!!!!! (I have been known to curse.) I also have extremely sensitive facial skin; and I need to apply moisturizer to reduce redness.

Threading:

I was introduced to threading a few years ago at my local shopping mall. At first, ladies were having their eyebrows threaded in a kiosk; and then moved to a small mall shop. I have yet to try this method.

“Threading is an ancient hair removal technique that originated in India and is becoming increasing popular. Pure cotton threads are twisted around the brow hair to pluck it directly out of its follicle. Threading allows hair to be removed at a much cleaner and quicker pace than waxing, depending on the amount of hair your have and how thick it is. Unlike waxing, that can leave your skin irritated and red, threading has little contact with the skin. Skin irritation is less likely if you chose to go with threading instead of waxing. Your eyebrows will also grow back at a slower rate if you thread.”

No matter waxing or threading, each has side effects such as pain. Wouldn’t it be nice to travel back to prehistoric times? Hairy women were considered very attractive. Cavemen would have loved to club and bring us back to their caves for a little romancing!

Remember beauty is pain….we did this to ourselves ladies!

*Source: www.lipglossculture.com