Eyebrow Threading

It's true what they say, your eyebrows frame your face.  I love brows, thick ones, skinny ones, pencilled in or au naturale ...  as long as they are groomed well ... I am fascinated by all brow shapes and how you can alter your face based on how you choose to wear them.

Depending on how you shape your brows, it can radically change the shape or appearance of your face by softening your look or by creating an edgy angled brow for added oomph.  

I have always been quite lucky in the brow department as I have a fairly nice shape to start with and not much in the way of stray hairs although I would love them to be a bit darker so I didn't need to pencil them in every day.  This is not to say they don't look messy and need some TLC on a regular basis.

For the past 6 or 7 years I have been getting my eyebrows threaded.  Threading is traditionally an arabic/asian method of hair removal using thread rolled along the hairs of the brow.  It is neater and quicker than tweezing or waxing and in my opinion creates a much more defined brow than the more common methods of brow grooming.   It can be a tad painful the first time you try it or even if there is a lot of hair to remove but it is so fast and effective that it is definitely worth those 5 minutes of squirming.

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In recent years, threading has become all the rage and you can now find threading areas in most major department stores.  I tend to stick to 2 of my favourite salons that are local to me.  They offer threading for £5 and one even offers it for £3 as long as you return each fortnight for a tidy up.  Bargainous!  It does make me feel slightly smug when I hear of others paying anything between £10 - £30 for their threading experience.

To give you an example here are photos of my brows before then after threading.  You will noticed the extra definition, shape and groomed appearance of my brows afterwards.  It literally feels like my face looks clean again.  I love getting them done!

Very tired eyes but you get the idea - unkempt brows

Very light pencil used on brows but a much more defined, sleeker shape

For any girls in the Glasgow area, I would recommend 2 salons, one on the South Side the other in the West End.

Farah's, 127 Albert Drive, Pollokshields, G41 2SU - 0141 423 9731.

Al Aisha, 441 Dumbarton Road, Partick, G11 6DD - 0141 533 5812.

No appointment is needed at either salon and both offer threading at £5 with Farah's offering a £3 fortnightly maintenance.  To be honest, I couldn't recommend any other treatments at either salon but threading is definitely their forte.

Does anyone else prefer threading?

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