The arch shaped brows are thought to be the best shaped brows. But don’t happen naturally to most women and so they get them shaped up. There are various techniques used for shaping them like threading, waxing, plucking hair with tweezers.

Threading is popular method of eyebrow shaping in Middle East, India and a few other Asian Countries. It’s becoming popular in US these days. But there are not many trained professionals available in US to do threading.

Threading is regarding as the best method as it’s less painful, the chances of skin irritation are zero as no cream is applied as done in waxing. The chances of skin peeling out are close to zero whereas in waxing, the waxed layer of skin also pulled with wax. This would be painful and may harm the skin around the eyes.

Threading is less painful compared to other forms and doesn’t cause wrinkles or premature ageing which is very much a possibility when tweezers are used. Threading is time saving as lots of hair come out a one go whereas tweezers pull only a few at one shot. It can sometimes pull the skin cause marks as well as whereas this possibility is totally eliminated in threading.

Even the smallest unwanted hair can be tracked and pulled out from the root there fore it scores over all other techniques. For the same reason, the frequency of shaping eyebrows is also reduces. Some people need to shape up once in two weeks while many can give it more time.

A skilled beautician can give a very good shape to the eyebrow using threading which its greatest plus point.

Threading can be done to remove hair from any part of the face like the chin, upper lip and cheeks. Some men do threading to remove the hair between the eyebrows and in the moustache and beard area.

Threading is usually done at beauty parlours by trained professionals but those who know the technique can do it at home. Cotton thread is the tool used for threading. To do threading, the beautician holds one end of the thread between the teeth or ties around the neck and holds the other end tightly in the left hand. The index finger and middle finger of the right hand is used to make a loop of the string to pull the hair out. Then the thread is rolled over the eyebrows and pulled. It pulls out the hair as it moves. This pulls the hair from the root so there is certainly some amount of pain. But the intensity of the pain varies from person to person. Some of the beauticians apply baby powder before threading so that the excess oil in the face is absorbed and the thread doesn’t slip the when pulled.

Video Of Threading Eyebrows Yourself

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