What to Expect From an Eyebrow Threading Session?
Eyebrow threading is one of those pop culture phrases you’ve probably heard thrown around here and there. It sounds cool and alluring, but what does it really entail? If you’re considering giving your eyebrows a touch-up in 2018, it’s worth exploring the benefits and precision that comes with the art of eyebrow threading.
How To Prepare
If you’re getting ready for your first threading session, you’re probably wondering how you can best prepare for the procedure ahead. With so many different beauty procedures in the world today, it can be hard to piece them apart and really understand what is needed in preparation.
1) Say No to Tweezers
For starters, if you’re gearing up for a threading session, it’s most important that you grow out your full brows so the technician has the entire brow to work with. You’re going to be tempted by tweezers, but you need to say no and just accept the bushy eyebrow look ahead of your appointment. Your technician will be able to shape your brows to the best of their ability if they have the entire brow to work with.
2) Grow Out Your Brows
It is recommended you let the brow hairs grow out 2-3 weeks before sitting for your threading session. If you want to ensure that the appointment goes as smoothly as possible, try and remain calm with little movement for your technician so they can really hone in on shape and sculpting.
3) Arrive Makeup-free
Lastly, come makeup-free. If you have makeup in your brows, try and remove it ahead of time so your brows are “a free to use palette” ready to go upon arrival. A bare face lets the therapist assess the state of your brows while preventing you from walking around with smudged eye shadow afterward. You wouldn’t want to accidentally affect the type of finished brow result you are after.
What To Expect
Now that you know to grow out your hair and remain calm, you’re probably wondering what you should be expecting. At the top of everyone’s mind with any kind of beauty procedure is what type of pain you should prepare for. We are not going to lie to you: this procedure comes with a moderate amount of quick and easy pain. It is not totally painless; however, it is completely bearable. It’s the same amount of pain you would experience if you elected to stay home and use a tweezer to remove each hair, one at a time. The beauty of threading is that it’s done faster with better precision, so the entire experience is over quickly and effectively.
And we mean quick. An eyebrow threading session takes no longer than 10-minutes. The last time you plopped yourself in front of the mirror to sculpt out those model brows, it probably took much longer than 10-minutes – and with much more frustration. Eyebrow threading is designed to get you in and out of the salon with little hassle for on-the-go individuals.
The Procedure
Eyebrow threading is a beauty procedure that can be traced back thousands of years to Central and South Asia. Traditionally used on the entire face, including upper lip, chin, eyebrows, sideburns, and cheeks, eyebrow threading is evident in Chinese, Indian, and Persian culture. Still effective today, it is a testament to the efficiency and performance of the procedure for modern beauty standards.
Eyebrow threading is simple, yet profound in nature:
1) The technician will take a thin, either cotton or polyester thread, and double, then twist it. Both hands hold the crisscrossed resulting tool, utilizing a mouth-based anchor, resulting in a fluid hair-removal process that is clean and safe.
2) The tool is rolled over areas of unwanted hair, plucking the hair at the follicle level. Unlike tweezing, where single hairs are pulled out one at a time, threading can remove short rows of hair in singular motion, making it quicker, more effective, and less painful than waxing or tweezing.
3) After calculated motions that are completed in just 5-minutes for each brow, the procedure is done. Absolutely no additional equipment, ointments, or tweezers are required to wrap up the appointment.
Threading allows for a more defined and precise shape, creating a better definition for eyebrows. Additionally, it is gentler on the skin, requiring less-intensive aftercare once the procedure is completed.
Aftercare
Depending the sensitivity of your skin, you may experience moderate redness in the area that was just previously threaded. The good news is: this goes away, right away. However, to speed up the process, we spray cool rose water and lotion to reduce the redness for you, helping to react with the irritated skin.
It is important that you refrain from immediately applying makeup to the irritated area for about 24-hours after the appointment. This makeup can clog the pores that have been newly opened as a result of the procedure.
Happy with your new brows, if you’re intent on maintaining this type of care for months to come, it is recommended that you consider a threading session twice per month to keep the brow look clean and defined.
Additional Appointments
Here at Urban Brows, we take threading clients as walk-ins, providing you with round-the-clock access to our services for your brows. We only charge $11.55 per threading session, making it a feasible beauty investment for your face twice per month. We understand that everyone is working with a busy schedule today, which is why we make threading appointments easy and flexible, completed in just 10 minutes each time.
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