Eyebrows...I know totally off the topic.

[Jenn]

But, do you wax or pluck. I tried to pluck ONE hair last night, and just about died, my eye started watering my freaking eyebrow swelled up. I came into the den and DH said what did you hit your head on.:rolleyes:
So, I'm mustering up the nerve to go get them waxed, then I've heard it's easier to maintain by plucking once you've got the "major" stuff removed. Unfortunately I have the Brooke Shield type thick eyebrows, so I hope they have ALOT of wax!:D

[DarcyInOregon]

Jenn, I get myself done once a month at the beauty salon: hair, toenails, face and leg wax, and that includes waxing and shaping the brows. I don't get a manicure because I am always out in the garden, or playing with my pets and of course the bike grease, all of which is more important to me than pretty fingernails.

I love the leg wax because it makes wearing cycling shorts so much easier.

I am getting up the courage to start having my armpits waxed too because I will probably be wearing sleeveless jerseys a lot this summer.

Darcy

[Jenn]

Armpits!! You are a BRAVE woman, gosh I wish I had the guts to do that, that would be wonderful!! I'm also TRYING to build myself up to go get a pedicure...I have a foot issue.
Well, if you can handle all that waxing I SURELY can at LEAST get my eyebrows done, although, maybe all the hair is what is keeping the sweat out of my eyes....hahha:D

[SouthernBelle]

I wax my own brows and upper lip. First couple of times are a PITA. But you get used to it. If necessary, numb up with ice.

[Grog]

Unfortunately I have the Brooke Shield type thick eyebrows, so I hope they have ALOT of wax!:D

You know what, that's what I have and that's what they'll stay.

This is one of the things I won't bend into doing. I have had my legs waxed since I was a teenager (and regular bikini - no way I'm going brazilian, another thing I can't find a reason to do; I used to get my armpits done but they I got electrolysis and there's nearly nothing left but very little light hair), okay. But besides plucking out the random hair that grows on my nose bridge, I won't pluck them or get them waxed.

This is just a public service announcement reminding you that you don't have to do that. They probably look just fine the way they are. (Just like the rest of your body.)

[Jenn]

Awww, thank you Grog! Well, ironically I asked my mom where she gets her's waxed even though they are to thin and she uses a pencil they look nice. She said Jen, I don't get them done, they are just falling out....:rolleyes: So, maybe if I just wait long enough they'll start to thin on their own.:D

[wannaduacentury]

I sometimes get them waxed to get the shape I want, them keep them plucked. Easier and less painful that way. My eyes water too. Jenn

[northstar]

I've been plucking my eyebrows since college; want to try having them waxed someday when I have extra cash.

I swore I'd never do it (OUCH! the first few times I tried) but once I realized what a difference it made, I became a believer.

You get used to it. The pain is worth the gain in my case.

[LadyinWhite]

I used to get my lip and brows done at the salon. Then I discovered these pre waxed strips. I love them. Right after the shower when everything is soft. I take care of it all myself. I apply a high quality lotion (or a dab of neosporin) on the lip immediately after waxing and suffer no adverse effects. It barely even turns pink anymore.

Tip: Trim the strips carefully before applying to above or below brows. The good news is - if you forget, it'll grow back in no time! :eek:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I quit shaving and plucking years ago. DH likes my soft furry animalistic tufts!
Now that I am used to the look of soft natural human body hair, believe it or not when I see women with totally bald underarms and/or stubble legs it looks very peculiar and creepy to me. :rolleyes: I am so GLAD to not worry about all that stuff anymore and spend time on it.

[KnottedYet]

I trim my eyebrows with scissors. Comb against the grain very slowly, and snip all the hairs that stick up beyond the comb.

I have Andy Rooney eyebrows, very long and curly. I also have a bizarre twisted hairy scar in the center of one brow from a biking accident. I had them waxed once, but then realized that simply trimming them made them look just as neat and tidy. (and it's a whole lot cheaper and doesn't hurt my delicate skin)

I do have 3 or 4 persistant rebels that grow way outside the brows that I pluck.

I shave my upper lip, cuz dang it I have a moustache! I think getting that waxed would hurt me, too. My skin isn't very hearty.

[mountainchick]

I do both too...

But its very cheap at the military facilities..only like $10 to get the brows done. I do it once every few months then pluck until I get bored of plucking and forget about it then go back in to get them waxed.

[mimitabby]

There's no way i am pulling hairs out of my eyebrows! I have hardly enough as it is.
way back when my mother was concerned about these things, she used to lament my uncurved brows.. But now i wear them proudly, as my father had them, his father had them, and half a dozen Italian cousins have them too.

Ps Knot, we all have moustaches! we're mammals!

[KnottedYet]

Ps Knot, we all have moustaches! we're mammals!

My moustache is far more robust than my current lifestyle requires.

[singletrackmind]

Sometimes I waxes em, sometimes I plucks em, sometimes I leave them the heck alone!

I of the brooke brows as well, treat them according to mood, but I think I have a pretty high pain threshold. The hurt does ease up over time.

[bike4ever]

I've had my brows waxed for years. Brow growth is when I get my hair cut.

[snapdragen]

I always sucked at plucking my eyebrows. I've had them waxed a couple different times, but never kept it up. I've had my legs waxed too, I don't think either brows or legs hurt.

It's your choice whether you want to be a fur bearing woman or not - either way, it will grow back.;)

[salsabike]

My moustache is far more robust than my current lifestyle requires.

Knot, you are funny as hell! Thanks for making me laugh tonight.

[Pedal Wench]

Anyone ever try threading? I'm thinking about giving it a shot, since lately I've had a reaction to the wax.

[Jenn]

Anyone ever try threading? I'm thinking about giving it a shot, since lately I've had a reaction to the wax.


That sounds REALLY painful. I think I'd rather ride hills with a head wind of 30mph.:o
What is it?? Is it like sugaring?

[Zen]

Leave those eyebrows be. when you get to my age you're gonna miss 'em.:o

[Blueaegis]

I found waxing not as painful as the tweezer. It only takes 15 minutes and looks much better than when I torture myself!

[IFjane]

Leave those eyebrows be. when you get to my age you're gonna miss 'em.:o


How true!

I never wear makeup so I don't see the sense in plucking what little is left. Have short hair - wash & go style. I do shave my legs but that's it. Low maintenance....more time to ride!

[lph]

My moustache is far more robust than my current lifestyle requires.

Wonderful quote! :D

I used to be a militant non-shaver, non-waxer, then I found out how much my dh loved it when I shaved my legs (had to every now and then, to wear nylons). Hey - I like it when he's cleanshaven, he deserves some perks too :)

Get your minds out of the gutter, his cleanshaven *chin*.

I'll pluck my eyebrows a little when I feel like it, it doesn't hurt much, but I HATE plucking hair off my upper lip. It HURTS! Since having a child I still get dark skin patches on my upper lip so I look like I have a moustache anyway, so I try to remove hairs there so the effect isn't double. In summer the hairs are bleached white so happily they have the opposite effect :)

[SouthernBelle]

Plucking yer lip is much more painful than waxing. At least with waxing you get it over in one fell schwack!

[SalsaMTB]

I get my eyebrows plucked at a local place. I have very fair, sensitive skin and had a few times where the wax burned my brow. What's the point in having a nice looking brow with a burn mark?? They have seperate wax for sensitive skin, but I guess mine is really sensitive because it still burned. If you have sensitive skin, I would highly recommend finding a place that plucks them. They'll give you a nice shape that you can maintain yourself. I will never go back to wax after getting them professionally waxed!

[yogabear]

I get my eyebrows professionally waxed every 3-4 weeks. I've never done them myself because I think it's hard to get them looking symmetrical from eyebrow to eyebrow on your own--just IMHO...I'm crooked and lopsided LOL doing work like that :)

It doesn't really hurt. I'm sensitive and a big wimp, but I'm used to it know. I didn't start getting my done until I was 30 years old :)

Having a nice brow makes it easier for applying eyeshadow, etc. It really opens your eyes up and makes you look awake and fresh :)

[Kitsune06]

I effing hate my eyebrows. I can't 'shape' them because only the little bit closest to the middle is thick enough to be 'shapeable'... after that it's thin but spread out. I 'shape' it and it sort of disappears or looks crooked b/c of the permanent, natural part. Eww. But I have always tweezed them myself. Mom was a beautician in a former life and told me to warm things up and open the pores first with a hot, moist compress. It limits the amount of damage done when plucking. Then, one at a time and *with* the grain or you're going to raise h*ll some more.
A dab of alcohol (*YOW!*) after both tweezing and waxing will prevent infected pores and zits etc...) finish up with a non-greasy antiseptic or lotion like eucerin.

[Offthegrid]

I can't have my eyebrows waxed. I have a nasty, nasty reaction and am red for hours, after which I get a ton of white bumps everywhere. Sometimes I even get this reaction from plucking.

I want to do electrolysis someday, but it is expensive. *sigh*

[teigyr]

Wax here :D

OTG, if you really really wanted it, they have different types of wax and you might not react to a different one. I need to go, it's been since November! In fact today when I was riding, a guy accidently brandished a weed-whacker at me and I thought it was a personal statement.

I've pretty much waxed everything there is to wax at one point in my life. I get bored and, I don't know. I haven't done underarms but I hear it doesn't really hurt that much. For those who have trouble with the waxing hurting, go somewhere good and remember it's like wind or climbing hills, it ends and pretty darned quickly too :D

There was a woman that I used to work with that was of some middle-eastern descent. She had to wax her whole face!!! I don't think her forehead but her cheeks and stuff.

With eyebrows, I have found that I am not clever enough to make them even and symmetrical. Plus, I tend to find hairs that irk me so I start pulling and before I know it I have bald spots :o

[pepe6599]

I'm a plucker.. of eyebrows and armpits. I don't trust anyone to wax anything on my body.

[teigyr]

armpit plucking seems logistically awkward not to mention time consuming. All hairs? Or just pesky ingrown ones?

[annie]

Pluck the eyebrows. Shave any other unwanted hairy areas. Tho' I've noticed, as I age, that my hair grows less agressively. Yay! There needs to be some advantages to aging!

Annie

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I've pretty much waxed everything there is to wax at one point in my life. I get bored and, I don't know...

Come on over to my place and do my furniture! :)


Plucking armpits????? AGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[teigyr]

Lisa S.H. ----

shhhhhh, now we don't want DH to learn the true meaning of waxing, do we? I've been able to slide thus far and would hate to give up precious riding time for, ugh, housework!

[Susan Otcenas]

My mom plucked her eyebrows for years and year. She grew up in the late 50s and early 60s when they style was super thin eyebrows, much as it is now. Well, by the time she hit her late 40s, early 50s, she'd been plucking for so long that they hardly grew anymore, and she found herself using an eyebrow pencil to draw 'em back on.

A few years ago she tired of that, especially since brow pencil tends to smear when she sweats.

Soooo, she had new, perfectly shaped eyebrows tattooed on. And if you didn't know they were a tattoo, you would NOT even register that they weren't real. They're that good.

Susan

[Pedal Wench]

Threading!!!

So, I did it. Went to an Indian salon, and had my eyebrows threaded. It was a very different feeling than waxing or plucking. I thought it was less painful, but I've been waxing for a few years, so I'm desensitized to it. I usually get these itchy red bumps after waxing. This itched and was red for about two hours, but it's great now.

Susan -- I have permanent eyeliner. I love it. It's not too heavy at all, just makes it look like my eyelashes are thicker than they are.

If we keep plucking in a nice natural shape, will they eventually just stay that way?

[KnottedYet]

Pluck the eyebrows. Shave any other unwanted hairy areas. Tho' I've noticed, as I age, that my hair grows less agressively. Yay! There needs to be some advantages to aging!

Annie

I'm just the opposite! As I age my hair colonizes parts of my body where it DOESN'T BELONG!!! And it gets thicker and longer and curlier! Yet, the hair on my head is still baby fine and limp as a wet noodle.

Now, is that fair? :confused:

[kelownagirl]

I am so lucky. I have never had to pluck my eyebrows. I shave my pits about every 3-4 weeks (5-10 hairs each?). I shave my legs once a week in the summer and no more than once a month ni the winter. I am so not a hairy girl.

[RedCanny]

I can't have my eyebrows waxed. I have a nasty, nasty reaction and am red for hours, after which I get a ton of white bumps everywhere....

Just for "hours"? Lucky you. I get nasty red bumps for 5-6 days, after I get my brows waxed. I can't believe I went back not once, not twice, but three times (different salons) because they each said, "oh, we use a different wax, you'll be fine," or "just make sure to use this creme for several days afterwards." After each time my DH dropped his jaw in disbelief, his smart wife being so silly as to undergo this treatment multiple times in the name of a nice clean browline-which lasts about four weeks, before the blonde fuzzies blur it.

Someone recently gave me the number of a woman who does the "threading" method of cleaning up brows, but I haven't brought myself to do it; I can mostly manage with some tweezers. I may just try what my mom still does- she uses a small razor!

[Jenn]

Speaking of the razor, when we were stationed in Arkansas a girl I worked with showed me one. So, I wen't to walmart and bought one and tried to use it:eek: Besides my eyebrows looking like something a clown would wear, I ended up with all these cuts on my eyebrows that would sting like the ****ens when I washed my face. It looked my cat had gotten ahold of me. Needless to say, I never used it again.:rolleyes:

[run it, ride it]

oh, the horror stories! I too have the long curly brand of eyebrow, so I backcomb them and trim the excess with scissors. I pluck real careful to turn naturally lopsided catapillar-esque eyebrows into symmetrical archy ones.

I wax on occasion (upper lip as well), but I can get reaaaaally red and blotchy for a few days afterward, so it's kind of like russian roulette.

everything else I shave. usually leave a landing strip at the airport though just 'cause the regrowth tends to prick. Bikini Zone does wonders eliminating irritation--just wish it didn't have such a strong smell/taste to it! otherwise I'd use it on newly plucked eyebrows as well.

I'll probably head out for an eyebrow wax and a brazillian soon now that I can't use my dominant hand to shave/pluck (broken clavicle). I don't want a) bald spots on my brows or b) a razor massacre at my airport!

and I don't remove hair for anyone but me. I was shaving years before I ever had an intimate encounter. Sure, DSOs have appreciated it in the past, but I just like having nicely manicured grounds for me to enjoy! Like wearing nice underwear or getting tattoos or piercings where no one can normally see them --YOU know they're there and that's all that matters.

[BellaBeauty]

I use to get my fax waxed! Now I just stick to trimming and plucking! I have pretty good eyebrows, so I guess I lucked out! I do shave the rest of my body head to toe....feet...arms...fingers everything! I have blonde peach fuzz every where I hate it! If I could afford too, I might get my body waxed! Im obsessed!:rolleyes:

[teigyr]

Bella, do it sometime! Oh my gosh, it is amazing. Even though shaving works, waxing makes things (like arms) SO smooth! It's a vice with me and quite often I can't afford it but it is wonderful when I can.

[BellaBeauty]

Bella, do it sometime! Oh my gosh, it is amazing. Even though shaving works, waxing makes things (like arms) SO smooth! It's a vice with me and quite often I can't afford it but it is wonderful when I can.

hmm now that you mention it...Mothers Day is approaching...hmm? Do I hear a wax and spa visit from my fiance? Hehehe! :p

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Man! I sure am glad I don't do all this stuff!!! :eek: :eek: Where do you all even find the time to keep up with all the millions of hairs our bodies naturally have??!!!
I'm too scared to even ask what you do about nose, ears, and girly parts!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: I don't wanna KNOW!!!!! :eek:

[BellaBeauty]

Man! I sure am glad I don't do all this stuff!!! :eek: :eek: Where do you all even find the time to keep up with all the millions of hairs our bodies naturally have??!!!
I'm too scared to even ask what you do about nose, ears, and girly parts!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: I don't wanna KNOW!!!!! :eek:

lol shave shave shave and pluck a little! I have been shaving my entire body since 7th grade....Im practically a pro!:p

[teigyr]

As a matter of fact, I know a guy who got his nostrils waxed! Serious. Seems kind of iffy to me but they stuck a wax plug up there and yank hairs out. He told me about it which was probably a mistake because whenever I saw him, I thought of nostril waxing.

I haven't had the time lately. DH doesn't care either, he just wants me to be happy with whatever I do. It's nice for when I'm slothful and don't shave my legs until I have to! I haven't decided that being natural is right for me though boy it could cut down on shaving time :D

[Kitsune06]

everything else I shave. usually leave a landing strip at the airport though just 'cause the regrowth tends to prick. Bikini Zone does wonders eliminating irritation--just wish it didn't have such a strong smell/taste to it! otherwise I'd use it on newly plucked eyebrows as well.

I'll probably head out for an eyebrow wax and a brazillian soon now that I can't use my dominant hand to shave/pluck (broken clavicle). I don't want a) bald spots on my brows or b) a razor massacre at my airport!

and I don't remove hair for anyone but me. I was shaving years before I ever had an intimate encounter. Sure, DSOs have appreciated it in the past, but I just like having nicely manicured grounds for me to enjoy! Like wearing nice underwear or getting tattoos or piercings where no one can normally see them --YOU know they're there and that's all that matters.

RR, With this post, you have officially won both my respect and total agreement.
I shave for me, but while there's a landing strip at the airport, the grounds keeper lets things go a bit for the cycling season. She hasn't heard about Bikini Zone but it might be a good thing to try. The landing strip doesn't need accent lights!:eek:
It's nice to have piercings where no one can normally see them 'for yourself' but it does actually make it harder to retire them when 'it's time'. There was a steel structural disaster at the airport this morning on the way in to work. Things may need renovations and retirement. :eek: :(

Lisa- To each her own... where do you find time to wrap/twine/shellac your handlebars? "Your body may be a temple, but mine is an amusement park!" my manicured grounds are a courtesy to park-goers, assuming they return in kind. :D

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa- To each her own... where do you find time to wrap/twine/shellac your handlebars? "Your body may be a temple, but mine is an amusement park!" my manicured grounds are a courtesy to park-goers, assuming they return in kind. :D

Well, I wouldn't wrap/twine/shellac my handelbars every month, that's for sure! :cool:
"Manicured" doesn't necessarily mean mowed. ;) DH and I prefer sweet wildfower meadows to golf courses, but you're right, to each their own. :)

(all this "landing strip" talk has me envisioning skid marks on asphalt!) :eek: :eek:

[Kitsune06]

...I think skidmarks are to be avoided. :p

Routines are routines. I can't imagine shaving *everything* but I shave my armpits and airport, and legs, too. It's like brushing and flossing... just becomes rote and depends on one's own personal perceptions of beauty. all-gone strikes me as prepubescent, but I've been known to 'go there' if there's a landing strip disaster and it needs to be repaved :eek: or if the groundskeeper prefers an upside down triangle (har har) I do it for myself, but honestly... to keep things clean like that prevents friction burns of all sorts and shedding hairs in an unbecoming and- ahem- inopportune, unromantic way.

Yes. I am highly opinionated...
No, I don't dye things down there anymore. see? I can give up *some* of the unnecessary preening!

[FreshNewbie]

Kitsune, you might want to also try Tend Skin, google it. It's a great solution, although it does have a little weird smell but nothing that bad. Don't know about taste, never tried to drink it :rolleyes: It gets rid of all ingrown hair and all bumps and heals cuts. I tried both bikini zon and tend skin and tend skin wins. I don't advertise for this product so that you know :D just happened to use it.

[Kitsune06]

Don't know about taste, never tried to drink it :rolleyes:

*writes on the TE chalkboard*
"I will not go there, I will not go there, I will not go there..."

:rolleyes: :D :p

Thanks for the suggestion. It might well save my bits while I'm bike commuting!

[FreshNewbie]

you are welcome :D

[KnottedYet]

I'm too scared to even ask what you do about nose, ears, and girly parts!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: I don't wanna KNOW!!!!! :eek:


I have Andy Rooney nostril hairs, too. Honest, they grow OUT of my nose, curl around the septum, and enter the OTHER nostril! It looks like I'm wearing a bull-ring thru my nose.

I cut those puppies right off. Besides, they tickle and itch and make me rub at my nose constantly.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I have Andy Rooney nostril hairs, too. Honest, they grow OUT of my nose, curl around the septum, and enter the OTHER nostril! It looks like I'm wearing a bull-ring thru my nose.

I cut those puppies right off. Besides, they tickle and itch and make me rub at my nose constantly.

Hey, well look on the bright side- at least you don't have ear hairs that grow out of one ear, curl across your face, and enter the OTHER ear! :eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D
Hmmm...though it might be useful for hanging socks out to dry.... :rolleyes:

[Blueaegis]

Has anyone tried laser hair removal?

[Melstar]

If you pull it really fast it doesn't hurt so much.

[uforgot]

I took care of my left eyebrow Sunday when I was on my riding lawnmower and tried to mow under my oak tree with the low limbs. One snapped back. I don't have to worry about waxing under that brow until it heals, and I have a natural eyeliner and shadow that perfectly matches Bare Escentuals Opera. Of course the color extends under my eye too.

When I don't have a "black eye" I wax my brows at the salon. Something so great about just laying back and letting someone else do it...but, I barely feel it, either. If it hurt, I would probably find another way.

[bikerHen]

Has anyone tried laser hair removal?

I'm currently having my pits and bikini line lasered. I'm about halfway through the treatments and I like it a lot. A little pricey but I was able to get a half off deal at christmas time. I don't think it hurts to bad, and it only takes a minute to do each pit and slightly longer for the bikini line.

I've been having electrolysis done on my (brooke) brows for years. I think electrolysis hurts like heck which is why I switched to the laser. If they ever have a half off deal on the upper lip I'll laser that too. Don't you just love that old lady facial hair growth. :eek: bikerHen

[SouthernBelle]

I tried electrolysis several years ago. It hurts and left a small scar on my lip which took years to fade.

[Blueaegis]

They told me it would take 6 treatments for the Laser Hair Removal. I didn't see much progress after the first treatment. I hope it improves.