I Got My Eyebrows Threaded and Love It

I have a love/hate relationship with my eyebrows. I love that they’re prominent, but I don’t the love the fact that they’re pretty high maintainance. Typically, I wax them about once a month and do some upkeep with an eyebrow razor and a pair of tweezers. Since my dad blessed me with his caveman eyebrows (see left pic–monobrow ahoy), I probably should have them waxed twice a month. However, I’m cheap and short on time, so I’ve just been doing them at home.

I’ve read in the past about how amazing eyebrow threading was and when Miracle Eyebrows opened up in the Charleston Town Center I finally decided it was time to experience threading for myself.

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that eyebrow waxing hurts. For me, the pain from waxing was tolerable, it was the fact I’d been getting burned from too hot wax, or having wax-related breakouts. With threading, I’d read that some people says it doesn’t hurt while others said it was more painful than waxing and tweezing put together. I decided it probably wouldn’t hurt anymore than waxing, so I went last Friday to have my eyebrows threaded.

It took less than ten minutes to have my brows done, and I’m ridiculously happy with the results, as you can see on the right. I didn’t get a chance to tell the woman how I wanted my brows done, but she got them precisely how I wanted them shaped.

Okay, now about the pain: It did hurt, but no more than waxing. The part that really hurt was when she was shaping the arch underneath my brow bone. It also hurt worse on the left brow as compared to the right brow. Surprisingly, the bit between my eyebrows and the tops of the brows really didn’t hurt at all. It felt weird but it was fairly painless. The best way I can describe the pain is it’s like having five hairs plucked at the same time by five tweezers.

The aftermath of threading is much better than waxing. Waxing will leave the skin red and raw feeling. There was a bit of redness with threading but it appeared to disappear before I left the salon. I also haven’t had any breakouts, no worries about burns, and no dealing with getting wax out of my eyebrows afterwards.

The cost is also nice: $12, as compared to the $20-ish to have waxing done elsewhere.

I’m in love with the results and I’m going to keep going back. I’m now a threading convert.

If you go:
Miracle Eyebrows is on the second level of the Charleston Town Center. It’s located across from the AT&T store and the Lee St. entrance. You don’t have to make an appointment but you may want to call ahead to see if they’re busy: 304-346-6789. I heavily advise not wearing mascara or other makeup, you’ll tear up and nobody wants racoon eyes.