Nearly eight weeks into lockdown and with many more likely to go until services like salons and beauticians can open again for business, it’s not sure our roots that are starting to show.
While our hair is crying out for some professional attention and not another lockdown trim, so too are our thoroughly neglected brows that fear another attempt with the tweezers.
Social distancing from the professionals that kept bushy brows at bay is taking its toll as once tamed eyebrows are now growing wild.
But, fear not, help is at hand and we have the advice you need to hear from brows gurus if you’re considering trying to wax or thread your eyebrows at home during lockdown.
Can you thread or wax your own eyebrows at home?
The first thing that leading microblading specialist Liarna Jessica wants you to think about if you’re considering threading or waxing your eyebrows at home is if you really, really need to do it:
‘The best brow maintenance advice I can give you is to try your best to leave your brows alone and let them grow whilst you’re at home. This will ensure that your brows are in the best condition for your brow stylist when the time is right to see them,’ she advises.
‘Purchase a good brow conditioning serum and apply it regularly following the manufacturer’s instructions.’
However, if you’re desperate to try and tame your brows, the specialist advises that you try with tweezers first and foremost and only use wax if you’re confident in what you’re doing.
‘If you have very full brows already and are really struggling with the growth, my advice would be use a good pair of tweezers to pluck the stray hairs outside the main area of the brows. Ensure that you clasp the hairs one by one as close to the root as possible to avoid breaking the hairs and pull in the direction of the growth. If you’re confident with brow waxing, use wax instead and follow the manufacturer’s instructions.’
Liarna adds: ‘Avoid overplucking the eyebrows at all costs, this could reduce brow growth in the longer term. Your aim is to only remove hairs that are outside of the main body of the brow.’
Zainab Siddiq at Ministry of Waxing also agrees that waxing should only be tried at home if you feel confident in what you are doing and adds that when it comes to threading, it’s best left to a professional: ‘Threading is usually done by a skilled expert, however it can be done at home but is only recommended to do on areas other than your eyebrows as you won’t be able to stretch and thread all at the same time by yourself.’
How to wax your own eyebrows at home
If you are looking to pluck, wax or tend to your brows in anyway, permanent makeup artist and brow expert Tracie Giles has some top tips on how to find the perfect shape for your brows:
‘The first step to creating perfect brows at home is properly measuring them. There are lots of different methods for measuring your brows but the easiest way is using your eyebrow pencil.’
- Take your eyebrow pencil and place it vertically up from the inner corner of your eye to your eyebrow – this will be where your eyebrow should start.
- Then place your eyebrow pencil diagonally from the corner of your nose to just outside your iris – this is where your eyebrow arch should be.
- Finally place your eyebrow pencil from the corner of your nose diagonally to the outer corner of your eye – this is where the eyebrow tail should end.
She adds: ‘Once you have the perfect shape mapped out you need to remove any hairs that sit outside of this shape.’
If you are considering shaping your brows using wax, hair removal product brand Nuthing have shared the following tips for waxing eyebrows at home:
- Before waxing, make sure the skin is clean and free from creams, oils and other products
- It’s best not to wax directly after a bath or shower as it can cause bruising
- Always check the temperature on the inside of the wrist to make sure wax is not too hot
- Apply the wax in the same direction that the hair grows
- When pulling off the hardened wax, make sure to use one hand to pull the skin taut and using the other hand remove the wax strip in the opposite direction to the hair growth
- When using wax on sensitive areas, e.g. face, do not wax the same area more than twice during a session to avoid irritating the skin
- Never remove excess wax with water soap or alcohol, use a soothing post-waxing wipe or cotton wool soaked in oil.
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