My eyebrows are really thick and ugly and I was planning to start tweezing and waxing their shape in when I start high school (I'm already tweezing the unibrow area and trimming the edges where hairs poke out) but should I start earlier? I don't want my friends to notice huge chages, so I think I'll do it gradually, but then they still notice and make comments. What should I do?!?!?!
2006-07-20 11:32:31 · 15 answers · asked by Grace 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
Don't worry if they notice....you'll probably start a new trend with your friends.
Here’s some info on plucking your eyebrows. Before starting, put ice on your eyebrows for about 3-5 minutes….this will help with pain. Good luck!! =)
(Perfect eyebrows) http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p3355.htm
(Shaping eyebrows) http://beauty.ivillage.com/makeup/makeupartist/0,,n4bt,00.html?par=msn|beauty|hyper&iv_cobrandRef=msnwomen
(P.S. Here’s a poem for ya about plucking your eyebrows. I wrote this myself after a major catastrophe…the first time I ever plucked. Hope you get a kick out of it!!)
The Unibrow:
The unibrow is an ugly sight;
So I freeze and tweeze to make it right.
My eyes water as pain shoots through my face;
yet, I keep plucking….the hairs must be erased!!
Then….oooh….sh*t….I pulled out TOO MUCH!!!
There’s a bald patch in the right one, where I messed it all up!!
I curse and I scream and I begin to cry!
Why must they be bushy?? Why?? Oh WHY??
2006-07-23 01:57:01 · answer #1 · answered by berkeleygirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem! I have such thick eyebrows and went through all of high school with them. I didn't decide to tweeze them until the last half of my senior year and I wish I had done it sooner. It really opened up my face and I looked so much better. I got so many compliments after....most people didn't even realize I had only tweezed my eyebrows. After that, I started waxing and it really helped slow down the growth of the hair. I had so much more confidence after, even though it was such a small thing. I think that if your eyebrows bother you as much as they bothered me, you should go ahead and tweeze them. Don't bother with the gradual but don't go overboard either. You'll get attention from your friends for about a week and then it will die down. If they are really bad with the comments and make fun of you, then they are not good friends. Don't worry though...you'll make a lot more friends in high school.
Good luck!
2006-07-20 11:44:49 · answer #2 · answered by Pumpkin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost every woman waxes her eyebrows, and if your friends don't do it already, they probably soon will. So don't be afraid to do your eyebrows cause you're worried about what others think. If you want to wax or tweeze them, go ahead. To be honest, your friends will probably be jealous!
Just make sure you go to a professional so that they can shape your eyebrows properly. The last thing you need is a hack job that takes months to fix.
Just out of curiosity, you aren't in high school yet? Just how young are you? Maybe you should ask your mom before you do this.
2006-07-20 11:38:44 · answer #3 · answered by sweets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a salon that does waxing, not a hair salon that does them on the side, and get them to shape them for you. It usually costs $10-15 and they will know how to shape them so look good and you can ask them to do it gradually so it isn't very noticeable. It well worth it and it really doesn't hurt. Well, maybe for a few minutes it will sting, but after a while, you won't have to do it anymore and you can pluck them at home to keep it up.
2006-07-20 11:39:59 · answer #4 · answered by brittme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need to pluck your eyebrows to be... anything.
BUT, in this period, everyone seems to think that removing hair etc. and making your body unatural IS natural. If you don't have someone close that supports this, i totally get getting... sucked in I guess?
Anyway, if you really want to, chill out. Chances are a comment about your eyebrows isn't gonna ruin your realationship. :) You shouldn't have to hide anything, especially eyebrow plucking, from your friends. :) Good luck.
PS, I was just reading the other answers and do NOT go to a professional! Even if they are a little uneven (you'll get better in time), and even if someone did notice it (they won't! look at yourself in a mirror 5 feet away. do you really think anyone would?), who cares? it'll take them all of a week to grow back, anyway. don't waste money like that. :)
2006-07-20 11:48:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gradually get rid of it bit by bit. it would have been better if youd done it right after it grew.it is summer and people change a lot during now. so it wouldnt be bad to wax and stuff. you dont have to make ur eyebrows super small tho. just do it till its not too much.sometimes people dont realize how ppls eyebrows change so it doesnt matter. and those ppl are ur friends making comments so it doesnt matter as much. maybe u should shape ur brows so they dont just thinner.
2006-07-20 11:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by heyitspreeti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine were really bad too and i went and got an eyebrow wax and people only made positive comments and the day after, i went to school and a guy i had been crushing on for a really long time asked me out. it doesn't hurt that much and after you get it over with, you feel so pretty.
2006-07-20 11:37:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a professional to have them shaped and go back every week and a half or so to have them re-done. Trust me, if you tweeze them yourself, they might be uneven. That will give people more of a reason to pick on you! Change is good. Don't be afraid of it!
2006-07-20 11:36:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a professional to get them waxed. then keep up their shape with tweezers and every 2 weeks or so go back to get them waxed again. and dont worry about your friends, when i first got mine waxed my friends noticed but their comments were about how much better it looked! and then after the first time they forgot about it.
2006-07-20 11:40:32 · answer #9 · answered by Maddie G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just go to a salon and get them waxed and shaped, who cares what they say. I'm sure they'll notice but they probably wont make fun of you.. they'll probably think you look great
2006-07-20 11:36:27 · answer #10 · answered by C-Baby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋