Ladies - anyone wax their own eyebrows?

[bas71873]

I'm tired of paying to have mine touched up once a month and after really paying attention the last few times, I''m pretty sure I can maintain them all by myself. Any really good products out there I should look for?

 

[snarlingcoyote]

I use the scissor type tweezers for eyebrow maintenance. Less "oops" possibility. And it really doesn't hurt that much once you're used to it.

 

[ms.yt]

I hate going having to go to the salon to get my brows waxed, so a couple of years ago I asked for a home kit for Christmas. My MIL got me the same one that the salons use and a bunch of extras with it. The only problem is that I make such a mess whenever I use it. I don't use it a lot because of this problem, but I still do if I just can't squeeze in the time to get to the salon and my brows are out of control.

 

[LoraJ]

I use Ardell cold wax brow shapers. They aren't perfect, but they are pretty easy to use.

 

[Buckalew11]

Look up Sphora and Bliss has a new microwable wax. It has been around for a long time but it was microwable. I love that wax!

 

[kwelch10377]

I use Sally Hansen pre-waxed strips. I have been using them for years and they work great. The only thing is I have to cut the smallest size strip in the box even smaller becuase they a bit too big.

 

[englishteacha]

I get mine waxed once in a while, then maintain with good tweezers. I went more than 2 years and it's not hard to do yourself. You just need a good mirror and good tweezers. I also pull 'em when I see 'em, so I don't have a lot of agony from plucking 100 hairs!

 

[bas71873]

I get mine waxed once in a while, then maintain with good tweezers. I went more than 2 years and it's not hard to do yourself. You just need a good mirror and good tweezers. I also pull 'em when I see 'em, so I don't have a lot of agony from plucking 100 hairs!

I'm pretty good at maintaining them with tweezing, but I just LOVE the way they look after a fresh wax

 

[bas71873]

Thanks ladies. I'm going to check out some of these products!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

i have a waxing kit that I bought==you microwave the container to melt the wax and there is a little spatula to apply it (though mine is misplaced--last waxed when I went in for my version and induction for the baby--came home and I can't find my waxing tools!!!).

The wax hardens and then you just pull it off. I'm still fine tuning the shapes of my brow--but I am totally fine with the product and the results if it means saving a mint on waxing at a salon. I think my kit is Sally Hanson--but I've got a sleeping baby on a boppy on my lap and am unable to go and check.

I prefer the waxing to tweezing as I can suffer the pain of multiple hairs at once instead of one hair at a time. And if I misplace some wax in a spot that I did not mean to, I have learned how to get the wax off without pulling any hairs--but that only works for a stray drop of wax. I haven't purposes to try with a big splat of wax.

 

[busyshrew]

Our local drugstores carry a brand of microwavable wax called Parissa. You buy a little pot of wax and it comes with fabric to cut into strips and a nice little bottle of oil to remove the excess wax. I've used it before and quite like it.

I would recommend getting a bit of plain muslin and cutting your own (real) fabric strips if you have the time and really want better control. The fabric that comes with the kit is a bit weird. It's really stiff and seems almost like dryer sheets in texture. It's okay for using on the upper lip (where you don't worry about being too precise), but not so good for the eyebrows.

Oh, and I always always use Tweezermans.

Good luck!

 

[design_mom]

i have a waxing kit that I bought==you microwave the container to melt the wax and there is a little spatula to apply it (though mine is misplaced--last waxed when I went in for my version and induction for the baby--came home and I can't find my waxing tools!!!).

The wax hardens and then you just pull it off. I'm still fine tuning the shapes of my brow--but I am totally fine with the product and the results if it means saving a mint on waxing at a salon. I think my kit is Sally Hanson--but I've got a sleeping baby on a boppy on my lap and am unable to go and check.

I have the same stuff and it works fine for me, too. I have only had mine waxed in a salon once. (It was nice to have someone else do it... but for the savings, I'll do it myself.) My 9 year old son saw me putting the wax on once and asked me what I was doing. He didn't believe me when I told him.

 

[Lintasare]

I use Nair wax strips. The box comes with large and small strips and I just cut to fit. It works very well and it's cheaper, at least where I live, than other waxes. I buy it at Target.

I don't like microwave waxes because it is too to make it too hot and you could burn yourself. I gave myself second degree, bordering on third degree burns once with microwavable wax.

 

[charming23]

I use Sally Hansen pre-waxed strips. I have been using them for years and they work great. The only thing is I have to cut the smallest size strip in the box even smaller becuase they a bit too big.

I use these as well. I find them easy to use and they really do work.

 

[Gigi22]

I tweeze stray hairs when I see them. My beautician waxes my eyebrows when I remember to ask. Fortunately, I seem to have fewer stray dark hairs in my browline these days.