Eyebrow Waxing ? for the Ladies

[tiredofphilly11]

HELP!!! I just got my eyebrows waxed during lunch and while they look good my skin is SO RED!!!! im hiding in my cubicle cuz im so embarrassed! i am fair skinned and this is the first time ive gotten waxed. how long till this goes away???

[biodork]

Depends on your skin. For me, I'm usually red all day after the wax and then the next day I'm still pink. I have really fair, sensitive skin.

[katip]

It usually goes away after a few hours for me.

Ice might help? Or just make it more red... Or foundation/cover stick. Unfortunately, I think you're going to have to wait this one out.

[biodork]

Yeah I should add that my skin is so sensitive that I'm still red like I mentioned even though they use this special sensitive wax thats for waxing facial hair. (It's pink).

[MetFanL]

Get yourself an ice pack.

[embrassezla]

you could buy some after-wax soothing cream...avon makes one that i use. or just use a calming toner afterwards.

[Ali]

I have sensitive skin and my eyebrows would get red and puffy when I waxed. I'd say ice pack and not to wax anymore. I just stick to tweezing. But if you want someone else to do it, I'd suggest getting them threaded.

[lorion11]

I'm pretty fair skinned and I only get a bit pink, but thats usually just for that day.

I would have to agree that cold ice may help.

[Chameleon]

I've never heard of threading before, sounds interesting. I almost cried when a beautician tweezed my eyebrows, I'm never doing that agian if I can help it.

tired, you could tell people you hit your head against something, though I'm not sure how extensive the redness is.

[Bugsey34]

Usually a few hours or so for me.

[Skyblade]

I have never waxed or tweezed my eyebrows, I wonder if that makes me weird. Its not like I have a unibrow or anything.

[biodork]

I have never waxed or tweezed my eyebrows, I wonder if that makes me weird. Its not like I have a unibrow or anything.
You are lucky! Cuz I'd definitely have a unibrow if I didn't wax... :eek:

[Cole]

what the hell is threading? I tweeze, I've never tried waxing...

Since the puffiness and redness are from an inflammation, ice/cold should help reduce that.

[Skyblade]

You are lucky! Cuz I'd definitely have a unibrow if I didn't wax... :eek:

Yeah, I asked my bf what he thought and said I'd look weird if I tweezed them and he likes them the way they are. I do remember one of my friends telling me that I should tweeze, but she is a particularly hairy girl so maybe thats why she thinks everyone needs to tweeze.

[mijois]

You are ssooo brave... I have never tried it... but I would never try it on my lunch break for the first time... they might have really screwed you up... but they didn't ... so that's good. Sorry I can't offer any advice... but something tells me you will just have to wait it out.

[Ali]

Threading is like when they take a long string, put on end in their mouth, twist it, place it on the area where hairs are to be removed and pull. Sorry that was a pretty crappy description. It's hard to describe. It's like tweezing with a string but pulling several hairs in one swipe. You can find people to do it in an Indian beauty salon, or I've gone to a Persian one before. Google it? :)

[biodork]

Yeah, I asked my bf what he thought and said I'd look weird if I tweezed them and he likes them the way they are. I do remember one of my friends telling me that I should tweeze, but she is a particularly hairy girl so maybe thats why she thinks everyone needs to tweeze.
It's been a trend lately for people to over-tweeze their eyebrows so they have like nothing. It's better to have two full eyebrows! :)

[wordsmith]

I've also never waxed or tweezed or threaded. I'm not generally especially hairy, and my hair is very light-colored naturally. I'm also lucky, b/c I've always been told my brows have a good natural shape. I understand the need to clean up stray hairs, but I'm not a fan of the overtweezed, sparse, pencil-y brow look.

[ebruening]

I have never waxed or tweezed my eyebrows, I wonder if that makes me weird. Its not like I have a unibrow or anything.

Skyblade, I don't either. I don't think I'm weird, but I have very light, thin eyebrows anyway. I have no interest in altering my eyebrows, either. Waxing and tweezing both sound painful.

[RudeGirl]

I pluck about twice a week. I'm not one for body-hair removal, but I'm Italian, so my eyebrows in their natural state are completely out of control. I look like a beast!

And sadly, I inherited the fair coloring from the Northern Italian side, so I get very red and irritated after plucking. What helps me is doing it right after a shower, because my pores are open and the process is easier and virtually painless.

[Ali]

I used to tweeze pencil-thin in high school until my sister told me that if I overplucked, some of the hairs might not grow back and I'd have that shape forever. Now, I go for more natural....but in my case being half Indian and half Italian (pretty hairy) the "natural" look is a lot of work!

[DanielleNYC]

threading is the way to go......i will never wax again

[ebruening]

Hm...reading about your ancestry makes me glad I'm German-Irish. I have very fair, minimal body hair. However, I have lots of fine, naturally blonde head hair. I think I inherited the amount from my father, who's 100% German, and has fabulous nearly-black hair, whereas I got my coloring from my mother, who has very pale hair, and is generally light-complected. If I ever were to have sons, they'd never have to worry about losing their hair, at least if the "baldness comes from the mother's father" stories are true.

[wordsmith]

Yup, same, here. Same heritage, same paleness, same lack of dark body or facial hair.