Eyebrow Tweezing vs. Waxing

Series Summary

Did you know ancient Egyptians practiced depilating (shaving or cutting off the hair at the skin) their entire bodies in attempts to prevent infestations of lice and fleas? Requirements for shaving or cutting the hair are part of many religious and cultural traditions. In America and the West, deliberate hair removal has become more common for aesthetic, sexual or political reasons. Shaping eyebrows is not a new practice, but has surely become more widespread in North America and Europe in recent decades. Females, especially, are expected to shape their eyebrows into lines or arches, gracefully crafting the hairs to appear more attractive to the male gaze.

In this free video series, our expert will show you how to wax your eyebrows. This somewhat painful experience is practiced by many women in Western countries and is a generally accepted practice. Learn about the tools and supplies you will need to wax your eyebrows and how to melt the wax. You will also learn how to measure the eyebrows for shaping and how to apply two different kinds of wax. Once you've finished your eyebrow waxing, you will also learn how to tweeze any stray hairs and apply concealer to cover redness. If you are interested in waxing your eyebrows, let our expert show you everything you need to know for beautifully shaped eyebrows.

Video Transcript

"So you've decided you want to arch your eyebrows? You have to decide if you want to tweeze or if you want to wax. If you want to tweeze obviously all you need is tweezers and a mirror. If you have a high pain tolerance and you're going t sit there and tweeze one hair at a time, then tweezing will be fine. If you just have a few stragglers, just cleaning up a few loose hairs there, a few hairs that are out of place, tweezers will be fine. If you want to just do this once every once a week or once every two weeks depending on how fast your hair grows then maybe you want to wax. If you're going to wax there's a pretty significant amount of product to purchase. So do you want to just use tweezers and a mirror or do you want to purchase the products to, to start with waxing? You have to make that decision and once you've made that decision then you're ready to start arching your eyebrows and we'll get into the following steps and move forward with giving you beautiful arched eyebrows. "