A better day for tweezing and plucking!
Ok, I am going to try this again today and hope that the technology gods are on my side. :)
If you don’t want to shave all your hirsuteness away, what else can you do? For small areas, such as your eyebrows, where you would like precise hair removal, and no stubble, you can tweeze. I showed you Elke and Julie’s awesome video a week or two ago where she covers all of the important things you need to know about tweezing your eyebrows - shaping them, and specific tweezer usage tips that will help more effectively and less painfully remove those little hairs. My tweezing confession is this - I hate cheap tweezers (and hair products, but that is another post). I am a real snob about them. I have tried cheap tweezers and they just don’t work, or they don’t work for long. Two bucks for a set of tweezers *sounds* good, but it isn’t. Ever. I don’t like Revlon, L’Oreal or any of the other drugstore varieties, and I have tried them all at one point or another (when I have lost my good ones and was desperate and poor). You will buy 100 sets of cheap tweezers and your $40 tweezers will still out last them. You need good, precision tweezers.
My current favorite tweezer is made by Rubis - a Swiss brand that is very well known but not as mainstream as, say, Tweezerman (which makes a good tweezer too, but choose the upper price point tweezers). On top of being very precise and longlasting, they come in a huge array of colors and styles. For general tweezing, I personally much prefer a flat or angled tip, rather than a pointed tip- but I will probably invest in a pointed tip soon, they come in very handy sometimes. Rubis also manufactures Bobbi Brown’s tweezers. Pictured above (and linked to Amazon.com) is the tweezer I use and love, by Rubis, and it is available at Amazon.com for $34.95. A good price. Trust me on this.
Do you tweeze any other body parts besides your eyebrows? Tell me about it, I would love to hear. ;)
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4 opinions for A better day for tweezing and plucking!
renee
Apr 28, 2006 at 8:44 am
i really liked that video about the eyebrows- who knew there were 2 more ‘lines’ to rule out for your eyebrows??
xoxox renee
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Christina Jones
Apr 28, 2006 at 9:16 am
I totally agree Renee - I didnt think there was anymore to be learned about eyebrow plucking, but I was wrong. Elke is gooooood. :)
Gail Ables
Apr 28, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Elke’s video also inspired me to take another look at the shape of my brows. I actually brought a hand mirror and an eye pencil and ruler in here by my computer to mark the lines!
Regarding your question about other areas we tweeze…now I’m not mentioning any names, but a good (ahem) “friend” of mine tweezes long dark hairs that grow on her belly between her navel and the black forest. Shaving made the growth thicker and darker and I’m not, uh, I mean SHE’s not into waxing. Tweezing seems to last longer and has reduced the coarseness of that hair. I also pluck a few strays on my chin, only telling you cuz you really wanted to know…lol.
I’m looking forward to advice on how to best deal with mustachular hirsuteness.
Gail Ables
Apr 28, 2006 at 5:03 pm
BTW- my cheap tweezers work great! I’ve had them longer than my Personal Touch razor. They are angled and say LaCrosse on them.
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