teenage eyebrows...waxing, plucking or threading?

[fourkids]

DD (age 12) has decided to have her eyebrows done...but I can't decide the best way to do it...except that it has to be done by a professional because I am rubbish!

I have booked her in for waxing, but wondered if threading is less painful? Thought plucking might not be best as even though it may hurt less it takes longer? I am happy for her to get them done - but don't want it to be so painful that she's put off forever! TBH she's really not into grooming generally so this is a bit of a surprise and may be the only thing she ever bothers with!!

I thought those with older teenagers might be able to advise please?

so waxing best bet? I've never tried threading...don't know why I thought it would hurt less really...

go for the professional wax.

What is threading, I generally have them waxed but have always been intrigues by "threading"

i have this at the mo with my 12 year old...
maybe it is something at school... i havhe managed to put her off it at the moment... but will prob go for waxing when she asks again....

never pluck, the best advice my mum ever gave me which i wish to god i had taken.

threading is flipping marvellous, great results, i have an indian lady who takes about 5 mins if that, is slightly eye watering though! i dig my nails into my own fingers to try distract myself!

Threading - they get a long piece of cotton thread, twist it over on itself, and then with thumb and finger through the loop make the loop bigger and smaller so that the twists rotate. Gets even teeny thin hairs out and very precise.

I like it because it seems to last longer and it doesn't irritate your skin like waxing does.

I don't think it's that bad, and I have my lip done too

okay you've all managed to dissuade me from exploring the threading option!

cheekysealion, but I have to say: 'you've got swimming tomorrow, why don't you shave under your arms maybe?' every week...I don't want her to get teased and 'have you put deoderant on?' and 'your clothes are inside out/back to front/clashing! It's only the eyebrows...

i hear my dd talking about monobrows a lot

yes i also have to remind about deodrant etc..

It feels like such a mix up...a little girl who needs reminding to use deoderant and to change her clothes, and plays children's games with her younger sisters, yet a growing up young lady who needs deoderant, and will, undeniably, look prettier with her eyebrows done and who suffers from spots and will one day start thinking about boys in a way which I will find disturbing!!

It makes me a bit sad

i agree it is sad...

the eyebrows worried me with the idea that once we start we will have to carry on with it...

Also it will be an end to me having mine waxed as wont be able to afford both of us

why is waxing/threading better than plucking? i thought they would be along the same lines

Well tbh I don't know what's better! But I haven't had my eyebrows plucked for what seems like decades - except when I get the stray ones between waxing!

I particularly wasn't sure about this because when the beautician plucks the odd one it seems fairly painless, while the waxing hurts (although I am a bit odd and find the pain a bit relaxing ) but obviously the waxing pain lasts just a fraction of a second while plucking would surely take several minutes?

tell me what to do?

i wasnt sure whether there was more to it than just the difference in pain..

i really dont know what to advise i imagine taking dd and them doing one eyebrow she finds the pain to unbearable and doesnt let them do the other one

Meanwhile my ds is examining his armpits and upper lip in the hall mirror daily atm and is desperate to be hairy!!!!!!!

body hair is a curse

Please tell your 12 year old DD that natural eyebrows are so, so much prettier

You could take her for an underarm waxing treatment however and a facial...

There is a new product I think, called magic wand or something, which you can get in boots. obviously a hair removal potion of some sort, so always do a patch test, but apparently you can be quite accurate with it. I'm considering it because threading makes me cry so much, despite the totally lovely result.

I am agreeing with anna shoot me quick!

Worldsworstmummy, if you are planning to be a human MN guinea pig, could you come back and let us know the reults?

BonsoirAnna, underarm waxing is possibly the most painful thing that has ever happened to me!
And, sadly really, if you aren't blessed with nice shapely eyebrows, I think that having them done might be the single thing that can make one look prettier I have happily however agreed that her friends who already go the trouble of shaving their legs and applying make-up to their lovely growing-up-girl faces when they could be bouncing on the trampoline instead are trying a bit too hard to be a bit too grown up a bit too soon! But as I encourage her to try and prevent spots I feel I have to agree to help her look her best re eyebrows...

Threading doesn't hurt! If done by a good asian beautician that is and generally it'll be cheaper done by one of them too.

I used to pay £3 to have my eyebrows done in London before I moved away at Christmas.

They want £10 in Debenhams for threading, robbers!

It's a lot cleaner and more gentle than waxing.

will do fourkids, might be a couple of weeks as has brows tortured threaded last week...ouch. all my own fault though, as had left them grow into a camoflage style forest...

ah, thank you Worldsworstmummy. I'm going to put a watch on this thread in case you come back and tell us some good news

threading, preferably done professionally. hurts, a lot, especially the first time. but, better for your skin.