Threading!!

[Victorialyce]

Hey guys just wanted to know what your thoughts were on threading? i was told about it during my beauty therapy training but never did it. I looked it up on youtube and it looks very difficult, although there was a way you could do it where you put the string in a loop then twist and then pull pull pull and i tried it and it's quite easy . Is threading used just to clean up? i head you dont use it to shape or anything, is that true? is threading popular in the uk? it's not too popular in Australia. xxx

 

[brookeast2]

Hi there,

Threading is used to give a move defined shape to the brow than waxing. Once mastered it is a quick method and is mostly popular with asian clients. I get asked alot for this method but I never trained in it but now I would consider adding it to my treatments.

Some clients say it's more painful than waxing though as it takes out each hair individually but I have also been told you are better using a certain indian thread than the average cotton as this will make the treatment a little less painful.

Hope this help!

 

[STEPHC195]

I have had my eyebrows both waxed and threaded.
Threading was a little more painful, and I felt the hair grew back alot quicker than when I have previously had them waxed!
My opinion is wax is better. hth!!

 

[mizfearless]

Hi,

I learnt to thread earlier this year. It has brought alot more clients.
I do get told alot that I my method doesn't hurt as much.
It does last a little longer than waxing because the thread can pick up hair the wax can't. If therapist isn't good at it, you can end up breaking the hair off at the skin thus it growing back quicker.

Is was money well spent!

x x

 

[shellpink]

I've had a few clients ask me about this lately, it looks a very skilled technique! I wasn't aware many places still did training in this. would like to try it too!

 

[gillian w]

Is it easy to master.Do you end up ruining a lot of eyebrows before you are any good at it and is it good for other parts of the body.How is it at strong chin hair ?

 

[Kim Lawless]

I'm not sure what to think. I've had it done and found it took too long and was a very annoying pain. Many of my clients who have had threading say the same and found that it grew back quickly.

My view is that if it's not done properly, it breaks the hair.

 

[Bombalurina]

I agree with the comments that say it can break the hair if it's not done properly...but then, so can waxing! Like anything, the key to a good threading technique is practice, practice, practice...preferably on upperlips and the sides of the face before you ruin anyones eyebrows, as was suggested above!!

It's a brilliant method of hair removal, and it can get all those little hairs you'd miss if you were tweezing, but without the heat and redness some clients associate with waxing.

Personally, I prefer to wax my eyebrows, lip etc, but I have clients who would never go back to waxing now, and prefer threading. I think it's nice to offer your clients the option, especially if you have anyone with sensitive skin or who is sensitive to products. It's also an amazing skill to be master, and is brilliant if you're ever somewhere you're trying to drum up business, as it looks amazing!

I hope all that made sense, I'm really ill and my brain's not with it today!!

 

[Kim Lawless]

It's a brilliant method of hair removal, and it can get all those little hairs you'd miss if you were tweezing, but without the heat and redness some clients associate with waxing.

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Sorry to argue this point.....nothing personal, it's just that I've seen and had threading done and it does leave redness.

The point I'm trying to make is that threading is the buzz word at the moment and salons are promoting it as though it's new.....when in fact it's been around since the year dot.

Another down side of threadng is that the shape is perfect, yet angular, whereas sculpting a brow with wax and tweezers can create a beautiful sloped arch.

I'm not against threading (honest), I just don't think it's as good as it's made out to be. The Asian girls are amazing and they have it in their blood. I've yet to see anyone that's been taught to do it at college, really excel at it.

 

[RedAdmiral]

Threading is just another way of removing hair. personally I love it though I am half Indian so maybe its good to remove my type of hair (if there is such a thing) Years ago Indians sometimes removed all hair from the entire body before a wedding and threading was used to do this so it can remove fine hairs that wax just can-not pick up. I dont like to get waxed as some therapist nearly rip my eyebrow off and it itches between my eyebrows like crazy. (I have tried at least 6 types of wax!) Threading does make my eyes water but its a slight discomfort that I'm willing to put up with - funny that as I cant take having the back of my legs waxed.
Anyhoo I get a better shape out of threading than waxing, I'll never get saggy eyes from pulling at the socket area and it does not grow back any quicker as it is the same a plucking only you do more hair at once.

 

[mizfearless]

Is it easy to master.Do you end up ruining a lot of eyebrows before you are any good at it and is it good for other parts of the body.How is it at strong chin hair ?

I booked a one to one day course, cost £150, I got there at 10am and got sent home by 12.30 cuz she couldn't teach me any more. I found it really easy.
I practised on my moms leg at first.
I do all shapes and size eye brow. It fantastic for chin and lip.

 

[Victorialyce]

Wow thanx for everyones input!! x:hug:

 

[sharlz]

Hi, i learnt how to do threading around 3 yrs ago when i started wrk at a predominantly asian beauty salon and although i'm not asian myself, i picked it up rite away. Clients love it and so do i! I cant' even remember the last time i plucked/ waxed someones brows. I now my own salon and its my number 1 treatment. Clients rave about it. I feel its more painful than wax but the shape is worth it. Once my clients tried it they've not gone back to wax. Learn how to do it. Defo!!! HTH x

 

[Peter Pan]

ive had this done, and boy did it HURT, and i lost the shape of my brows in the process. i started with lovely shaped brows (tho i say so myself) ended up with straight lines, and bleeding like hell, then they scabbed over, i looked a right mess - i wouldnt do this treatment or offer it after my experience

 

[Kim Lawless]

ive had this done, and boy did it HURT, and i lost the shape of my brows in the process. i started with lovely shaped brows (tho i say so myself) ended up with straight lines, and bleeding like hell, then they scabbed over, i looked a right mess - i wouldnt do this treatment or offer it after my experience

I've heard this so many times. I think the nice straight lines are because the hairs are being cut by the thread and not removed. Hairs do not grow in straight lines, they are staggered.

 

[Lynne Baker]

I've had mine done several times by an Iraqi girl in House of Fraser in London, and it was a fab result. She didn't hurt me, I didn't scab over, and my eyebrows were a perfect arch. I think the experience may differ between therapists!

 

[sharlz]

OMG!!! Bleeding!!! Peter Pan that sounds like agony!!!

I'm sorry that you got butchered & this experience put you off.
If you're ever in Nottingham let me know and i will demonstrate to you how its meant to be done. X

 

[essentia]

Threading is the same as any other hair removal treatment in the sense you can have a good job done or not just as having a bad waxing experience and a great one.

I learnt threading and I do have clients come to me on a regular basis. Like waxing sometimes clients are more sensitive than others and it gets better with more treatments. The post that mentioned bleeding etc has obviously had a bad experience but not all therapists are like that.

Threading needs practise and experience and I think we will see a lot of non-asians become good at it. I have to mention this as I feel race has nothing to do with this but practise and technique has. I have an indian friend who told me I was quite gentle and she told me that where she lived in Bombay they were often not. I still feel I have a way to go before I am really happy with my technique but I am prepared to do the years of practise that it requires like most therapies.

 

[soriminah]

I've been getting my eyebrows threaded for several months now and they are the best shape they have ever been. It definately hurts more than waxing but they have a perfect arch and look amazing. Everyone now comments on my eyebrows and how fantastic they look.

It definately comes down to the therapist. Mine is a woman from Afghanistan who learnt it in India before she moved to Australia. I heard about it years ago and could never find anyone who does it to give it a try but now I would hate to go back to waxing.