I have naturally thick and full eyebrows. My mom actually has the opposite problem and longs for thicker eyebrows. I distinctly remember her telling me when I was a teenager not to pluck my eyebrows because she over-plucked hers as a teen and they never came back.

I have no idea if that’s really possible to do, but it scared me enough not to touch my eyebrows at all until college.

In college, I realized that most women got their eyebrows waxed. That sounded painful, although that wasn’t my primary concern. I just knew that I would get someone who would accidentally wax off my entire eyebrow. I just didn’t understand how waxing could be so precise. Even at 30, I have never had my eyebrows waxed.

But I have realized that my brows do need shaping. For years, I only plucked. It really hurt, but I didn’t know what else to do! I’ll never forget the first time I had my brows professionally done. I found a fancy pants salon in Boston that did tweezing (I think I paid $40!). But my eyebrows looked so beautiful! I realized then that what I was doing (plucking random stray hairs) wasn’t sufficient.

And then I heard about eyebrow threading. I’m not quite sure how to explain it…but it involves using a piece of string to very quickly and precisely remove hair. It hurts like tweezing, but it goes so much faster!

I’d heard of threading but couldn’t find a place to get it done. Then in early 2009, I took a trip to Minneapolis with Tim. I found a shop at the Mall of America that did threading. I waddled up to the chair (I was 5 months pregnant) and said, “Let’s do this!”

The results were awesome! Later that summer, a threading shop opened in Memphis (in the mall) and I got my eyebrows done there that fall. I will say, some threading experts are much better than others. The lady in Minneapolis was like a dream. The lady in Memphis actually made me cry from the pain. But even her work was good, so ultimately, it was worth it.

Even Chattanooga now has a threading shop (also in the mall…I guess that’s where you should look for them!). I went two weeks ago, and the lady was so nice, but said, “It has been a REALLY long time since you had your brows done, no?” She was right…I hadn’t been in 1o months! Shame!

Here in Chattanooga, I pay $12 to get my eyebrows done, and that includes a tip. It takes about 5 minutes (maybe less!). I want to strongly encourage you to take a look around your area and see if you can find anyone who offers threading. I bet you’ll love it!

How do you shape your eyebrows? I’d love to hear what works for you!

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