Let's ignore my mascara here shall we? Definitely not a fan of the L'Oreal Miss Manga Mascara.
My brows were something that received very little attention from me until a couple of years ago. Bar the occasional plucking of the odd outta line soldier with my trusty Tweezermans, I left my brows pretty much alone. When the whole 'becoming a makeup junkie' thing happened (an event almost as memorable as puberty), I eventually strayed into the brow product territory, and started to take a bit more interest in my brows.
Whilst im definitely lack in' in the butt department, I've got no shortage of brows. Whilst everyone else I knew throughout my teenage years plucked their brows into oblivion, me taking no interest in mine means that right now I've got some serious caterpillar brows going on. They always had the makings of a good pair, but they needed some taming.
I've tried waxing before, and whilst it was okay, it never gave me results any different to plucking. I needed something to harness them a little (and get that weird patch of brow hair that grows out towards my temple under control).
So after a bit of a Google sesh, I headed off to the Blink Brow Bar in the basement of Topshop's Oxford Circus Flagship. Now, an eyebrow shaping experience there is not the cheapest, but considering London prices, it's not too bad either.
Since this was my first threading experience, the lovely lady I was booked in with (whose name I didn't catch) talked me through everything first, I was a little nervous because I have the pain threshold of a gnat. The whole thing took about 15 minutes from start to finish. I like that they get you to stretch your own skin around your brow, the taughter the skin is the less it hurts and the easier it is for the hairs to be removed, and I liked that I felt in control a little! She really listened to what I wanted too, I'm always scared that I'll leave with four brow hairs left, but I got exactly what I wanted!
Now I'll be honest, it wasn't painless, it hurts a little more than plucking, mostly because several hairs are being removed at once. It's not quite as painful as waxing, but it's a longer process, and by the end I felt a little sore. A lot of eye watering was involved! The skin around my brows was seriously red for a good hour or so after, and it was a little tender, but the cooling lotion they applied after definitely helped!
And the result? My brows look incredible. The best they've ever looked. In the above photo, I haven't filled them in at all, look how good they look au natural! Despite the pain I think I'm now a Blink convert! It sounds like an odd way to describe it, but the lines of my brows are so clean now, they look so strong and perfect. Not to toot my own horn or anything.
Because I went to the Topshop bar, I was also able to redeem my student discount, so I got ten percent off. Also, they gave me a rewards card, and every sixth shaping is free, so score!
I think im now a threading convert! How do you keep your brows in check?
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