Tweezing and Threading

The epilation techniques of tweezing and threading are used for shaping of eye brows.

Tweezing

This is an excellent way of removing small amounts of individual hair. Tweezers are most often used to shape the eyebrows, but they can be used else where to remove scattered hairs. Tweezers come in a variety of designs.

Procedure for Tweezing

Place hot compresses on the eyebrows to warm the skin and relax the pores in order to make plucking less painful and the hair is easier to pull. Hold the skin taut between two fingers of the left hand to stretch the skin and work between fingers, sliding tweezers under hairs and pulling quickly in the direction of growth. Always brush from time to time with an eyebrow brush to observe line and remove stray hairs.

Eyebrow shaping by Threading

This method is also used to remove small amounts of hair. This is usually used to shape the eyebrows, besides removing hair from upper lip, chin, forehead and removing scattered hair from elsewhere. The thread should be strong, cotton, clean and sterilized. A thick strong thread usually of 30 or 40 number is used to remove hair.

Preparation for Threading

  1. Carefully arrange all the materials required for eye brow shaping on a tray.

  2. Make the client comfortable. Seat her on the chair.

  3. Place a towel over the headrest.

  4. Fasten a disposable strip/head band around the person's hair line.

  5. Wash hands and let the client rest her head on the towel placed on the headrest.

  6. Before threading ask the client if there is any problem in the shape of the eye brow the client is presently sporting.

  7. Select the type of arch in consultation with the client with reference to the shape of face.

  8. Stop in between to check if the process is being done as per clients need. Ask for feedback and proceed accordingly.

Procedure of threading

  1. Dry the skin area with talcum powder from where the hair is to be removed.

  2. Measure and decide the correct shape and size of eyebrows.

  3. Make a loop with a thread.

  4. Begin threading the hair between the mark you made at the inner corner of each eyebrow. Ask your patron to stretch the skin from below and above with both the hands. Thread the hair in the opposite direction of the hair growth.

  5. Remove excess hairs above the brows. The brows should be gradually arched to the highest point marked on the skin. If any hair extend beyond the outer corner of the eyes remove these hair in the opposite direction of their growth.

  6. Also remove the hair below the brow.

  7. Brush the eye brows against their growth and look for any stray hairs. Stray hair can be removed by a tweezer.

  8. Apply astringent to the skin and the eyebrows.

Precautions

Shaping of eye brows by tweezing and threading is one of the most delicate and difficult treatment. So as a beauty therapist you are required to observe the following precautions.

  1. Shape of both the eye brows should be same.

  2. Tweeze one hair at a time.

  3. Be careful not to catch the skin between the tweezer or thread.

  4. Do not allow tweezed or plucked hairs to fall into the client’s eyes.

  5. If the skin is sensitive, apply antiseptic lotion after threading / tweezing and massage for some time.

  6. Do not use astringent on the eye pads.

  7. Always apply talcum powder before threading and tweezing of eyebrow hairs.

  8. Try to do painless threading, neither too fast nor too slow.

  9. Apply astringent to skin after threading.

  10. Take care not to rub the skin with nails.