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Can you recommend a home eyebrow waxing kit and a bikini-line/underarm kit? I have tried one facial kit, and it left the skin under my eyebrows peeling! I have tried the removal creams for the bikini line, but they are so much hassle, especially when they don't seem to last much longer than shaving. I have a high pain threshold - I can handle waxing (I think!). Can you suggest anything?
In short, get to grips with a good pair of slanted tipped tweezers (try Tweezerman) yourself or get to a salon for professionally shaped arches courtesy of waxing. Or try my personal favourite technique for neatening brows (or removing any facial hair, for that matter), threading. It's an ancient Indian technique where 2 fine cotton threads are run over the skin, trapping hairs between them and removing them at the root. While it's just as thorough and long lasting as waxing, threading is infinitely more gentle on the skin. The best threader in London (with a celebrity client list as infamous as she is) is Vaishaley Patel. Find her at 51 Paddington Street in London W1 (020 72246088) - you'll have to wait several months for an appointment, but spend this time 'growing out' those brows and you'll leave her salon with a pair of truly A-list brows.
Hair removal creams will indeed not last much longer than shaving since they work by dissolving hair just below the surface of the skin (as opposed to cutting it off at skin level, as shaving obviously does). Waxing is a much better alternative for the bikini line, but I wouldn't recommend you try to DIY yourself until you've become accustomed to the technique. Go to a salon first. This 'go to a pro' advice is especially important to follow if a 'high' bikini wax is what you're after: while removing a half-centimetre of hair on the front of your thighs with an at home wax strip is one thing, a barely there Brazilian is something that no-one should ever be attempting themselves!
Why not chat to other iVillagers about waxing on the Beauty Talk message board. Take a look at some of the LIVE discussions happening now on the board:
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