The art of Threading- Hair removal from the Middle East
I’ve recently learned about Threading which is a hair removal technique for eyebrows, upper lip, or any facial hair. It removes the hair at the root with out use of wax, chemicals, or painful tweezing of hairs one… at…a…painful…time. All that is used is a piece of cotton thread, twist it, and off you go. It’s still not as well know here in the states but larger cities are seeing more and more of these salons open up. I’ve watched a few videos but have never attempted to do it myself at home. We found a place near Colleen so she will have to be the guinea pig and go try it out on behalf of all us sisters. 
Most believe threading originated in India over 6000 years ago and spread throughout Asia, the Middle East and in recent times Europe. Now it’s here in the states. The Arabic word for threading is ‘Khite’; in Egypt it is also called ‘Fatlah’.
It was originally done when a woman was getting married or for special occasions in countries like Iran. In ancient Persia, threading was a sign that a girl had reached adulthood and had become a woman.
In our time we all seem to sheepishly admit that we have an errant hair or two that needs to immediately leave the spot it’s occupying. Or a trail of hair that is trying to “uncreate” the purposeful Pangea of our eyebrows, like Nanny McPhee below. In other words, the “unibrow.”
Uni-brow of sweet Nanny McPhee.
Beautiful Emma Thompson who plays Nanny McPhee. See what a difference threading, mascara, and hair conditioner can make.
Check out this videos and How To’s, and learn a little more about this natural way to stay hair free.
Cute young lady doing a How To video
Here is brave Colleen taking one for the team and getting her eyebrows threaded.
Happy Threading
-Shara
PS- On a recent visit to the local mall I notice this Shapes Eye Brow Bar kiosk. I saw that some brave lady was getting her brows threaded for the rest of us to watch. She was in a comfortable chair leaning back, she seems to be in no pain, and totally relaxed. Maybe I’ll go try it out on some Tuesday morning when few are there to watch me shape my brows publically.
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im from the middle east and we do this all the time
Is it painful? like what exactly are they doing when they thread your eyebrows and hair??
its painful when ur new to it. they basically pull the hair by its root with a pair of tweezers or with a thread im 13 and ive been doing it for about a year or two
