Bella, have you ever tried getting your eyebrows threaded? That's how I get mine done. It costs me $10 (even $30 seems to be an exorbitant amount of money to pay for your eyebrows, much less $50), and every time I am amazed by how clean and well defined my eyebrows look.

I was a little shocked at the $30 price too! But I guess brows aren't top of my list of things to splurge on.

I used to pay $6 dollars to this asian lady. They were so symmetrical. $50 is a lot of money to pay for eyebrows.

they look really good, I'm in desperate need of a shaping but I got to let them grow in a little more before I do that.

yeah...$30 is waaay too much for me too!! i pay $8 at my local salon. They look amazing, though, Bella!

And I bet the very reason that she used the stencils was so that you would want to buy them!!

I get mine threaded (in public!) all the time. Its $10 on a regular day and I get it done at a little kiosk right in the middle of the mall. And a lot of people would stop and stare, but I don't mind. The prices are cheap and as long as they aren't distracting the threader, I'm okay.

Your brows look great and I need one of those super secret cams! Brow maintenance is such a chore. The other day I looked in the mirror and realized my brows were a MESS! Out of nowhere. It happens so suddenly. I have a whole theory about the weather. I think my eyebrow hair grows faster when it's warm out (or whenever I go to LA). Is that possible?

My local mall has a store where you get your eyebrows threaded right in the middle of the mall. Embarrassing.

I prefer the threading. If you can find beauty shops in a Pakistani or Middle Eastern area of town, you can usually get it done for $8.

$50? $30? Wow, that's a lot of money for eyebrows! But i must agree with everyone, they look really good I also get mine threaded because the wax always leaves red bumps...the threading is $10, done in 5 mins and never irritates my skin

the indian lady i go to charges $4 so its 5 for me with a $1 tip.. i could get a really nice facial at the same place for $30, with an eyebrow threading thrown in free of charge! id never pay that much. but they do look nice!!

I have never heard of eyebrow threading.. I just watched a video on youtube I am really amazed! I may have to try it!

$50?!?
i could never spend that much on eyebrows.
i wonder who would.
i go eyebrow threading too.
it hurts way less than waxing, plus my eyebrows look so much cleaner.

Mmm, I have to agree w/the others; even $30 seems exorbitant to me [though your brows look gorgeous]. I highly suggest finding a little South Asian salon, where you can get your brows perfectly threaded for as little as $5. At such a low cost, you certainly have nothing to lose by trying :]

it looks great! eyebrow threading is much cheaper but from my experience, it's still hard to find a good person to do it for you.

Simoneymonie, not yet, but threading is tempting.

I agree that $30 isn't cheap, but I do my own upkeep and get my brows professionally done maybe two or three times a year, so the cost is easier to swallow. It was a bummer when my normal brow guru popped her prices up; some other Sugar girls went to her, too, but now none of us want to spend $50. I can handle $30 twice a year, though.

I am so sorry to have to correct you Bella, a beauty expert...but, you TWEEZE brows. You PLUCK a chicken. I cannot stand the use of the word "pluck". It is so vulgar and such an onomatopoeia. I think it is gross to use when talking about something on your face.
I'm sorry. I just hate it. And magazines like Allure (a beauty empire) use the word so casually. They aren't called pluckers. They're called tweezers!

looks great!

$50 is absolutely insane, and $30 is still outrageous. I used to get my eyebrows threaded in queens,ny for $5 but I'm currently in the midwest where it costs $12- $15 which I thought was overpriced. I have the most unruly eyebrows as well but have become proficient in plucking. However, I highly recommend threading since its far cleaner and precise, but it does take some getting used to.

forget the brows - i LOVE your glasses. so cute! i need to get some new frames..

also, i would never dream of spending 30 bucks on my brows. i realized the other day that i haven't TOUCHED my eyebrows - tweezed, trimmed, groomed, waxed, NOTHING - in over two months. i just have been to preoccupied with other things. and surprise surprise, my brows pretty much look fine.

when i do get them done though, i go to a lovely vietnamese woman who waxes them to perfection for seven dollars. i'm half indian, so i have tried threading and i liked it, but i prefer the shape i get with my regular woman and am too afraid of looking like a surprised alien to go to a new woman!

Benefit has brow bars in Macy's across the country. I think that service is $20. I'd like to see a comparison between the two.

talk about in public, at the stone's town mall (across from mercy high) they have a threading kiosk right there across from boudin's bakery

what if your brows are over plucked? any fix for that?

i love your brows! they look awesome! they did a great job!!

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Iagree threading is the way to go. I too get mine done at a kiosk in the mall, where people walk by. I
don't care, the results are awesome. I also get my upper lip and chin due. I prefer it to waxing because it hurts a lot less and there is no interaction with the wax and any products used on the face which can cause irritation. Plus I pay $10 for my brows, $6 for my upper lip and $5 for my chin.

Your eyebrows do look great! Bella, definitely give threading a try, it actually turns out a lot more shapely and precise than waxing. Plus, it'll be so much cheaper, I pay $6 at an Indian salon and get them done every week and a half sometimes two. It may sting, it may not, I remember I teared the first time. But then after getting them done a few times, you wont feel anything.

I get my brows threaded for $5. And I've seen people get their brows threaded in the middle of the mall at a kiosk for $7. I totally think anything over $8 is too much for eyebrows.

I get mine threaded for $2 at a South Asian salon, and they do it in little rooms so it's quite private. $30-$50 is a lot!

bella, i'm going to make a pitch for threading to you. honestly, i don't really like the shape of your brows that resulted. they look round, like commas. that's a really unnatural shape, and that's what results from waxing, because you can't be very precise. you can wax and then tweeze for a shape, but (a) a lot of salons don't do that, and (b) tweezing causes ingrowns.

natural brows have an arch that occurs about 3/4 the way into your eye (going from nose side out). threading can follow the natural arch shape of your brows, and a good threader can figure out exactly the spot where that is.

it's not a price thing, bella...i don't think the job she did was worth the $7 i pay for threading, let alone $30!

Going to have to agree with all of the people in support of threading! It's cheap, there is no risk of burns, and I always get good results.

As long as you're happy with the results (and you look fab!), then it was worth the $$.

OMG! $50??? That's a mani/pedi right there! I get my brows threaded...costs so much less (anywhere from $4-$11, including tip), less irritation, more precise. I stopped getting brows/upper lip waxed after lady tore off skin on upper lip=yechh and YEOWCH!

they look so good! but i get mine threaded too and its a lot cheaper...

$30 isn't too crazy sounding to me. I work at an upscale salon and it costs $25.00 to have your brows done. $50 is definitely steep, but $30 is pretty average for a high end place.

I pluck my eyebrows, I'm pretty crazy about it! I don't know if I could trust someone else to do it!

you are so pretty! and so are those brows

I pay 13 for my eyebrow waxing and I'm always complimented on them. I like to think I have movie star eyebrows. I could never pay 30.

Wow niiiice! Reminds me mine seriously need to be worked on! (and those glasses are gorgeous)

I desperately looked for threading places in Edinburgh, but couldn't find anything apart from the very expensive Harvey Nichols that keeps getting terrible reviews from all the people I talked to. So I've been doing my own threading since I read Jessiebanana's tutorial - go check it out!!

And Angelina, I agree. Mine will be fine for months, then all of a sudden I have to spend a good 2 hours tweezing things right..

Bella, we finally get to see you!

I think it is funny that Bella is really a team of people, not one particular girl. I was like... hm, Bella used to look biracial...

I agree... I prefer a less rounded shape.

i spend close to 30 for mine, but they are literally clear, so I have them tinted as well.. Brow makeup just doesn't work for me very well on it's own. I would love to try threading, but I love my girl too much to trust anyone else.

1. kelsea1102 needs to calm down.
2. I go to the Anastasia salon in Beverly Hills and all the girls there use the stencils. There are 4-5 different stencil shapes depending on your brow structure (mine don't look like Bella's) - they don't use it just to sell you. She's never pushed product on me!
3. I've gone the cheaper route but have never been as satisified as I am there, so I figure pay for what you're happy with!

They look great!! Was it me who did them? Are you in NY?
As an Anastasia Esthetician I can assure people its not about selling the products, we really do care about the eyebrow shape and we usually do about 20- 30 people a day so we see a lot of brows.
As for threading, its fine for people who have a naturally perfect eyebrow shape just to clean, but really its not the way to go for most and I see so many skinny bad eyebrows as a result.
Eyebrows are too important to mess with, right on your face and all...

I go to Lindsay Klein @ Browtique in Rancho Santa Fe, a girl who was personally trained by Anastasia herself. I'd never let anyone else touch my brows. She is magical!