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03.28.10

How To Shape & Shade Your Eyebrows how to, makeup, reviews | (5)
In an attempt to save money, I stopped getting my eyebrows threaded months ago and started tweezing them myself. I'd become that girl when I laid down on my esthetician's table: not too thin, not too much off the arch, keep them long at the ends, etc. And if I knew exactly how I wanted them, why didn't I just do them myself? In the time since, I've learned a lot about eyebrow shaping and shading. Here's how to get great eyebrows! First up, how to shape your brows... How To - Eyebrow Shaping: Before you tweeze your brows, get a ...

Tagged: aveda, Brow Diva, Camilla Belle, Darac, eye shadow, eyebrows, how to, LAX, makeup, reviews, sephora, shopping, Stila, The Body Shop, threading, tweezing, videos, waxing
07.31.09

Parissa: Miracle Wax! how to, reviews, skin care | (2)
I typically get my eyebrows threaded at Gloss in Silver Lake. (Go there. The woman who does brows is awesome!) Aside from brows, I have been waxing at home. Insane? Well, maybe in the past when at-home waxing meant cooking up a batch of hot wax in your microwave, pouring it all over yourself, while cutting up waxing strips. Sounds like something Body of Evidence-era Madonna would have been way into. Now at-home waxing is easy and simple, thanks to Parissa Natural Hair Removal System. Their products are gentle, natural, and leave your skin salon-smooth for weeks. Parissa makes a Hot Wax, Warm ...

Tagged: eyebrows, Gloss, how to, Parissa, reviews, skin care, threading, waxing
03.11.09

Threading Success nails, reviews, skin care | (6)
So, I continued to be too lazy to go all the way over to Beverly Hills to get my eyebrows threaded today, but thanks to Yelp, I realized Gloss in Silver Lake does eyebrow threading too. Gloss is my spot for manicures, along with Fancy Nails in Los Feliz, when I can get in! But the reviews on Yelp seemed to indicate the threading at Gloss was pretty good, so I figured it was worth a shot. And I was really glad I tried it. Threading was less painful than waxing and faster too. And I was not all red ...

Tagged: eyebrows, Gloss, Los Feliz, nails, reviews, salons, threading