A twisted cotton thread lifts hair out at the follicle, a whole row at a time. Nothing but thread ever touches your skin, which is why it works on faces that cannot tolerate wax.
Almost everybody plucks a few strays before coming in, and it is the one thing that makes our job harder. The hairs people remove at home are usually the ones sitting just under the arch, and those are exactly what we would have used to build the shape.
Leave them alone for two weeks. We need hair to work with, and a brow that arrives untouched gives a far better result than one that has already been half decided at a bathroom mirror.
A Twist Of Cotton, Nothing Else
A single length of cotton thread is doubled, tied into a loop and twisted in the middle. That twist is the whole tool. As the therapist opens and closes their hands, the twist travels along the thread, and every hair it passes over gets caught in it and lifted straight out of the follicle.
It works like a row of tiny lassos moving across the skin. That is why threading takes out a clean line of hair in one movement while tweezers manage one at a time, and why the edge it leaves is so much sharper than wax can produce.
Two things follow from this that matter more than they sound. Because the thread only ever touches hair, no product, heat or adhesive goes anywhere near your skin. And because the twist catches hair as short as one or two millimetres, it picks up the fine hairs that wax slides over and tweezers cannot grip.
The thread only ever touches the hair. Everything good about this treatment follows from that.
Threading suits any facial area with fine or fair hair, and it is particularly good on the places where wax is uncomfortable or risky. Most of these are added onto a brow appointment and finished in minutes.
The main appointment. Fifteen minutes to clean up an existing shape, including the fine hairs between the brows and the strays under the arch that make a shape look untidy.
Ten minutes and the most requested add on by a distance. Considerably less irritating than wax on an area that sits right next to the nose and reacts easily.
Precise enough to take individual coarse hairs without disturbing the fine ones around them, which is exactly what wax cannot do on this area.
For a low or uneven hairline and the fine hair that sits above the brow line. Tidies the frame of the face without touching the brows themselves.
Fine downy hair along the jaw and cheekbone. Threading removes it cleanly, and because it comes out at the root it does not return blunt the way shaving leaves it.
Fine hair under the jaw and down the neck, an area where wax frequently leaves redness that lasts into the evening. Threading rarely does.
Brows, upper lip, chin, forehead and cheeks in one forty minute appointment. Cheaper than booking the areas individually and gentler than waxing an entire face.
Threading plus a semi permanent tint that darkens the fine hairs you cannot see, so brows read fuller. Needs a patch test forty eight hours ahead.
Plenty of salons offer both and let the client choose. We do not offer brow waxing at all, and it is worth explaining why rather than leaving it as a gap on the menu.
It bonds to the surface layer as well as the hair, and lifts some of it away. On healthy skin that is minor. On thinned or sensitised skin it is not minor at all.
Anyone using retinol, acids or a prescription retinoid near the eye has a thinner surface layer. Waxing that skin can genuinely lift a patch of it away, and it happens more often than salons admit.
A wax strip removes everything under it. Near the arch, where a millimetre matters, that is a blunt instrument, and correcting a wax mistake means waiting weeks.
Warm wax millimetres from the eye area, on some of the thinnest skin on the body. It is manageable and it is also completely unnecessary when thread does the job better.
Trauma to the surface layer can leave post inflammatory pigmentation, and deeper skin tones are more prone to it. Threading avoids the trauma entirely.
Wax struggles with very short and very fine hair, which is precisely the hair that makes a brow look unfinished. Thread catches it at one millimetre.
Six stages in fifteen minutes. The whole thing is over faster than most people expect, and you will be asked to help with one part of it.
What you want kept, what has been bothering you, and whether you use retinol or acids near the eye. Thirty seconds, but it changes how we work.
Brows brushed upward so we can see the natural line rather than the way you have been arranging them. Anything sitting well outside the shape is identified first.
You will be asked to hold the skin taut above the brow, or to hold a small spool. This is normal, it is not a shortcut, and it makes threading noticeably less uncomfortable.
The underside first, then the top, then between. Worked in rows rather than picking at individual hairs, which is what keeps the line clean and the appointment short.
Longer hairs trimmed to length and the whole brow brushed back into place. This stage is what stops a threaded brow looking spiky at the top.
A cool compress and a calming serum over the area, then you see the result in a hand mirror in daylight before you leave. Pinkness settles in about twenty minutes.
Four ways to remove brow hair, compared honestly rather than in favour of what we happen to sell.
| Point Of Difference | Threading | Waxing | Tweezing | Sugaring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision | Hair by hair, in rows | Whole blocks at once | Hair by hair, slow | Sections, more control than wax |
| Touches Skin | No | Yes, lifts surface layer | No | Yes, but less adhesion |
| Heat Or Product | None at all | Warm wax and resin | None | Warm sugar paste |
| Minimum Hair Length | 1 to 2 millimetres | About 5 millimetres | 2 millimetres | About 3 millimetres |
| Safe On Retinoids | Yes | No | Yes | Not advised |
| Time For Brows | 15 minutes | 10 minutes | 30 minutes or more | 15 minutes |
| Regrowth | 4 to 5 weeks, finer over time | 3 to 4 weeks | 2 to 3 weeks, uneven | 4 weeks |
| Offered Here | Yes, from $25 | Not on brows | Within shaping | Not offered |
Six situations where threading is not merely an alternative to waxing but genuinely the better choice.
The single clearest case. Waxing thinned skin can lift a patch of it away. Thread never contacts the skin, so the risk simply does not exist.
No heat, no resin, no adhesive and nothing to react to. People who flush or break out after waxing usually have no trouble at all with thread.
Surface trauma can leave marks that outlast the hair by months. Threading avoids the trauma, which makes it the safer default rather than a preference.
Wax slides over hair that fine and tweezers cannot grip it. The twist catches it at a millimetre, which is what makes the finished line look clean.
Fifteen minutes and no patch test means you can book it on the day. It is the appointment that fits into a lunch break without any planning.
Precision matters most when you are trying to keep every hair you can. Threading takes only what is agreed, one row at a time.
What the technique gives you, and what we add on top of it.
No product, no heat, no adhesive. That is why threading needs no patch test at all and why it can be booked on the same day.
Removing in rows rather than blocks means the edge under the arch is sharp. It is the difference people notice in photographs without knowing why.
Repeated removal from the follicle gradually weakens it. After several appointments hair comes back softer and less dense.
Faster than tweezing by a wide margin, and quick enough to fit into a lunch break or between two other appointments here.
Nobody here will talk you into a thinner brow. If you ask for more off than the shape can afford, you will be told so rather than obliged.
Brows and lashes are where this business started, not a service added later to fill the menu. It shows in the speed and it shows in the line.
Six things clients describe about a threading appointment somewhere else.
The therapist starts at the tail with no plan, corrects one side against the other, then corrects back. Thirty seconds later there is far less brow than anybody intended.
Here InsteadBrushed and assessed first, and the shape agreed before the thread starts. If you want more off than is wise, you will be told.Threading is quick, which some salons take as licence to book it into five minute slots. The row work gets skipped and individual hairs get picked at instead.
Here InsteadFifteen minutes booked, which is what it takes to do the underside, the top and the middle properly.Hair removed but never brushed and trimmed, so long hairs stick up over the top line and the brow looks spiky within a day of being done.
Here InsteadBrushed through and trimmed to length as a standard part of every appointment, never an extra.It matters less for threading than for wax, but skin on a retinoid is still more fragile and the technique should be adjusted for it. The question is rarely asked.
Here InsteadAsked at every appointment, and the skin held and worked differently when the answer is yes.Client sent straight out with a red brow line and no compress. It settles either way, but it takes considerably longer and it is uncomfortable in the meantime.
Here InsteadCool compress and a calming serum before you stand up. Included, never charged for.Whatever brow is currently everywhere, applied identically to every client. It suits a few people by accident and ages plenty of others.
Here InsteadYour existing shape is maintained, and if you want it changed we map it properly in a shaping appointment first.Sharp for a few seconds across the more sensitive parts, then it stops. Most people find the second appointment noticeably easier, but the first is honestly not nothing.
Threading cleans up the shape you have. If you want a different shape, book eyebrow shaping instead, which includes mapping and costs ten dollars more.
Two weeks without plucking. Arriving with the strays already removed means we have nothing to shape with and the result is weaker for it.
A little redness along the brow line afterwards, settling within about twenty minutes. Worth knowing if you are heading somewhere straight after.
Starting prices including the trim, the brush through and the cool compress. Nothing is added at the desk that was not agreed when you booked.
| Treatment | From | Time | Patch Test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Lip | $15 | 10 minutes | Not required |
| Chin | $15 | 10 minutes | Not required |
| Forehead | $15 | 10 minutes | Not required |
| Neck | $18 | 10 minutes | Not required |
| Eyebrow Threading | $25 | 15 minutes | Not required |
| Sides And Cheeks | $25 | 15 minutes | Not required |
| Threading With Brow Tint | $45 | 30 minutes | Required, 48 hours |
| Full Face Threading | $55 | 40 minutes | Not required |
Threading needs almost no preparation and very little aftercare. The few rules there are all concern the first twelve hours, when the follicles are still open.
You can request anyone by name when you book. If they are unavailable on your date we will tell you rather than quietly reassign you.
Rania handles threading, shaping, lamination and henna. She works in rows rather than picking at individual hairs, which is why her appointments are quick and her lines are clean. She is also completely unmoved by requests to take more off, which is exactly what you want in the person holding the thread.
Tia founded Erothots seven years ago doing brow and lash work, and she is fully qualified and insured. She set the rules this page describes: no waxing on brows, no talking anybody into a thinner shape, and a cool compress before anyone stands up. If something is not right, she wants to hear it directly.
A cotton thread is doubled, looped and twisted in the middle. As the therapist opens and closes their hands, that twist travels along the thread and catches every hair it passes, lifting it straight out of the follicle. It removes a clean row of hair in one movement and nothing but thread ever touches your skin.
Eyebrow threading starts at $25. Upper lip, chin and forehead are $15 each, neck is $18, sides and cheeks are $25, threading with a brow tint is $45 and full face threading is $55. The trim, the brush through and the cool compress are included in all of them.
It stings sharply for a few seconds across the more sensitive areas, then it stops. Holding the skin taut, which you will be asked to help with, makes a real difference. Most people find the second appointment considerably easier than the first, and most describe it as more comfortable than waxing.
Fifteen minutes for brows, including the trim, the brush through and the cool compress. Additional areas take ten to fifteen minutes each, and a full face appointment runs to about forty minutes.
Four to five weeks, because hair is removed at the follicle rather than broken at the surface. Over several appointments the regrowth usually comes back finer and less dense as the follicle is repeatedly weakened.
Threading for brows, and it is not a close call. Wax bonds to the surface layer of skin and lifts some of it away, it removes in blocks rather than lines, and it cannot be used safely on anyone using retinoids near the eye. We do not offer brow waxing at all. Wax still has its place on larger body areas with coarse hair.
One to two millimetres is enough, which is one of threading's real advantages. Waxing generally needs about five millimetres, meaning you have to grow it out and live with it first.
Yes, and it is the reason a lot of people switch to threading. Retinoids thin the surface layer, which makes waxing genuinely risky, but thread never contacts the skin. Do tell us at the appointment so the skin is held and worked accordingly.
No, the opposite. Because the hair is removed at the follicle rather than cut at the surface, it grows back with its natural tapered tip rather than a blunt end. Over repeated appointments the follicle weakens and regrowth becomes finer.
Usually yes, and it is generally the best option available. There is no heat, no resin and no adhesive, so there is nothing to react to. People who flush or break out after waxing very often have no trouble at all with thread.
Not for threading, because no product touches your skin, so you can book on the day. If you are adding a brow tint, that does need a patch test at least forty eight hours beforehand, including if you have had one with us before.
Threading at $25 maintains a shape you already have and takes fifteen minutes. Shaping at $35 includes brow mapping, where three points are measured against your bone structure to design the shape, and takes thirty minutes. Book shaping once, then threading maintains it from then on.
Tell us which areas you would like done and whether you are adding a tint, since that needs a patch test two days ahead. Threading on its own can usually be booked the same day.
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