Dealing with uni-brow

Hello Gents (and any Ladies who might be reading),

Ok, I'm going to come clean here...

Without any maintenance, I definitely would have some serious unibrow action. I use my Mach Gazillion right now for this because I'm a big baby and plucking stinks.

I'm still rather inexperienced with a straight razor (but getting better all the time!), so getting a really sharp, large, metal blade in the vicinity of my eyes is not quite my thing as of yet.

Just curious... anyone here use a straight to keep the ole' 'brows in check?

Thanks,
WP421

It's not impossible. I'm as new at this as possible and I figured out how to do it. Make sure the hair's softened, stretch out the skin, and use a light touch.

That hair is so soft on me (my inter-brow area), that I just dab on some water, perhaps some oil for glide, and use a spike point for precision, if it is good and sharp, I can just wipe the hair away. Carefully.

maybe you could shoot it off? :gth

I'd probably have one too if I weren't on top of it.

What about these people who walk around with a caterpillar on their face?
What are they thinking?

WAX...its quick and easy...

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Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

What about these people who walk around with a caterpillar on their face?
What are they thinking?

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You mean a moustache? Had one for almost 40 years! Was part of a full beard in the '60s but I wised up and shaved off the beard in the mid '70s. I felt I needed to keep something as a reminder so left the 'stash. When I got into straight razor shaving I just couldn't stop so off it came!

Boy was I surprised at how tough those whiskers were and how sensitive the skin, which hid behind its little bush all those years.

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Originally Posted by TexasBob

You mean a moustache? Had one for almost 40 years! Was part of a full beard in the '60s but I wised up and shaved off the beard in the mid '70s. I felt I needed to keep something as a reminder so left the 'stash. When I got into straight razor shaving I just couldn't stop so off it came!

Boy was I surprised at how tough those whiskers were and how sensitive the skin, which hid behind its little bush all those years.

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he is talking about huge bushy unibrows that some guys have ... i personally have them trimmed and waxed when I get a haircut...and my wife plucks them every non and then too when she feels the need.

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Originally Posted by erictski

he is talking about huge bushy unibrows that some guys have ... i personally have them trimmed and waxed when I get a haircut...and my wife plucks them every non and then too when she feels the need.

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Wow! If I had ever asked my wife (at the time) to do that, I think she would have stabbed me in the eye 'accidentally'.

Guess I'll stick with my disposable for now, until I get better with a straight, then pick up a spike at some point (kinda punny, eh?) and then give it a go...

i'm not brave enough to use a straight around the eyes.....

I will pull out the de or usea cartridge...

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Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

i'm not brave enough to use a straight around the eyes.....
I will pull out the de or use a cartridge...

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A Schick injector works as well, and usually will have a sharper blade than a cartridge. The unibrow, and the nose and ear hairs, and the hairs that grow on your earlobes are all good candidates for an injector. (Or a Bic 2-blade disposable, if that's what you can find.)

It never used to bother me, but I plucked the hairs between my brows a few times and they stopped growing back. I kinda miss them now. :( Maybe I should do what the ladies do and use an eyebrow pencil to draw back what I've removed? :rofl2:

umm, wax. and pay someone else to do it

i am lucky enough that there isn't enough hair there for anyone to really notice, but what does sprout up my g/f tweezes right away. yes it does hurt sometimes, but not all the hairs hurt. it seems to last longer then shaving them which is why i let her do it.

BTW her sister is an aesthetician and corrects me every time is say that i "plucked" a hair, apparently you pluck chickens and you tweeze hairs. who knew? :)