I was shocked to learn recently that some of my – very knowledgeable – friends do not know what threading is!
I realized, then, that for some reason, it is only done and appreciated by a niche of us – and I wanted to remedy that, because it’s a great option for so so many people who are interested in hair removal.
Threading is an ancient form of hair removal that is just now getting more popular in West Culture that basically yanks hair out from the root using a single piece of thread. You mostly see it used on the face, …read more

A long time ago, I realized that while tweezing was the ideal method of hair removal, I was just not any good at it. I turned to the world of monthly waxing, and then threading, and now I am rethinking the whole darn thing.
Why? I found out about the Lindo Twist-n-Roll Tweezers.
These are so cool: They remove unwanted facial hair with a single twist!
If you are a hair removal aficionado such as myself, it may actually look a little bit familiar. It’s a concept based on an ancient threading technique used in Asia for centuries.

All you do is twist and …read more

Threading and sanding are two slightly lesser known methods of hair removal – although threading has grown rapidly in popularity in the U.S. over the last 5 or so years. Threading is a technique widely used in the middle east and India and basically is a process using a cotton thread – the hairs are trapped in a thread loop and plucked from the skin – it is supposedly a little less painful than tweezing and waxing, and is only appropriate for smaller areas, such as the face. A good while back I talked about a home threader, …read more