{"id":1359,"date":"2014-08-14T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T18:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2018-10-08T22:33:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T05:33:07","slug":"the-art-of-threading-hair-removal-from-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/the-art-of-threading-hair-removal-from-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"The art of Threading- Hair removal from the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I&#8217;ve recently learned about<strong> Threading<\/strong> which is a hair removal technique for eyebrows, upper lip, or any facial hair.\u00a0 It removes the\u00a0hair at the root with out use of wax, chemicals, or painful tweezing of hairs one&#8230; at&#8230;a&#8230;painful&#8230;time.\u00a0\u00a0All that is used is a piece of cotton thread, twist it, and off you go.\u00a0 It&#8217;s still not as well know here in the states but larger cities are seeing more and more of these salons open up.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve watched a few videos but have never attempted to do it myself at home.\u00a0 We found a place near Colleen so she will have to be the guinea pig and go try it out on behalf of all us sisters. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Most believe threading originated in India over 6000 years ago and spread throughout Asia, the Middle East and in recent times Europe. Now it&#8217;s here in the states.\u00a0 The Arabic word for threading is &#8216;Khite&#8217;; in Egypt it is also called &#8216;Fatlah&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It was originally\u00a0done when a woman was getting\u00a0married or for special occasions in countries like Iran. In ancient Persia, threading was a sign that a girl had reached adulthood and had become a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In our time we all seem to sheepishly admit that we have an errant hair or two that needs to immediately leave the spot it&#8217;s occupying.\u00a0 Or a trail of hair that is trying to &#8220;uncreate&#8221; the purposeful\u00a0Pangea of our eyebrows, like Nanny McPhee below.\u00a0 In other words, the &#8220;unibrow.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1360\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/nanny-mcphee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1360\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/nanny-mcphee-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Uni-brow of sweet Nanny McPhee.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/nanny-mcphee-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/nanny-mcphee.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Uni-brow of sweet Nanny McPhee.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1361\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Emma-Thompson-image-emma-thompson-36658573-1000-1290.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1361\" class=\"wp-image-1361 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Emma-Thompson-image-emma-thompson-36658573-1000-1290-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Thompson\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Emma-Thompson-image-emma-thompson-36658573-1000-1290-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Emma-Thompson-image-emma-thompson-36658573-1000-1290-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Emma-Thompson-image-emma-thompson-36658573-1000-1290.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Beautiful Emma Thompson who plays Nanny McPhee. See what a difference threading, mascara, and hair conditioner can make. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Check out this videos and How To&#8217;s, and learn a little more about this natural way to stay hair free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EIeHYNt-rl4\">News NBC special on Threading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWkrVzhuqrE\">Cute young lady doing a How To video<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here is brave Colleen taking one for the team and getting her eyebrows threaded. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Threading-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1872\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Threading-pic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Threading pic\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Threading-pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Threading-pic-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Threading-pic.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/threading-close-up.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/threading3-with-text.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1874\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/threading3-with-text-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"threading3 with text\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/threading3-with-text-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/threading3-with-text-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/threading3-with-text.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Happy Threading<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">-Shara<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">PS- On a recent visit to the local mall I noticed this Shapes Eye Brow Bar kiosk that was promoting something rather strange, it had <a href=\"https:\/\/analbleachingguide.com\/whitening-for-males\/\">Male Anal Bleaching \u2013 What Men Need To Know<\/a> advertised on the glass. Anyway, that&#8217;s not why I was looking in, I saw that some brave lady was getting her brows threaded for the rest of us to watch.\u00a0 She was in a comfortable chair leaning back, she seems to be in no pain, and totally relaxed.\u00a0 Maybe I&#8217;ll go try it out on some Tuesday morning when few are there to watch me\u00a0shape my brows publically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><sup class=\"noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><i><span title=\"This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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