Comments on: Paging Mango Pickle…I Need Mango Pickle.

By: Amy Jones

Amy Jones — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:21:40 +0000

Oh Oh.. Is that so? Does mango pickle really work? Ooops I am unable to believe..!!

By: meenu

meenu — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:16:49 +0000

I second the post about Anu in Chicago, not only cause they’re sweet folks, salon is cleaner, and it’s cheap (they sometimes even have snacks), but cause Moni has killer brows! Hey girl, post a pic already!

By: monimoni

monimoni — Tue, 08 May 2007 02:01:15 +0000

Chicago ladies, if you’re near Devon, try Anu at Maxi salon on Touhy and Crawford. Does awesome brows and pedicures. Pedis are $25, brows are $10 and she only works on Thursdays and Fridays. I like the salon because its cleaner than Devon and staff is friendlier.

By: jtmoney

jtmoney — Tue, 08 May 2007 01:15:07 +0000

for dc-area threading, i highly recommend ruby in beltsville, md. you can reach her at 301-890-8575.

i thread my eyebrows every 6-8 weeks or so b/c i'm lazy. i thread my own mustache, but i only thread my eyebrows if i have an event to attend and can't get them done in time. i'm totally neurotic about hair so i wax my arms every 6 weeks. two or three times a year, i'll even wax my slight sideburns. i only do that twice a year though b/c the facial hair i have is pretty light and sparse and is more akin to peach fuzz. it just makes me feel better to know that i remove it occasionally.

By: Rani

Rani — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:11:52 +0000

man, i hate it when i miss these posts …

fabulous post, anna!!!

for the men that don’t know: threading is a hair removal procedure where two pieces of string (ie thread) are used to pluck (lift, cut?) the hair it captures in between…

i try to get mine threaded whenever i can make it to some desi place … but i am an obsessive plucker (about every other day .. it just grows back so fast and i just love it when my eyebrows are defined & clean)… i use anything and everything (revlon, lacross, no name brand, tweezerman (yes its overrated)) … you just need an good eye and some practice … remember to go easy and don’t overdo it … there was a point when i was plucking mine so thin and i had to do more than once a day !!! just to keep the clean look) … just pluck along the natural shape of your brows to keep it as natural as possible … all you really should be doing is removing the strays that just don’t go along w/ the rest … once you get the hang of it … you may pluck a bit more to give a bit more defined look or a higher arch (but be careful) ….

i think desi men look good in shorts (unless they are extremely hairy) … i mean as good as any man … no need to be self conscious … and guys get rid of that unibrow … find a female you trust … and get her to do it (if going to a salon seems too scary) …it takes less than a minute to remove those unsightly hairs in the middle … i have done for countless guy friends including my husband and they always thank me for it …

By: SP

SP — Sat, 05 May 2007 08:01:10 +0000

Oh, whoops, misunderstood Amrita, ignore my last comment then, please. I preferred AH with her full brows too

As for Iranian eyebrow shaping in NYC, try Jeniette New York, they are expensive (cost almost $20 eight years ago!) but completely worth it for those of us who go to a pro once a month or two and then pluck to maintain it at home.

By: SP

SP — Sat, 05 May 2007 07:55:23 +0000

I seriously doubt plucking a few hairs off your face once every week or two ruins your skin. Sun exposure is the number one cause of wrinkles, as any derm will tell you, and it’s all about using a good sunscreen with a high UVA rating (SPF only counts UVB) every single day, if it matters that much to you.

By: apsara

apsara — Sat, 05 May 2007 06:57:30 +0000

oh wow…i’m usually a lurker on sepiamutiny, but after reading this post, i feel compelled to put my two cents in on the whole hair removal ordeal…honestly, it is one…although i have actually come to somehow enjoy getting my eyebrow tweezed after starting in college..i can’t stand tweezing or waxing anywhere else on my face even though i’m genetically pretty hairy…i got my upper lip tweezed twice and i swear, although i’ve never given birth, i can’t imagine the pain being worse! so i basically use a hair remover (which is probably not very good for my face in the long run, but relatively painless) twice or thrice a week (yeah it grows back that fast)..and lately I’ve started using this epilator thingy which is relatively painless but also makes the hair grow back pretty fast..so i’m thinking of laser..for those ladies in the NYC area, can you reccomend a good, affordable laser place?

I’m involved in doing domestic violence work in NYC and have often used beauty salons as places of outreaching to women in the South Asian community..although the fact that most of the ones in Jackson Heights are owned by men, who aren’t always open to me going in and talking about these issues..i recently found a salon in JH that’s in the “Bangladesh Plaza” which is actually very attractive (as desi salons go) and i think it has a female owner and it was a great space to just talk to other women about different issues as we were all waiting to get our eyebrows done…

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Sat, 05 May 2007 03:38:12 +0000

I did the laser thing (on my face), and I highly recommend it. Sooooo much better/less painful/more affordable than the electrolysis of yore. I downed two margaritas beforehand, which didn’t really help manage the pain as I’d hoped, but was a nice source of entertainment, for myself as well as the tech frying my face.

By: Amrita

Amrita — Sat, 05 May 2007 03:10:34 +0000

Don't do it! Look what happened to Audrey Hepburn's as she got older and older . I know she was ill, but it was the plucking wot done it.