Lads.. do you shave your eyebrows? Ladies - opinions?

brummytom

A lad asked me this, maybe a year ago, I thought he was mental.. "of course I don't ya fairy" says I.

Yesterday, a mate asked me the same question during Maths.
"Urm.. yeah " I said.
"Good, and me. Ever trying plucking it?"
"Erm.. *cough*. Shut up Cam"
"Yeah, and me.. but it's too much hassle".

The thing is, my eyebrows seem to form a weird sort of 'M' shape, so I felt the only thing to do was shave down the middle. It means I have to do it fairly often, but I just do it with the morning shave, doesn't take any time at all.

Now a few lads I know have said they do, I used to think it was quite taboo, because it seems quite an effeminate thing to do; most people don't seem to have a problem with it.. but I'm sure some do

So is anyone else willing to admit they do?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Well when I'm getting a haircut, I have mine cut about every two weeks, I always have my barber trim my brow's.

I hate bush 'old man brows!.

youcancallmeal

No

OutlawPete

brummytom wrote: »

So is anyone else willing to admit they do?

I have a tiny little (no, not cock) silver electric Babyliss thing that you switch on and it trims nose hair, ear hair () and you use this to trim your eyebrows. Just to be well groomed like

By the way BrummyTom (BrummyBoy in my head for some reason ) you do realise that you have only one insult in the Poll and so .. ya just know there can be only one outcome. right? :pac:

themacdaddy

I don't do it myself...my barber does it. Ask him the next time your in....saves all the hassle

brummytom

themacdaddy wrote: »

I don't do it myself...my barber does it. Ask him the next time your in....saves all the hassle

Found out on Tuesday night that my barber had died So I'll need to find a new one!

seraphimvc

so these 'men' have moved from shaving chest,p*bic,legs to eyebrow now?:pac:

TequilaMockingBird

Awww. You started shaving then?




/sniff. They grow up so fast...

Jesus Juice

brummytom wrote: »

Found out on Tuesday night that my barber had died So I'll need to find a new one!

What a selfish cunt!He could of waited till he trimmed your eyebrows!

Joey the lips

:eek:

Basq

Christ... ye're all a bunch of women!

brummytom

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

Awww. You started shaving then?




/sniff. They grow up so fast...

Started around 18months ago I've got hairy genes. No, not jeans.

Jesus Juice wrote: »

What a selfish cunt!He could of waited till he trimmed your eyebrows!

Exactly!

I found out in the Irish Centre, so I'm blaming your country. Talking to a fella I'd never met before, he knew my auntie's family and I went to school with his kids - 'Irish mafia' they call it :P

Him: "You still go into Erdington much?"
Me: "Yeah.. just for haircuts and things like that."
Him: "Not.. not Bob Embrys?"
Me: "Yeah "
Him: "Erm.. he's dead you know"
Me: ":eek:"

SV

No, my eyebrows are perfectly formed.

brummytom

SV wrote: »

No, my eyebrows are perfectly formed.

Lucky bastard

biko

Nope, I'm blessed with a perfect bushy unibrow

tman

basquille wrote: »

Christ... ye're all a bunch of women!

Exactly
I've got a mad looking sticky out hair on my right brow that has been there for months, and a slowly forming unibrow in the middle, but wouldn't dream of trimming!

MAB83

I pluck the middle so I don't have a uni brow but that's about it, they don't need to be shaved. I think any man without overly bushy eyebrows doesn't need to shave or pluck them.

But guys that don't look after the uni brow look like the evil Simpsons baby. Sort it out!

TequilaMockingBird

brummytom wrote: »

Started around 18months ago I've got hairy genes. No, not jeans.





Exactly!

I found out in the Irish Centre, so I'm blaming your country. Talking to a fella I'd never met before, he knew my auntie's family and I went to school with his kids - 'Irish mafia' they call it :P

Him: "You still go into Erdington much?"
Me: "Yeah.. just for haircuts and things like that."
Him: "Not.. not Bob Embrys?"
Me: "Yeah "
Him: "Erm.. he's dead you know"
Me: ":eek:"

I used to go to an Irish club in Birmingham, with my dad who lived in Erdington. Thankfully, my Dad's not a barber.


Oh, by the way, PLUCK. Shaving them is manky.

brummytom

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

I used to go to an Irish club in Birmingham, with my dad who lived in Erdington. Thankfully, my Dad's not a barber.

The Irish centre, Digbeth; opposite the Custard Factory?


Where abouts in Erdington?
Sorry, whenever someone mentions Birmingham on here I become Columbo

TequilaMockingBird

brummytom wrote: »

The Irish centre, Digbeth; opposite the Custard Factory?


Where abouts in Erdington?
Sorry, whenever someone mentions Birmingham on here I become Columbo

No idea Columbo. It was a long time ago. To give you some idea of the era, I bought a black leather jacket with long fringes all over it at the Bullring market . I wore it to the Irish Club that night along with skinny jeans (the first time round) and stilettos.

I probably started plucking my eyebrows around the same time, and don't have to do it anymore - they get the hint after 20 years. Invest in your eyebrows now young man.

Jet Black

My girlfriend convinced me to let her wax my eyebrow's.
Big mistake, my forehead was red and everyone in work knew I'd got it done. I'm still getting slagged over it:-(

G_R

i used to think it was ok to do it...

then i saw the poll results:(



its not my fault i am cursed with a unibrow that requires constant destroying:mad:

brummytom

I used to pluck every now and then.

The once, I was in a rush and stuck the thingymajiggy.. what's it called? The plucker thingy In my pocket.

Later that night, was out with some mates and got stopped by a group of around 20 lads, one went through my pockets. It was Good Friday.. all I could think was "If they find that, I'll be the one getting fucking crucified. :eek:

citizen_p

would you not pluck them if you were going to....i mean your going to have thick stubble over yer eyes....

citizen_p

brummytom wrote: »

I used to pluck every now and then.

The once, I was in a rush and stuck the thingymajiggy.. what's it called? The plucker thingy In my pocket.

Later that night, was out with some mates and got stopped by a group of around 20 lads, one went through my pockets. It was Good Friday.. all I could think was "If they find that, I'll be the one getting fucking crucified. :eek:

tweezers?

brummytom

That's the one, couldn't for the life of me remember the word!

OutlawPete

dannym08 wrote: »

i used to think it was ok to do it...

then i saw the poll results:(

Don't mind the Poll results. I just picked the insult as it was the funniest

Mint Sauce

i prefer to call it trimming

themacdaddy

Magnus wrote: »

Nope, I'm blessed with a perfect bushy unibrow

This look is all in

brummytom

Right, so wimminz then.. what do you think? Would you mind a bloke with a bit of hair between their two eyebrows, or would you prefer them to do the slightly womanly thing and get rid of it?

kisaragi

You might feel silly for about five minutes while trimming your unibrow, but trust me, it's a lot better than looking stupid 24/7 with one :P

I'd definitely prefer a guy with trimmed eyebrows than one with a unibrow!

Pygmalion

I have a unibrow, but no, never even considered shaving/trimming/plucking it.
Be a ****ing man.

D4RK ONION

You know boards.ie is truly a place of all shapes and sizes when you have one person who picked "My eyebrows were burned off in an industrial accident"

ballsymchugh

there are some of us that don't want to end up looking like science teachers!!

jumpguy

I haven't yet, but I would definetly consider it if I was getting a serious unibrow. Thankfully, there's a healthy gulf between my eyebrows.

themacdaddy

Pygmalion wrote: »

I have a unibrow, but no, never even considered shaving/trimming/plucking it.
Be a ****ing man.

Are you taking the p**s? There is "being a ***ing man" and having respect for your appearance. Jeez man!

OutlawPete

jumpguy wrote: »

I haven't yet, but I would definetly consider it if I was getting a serious unibrow. Thankfully, there's a healthy gulf between my eyebrows.

So we can see Jumpguy,but it looks kinda like a giant X, but you can always pull that cap down a tad I guess

Mrmoe

No, all that hair is there for a reason.

brummytom

D4RK ONION wrote: »

You know boards.ie is truly a place of all shapes and sizes when you have one person who picked "My eyebrows were burned off in an industrial accident"

3 people have picked it now :P Only one vote for "only for transvestitism purposes"

D4RK ONION

5 industrial accident victims! Irelands chemical industry safety standards appear to be slipping!

5starpool

This thread disturbs me.

CCCP^

Do NOT shave your eyebrows. If you must, pluck them. When your 60 odd and you don't care much for personal grooming to such an extent, you will have a caterpillar over your eyes.

Lia_lia

Yeah, get rid of that unibrow!


(says the girl that has never had her eyebrows plucked or waxed )

Wertz

Trim the excess and straggling/overlong hairs? Sure. Not by plucking them though...

Shave them? F*ck no. They're there for a good reason.
Besides, the goldfish look doesn't work for me.

james1234

The eyebrow has a purpose, to keep dirt/dust/dead skin/sweat etc, out of the eye area, so shaving it would basically leave you open to all sorts of potential problems.

If you really need to, go for plucking, waxing would be for the girls unless you'd want to cover up the manky red mark with make up, or risk getting slagged as per a previous poster!

My 2 cents!

If you do go for shaving, please do post a before and after pic for reference

ejmaztec

Highbrow threads don't usually last this long in AH.

Davidius

No, why would I do that? I'm the kind of man who only sees his reflection every odd week, I can't even remember what I look like.

The Saint

I wonder how many of the lads here saying that they don't shave/pluck their eyebrows said that they shaved their nutsack in that thread the other day? :P

ejmaztec

The Saint wrote: »

I wonder how many of the lads here saying that they don't shave/pluck their eyebrows said that they shaved their nutsack in that thread the other day? :P

If anything goes wrong, when shaving in both areas, balls could be damaged.:eek:

brummytom

The Saint wrote: »

I wonder how many of the lads here saying that they don't shave/pluck their eyebrows said that they shaved their nutsack in that thread the other day? :P

A girl told me to shave my eyebrows; a girl told me not to shave me luvvlies.

Girls are always right

southsiderosie

brummytom wrote: »

Right, so wimminz then.. what do you think? Would you mind a bloke with a bit of hair between their two eyebrows, or would you prefer them to do the slightly womanly thing and get rid of it?

Why is it womanly? Men shave, and they (hopefully) trim excessive nose hair. How is tweezing out a unibrow any different?

That said, the men with the waxed and shaped eyebrows (and beyond) are a little too much for me. See Exhibit A.