| Middle Eastern women are raised with an innate | | | | and there is no use of sticky or frightening waxes or |
| knowledge of hair removal, specifically a technique | | | | solutions. Most hair removal techniques that we use |
| called threading. Threading is not a skill you are likely to | | | | invariably make use of either tweezers or sticky |
| see possessed by your usual beautician, but you will | | | | solutions that are meant to grab hold of the hairs and |
| be able to find a practitioner in Muslim or Eastern Indian | | | | pull them out en masse. These are generally accepted |
| communities. The custom is to remove hair with the | | | | techniques that we trust every time we look in the |
| skilled use of a simple cotton thread. The expert will | | | | mirror and see a few too many hairs staring back at |
| loop the thread between two fingers, and with an | | | | us, but when you consider the amount of money you |
| easy twist and pull be able to remove unwanted hairs | | | | spend each month or year to remove unwanted hair, |
| from your eyebrows, upper lip or the sides of your | | | | you can start to appreciate the ability to remove them |
| face. It is a seemingly very complicated procedure that | | | | with nothing more than a thread. |
| is nevertheless performed with great ease by Middle | | | | The history of threading is patchy at best, but it is |
| Eastern hair removal experts. | | | | believed to have originated in Turkey. The practise |
| The practise is called Khite in Arabic, and is used | | | | ensures that skin is not irritated while the hair is |
| predominantly in India and Egypt for women in need of | | | | removed, and for this reason threading is growing in |
| regular hair removal. There are benefits to this type of | | | | popularity across the world. |
| hair removal: it is quick, very simple, relatively cheap | | | | |