I am a devoted waxer. It is true. Some of you have been fortunate enough to hear my horror stories. But yesterday I decided to go a little different and get the old eyebrows threaded.
For those of you not familiar, you get tilted back in a chair and a woman leans over you with a skein of thread, which she holds between her teeth and somehow uses an ancient technique to shape your brows. The exact process, I'm not sure of, because my eyes were screwed shut tight. Slightly painful, but it was a success. I came away with brows beautified.
I should have stopped there. But I didn't. I got obsessed. I decided they were not celeb-worthy brows (what is our generation coming to, hey? Constant comparing to celebs). I read somewhere a while ago that celebs trim their eyebrows. My precision nursing scissors were sitting there, beckoning. And the mirror, telling me my eyebrows were not up to scratch.
So I did it. BIG mistake. Remember the trend for boy-bands in the early 90s to have that 'notch' in their brows, a la Vanilla Ice. Think like that.
It's bad, girls. Let this be a lesson to you all. So for the next few weeks, brown eyeliner is my friend.
Sigh.
Thanks for the comments. They have inspired me to blog :)
For those of you not familiar, you get tilted back in a chair and a woman leans over you with a skein of thread, which she holds between her teeth and somehow uses an ancient technique to shape your brows. The exact process, I'm not sure of, because my eyes were screwed shut tight. Slightly painful, but it was a success. I came away with brows beautified.
I should have stopped there. But I didn't. I got obsessed. I decided they were not celeb-worthy brows (what is our generation coming to, hey? Constant comparing to celebs). I read somewhere a while ago that celebs trim their eyebrows. My precision nursing scissors were sitting there, beckoning. And the mirror, telling me my eyebrows were not up to scratch.
So I did it. BIG mistake. Remember the trend for boy-bands in the early 90s to have that 'notch' in their brows, a la Vanilla Ice. Think like that.
It's bad, girls. Let this be a lesson to you all. So for the next few weeks, brown eyeliner is my friend.
Sigh.
Thanks for the comments. They have inspired me to blog :)
2 comments:
Never ventured into the eyebrow threading, however I have had my fair share of bad waxing experiences. Can we say coming out black and blue because I got the 'new' girl one time? Yeah, note to anyone reading this who is about to attempt waxing either for yourself, or from a salon, pay and get the best out there. It is worth every penny!
On another note, sorry to hear about your mishap. I got a little excited while plucking when I first started, that I left barely any hairs and had to do the 'pencil' thing that you are experiencing. Fun fun!
How are things at work? You haven't written about it a while, and I'm growing concerned that you didn't get a new position with them.
I also wanted to comment that I was thinking about you today, as Aunt Jemima syrup was on sale for 2.00 a bottle a local store. I contemplated buying it, and sending it over, but shortly realized it would have to be FREE in order to be worth it. And then STILL, it would cost more to send then it is worth.
Tell you what, you come and visit and I will shower you with Canadian gifts and specialites.
Ah, I miss you girl!
I've never waxed my eyebrows but once I tweezed a nice patch into my left one. Liner is also my friend. I'm sure they'll grow back very soon. And who knows? You might start a trend.
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