a hairy experience

I for sure have been blogging more than usual but I have a lot of alone time so I have nothing to entertain myself but my thoughts, lucky for you.

I have a little story but first some background...

I have naturally blonde hair, blonde enough that there I certain things I don't worry much about, more specifically, plucking my eyebrows.  I mean its not like I haven't EVER but I could honestly count on one hand the number of times I have.  It hurts and I can't tell much of a difference so why take the time.  Am I the only one who feels this way? 

My fantastic friend Salli, who I love more than almost anyone in the world, has informed me a few times that I should take more care of my brows.  Back in february she took it upon herself to "shape" them up for me.  A few weeks ago she told me I needed her to fix them again. At least I have good friends looking out for me. 

That brings us to now.

There is a store in the mall here called "WOW Brows".  It is a place all about removing facial hair.  It is always really busy and each time I walked by I had thoughts of Salli whispering in my ear telling me I needed to get my eyebrows done again.  I usually am alone and a procedure that requires closed eyes really isn't possible with an 18 month old. Today I was at the mall, my mother in law was with me and the store wasn't busy so I decided it was fate and I should give it a shot. We are getting family pics in a few days and I want my brows lookin' good.

WOW Brows specializes in threading.  Its a fast way of plucking using string.  Its an interesting technique, I had never heard of it before, but I'm obviously not caught up on eyebrow removal. A lady came out showed us a little video and did a small demonstration on our hands.  I didn't feel a thing so I was ready to get it done.  I sat down and she got to work.  I can't lie, it hurt.  Not a ton but it wasn't painless.  The upside is that it was pretty quick.  When I was done I had watery eyes framed with red but perfectly shaped brows. Yes, even I can see a difference.  

After she finished she handed me a mirror and had me look at it to see what I thought.  I told her I liked it and then she said "Do you want me to hurry and do your upper lip too?" I responded with "I have hair on my lip" and she nodded yes. What the!!!! Now I have to worry about my brows and my apparently hairy upper lip, Salli never told me about that!  I passed on my upper lip for today.  I guess you could say this experience was eye opening.  You can learn so much about all your facial hair in one day.