Eyebrow Epilady

Let me just start by saying that I am NOT a hairy person. I have a ton of really curly hair, but it's fine and slippery, not course and wiry. The hair on my legs is very fine and light. You can barely see the hair on my arms and my eyebrows have "holes" in them. I'M NOT HAIRY.

That being said, I do like to have my eyebrows shaped every so often. Most people have to have theirs done every four weeks like clockwork. Me? Not so much. The first time I had my eyebrows waxed, Jolene did it. She promised me that she would not make me look like I was permanently surprised at everything people said to me. Plus, whatever wax she uses, doesn't make my skin react in little bumps or uncontrollable itchiness. She cleaned things up neat and tidy.

I had a hair appointment with Jolene on Monday and I'd asked when I made the appointment if she'd do my eyebrows 'cause they were looking kind of ratty. Well, both of us forgot. I got out of there with great hair, but ratty eyebrows. But, I knew that today I needed to go to South Center to get my warranty check on my bracelet so I thought I'd try the place in the mall where Tina got her brows done before. Brow Art by Threading.

Oh, my. Tina assured me that it was great. WAY better than waxing. Um... not so much. I'm thinking that I would wax my WHOLE body before I would "thread" my eyebrows again. It was painful. Seriously painful. Waxing is quick because it takes all the hair in one fail swoop. Threading does not. It's like plucking your eyebrows with tweezers, but pulling a bunch out at a time and only realizing that you got three hairs. Not twenty-five. Remember the Epilady? Think that. On your eyebrows. It's been three and a half hours and I'm still getting little twinges of pain.

And... AND, I'm STILL picking eyebrow hairs out of my nose, eyes and mouth. They went everywhere.

Plus the fact that you're in the middle of the mall and people are stopping to watch you get little hairs ripped out by their roots from your forehead. Sometimes they shout questions at you like, "Does it hurt?" or "Is it better than waxing?" It took every shred of control I had to not shout back, "Run away! Seriously! Hold on to your eyebrows for dear life. This effing hurts!"

The topper was when the lady was finished and I was getting out my wallet to pay (read: quietly whimpering in the chair trying not to bolt without paying), she had the balls to ask if I wanted to buy a package deal.

Um... probably not.

If you want to see the art of brow threading, click here.