Wax On

I'm an eyebrow fanatic - if eyes are the window to the soul, than the eyebrows are the window frame. I think that every single woman needs a good eyebrow lady. You can go to whomever you want for your other waxing needs, but when it comes to your brows, you need a specialist. Eyebrows make a face.

In fact, when I start to hate pictures of myself I know I need to do one of two (or sometimes both) things: 1) Up the exercise and down the food intake. 2) Call my eyebrow lady.

I'm Black Irish - that means dark, thick Irish eyebrows, and while those are endearing on the many Black Irish men in my life - Mr. B, my dad and Dermot Mulroney to name a few - they're not so precious on me. And when they start to get unruly...let's just say it's not a pretty sight.

Since my scale was telling me I'm at my happy weight, I figured this time the course of action was to call up the eyebrow lady.

Here are my brows last weekend:

See how my face is looking a bit lopsided? Well, okay, my hair wasn't exactly parted appropriately and the crooked smile is between me and my 2nd grade orthodontist, but the eyebrows throw everything off a bit. Not great, but let's zoom in, shall we?

Yikes.

My eyebrow lady is fan-freaking-tastic - she's doesn't just wax your brows to a standard arch, she looks at your face, she looks at your eyes, she makes 'em work with the bigger picture. Maureen and I met when she was the esthetician at our sorority house - she always had her own salon, but I never needed to venture over there because she made house calls for us sorority girls. Hey, I never claimed sorority life wasn't shallow.

Long story short(er) - since bidding adieu to sorority life I had only seen Maureen once. We're talking about 3 years without pruning the brows professionally. House calls were too easy - and the sorority pricing didn't hurt either - and calling to make an appointment seemed hard. But, my new office is just blocks from her salon, so I have no excuses.

After appointment #1 (well, #1 in 3 years) with Maureen - I've got a little filling out to do in my right brow to meet her standards for perfect eyebrows. We have a game plan, we'll get there.

If you're local to the Broomfield/Boulder area and don't have an eyebrow expert, let me know and I'll get you her contact info. You and Maureen can make a game plan, too.

And that concludes this episode of Vanity Hour. Please refrain from being too honest in your comments, like "OMG you look so much better, it was about time you hairy monster". Because, you know, I have feelings, too. And rest assured my friends, eyebrows are as far as I take personal grooming blog banter. What's the story on your brows?