Thursday, March 8, 2007

Beauty is Suffering

While playing online, I finally found a listing of about 20-30 places in the greater metroplex that do threading. Threading is where a little Indian woman (dot, not feathers)takes a piece of cotton string, twists it somehow and rips out your facial hair.

You may be familiar with my eyebrow woes.  I had seriously overplucked them and have been letting them fill in so I could have a professional fix my mess.  It about drove me crazy not to pick up my tweezers, but I made it.

I picked the place closest to the optometrist where I had to pick up my sunglasses today.  I went about 2 o'clock when she said she wouldn't be busy.  True to her word, there was no waiting.for eyebrows? Your name please" She didn't even know that I was the one who called that morning- it was just *that* obvious my eyebrows needed help.

I sat down and she did her thing. I complimented her nice touch. (the girl back home used to rip so hard my whole forehead was swollen for HOURS) When she handed me the mirror I asked if I should go thinner. She indicated that they were sized for my face.... Actually, what she said was, "You have a big head. It's better not to go too small." So I picked up my purse and glasses to go. She gave me this wide-eyed surprised look and asked, "You're not doing your upper lip?!" I didn't realize I had a moustache problem. Obviously, I was mistaken. Why oh why did no one tell me it was out of control? I sat back down and she went to town. I don't know what happened to her nice touch, but getting the lip done was a bitch. It didn't get all swollen or hurt very long so maybe the lip just hurts more.

I feel better about the facial hair situation.  I'm rather embarrassed that I had a facial hair "situation", but life's like that sometimes. 

Days like this, I wonder if I should keep putting it all out there for the world to judge.  But then I realize, the world judges anyway so I may as well keep my friends and family amused with my wyrdness.

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