Perfection, perfection, perfection. The one thing that is common in several women's aspirations whether concerning relationships, careers or more often than not; appearance. I myself, have to admit that upon looking in the mirror, I often discover flaws; be it dry skin, spots or the dreaded facial hair!
This last point is the one I would like to pick up on, in particular, the eyebrow! Unfortunately, I seem to have inherited my eyebrows from my Dad... Hence, they are large, black, fast growing and ultimately, incredibly unattractive! Until 3 years ago, the masculinity that controlled my face directed all attention away from my lengthy, coal-black eyelashes and golden wavy hair. Meaning that even as a young girl, self-consciousness ruled over me.
So, imagine my joy when the time came that I was allowed to thread those overgrown caterpillars!. Not to mention, the relief when I walked out of the shop; the whole of the upper third of my face a crimson shade, eyelashes stuck together from watering eyes and mascara dribbling down my cheeks. The grin I wore did not seem to coincide with the rest of my complexion- not that I cared!
My happiness, however, was short-lived. Seemingly, only a couple of days later (although apparently it was more like a few weeks!) stray hairs started to reappear- depicting my face as ungroomed, untamed and once again pushing my appearance closer and closer to that of the other sex! Nevermind, I thought, I have a tweezers, I can sort this out.
Within a matter of minutes my eyebrows were pretty much no more! The constant tweaking and plucking in order to make them look half-symmetrical resulted in me removing far too much hair on both- and yet still they remained uneven! So, back to the salon I went!
This cycle is still repeating every couple of weeks, each time I'll tell myself that I'll be more careful, only take out the hairs that REALLY need to go. Nonetheless, I find myself providing the shop with no doubt half its income as I traipse in twice a month with a disaster on my forehead!
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