My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
Today while I was tweezing my bushy eyebrows, I was suddenly transported back to a time in cosmetology school, when I was learning the art of brow waxing.Waxing someone’s eyebrows for the first time is quite a scary experience, because if you make a mistake in the application of the wax, two things can happen….
1) If the wax is too hot…you can cause the client to suddenly scream in agony, as if someone poured volcanic lava all over their skin.
2) If too much wax is applied below the eyebrows…the client could end up looking like a silent film star with Jean Harlow eyebrows.
(which is not a bad thing…it’s just not overly attractive on a man)
When it came time for me to practice the “brow waxing section” of my training, I BEGGED a good friend of mine to be my guinea pig.
For those of you who have no idea what a brow waxing procedure involves, let me explain…
*Warm wax is applied to the area of hair that you want to remove, using a wooden popsicle stick. Then a small piece of pre-cut cotton cloth strip is laid on top of the wax. The person doing the waxing, will then press the cloth strip down and rub their fingers back and forth over the area. After the wax begins to cool a bit, a corner of the cloth strip is lifted, and then quickly RIPPED OFF in the opposite direction of the hair growth.
And viola! No more hair.
I know it sounds like this must hurt….
(that’s only because it CAN)
If done quickly, the pain is no more than pulling off a small piece of scotch tape from your skin.
If NOT done quickly, the pain is no more than pulling off a piece of DUCK tape on a SCAB.
Anyway…this friend of mine graciously consented in allowing me to experiment on his eyebrows.
The whole procedure was going very well, until I completely unnoticed that I had accidentally got a big drop of wax onto the center of one of his eyebrows, so that when I ripped the piece of cloth off, the CENTER of his eyebrow came with it… leaving a big gaping hole.
RRRRRRRRRIP….!
He suddenly SPRANG up from the chair like a Jack in the Box, clutching his eye with his hands and screamed…
WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?
And when I noticed what had happened…my mouth flew open and my eyes widened in horror!
I said, “Tim…I don’t know how to tell you this…but something went very wrong.”
He immediately asked to see a mirror and I said, “No…I REALLY don’t think you want to see this.”
When he looked into the mirror he said, “HOLY SHIT, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME…I LOOK LIKE A FREAK!
I said, “I don’t know…I think you must have moved or something”
He said, “OK, MR. BEAUTICIAN…WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO DO NOW?”
I said, “Well…perhaps you could try a little eyebrow pencil”
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