That famous saying "Beauty is Pain," is something that I never thought I would experience. I usually do not go out of the way to enhance my appearance. I wear make-up almost everyday (Saturday excluded), and make it a habit to shower (as anyone should). However, especially since my straightener died, my hair is simply brushed and air dried. My nails are unpainted, and I have never experienced a facial, pedicure, or spa date of any kind.
Yes, I have experienced pain before in steps to change my physical appearance. I have had my hair pulled through a cap in order to get highlights, and have had my ears pierced (which is more anticipation nerves than actual pain). I experienced five and a half years of braces in order to get my teeth straight and that horrible gap fixed in the middle of my teeth. However, I have not regretted any of these actions.
In order to get better in touch with my feminine side and spend some quality time with my female faculty members, I went with them to a salon to get our eyebrows done. I have gotten my eyebrows waxed in the past, and did not find the experience completely painful. The last time I had done that though was March of 2012, and have not really bothered to since then. My eyebrows are on the thicker side as eyebrows are concerned, but I have not really had a problem with them being the way they are. Anyways, when we got to the salon, and one of the ladies had sat down to get her eyebrows done, I noticed that they had just jumped in to plucking her brows. I asked if they did waxing here, and my friend said no, only plucking and trimming.
So, when it came to my turn, I was a little bit nervous. I had my friend translate that I just wanted my brows cleaned up, and I still wanted them to be thick (I was getting memories of that episode of Friends where Joey gets his eyebrows done...). The eyebrow lady then got straight to work plucking my eyebrows, and inflicting annoying pain on my face while plucking out individual hairs at one time. I didn't physically cry, but my eyes were watering like crazy. I don't like to sound like a wimp; but it very much hurt! The pain caused me to start to get really angry and annoyed. I was peeved that this woman was hurting me, and a part of me wanted to yell at this innocent woman for causing pain. I was already slightly cranky from low blood sugar, and this did not help. Needless to say, I was so very excited when she was done, and I was freed from the torture. My friends all told me that my eyebrows looked great, which they did look better, but I didn't think they had looked bad enough before to go under that kind of pain.
The part of the night that I had the hardest time wrapping my head around was the fact that I paid the person for causing my face pain! I went and paid her 10 USD for plucking out individual hairs on my face. I paid for pain!...and nice eyebrows.
What I did enjoy however, was time spent with my fellow female faculty friends and the Snickers later enjoyed on the trip home. I am hoping for more hang out time in the future, just maybe not around a beauty salon.
To all women who regularly pluck eyebrows: You are warriors, and I respect your pain tolerance. I do not think I will be joining your league in the future.
Sincerely,
a wimp with unkempt eyebrows
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