don't try this at home.
Facial hair is the bane of my existence. I hate it. I wish I had light, not-visible-to-the-naked-eye facial hair, but I don't. In order to keep from looking "furry", I have a quarterly regimen. The other night, I decided it was time to bleach the hair on my jawline and the few strays around my eyebrows that grow into my hairline. As I was applying the bleach I thought, "I think I'll lighten my eyebrows too. I'll just add a little bleach to them."(This is where I went temporarily insane and I totally disregarded the directions on the box because it clearly states--NOT FOR EYEBROWS !)
After applying the bleach, I went to watch TV until the remainder of my 10 minutes was up. Well, I got all caught up in this show and about a half hour later I realized that my eyebrows had probably bleached into oblivion. Aaahhhhh! I ran as quickly as I could and washed my face, but there before me in the mirror were my two bright orange eyebrows!
Solution:
1 midnight dash to the grocery store
1 mostly wasted bottle of hair dye
1 old toothbrush
and...
10 Q-tips and Vaseline
1 midnight dash to the grocery store
1 mostly wasted bottle of hair dye
1 old toothbrush
and...
10 Q-tips and Vaseline
Not to worry, my eyebrows are now a safe shade of medium brown and I've learned my lesson...
Leave the dying to the professionals... and always follow directions!
9 comments:
What she fails to mention is exactly who made the midnight dash to the grocery store.
I'd already settled down for bed when I was awakened by a blood-curdling scream: "Arrrggghhh!!!!" (she didn't sound like a pirate, but that's the best sound I could think of to imitate her anguished cry).
I popped out of bed like an Eggo from the toaster to see what was the matter.
After I ascertained that there was nobody was throwing up, bleeding, or experiencing severe diarrhea I struggled as my eyes adjusted to see just what the problem was.
The rest, as they say, is history. I made the midnight dash to the grocery store, Lynette played cosmetology school, and now her eyebrows are as good as new.
Thanks for the correction, honey... and the midnight dash. I love you!
oh my gosh, i was JUST thinking of doing a blog post on hair removal. today. how weird is that. i hate my eyebrows. i generally go for waxing them but the last time it did NOT go well so i've been tweezing for the past few months, but i can't seem to keep on top of it! that bleach is a good idea though. although there's no way i'm brave enough to try it.
This reminds me of McKenzie's recent adventure where she shaved off her eyebrows. You should have taken before and after pics!
So funny! I'm glad you fixed the orange though. Yikes!
Brad shaved his chest when we first got married b/c he thought I would like it. It was a similar disaster.. but unfortunately nothing at the drug store that could truly fix it. Just one of those stomach dropping to his ankles moments after he realized what he had done. Funny memories!
That's funny. I hate plucking my eyebrows, but I do it anyway. Glad Ammon ran to the store so you didn't have clown eyebrows.
this is hysterical - the only thing missing is a picture of the orange eyebrows!
OH MY GOSH! That is hilarious! Thanks for the laugh. I'm glad Ammon popped in and mentioned that he went to the grocery store. While I was reading the story I kept thinking, "I would NEVER leave my house looking like that."
yes-i agree-don't post such tales unless you have the pic to share such disasters!
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