The Desperate Longing for Eyebrows

I bet you think I'm reaching at straws with this blog topic. But for those of you don't know, there’s a real tragedy because I am hereditarily cursed with thin eyebrows! Although my entire family has thick flowing locks to adorn our crowns, the vast majority of us are hairless wonders, especially the women!

This is great for our legs because we don't have to shave or wax. I literally have 5 hairs on my left leg and 3 on my right. There is faint hair on my arms but it is the same color as my arms, and therefore, invisible.

Then there are my eyebrows. Lamentably, they are almost non-existent. Without eyebrow enhancement, I resemble Whoopi Goldberg, who is rumored to keep her eyebrows shaved/waxed because she thinks eyebrows are a useless part of the body.They’d always been on the thinner side, yet unshaped. To thicken them, I started using an eyebrow pencil. At first, was the good old fashioned Maybelline pencil, but the wood shaving started bothering me.

Then I discovered the self-sharpening eyebrow pencil and it has been my boon companion ever since. Avon pencils are by far my favorite as far as quality and price. I also use their eyeliners in almost every color. I even forayed into the waterproof eyeliners, which I especially enjoy using during the summer. I am so dependent on them that for the longest time, even my best friend had never seen me without them painted on for the first 6 years of our friendship.

To get rid of the unruliness, I first tried shaping them with one of the those eyebrow razors, but it didn't do as clean a job and when they grew back, it was stubbly. So in my mid-20s, I got my first waxing from a hairdresser. It hurt so bad, it made my eyes water and I never went back to her again. Over the years, the pain lessened as I started getting done every few months. My brows were so thin that the one of the ladies who used to wax them once suggested I get a tattoo enhancement!

But now that I’m older, I no longer need the waxing, just an occasional pluck of about 8 or 9 strays, including my first gray eyebrow hair! I recently tried to stray from my trusty brow pencils. Usually, I just go to the nearest store and grab another self-sharpening pencil. My first try was at a beauty supply store where I found this nifty brow powder from NYC. Then I tried two new products from Avon. One another powder with sealing wax. Both the powders worked well.

Then I got cocky and tried a liquid brow brush. The problem with the brush is that I needed to brows that were thick enough to paint! When I applied the brush, it was just a wet slimy mess. Needless to say, I returned it for my 8 bucks and went back to my trusty Avon pencils.