Brow Theory & Shu Uemura

Hello. I am here to preach about the awesomeness of having good eyebrows. It's taken me awhile to figure it out, but I am here now. Are you? Stand up and be accounted for. 

I have been going to the same eyebrow lady for ages (and if you are reading this, I'm so sorry!!!) but she is just too far away. It takes me 55 minutes by tram to get to her and then I usually have to wait ages for my appointment.  

I used to love the work she did, but I think that since she is so much more popular now, she just kind of rushes you through and pumps you out. 

That's when I decided to go to my One Stop Shop, Miss Fox (where else?) and try out this threading business that people keep talking about. If only they had a dentist and GP on site, I could have all my business attended to at once. 

I let my brows grow out for over a month (my mustache too) and visited Indo at the Brow Theory section.

Before:

I look so eager. Like a Beaver.

Ragh. 

Indo asked me what sort of eyebrow shape I wanted and we went for a natural shape and thickness incase I hated it. 

I sat back in the reclining chair thing, and she started her magic.

Wow, Threading hurts!!!

I actually think that it hurts more than waxing but it is done so quickly that I can't really complain! 

I thought that I would be bald when she was done as you can feel every single teeny tiny hair being pulled out, but the shape was perfection. 

I had a mascara coated stream running down my cheek from my eyes watering, and then we did my mo' and it was an all new kind of pain. 

Indo started to panic about how sensitive my skin was because it was peeling like a bitch, but that was due to my Jungle Brew Peel, not the threading!

It took about 15 minutes for brow and mustache. Speedy Gonzales!!!!! Used to take 45 for just brows!!!

Before and After!

(You can also see how the pimples on my forehead are vanishing. I am putting it down to the peel but the before photo is after my peel, hence the insane inflammation and angry pimples.)

When I told The Husband that I was getting my eyebrows done he look at me very seriously, and told me to make sure I had my mustache done first as it was out of control. This is what happens when you get married, you let your self go. 

The noise that the cotton makes kind of made me laugh out loud. Twang, Twang, Twang.

It was like a mini ukulele was being played on my face. 

Indo finished it off with some Aloe Vera gel and the offer of make up to cover the slight redness but I was all good as was going home anyway. 

I am a total threading convert. Why sit on a tram for 55 minutes, wait around and then not have awesome brows when I can walk to Miss Fox in 10 minutes?! Hell yes. One Stop Shop I tell you!!!

You can read more about Brow Theory @ Miss Fox by clicking here

Pricing starts at $35 for a full shape (your first appointment), with a touch up treatments at $25 when performed within 4 weeks of your last service. Other facial areas like upper lips, cheeks and chin are perfect candidates for threading. Appointments usually run for 15-30 minutes depending on the number of areas to be treated.

I put the call out on Twitter and Facebook for the best eye lash curler that I could buy from either Myer or David Jones and the clear winner was the shu eumura curler, closely followed by some ModelCo Wand thing. 

I hightailed it to David Jones after my disastrous boxing session (the one that I passed out during) and nabbed a curler. 

The top left shot is lashes with no mascara and only one clamp of the curler, bam!! 

Obviously the right is no curler, natural lashes. 

How creepy is this photo?!

Bottom is Mascara with no other make up on, there is not a huge difference but I put that down to me just swiping on some mascara quickly for the photo. 

I'm happy with the curler!! 

I don't know about you but I have kinda patchy eyebrows. I wish they were thicker and fuller, but it is nothing that brow powder can't fix. 

I use the Tweezerman set that I got in Sephora yonks back.

Top is natural and bottom is lightly filled in. 

I don't fill them in too much for every day life as I don't want it to be obvious but there is a slight noticeable difference and that is enough for me. Night time, totally different story. 

I found this photo taken 2 years back. My eyebrows were pretty good. A tad thinner. Maybe i'll go thinner next time. Time will tell. 

Anyway, I have scared you guys enough with all of the close ups of my make up free face and for this I apologize. 

P.S - Pinch and a Punch for the first day of the month!!

P.P.S - I have an amazing date night planned for Saturday but have no idea what to wear. Argh.