I didn't realize I actually hadn't seen this movie before. It's terrible.. but the story line isn't half bad. Maybe because of my life experiences I am just 'relating' to it more now than I would have before.
There's a commercial for "Ghost"..which is of course making me want to find out when it's on and watch that too.
So.. I'm sitting here.. awake at an ungodly hour because I had a nap after work because of a headache... but I'm watching.. and Cher's character goes into the salon to take the grey out of her hair, and the salon girls go crazy! Mani, make up, hair-do... and her eyebrows! Now, other than the fact that I've never seen anyone do this, but how in the world could anyone (I would not be able to possibly stand to sit through it) pluck so slowly!!
However - please note.. that I am absolutely and 100% pleased to see that Cher has eyebrows that are as completely unruly as mine.
yup. I said that.
We can't all be perfect right out of the box. I mean, we ARE - but we, and the social status and fads as they go, push us in directions to fix, change, alter ourselves to the "how they'd like to see us" version of ourselves.
And be damned if I don't have a inclination for some nice pretty simple eyebrows.
Wax, thread, tweeze, electrolysis, laser ... what exactly is the way to go.. and if any of them is more on them permanent side... what if BIG bushy 'Brooke Sheilds' is the way to go in a few years???
Even Demi Moore's got some brows goin' on!
Yes.. I would have to say Brooke, and Demi around the Ghost era, are way more in line with what my brows are doing.
I don't think I was totally sold on just the brows... I was actually thinking of something else when I started out writing.. but this is where I went today.
It was either that or the Extenze commercials... and I'm not so sure you needed me to go there.. did you?
okay ... so since we're there...
From Wikipedia:
Pysical
The main function of the eyebrow is to prevent moisture, mostly salty sweat and rain, from flowing into the eye. The typical curved shape of the eyebrow (with a slant on the side) and the direction in which eyebrow hairs are pointed, make sure that moisture has a tendency to flow sideways around the eyes, along the side of the head and along the nose. The slightly protruding brow ridges of modern humans could also still play a supporting role in this process in this way it helps them make expressions. Together with the brow ridges, the eyebrows also shade the eyes from sunlight. Eyebrows also prevent debris such as dandruff and other small objects from falling into the eyes, as well as providing a more sensitive sense for detecting objects being near the eye, like small insects.The name for one hair of the eyebrow is the browy.
Psychological
Eyebrows also have an important facilitative function in communication, strengthening expressions, such as surprise or anger. Many makeup artists view eyebrows as a major feature in defining the face. The eyebrows shape the human face and give definition to one's eyes and forehead. Depending on the shape of the eyebrows, it sometimes can cause what is known as a false facial expression (such as a person's eyebrows shaped to seem as if the person was angry, but really isn't).
Eyebrow modification
Eyebrows are a major facial feature. Several cosmetic methods have been developed to enhance the look of one's eyebrows, whether the goal is to add or remove hair, change the color, or change the position of the eyebrow.
Several options exist for removing hair in order to achieve a thinner or smaller eyebrow, or to "correct" a unibrow, including tweezing, waxing, threading and electronic tweezer. The most common method is to use tweezers to thin out and shape the eyebrow. Waxing is also becoming more popular in recent times. Lastly, there is the option of threading eyebrows, wherein a cotton thread is rolled over hair to pull it out. Small scissors are sometimes used to trim the eyebrows, either along with another method of hair removal or alone. All of these methods can be painful for some seconds or minutes due to the sensitivity of the area around the eye, but, often, this pain decreases over time as the individual becomes used to the sensation. After a certain period of time, hair that has been plucked will stop growing back. There are some who completely wax or shave off their entire eyebrows, then, either leave them bare, stencil or draw them in with eye liner, or tattoo them on. In Western societies, it has become more common for men to pluck part of their eyebrows as well.
To create a fuller look, eyebrows can be cloned in an eyebrow transplant, wherein individual strands of the eyebrow are mimicked to create a natural looking eyebrow of the desired shape. Eyebrow brushes and shaders are also used to further define the eyebrow. A fairly recent trend in eyebrow modification is in the form of eyebrow tinting, in which permanent dye, similar to that of hair color, is used on the eyebrow, often to darken them.
An eyebrow-lift, a cosmetic surgery to raise the eyebrow, usually in order to create a more feminine or youthful appearance, is a new phenomenon. They can be affected during a face lift or an eye lift. More recently, doctors inject patients' eyebrows with botox or similar toxins to temporarily raise the eyebrow.
Shaving lines in eyebrows is another cosmetic alteration, more common among younger people in the 1990s and 2000s.
Okay.. so now you have tweezing, waxing, threading and laser... what's YOUR "go to"...?
Do you shape/change/style your brows? and... how? Because... of course, I wanna know! :)
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