Vanity thy name is woman

Way back in September when I was facing the BIG birthday......... I went through a frantic "I don't want to grow old" stage. Or maybe a better phrasing would be "I don't want to LOOK old".

I booked an appointment for a makeup make over in October - which I had to cancel cause that was when the gallbladder started acting up and I was in no shape for make overs of any sort!

Well here it is 6 months later (about 30 pounds lighter) and I look at my face - especially when I am going out somewhere (I do clean up rather nicely) and scowl...... and yes I know scowling should not be done - it creates wrinkles (but at this point in my life - it is too late to worry about wrinkles!!)

The one thing I hate about my face (well one of the things) are my eyebrows.  I had the odd characteristic when I went through menopause of losing most of my body hair and gaining it in other places.  My eyebrows - which used to be thick and arched (naturally) and a nice blond brown colour - have changed into long spikes of hair of indeterminate colour that won't be beaten into submission.  I can pluck and trim and lather with crazy glue to get them to lie down.......but within an hour or so they start to spring up and out and I look like some crazy lady with spiky eyebrows!!!


This past week - on one of my shopping trips - I discovered a new makeup joint at the local farmer's market mall.  I wandered in and before I knew it - I had booked an appointment for a makeup makeover that will include what to do with these damn eyebrows !!!!  I am going this morning........ 


I half wonder if it won't be a waste of time and money.  I tend to prefer no makeup - except for a little eyeliner and mascara.  But what the hey!!!  Maybe she will work wonders on this old face and have me looking like I belong on the cover of some magazine.  What I do hope she can work wonders on .... are my eyebrows.


I have taken a "before" shot........ and I will take an "after" shot - hopefully there will be a difference !!

BEFORE

AFTER

Ohhhhhhhhhh Vanity - thy name is woman!