Brow drama & other looks

Sooo, I'm in a pretty bad mood. I went and got my eyebrows waxed...bad mistake. I should have known something wasn't right when that service was only $5. Back in Florida I'm payin' at least $17. And somehow this nail salon drew me back into the acrylic world (I had acrylics for 6 years and have had them off for 6 months until I moved here). I guess a full set being only $10 is what brought me back. Bad idea. I swear, LA is literally bringing out the worse in me! The damn man ripped off one of my nail beds on accident. Great. I told him to forget about the fill and to just soak off my nails and give me a medi. So no more acrylic.

Back to the brows...I told chick I just wanted to "clean" them up. No arching, no thin brows. I LOATHE thin brows on my face...and of course, what does she do? Takes off so muuuuuch hair from my brows. I burst in tears the second I saw. To make it worse, a sista walks by and says, "Damn, she jacked you up." Thanks sis. Thanks a lot. I cried my ass all the way back home. Not caring who saw. Ate myself in a coma and tried to sleep the tragedy of my life off. Tell me how bad I look!Some bad things have happened to face. I've seen enough ugly people to last a lifetime, I've had an awful flesh eating rash thing (dermatitis), bad pimples, healing nose ring drama, f-ing chin hairs from my mole, LA smog induced pimples, swollen eyes, pink eyes in BOTH eyes at the SAME time....I mean, really. I'd rather go through all of those again at the same time than have my brows look like this. I've emailed pics to my girls and everyone's like, "It ain't that bad!" Are you kidding me? Moving on....because I'm tearing up again just thinking about it.

Today was Halloween. Never been into this day. But I had to put on the fake face and be a good teacher. The faculty's theme was "Pirate" which bummed me because I don't think pirates are any kind of attractive or fun...but whatev. I put on a shirt, bandanna and some jeans. And of course this gave me the opp to play with make-up. I did....The next look represents how I feel about Halloween overall....I don't know, it's just never been my thing. And I have serious problem with this Catholic School celebrating it like its a Biblical holiday or somethin'.....I used:

L'Oreal Gel Liner in Black
Carbon on the lid
The red from MiLady on crease
Vanilla as a highlight
...and my new lashes which I didn't put on so good. HA!

Speaking of Mi'Lady....which I'm lovin' to learn, here's a look I did the other day. I used Artifact Paint Pot as a base.

Now of course my Stud brow pencil doesn't look that good, but look at how much thicker those brows are. :( Depression has returned.

Wait a minute....can we focus on the fabulousness of my skin with that Tech and Fix +? Roomie Joy and I did a 3-step facial thing last night with some fab products and I'm lovin' how my skin looks. Minus the 3 massive pimples. I'm thinking of investing in some MSF. Dark or Deep Dark or somethin'. I see that MSFs give you better coverage for a more flawless look. Didn't know that! Thanks Scandalous Beauty.

Lovin' my skin in this pic! The pic below was supposed to be on my face to really show off the pirate look, but Joy forgot to paint it on. This girl has some skills with the paintbrush. I'm getting into make-up art, but I could never do this. Hot! Carbon and Rondelle!
Well, today has been a hellish day. I need to start learning how to draw in my damn brows. In the meantime....I'll be wearing African wraps for the next 6 months 'til my brows grow back. Yall know it takes foreeeever! So I've learned:

1. To only let award winning estheticians touch my face. Seriously. No more quick fixes at nail salons. I need someone who specializes in brows. Either that or learn how to do them myself.
2. Stay the hell away from acrylic.
3. You get what you pay for. $5 brow wax=jacked up brows. Makes sense.
4. Mistakes can lead into new creative ventures (my Mom & her motivational speech).

The End.
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