Wednesday, June 3, 2009.  Well, I really got a crash course in perception again yesterday. The night before, I’d been tired from driving all day, yet not quite sleepy enough to go to bed.  You know how that goes, you’re awake but not real alert.  Tired and wired I call it.  And no, I don’t drink 🙂  So here I was really tired and clearing some things off my desk when I came across a pair of tweezers I’d used to pull out a splinter a few days ago. I’m not one to tweeze brows or shave legs or whiskers since I’m so fair you can barely notice it. But as I sat back in my chair with the tweezers in hand, it seemed a good idea to reach for the mirror and do some eyebrow shaping.  You already know where this is going, don’t you?

So I get the light turned on and well positioned. I check it out and plan my strategy, then begin.  First this one, then that, but wait now this one shows up.  Hmmm, better take that one, too.  Ok, now that’s a nice clean line.  But wait, let me even that up a little bit more...  My mom taught me to only tweeze from underneath.  Mom had great brows, check her out in Photos of our Place.  So I did some tweezing and was happy with the result and I went off to bed.

In the morning, I get up and come into the office and see the tweezers and mirror on my desk.  I remembered the night before.  I ran into the bathroom to see my face in the big mirror.  I looked very surprised, very Julie Newmar circa 1966.  They didn’t look bad, they just didn’t look, well… me.  I like the heavy eyebrow look, I think it’s natural and youthful.  So I felt kind of bare.  I knew they’d grow back, but I wasn’t crazy about them.  And forget about putting brow pencil on to fill them in.  I’m so fair that even the lightest color is too dark.  So I was left with the perception that I’d goofed my brows up and looked a little weird.

Then I go online and see that AOL has tips on The right way to tweeze – Eyebrows 101.  I go to the page and follow the photos and see that – according to AOL – I did my brows perfectly.  I began them in the right place and they ended in the right place and the arch was in the right place.  Interesting.  My perception before I read the article was that I’d made a mistake and looked unnatural.  However, now that AOL assures me it was merely good grooming, I’m good to go.