It is no secret in my real life that I am absolutely obsessed with eyebrows. I hate my own and have total obsessions over other peoples. Case in point: Cara Delevigne. Say n'more.
I've always wanted to test out HD brows or the likes but I've always been scared. Lately I've seen a bit of a craze on Twitter over The Brow Artist (@LornaFarrelly) and when I saw their before and after snaps, I was *SOLD*. (It helped that beaut.ie did a piece on it a couple of days later) I managed to secure an appointment two weeks later and yesterday is when I toddled in.
I decided not to wear any makeup because the rain was absolutely bucketing down and there was quite literally no point. I arrived stupidly early and met with the hairdressers on the ground level who firstly instructed me to put my umbrella into the stand and cast a very brief glance to show me where I needed to go to find the Farrellys. Not the friendliest of ladies, it must be said.
So downstairs to the basement I went, then sat until Liz Farrelly (@LizFarrelly1) was able to take me. My God. What a lovely lovely girl. Truly professional and an absolute expert, I cannot speak highly enough of Liz. She sat me down and asked me about my brow history, she instructed me exactly what she was going to do and assured me that I would like the end result. Liz informed me that she would first thread my eyebrows, then pluck any strays, then she would tint them to give the illusion of slightly thicker brows.
So she began. This was my first time having my eyebrows professionally done and I will say that I found the threading very stingy. I felt like I wanted to sneeze, but I held it in and it was over within a minute or two. The plucking was fine, and the tinting, totally grand. Liz cleansed the tint off, put the final touches to my brows and then told me to sit up and to check them out. I was SO nervous. What if she butchered them?!
I needn't have fretted. I nearly fell off my seat and into the mirror. I LOVED THEM. I was speechless. I even (embarrassingly) threw my arms around Liz, suffocating her with a bear hug! I was so so happy. I immediately felt less 'nakey-faced' and had more confidence. I know this will make no sense to a boy but some of ye will understand what I mean!
So off I trotted, emailing Aoife IMMEDIATELY (thebrowartist@gmail.com) to make my next appointment. Those girls are booking up FAST!
So this is my before and after, both sans makeup so no judgment please!
So what do you think?
I feel like my eyes look so much more awake with my new brows!
Laura
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