To pluck or not to pluck....

This week, I was introduced to a fashion concept, which I consider pretty foreign to me. The art of plucking/shaping yer eyebrows. My initial response was "Oro?*"

It all started out with a casual conversation with my fellow intern colleague at work about going to the hair salon to style her hair. My interest was perked when she added that her eyebrows needed some styling as well.

M: (0.o);;;; Your eyebrows?

L: Um hmm. *nods*

M: Eh...why?

L: Hm? Well, it helps to enhance the attractiveness of your eyes by highlighting the right arches.

M: Does it hurt?

L: Yeah, of course.

M: (0_o);; Oh ok. Hmmm....you pluck everyday?

L: *laughs* No, only when it starts to grow back.

M: But if you pluck out the roots, doesn't it stop growing back or something?

L: Yeah, that could happen. But, I suppose you just have to made sure you don't overpluck.

M: Do you think that [insert another colleague's name] plucked her eyebrows too much then. She....doesn't seem to have much up there, if you know what I mean?

L: (^_^);; Eh, maybe. I don't know, I've never noticed.

M: I guess I only start noticing something when someone no longer has eyebrows anymore.

L & M: ................

L: Oh yeah, I also dye my eyebrows every now and then.

M: *falls over*


There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. The sacrifice some women regularly offer to the Fashion Altar of Doom.

Audrey Hepburn, you look awesome but no thanks, I think I'll keep my eyebrows to myself, every single hair strand of it. XD

Hooray for unmolested natural eyebrows! \m/

*an uncommon verbal expression to reflect confusion or 'blur'ness (as we Malaysians call it) made famous by almost everyone's favourite manga swordsman, Himura Kenshin