The Wax, My Eyebrows and a Moment of Sheer Panic

As many of you may have read my previous posts about myself and my hair having some serious issues here in Suzhou. Today my eyebrows and I had quite a scare.

I was a bit of a late bloomer when it came to make up, hair, eyebrow plucking and so on. My hair skills were limited to a pony tail or not a pony tail until perhaps 2 years ago and I genuinely believed in the powers of clear mascarra until I was about 15. I think that should give you a fairly clear picture as to how much I have cared and known about "beauty". Having said this I hopefully know better these days and try to look a little better than the blank canvas genetics gave me.

My eyebrows were looking somewhat overgrown and I had been putting off going to get them done due to weekend work commitments and the cold I would have to face on my e-bike to get there. Today I had decided it was time and booked an appointment at my local beauty salon that just so happens to be owned by the wife of a colleague.

With my appointment confirmed I hopped on the e-bike on my short ride to get myself beautified. It's always nice when you arrive and they give you slippers and hot tea. The girls speak little English and show the list they have memorised. Sadly eyebrows was not on the list and when I pointed they cast some horrified looks at one another and then speedily called their boss. The alarm bells were beginning to ring slightly, but I'd had my eyebrows done here before. It would be fine. Wouldn't it?

I went into the room and lay down where told. It was somewhat dark. Concerning. The wax arrived. Still rather dark. Hmmmm. First touch of wax on. Appears to be in the usual place, but she can't seem to pull it off. Second piece of wax all over me! They decide they now need to wrap my hair in a towel to protect it and try desperately to wash off the wax that they have dropped all over me. Time to panic. I unfortunately caused a slight scene and began storming out as the owner herself arrived and quickly volunteered to fix my eyebrows.

For future reference body lotion, massage oil, hand cream and warm water do not remove wax from where it should not be. If you find yourself in this unforunate situation please recommend make up remover.

The good news is that I still have 2 eyebrows that are nicely shaped. The bad news is that I had to go and buy a secret santa present with lobster like colouring surrounding my eyebrows.