brows & lashes
Apr 22nd 2012 04:10:16 pm
Freaky photo, right? Last Friday, on a whim, I decided to go get my eyebrows and lashes tinted at the Benefit boutique in Soho. My friend, Casey, had told me they offered the procedure and I was in the neighborhood on Friday and in the mood for an experiment.
For a little more than I was expecting — $49 plus tip — I got my lashes and brows tinted and my brows shaped and waxed. (Above is what it looks like during the tinting.)
I am low maintenance (Travis laughs when I say that) and rarely wear makeup. I am blonde (obviously) and have light brows and lashes, which can sort of blend in with my skin. I wear mascara when I do wear makeup, but I am way too lazy to fill in my brows or even tweeze very much. So, a semi-permanent make-up solution sounded like a good idea.
I know that for many women brow waxing is a routine thing, but this was my first time. I was pleased that it didn’t really hurt much at all.
The full procedure — tinting and waxing — is not something that I plan to spend money on every month, but I am actually really pleased with the results! Darker facial features are just more photogenic.
The girls at Benefit also did my makeup, which is shown in the “After” photo above. (And of course, I got talked into a few purchases. I love the new eye shadow I got.) The second photo is after the brow and lash tinting, but before the makeup. I have mascara on in the final photo, but my lashes are dark enough now to go without.
The brow and lash tint is supposed to last for four to eight weeks, depending on the person. I think that I will save it for special occasions (mainly because I don’t want to spend the money) but I definitely recommend the Benefit boutique in general. They also do facial and body waxing, plus other procedures, like tanning, and they totally accept walk-ins.
Do you “groom” your brows?
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6 Comments » Categories: Make-up & Beauty, New York
Libby on 22 Apr 2012 at 5:38 pm #
This is your mother! Don’t ever do that to me again!!! I got such I fright. I thought something horrible had happened to you. You know like you went off the deep end.
P1 on 22 Apr 2012 at 6:03 pm #
The lady who cuts my hair will trim my eyebrows and my ear hairs. Does that count?
Misty on 22 Apr 2012 at 6:46 pm #
I’m uber jealous that you don’t have to get your brows waxed. Lucky girl! I heard that lashes are fuller/plumper after getting them tinted.
Robin on 23 Apr 2012 at 8:21 am #
I do like the results…..but you have always been a beautiful girl / woman
Jorden aka MrsWhiffin on 28 Apr 2012 at 5:22 am #
Very cute! I am a make up girl, but you lady look great with or without it
Crissy Herron on 28 Apr 2012 at 9:39 pm #
I LOVE the results! $49 is totally worth it!