So today was one of the few where I spent it working in the office. I got a good look at myself in the mirror and decided that I had been neglecting my male side and was in bad need of a haircut, so off I went to "Fantastic Sams" to get one. As I walked in the door, I noticed it said "Facial Waxing" and purely on the spur of the moment, I asked the woman working there if you had to make an appointment for getting your eyebrows waxed or if she could do it now. She looked at me for half a second and assured me that she would be happy to do it now if I liked, and of course the next thing that she wants to know is what shape I want. I figured 'what the hell, lets tell the truth' and took out my all time favorite self pic and showed it to her:
"Well, this is how I look half of the time. Can you do something that would be kind of a happy medium and look good for this look and still be acceptable for this look?" I asked, pointing at the photo and then at myself.
I swear her jaw literally dropped as she looked at me and then the pic.
"That's YOU?!" she asked with a shocked tone of voice and an odd smile on her face.
"I know, hard to believe huh?!" I said with a laugh. "So what do ya' think, can you do a happy medium?"
"Of course I can!" she said, now with a huge smile. She grabbed my hand and took me over to her station and started to look at my eyebrows.
"You know, they're really not that bad!" she said, but then continued. "But you did make it kind of straight and flat. We've gotta put some arch in there!"
"Well see, there ya have it! That's why I came to a professional!" I told her with a wink.
The thing I enjoyed the most was that she honestly seemed delighted with the entire concept! I gave her a $10 tip and got her name so that I don't have to explain it all again to another stylist. I'm already thinking that the next time, we'll go a little more dramatic.