For the remainder of this week I am a single parent. Not by choice obviously. But instead of burdening you with my woes about the inevitable stresses and strains created by juggling 3 small children, 2 cranky kittens (having your uterus removed would make anyone cranky, so they have my sympathy) and deadlines for articles I thought I'd share a little secret with you.
Some of you may remember the horror of a recent eyebrow wax I had recently where the waxer butcher dropped some stray wax on my eyebrow and I ended up looking like, well, not me.
Since then I've been growing my eyebrows out waiting for them to look normal again.
Like this actually.

Whilst in Sydney I went to see a lady called Emily Des Forges who is talked of in hushed terms as the best eyebrow person around.

I shared my woes about the eyebrow waxing butcher with her, and she listened patiently to my tale expressing sympathy, and pretending to care as everyone I recount this story to always does. And then this Maestro of eyebrows got to work on me.
Community Service Tip 1: Eyebrow waxing is not good for your eyebrows. Tweezing is the way to go.
Now I have a VERY low pain threshold which is why I preferred waxing because it's quick. But in the hand of an expert like Emily it was ok. It didn't really hurt too much.
Community service Tip 2: Invest in a good brow pencil. For me it was the equivalent of discovering penicillin. (Mine is Fling Brow Pencil by M.A.C just FYI)
And then I looked like this:


Finally she placed me in the tender hands of a make-up artist Maria Plessas who didn't use make-up brushes. No the woman used a magic wand I swear.
Because this was the final look.


Now I will NEVER be able to reproduce this look myself. But it's nice to think my grandchildren will be able to scroll through the archives of my blog posts one day and say: "Didn't Granny look nice in the olden days. Shame how she has let herself go...."

What is your magic make-up tip? Now I've started I can see I have so much to learn...