God Bless Sephora!

I did something Wednesday afternoon that I have never done before. I set aside my intimidation and walked into the Sephora cosmetics store in Fashion Valley. I know most of you girls love this place, but I never got into the whole make-up thing. A little mascara, a little lip gloss and I'm out the door. Guys - Sephora is kind of like Best Buy for cosmetics. There are so many tubes, bottles, powders and potions that it will make your head spin!

My eyebrows and eye lashes have started falling out. It's slight, but becoming noticeable. With this current round of chemotherapy plus one more there is a chance that the loss will be significant by mid-October. The bummer is that I will be done with the chemo by then - so right when I'm feeling good and recovering from 4 1/2 months of hell is when I will look the sickest. So, I decided it was time to go to the pros and ask for help.

I'm not sure why I was afraid of this place. This was a really fun experience! I got to sit in the special make-up application chair with my own mirror and make-up artist. I had decided before I got there that there was no way I was buying and applying fake eye lashes. I don't have the patience or desire to glue something to my eye lids. So my search was for products to fill in my thinning eyebrows and highlight my eyes without lashes/mascara.

Who new there were so many easy solutions?! (I sound like a kid in a candy shop, don't I?) For eyebrows I tried a pen that you use to draw in fine hairs. It did the trick, but the color wasn't exactly right. I settled on wax and powder. You apply a thin coast of wax from a wax pencil over the brow and then eyebrow powder with a small make-up brush. The powder sticks to the wax and voila! the brows appear full.

For my eyes, the make-up artist suggested I use my daily mascara sparingly only on special occasions. This is because the more I handle them during application and rub them to remove the make-up the higher the chances I'm pulling them out and causing even more damage. Makes sense - but breaking a 20 year habit won't be easy! We tried a few eyeliner colors and she showed me the correct way to line my eyes. When I left there I had a bag full of goodies and a lot less cash. But, now I feel like when I walk down the street at least you'll all be staring at my eyes and not my foob! I'd still rather spend the money on Chargers apparel, but removing the worry of looking sick from missing eyebrows was well worth it.