Brows and Booze

This event is what our 12 year old selves envisioned when we had the «makeover portion» of our girly slumber parties. Cupcakes, champagne, makeup… this is what a grown-​up slumber party is all about! We should have come in our pajamas and busted out the popcorn!
Anyway, Benefit was a very cute backdrop for our makeup extravaganza. Pink, with a sort of pin-​up feel mixed with Victoria Secret (minus the bras). The cupcakes sat waiting to be devoured (I confess that I licked the frosting off one and threw away the cake because I don’t like chocolate cake) and champagne flowed. (That pop you heard around 8 o’clock was me opening a new bottle!). And of course, you can’t have a slumber party without pizza!
The best part was our eyebrow pampering. My consultant suggested I get an eyebrow tint as I already have teeny brows and I pencil them in to look darker. She was very professional and provided me with eyebrow facts I was not aware of. Such as that I need to watch my over-​plucking (whoops!) because as a woman ages, her brows don’t grow back because you kill the root follicle each time you pluck. Apparently, the same hair never grows in the same follicle. I had no idea! My tint is a bit too dark and a lot of dye is on my skin so I’m slightly bummed but hey– it was free! I then proceeded to the makeup portion at which I chose to try some red lipstick because it goes with my look but I’ve always been afraid to try it in fear of an orange result. I received many compliments but then the lady tried way too hard to peddle the products onto me. But I understand that they wanted to promote their business but I became slightly uncomfortable.
Overall a wonderful event, thanks to Katie! I’m only docking a star due to the tint job not being 100%, the extra-​peddling by the employee, and because I felt that there should have been some music or some other entertainment as we waited for our makeup jobs. But 5 stars to Katie anyway!

Jennifer — the beautiful woman who did my eyebrows. I couldnt stop looking at her because she reminded me of someone. I liked her. She did a excellent job on my best gal’s brows and a even better job on me.
That is all.
I really hope the workers got tips from these damn Unilocal ladies.

Everyone can use some pampering now and then! Cute store, a small space but everyone managed to fit in. =)
The front of the store was efficiently used to hold pizza from D’Amore’s Pizza. The thin crust pizza was very yummy and healthy… one slice of their cheese pizza has 166 calories compared to a slice of Costco pizza which has 804! o₀ who knew?! My full approval is given on the chocolate cupcake from Little Miss Cupcakes, it was rich in flavor and moist. Washed it all down with wine and super drinkable Moscato Spumante from Barefoot. =)
Instead of waxing, Bella the wonderful cosmologist, suggested an eyebrow tint instead. It made my eyebrows look fuller but still very natural looking! The tint will gradually fade over a few weeks, it’s a very easy process that take about 5 minutes… would recommend this to other people with thin eyebrows like me. =) I learned you could tint your eyelashes too, but this is probably most effective for people with really light hair color. Also Benefit Cosmetics also does body waxing so you can get arm hair, leg hair or whatever hair removed here!
After getting the eyebrows taken care of, light makeup was expertly applied proving just like this CMYE event that less is more! I really like the Benetint a rose-​tinted lip and cheek stain it smells like roses and is more versatile than lipstick. =) Thanks Katie B and Christina Y for introducing us to this store.

I’m no longer an eyebrow waxing virgin, woohoo!
I was a bit scared to get my eyebrows waxed since there’s a lot less leeway for errors, but I LOVED what Bella did with my brows! She cleaned them up nicely and trimmed my strange downward-​growing hairs. I love her, and I love Katie B. for thinking of such a perfect event! Can we have salon related events like every WEEK? I know, wishful thinking… ;)
Thanks to D’Amore’s, Little Miss Cupcakes, and Barefoot for providing my yummy dinner! Marthie D. (yay carpool and event buddy!) and I were influenced into getting some makeup, so we used up our dinner budget, whoopsies.
I loved meeting lots of new faces, especially since I haven’t been able to go to an event since J Lounge! Angela P., hope to see you at more events, and good luck with your future wedding! You’ll be a beautiful bride :)

I had such a good time! Nothing beats yummy eats, champagne, and great company. The Benefit ladies were all very nice and friendly. Much needed pampering after a long day at work =]
ps: I’ll be rockin’ my new «skinny jean» eyeshadow to work tomorrow =]
thanks Katie!

A great man once said:
«I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really good looking.»
To be honest, there may be more to life than being really, really good looking… but after having every eye brow hair and pimple plucked, waxed, tinted, tweezed and concealed into submission, I certainly can tell you that it’s a not too shabby of a life’s ambition.
That the night’s beauty routine included pizza, champagne and cupcakes only further supported the reality that being really really good lucking is really really fun.
I’d like to close out with a little shout out:
Katie B, Christina Y, Jenn and Nicole from Benefit were like sisters to me. And when I say sister, I don’t mean, like, an actual sister, but I mean it like the way black people use it. Which is more meaningful, I think.

LOVING MY BROWS!
Thanks to Benefit I have some BEAUTIFUL brows. I ended up getting swooned by some lipgloss and ended up buying it too!
Thanks to LIttle Miss Cupcakes I ate a yummy chocolate cupcake :)
Thanks to D’Amore’s Pizza I had some delicious Pizza Bianco and Grilled Vegetable Pizza :) Nom nom
And of course I enjoyed that bubbly from Barefoot and Wine :)
And last but not least, XOXO
–Kristy I: you’re my Unilocaler friend in crime! I LOVEEE our brows and I believe we spent our money well.
–Angela P: So so so happy to finally meet you!!! I didn’t get to see your brows after wards but I know they came out FANTASTIC! And I’m so excited for your engagement and all the upcoming things you plan to do for your wedding :)!
–Dee D: Yay to seeing you again. Your make up looked so pretty!
–Lissa: so happy to see you again. It seems like I always see you at girly events: CMYE East, that Fabulous event and now brows and booze!
–Ching T: it has been FOREVER! But glad we ended forever and saw each other!
–Erin V: I have never seen someone get their eyebrows threaded before UNTIL today. thanks to YOU!
–Jenny B: lovely to seee you lady! I didn’t get to see your end results! But I know they came out beautiful!
–Christina Y: I saw you today! And I saw you getting your brows done. You looked so peaceful!
–Katie B: I LOVE LOVED this event and I LOVE that I FINALLY got to see you again. I wish so badly I brought my camera to take a picture with you. I think I was so excited to see you that I forgot it. But thanks SO much for throwing such a be-​brow-​ti-​ful event! :) (and tell your friend Erin (sp?) that it was lovely to meet her!)

Dear Katie,
Hi, this is Lilo again. So I was waiting for my mommies to come home and I was startled. I almost bit mommy E. I didn’t recognize her for a sec there. It’s a good thing I have serious ninja skills to control myself from the bloodbath that would’ve occurred. But you know me, I’m a lover not a fighter.
I talked to mommy E and she said it was the most excruciating experience ever. I think she’s a liar because if she didn’t want to go she would’ve stayed home and hung out with me. Then again mommy A would’ve taken her anyways. Carpool privileges.
Thanks for the event. Mommy E cleaned up nicely. Uh oh gotta go the’re back in the room. Woof Lilo.
At Katrina and Dee I heard you have evidence. Mommy says not to show the boys, but you totally have my blessings. Muahahaha! Payback for the other day.
BTW, I could totally smell the D’amore’s Pizza and the awesome cupcakes from Little Miss Cupcakes.
AND…Barefoot Wine. NICE.

Thanks Katie, Benefit Cosmetics, D’Amore’s Pizza and Little Miss Cupcake for a fun evening. I’ll keep it simple and sweet, just like this CMYE!
As I walk in, Katie points out the Moscato Spumante. It’s like it was sitting there waiting for me next to it’s other bottle friends! Then Karen hands me some pizza for me and Erin (thanks Karen!).
After waiting my turn, I had my eyebrows painlessly and masterfully waxed, and some eyeshadow applied. It’s nice to let someone do the work for you! Thanks ladies.
Following it up with a chocolate cupcake, some fun conversations and meeting a new Unilocaler or two made for a nice Tuesday night!