Day 9: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:23Yesterday’s Winner:
Congratulations to Amber G! Please contact me with your name and address so that I can mail your item out.
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Today’s Giveaway:
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer in “Sand”
The Story:
If I had known at age 12 that I would be using a Laura Mercier brow pencil to fill in my sparse brows at age 26, I would have said to my 12-year-old self,
“Back away from the tweezers. I repeat, back away from the tweezers.”
I sprouted a lot of brow hair when I was young (my mother says it is the Hungarian in me), so I absolutely freaked out when I started to develop the dreaded “unibrow.” I thought my only way to normalcy was to pluck my brows into oblivion.
Actually, it wasn’t me who did it – it was my mom. Even though she was against the idea, I pleaded and begged her until she finally said yes. I remember one night, lying in bed, with her hovering over me, plucking away. She had been plucking from a young age too, so I figured she would be the best candidate for helping me develop the perfect thin, arched brow shape.
Eventually, I started doing it on my own. Looking back at photos from my teen years, I went back and forth between extremely over-plucked and semi-normal (during times of laziness).
Fast forward to a few years ago. I was at the spa getting a facial, and in the same way my mother so carefully leaned over and plucked my thick brows, the esthetician leaned over me and said,
“Have you ever thought about growing your brows out? They would look so nice.”
I told her I would try. What did I have to lose? At that point, my brows were so thin that they were only a few hairs wide. Even so, I figured it would be a quick-and-easy process – a few months, tops.
A few years later, I can tell you that growing out my brows has been one of the hardest things I have ever done.
Okay, that is a complete lie, but it has been one big pain in the butt. Only some hairs have grown back, and they take painfully long to come in. My tweezers only get dusted off occasionally, and there is fear in my heart every time I take them to a hair.
Thank goodness for my Laura Mercier brow pencil. I have tried many, but it is the only one that looks almost completely natural. I wish I had plush brows that didn’t require filling in, but I am certain that won’t happen in my lifetime.
Today’s giveaway is for a sample tinted moisturizer I received with my latest brow pencil purchase. Too bad they didn’t include an eye brow transplant – now that I could have used.
To enter:
There are three ways to enter:
- Comment on this post with the answer to the question: Have you ever over-plucked your eye brows?
- Tweet a link to the daily post and then leave a comment on the post saying you did so
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This means that on any given day, Monday through Friday, you could enter three times via three separate comments.
Your responsibility as the recipient of the item is that you must be willing to (1) Give away an item (either an item of yours or the one you just received) to someone else; and (2) Contact me with a story about the item you gave away to be shared on the blog. This can be as simple as a few sentences or it can be many paragraphs. The point is to share a story about giving.
The winner for this item will be posted at approximately 5:30AM EST on Wednesday, July 28. It is your responsibility to check the blog to see if you are the winner and then contact me with your name and address.
Amber G says:
July 27th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
I have definitely overplucked and it's so embarrassing!
nikkionlunch says:
July 27th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Ha! Well, yes, I think I have overplucked. I've never had the unibrow, but I do have darker eyebrows that can get overgrown if I don't keep them tidy. I think when I first went to town I had them much thinner than necessary, enough so that people noticed the difference. I believe I remember a few people actually teased me about it. You gotta love high schoolers! I love the idea of this blog, by the way!
randi says:
July 27th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I've never over plucked because my eyebrows are so light you can't see them anyway! If I don't use eyebrow pencil I look like an albino.
courtney says:
July 27th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
wow i have SO over plucked my eyebrows- i have like nothing left!
courtney says:
July 27th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
tweet
http://twitter.com/MeandBells/status/19654699400
brandlyn says:
July 27th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
yes, I have before I started letting a girl at the beauty shop do it, I did it myself and it wa horrible.I looked so silly.
rita roddy says:
July 27th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
yes two many times have i overtwized my brows ow
carla Pullum says:
July 27th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
No I have never plucked my eye brows.
Carla
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com
Linda White says:
July 27th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Yes I did overpluck my brows as a teen in the 70's! Thin brows were in style and we all did it!
I look at pictures now and we looked wierd!
christina says:
July 27th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
oh yes i've overplucked and looked quite scary..that was back when i was 13 though. now i have a tendency to not pluck enough!!
effcubed says:
July 27th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
When I was 11 or 12 I hated my eyebrows. I actually CUT them, yes with a pair of scissors. My mom freaked out and was like "WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Let's just say now she takes me to get my eyebrows threaded…
-Erika
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allison says:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
oh 100%. my esthetician keeps telling me to stop plucking, that she's waiting for them to come in. they will never grow back and i stopped plucking years ago!
rosidentevil says:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
I have, it was painful and looked horrible
rosidentevil says:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
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Ashley S says:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Hahaha, why yes I have. I HATED it!!
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Hoa says:
July 27th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I have over plucked my eyebrows once and tried to cover it up with an eyebrow pencil…which made it look even more hideous!
Amy says:
July 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Here is my Tweet
amyrebecca123
Day 9: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer http://bt.io/FhvX (via @backtype)
Yes Ive have! I'm scared everytime I pluck!!!
Thanks!
Amy
Davina says:
July 27th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Yes, I have overplucked my brows and it took about a month for them to grow back.
Red says:
July 27th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I retweeted this giveaway post
Red says:
July 27th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
(above retweet link )http://twitter.com/liloddred
I have overplucked my eyebrows….I am horrible at finding that natural curve!
abbey says:
July 27th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Um, yes. I was 13 and had a big slumber party where we decided to do eyebrows. Disaster! Thankfully they have grown in since that time
So long ago.
Egle says:
July 27th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Of course I have overplucked my eyebrows.
It was when I started plucking. I visited an expert who left me with great look and I tried to maintain it myself. Unfortunately I got a little carried away and ended up having veeeery thin and short eyebrows.
julie says:
July 27th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
hah oh my god once i shaved my eyebrows! NOT good.
susan varney says:
July 27th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
i have never had to pluck my eyebrows mverno@roadrunner.com
effcubed says:
July 27th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
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ginny says:
July 27th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
I, too, over plucked; now I have to "fill in" my right brow as I "moved too far over" when plucking and am now "lopsided". Oh, well. Thanks for the prizes!!
Sunshyn Vanderheiden says:
July 27th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
I’ve never over-plucked my eyebrows but that’s because I’m afraid to pluck them myself. I don’t know how it would look good on me so I just never did it.
Carol Harrity says:
July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
I don’t remember over plucking my brows, but I probably did. My brows are pretty sparse now. Have to carefully fill in the missing hairs.
Aleyta says:
July 28th, 2010 at 12:16 am
I never have, only because I get them professionally done. If I had to do it myself I would probably mess up!
aleytac@hotmail.com
shawna says:
July 28th, 2010 at 1:57 am
I've overplucked many times!
Gianna says:
July 28th, 2010 at 3:14 am
Yes, I looked funny for a couple of weeks!
Jaque says:
July 28th, 2010 at 3:29 am
No, I have never had eyebrows to over-pluck!
Thank you. 
Sand says:
July 28th, 2010 at 4:23 am
I am guilty of over-tweezing and to make matters worse, my sister is an esthetician. She helped me shape by brows last week!
kerri69 says:
July 28th, 2010 at 5:09 am
Yes I have I recommend never using a magnifiying mirror unless you want any brows at all
cynthia layton says:
July 28th, 2010 at 5:13 am
ive shaved mine with an eyebrow razor
Veronica Garrett says:
July 28th, 2010 at 7:28 am
I have overplucked my eyebrows. Go figure.
Swtlilchick says:
July 28th, 2010 at 8:29 am
I have overplucked my eyebrows and it made me look like a freak
susan smoaks says:
July 28th, 2010 at 9:35 am
i haven't ever really plucked my eyebrows at all, i like the way they look naturally