SuperDRUG

I am poor.

And do you know why?

Superdrug.  I am addicted to Superdrug.

This week I have mostly been… spending a lot of money in a chemist. On rubbish. And not even earning any Boots points (I know Superdrug have a new loyalty card but it’s just not the same).

Already I’ve brought an eyebrow waxing kit, two boxes of normal waxing strips, one lip stain (to replace one that I brought two weeks ago and thought I’d binned by accident. I hadn’t. Now I have two) that does nothing but emphasis how small my lips are, and a strange yellow nail varnish. The last two times I’ve been in, I’ve spent £30. Which is a lot to spend in a chemist.

The worst of it though, is the fact that I have sustained an injury from all of my goodies. (Writing this down now I feel like I could have a claim for one of those dodgy personal injury claim people who advertise on The Jeremy Kyle Show.) I decided to buy the eyebrow waxing kit because I have a teeny tiny bit of a uni-brow (read: large unruly eyebrows that need regular maintenance).

My mom tries to convince me that this isn’t a bad thing, because “it’s a small price to pay for your dark eyes” but we all know the truth. No-one wants to walk around with one long eyebrow. 

Usually I pluck them, but I thought I’d give waxing a go.  I had been toying with the idea of going to a salon, but as I’ve spent all of my money in Superdrug lately, I thought I’d spend a bit more in there when I saw some strips for £1.50. 
Now I know why they were only £1.50 – it was like trying to wax with a bit of sellotape, but with less 'stick'.

Most people would have probably given up when the bits of sellotape failed to rip out any hairs. But I’d got it into my head that my eyebrows were fuzzy and needed to be sorted out RIGHT NOW. So, I cut up the normal waxing strips I’d brought and used them.

I now have severe waxing burns in between my eyes. On both eyebrows.

And, because I’m currently growing out my fringe, I have no way to hide the damage. So, now I’m stuck with a red blotch in between my eyes that I can’t cover up with a fringe or with makeup. Plus, Matt’s home in two days and I Iook like I have a really bad skin condition.

So, this week’s lesson? Never, ever try and wax your eyebrows with a normal waxing strip.

Maybe I can bring the uni-brow back…