I have been a horrible blogger lately. I'm sorry. I havent been able to spend much time on the computer in the last few weeks because of so much running around (the job situation may be changing very soon!)
I'm still doing really well, now with both my eyebrows and eyelashes. I had one night, about a week ago, where I pulled two eyelashes for no apparent reason but then I stopped myself, walked away, and the urges have not yet returned. The key for me is really keeping busy. The busier I am, the less I pull. It's when I have downtime and sit and relax mindlessly with no goal, or get lazy and dont get up and change where I am when an urge hits, that I do the most damage.
Exactly a week ago I was feeling especially frustrated and left work a little early. I had about 2 hours to kill before going to a party and made a stop at Sephora where apparently they will do your entire make up for free! Woo-hoo. So I had Anthony take a shot at teaching me how to actually do my make up since I'm a bit hopeless when it comes to that kind of stuff.
Normally I am so anxious about having people so close to my face and always dreaded having my make up done for weddings but this time I felt good. Yes, my eyebrows are still on the thin side but with a little brown eyeliner and some eyebrush powder he plumped them up and they looked awesome. It actually gave me even more motivation to stop overpulling them (or justifying tweezing the hairs in my overgrooming ways).
Next Anthony tried to show me how to do my eye make- up. I'm going to be honest and say that I doubt I will continue spending 30 minutes in the morning on just my eyes, which is what he did, but the last week I've tried to replicate them in the 5-10 minute version. Anyway, he's in the midst of putting on shadow #3 or 4 when he says "you have great eyelashes". Um, what???? Yes, for me they look good but they are still pretty thin even though I've barely touched them in months. I felt so proud! He finished off by applying a few coats of mascara and I have to admit it was a pretty amazing feeling- they looked perfect.
Needless to say I have not been able to get my make up to look as great as he did(why can I never remember how to do it? it seems so easy as he walked me through it but then I totally forgot all the tips) but I was able to pick up some helpful tips and, coupled with the eyebrow fluffing tips, I feel as though I look like someone with no outward signs of trich. None.
It's days like that which help me stay motivated! The hard work and persistence, the tears of telling friends and family, getting up when tired, coming up with new ideas, blogging, scouring the internet for information and ideas, it's paying off! I know I have to keep working at it because trich doesnt just go away with a few months of success but I really feel as though I might be able to beat this and I'm definitely on the right track!
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