♥ a hair-raising experience.

this evening, i had the chance to attend a fabulous brows & braids event

at sarra, a local boutique makeup studio specializing in precision 

eyebrow shaping & makeup artistry. (ie. my heaven)

since i am completely obsessed with & utterly clueless about achieving 

the perfect set of brows, i was beyond excited to finally visit this much-talked about

place and meet owner & makeup artist to the stars, lauren genatossio.

while i did not have enough hair to try a braid from the lovely stylists 

at jeffrey lyle salon, i was able to admire their work from afar,

and was reminded of my wedding hair, 

which i'm still in love with.

i also got to try a macaron for the first time, (i know, what kind of blogger am i?)

which was just as yummy as they are pretty!

the makeup gods must have been smiling upon me tonight,

because not only did i get to meet lauren, but i also had the opportunity

to sit and pick her brain while she stood and plucked my eyebrows.

lauren has been specializing in precision eye brow shaping for well over ten years,

and has no explanation for how she got into this niche form of makeup artistry

except that she never met a pair of eyebrows that she liked (or didn't have to fix!), 

and has an innate way of seeing & helping you realize your true eye brow potential, 

simply just by working at them meticulously, shading them lightly, grooming

 and brushing them until they are imperceptible to the untrained eye

 and a perfect frame for the face. 

so here you can see what my ideal brows will look like

if i can resist plucking every errant hair that pops up and let them

fill in naturally on their own, which is the only prescription

for a perfect pair :)