Those of you who know me, know that I value a nice pair of arches on a person. Those of you who know me better, know that when talking about eyebrows I always talk about the mystical man out there who deserves my respect for getting his brows cleaned up; and yet even as I mention this sort of man, I have failed to ever meet or see one get his brows done until just the other day. I was getting my nails done in a salon not much different from any other salon out there when a very butch, muscular, tall, tattooed man walked through the door. I glanced at him, wondering what brought a man, not to mention this very manly man, into a nail salon on a Wednesday evening. A little Asian woman came up to him, probably also wondering the same thing I was and asked him what she could do for him. “Brows” he grumbled and was then taken into the back. I sat there shocked and excited to witness a man finally caring enough about the hairy arches on his face.

In our world today there are way too many men out there that view some activities and services to be feminine. These activities and services included hair coloring, manicures/pedicures, putting on chapstick, and getting their brows done. But men must participate in some of these activities or else their hair will not suit their skin tone, their nails will be craggly, long, and dirty, their lips will be flakey and chapped (and unkissable), and most importantly, their brows will be bushy single lined messes. So to the man who came into the nail salon to get his brows done, and every man out there who did any one of these services to better themselves, I thank you all. You have spared millions of women the pain of rejecting you because your lips were dry and your unibrow was so thick they couldn’t see your face. But most importantly, thank you for not being afraid to better yourselves, even if it involves going through some highly stigmatized services. Ladies and gentlemen, real men get their brows done! So spread the news!