Leaving home for the first time is never an easy feat, especially when the college you’ve decided to attend is hours away from the place you’ve grown to know and love. Your excitement shoots out of you like an exploding firework, you can be whoever you want to be, a clean slate in the eyes of your peers. However, there was one thing that made the move to Alabama ten times harder than it probably needed to be. Of course, it’s hard saying goodbye to your hometown friends and family, leaving them behind as you embark on this unpredictable journey… blah blah blah. In regards to them, the distance is less concerning because you know that through technology you can keep in close contact. But there is one exception to your eagerness to leave home, the beautiful soul that has been the source of your confidence and has taught you how to love unconditionally: your eyebrow lady. The bond formed between girl and eyebrow lady is both unique and intimate. Once you find a beautiful woman like that in your life, you should never let her go. Keep her safe, cherish her, because before you know it, you will be leaving far away from her and the separation anxiety is daunting. As your eyebrows grow bushier by the day, you try with all your might not to let it bother you, but looking at the horrendous bushes above your eyes in the mirror every morning eats away at your conscious. A thought pops into your mind to search for another eyebrow lady, and you push it back as much as you can... until these thoughts become more frequent. How could you cheat on the one who has made you feel so special? How can you betray the one who has made your self-confidence soar since the seventh grade? The answer is you can’t. No one knows what you need like your eyebrow lady. You can search, but no one will ever compare, which makes going home for breaks that much sweeter.

It’s extremely difficult to go from getting your eyebrows done every two weeks to only when you’re home for break. I’m the first to admit I have trust issues when it comes to anything, let alone having someone rip the hair out of my face with hot wax. Not to sound conceded, but, my entire life I’ve taken pride in the fact that I have the nicest eyebrows South Florida. I’m scared to even pluck my own eyebrows in fear of somehow messing them up, so imagine my hesitation when it came to stepping outside of my comfort zone and going to an unknown location to get them done. Desperate times call for desperate measures, right? WRONG!!!! I came out with red patches on my face, completely broken out in hives, and straight up traumatized. I must’ve been suffering some sort of quarter life crisis to think that it was ok to allow a stranger touch my perfect eyebrows. From that moment on I vowed to never trust anyone to do my eyebrows again...no matter how badly they need to be done. It was in that moment when I realized how completely lost I would be without her. I’ve made it my priority to come home once a month for the sole purpose to get my eyebrows done, no matter what kind of crazy story I have to make up to convince my parents. I recently went as far as setting appointments months in advance just to ensure my spot in Janet's golden chair. It's safe to say I trust this woman with my entire life, because one wrong move can make everything go horribly wrong. Now that I think about it, she’s one of the more important people in my life. She's been my life saver since 7th grade and I am forever grateful for that.

Basically thanks for being my eyebrow Goddess, Janet. My life and eyebrows would be in shambles without you. You’re the real MVP!!!