inspiration monday: scabrow

the inspiration

emma stone

megan bird

tank ~ H&M

jeans ~ b. (a resale shop)

shoes ~ Madden Girl, Marshalls

kimono ~ TJ Maxx

necklace ~ gift

earrings ~ F21

nora bird

tank ~ h&m

jeans ~ b. (a resale shop)

jacket ~ swapped
necklace ~ vintage, thrifted
shoes ~ Madden Girl, Marshalls

do any of you use retinol on your face? i just started recently with a very low level of over-the-counter face lotion. i'm new to the whole idea. i know enough about retinol to use it, but that's about my level of knowledge on the subject. in the back of my head, i remember people telling me stories about how you need to wear tons of sunscreen if you use retinol and that you shouldn't wax your eyebrows, either. however, all of that went out the window the other day when i happened to catch sight of my unibrow and instinctively pulled out the at-home wax strips. i did my quick wax and went to put lotion on my face afterwards. man, did that hurt. and even then, i just assumed it was because there is probably some amount of vitamin c in my daytime face lotion. it wasn't until i got to work and looked in the mirror that i realized i had full on pulled the skin off my face. i now have what appears to be second-degree burns underneath each eyebrow. fancy. the good news is that i don't have a unibrow anymore. the bad news is that instead, i have two scabrows underneath my newly groomed eyebrows. thank goodness for bangs!

i hope your brows are feeling better than mine on this lovely monday!

xo,

two birds