Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Eyebrow Superstore

I dreamed I was at an airport. Once I was through security, I started running, but then realized I had plenty of time. I started browsing, noting that "the bagel place" was now called "Christie's" and it was a fancy-shmancy lunch place with giant glass windows.

I walked past a giant store called Eyebrow Superstore. Now, being one to grasp any opportunity for a quick "gettin' my eyebrows did" moment, I walked inside the store. There were about five separate "pedicure stations" (all of these things had names in my head - not sure what they were or meant though), each of which was filled with really awful people - all impolite and bossy and snotty. I got out of there quickly. I headed towards the "retail area" which I assumed was where I could get my eyebrows did, and saw a giant shelf with hundred of pristine white boxes with black block lettering that spelled "Laser Eyebrow Removal."

"This isn't what I signed up for!" I thought to myself. I didn't want laser eyebrow removal - just a simple wax or something! I tried to get out of there, fast, but every which way I turned, I encountered either more "pedicure stations" or people in white lab coats, holding samples of something.

The dream ended there.

7 comments:

jx said...

i thought it would be a store where you could buy fake eyebrows. like fake eyelashes. why don't people do that instead of penciling them on? shave them off and buy stick-on ones. then you can change them for whatever mood you're in. inquisitive, surprised, frustrated. will you market that idea for me, reem? my friend's little old filipino grandmother has her eyebrows and mascara tattooed on.

jx said...

oh, damn - i guess they already exist...
http://www.headcovers.com/11297/realistic-eyebrows-15/

Reem Tara said...

Oh my god. Fake eyebrows! I love that it's "Realistic Eyebrows #15." I have a friend who recently lost all her hair from chemo, and she was talking about using a stencil to draw in her eyebrow, but she pressed too hard with the makeup pencil and they ended up looking hilarious.

Anyhow, Eyebrow Superstore DOES sounds like what you described, Jess...my dream was TOTALLY wrong.

Tatooed makeup is terrifying to me. WHAT IF YOU WANT A DIFFERENT COLOR LATER IN LIFE???? WHAT THEN???

Bea said...

yes, like the guy with alopecia (sp?) from arrested development!

reem, what a silly dream! as for tattooed makeup being silly, do you think tattoos are silly also? isn't it just as much of a commitment??

Reem Tara said...

Yeah, but it doesn't have to be on your face, so you (and everybody else) don't have to look at it all the time.

For example, I have a tattoo of an eyebrow on my ankle, and I only look at it when I feel the urge. Perfect compromise!

jx said...

eyebrow on your ankle (shaking my head)... you're too much.

Cody said...

I didn't realize you have 2 blogs Reem. You are a busy lady. You have some wacky dreams. I envy you. I used to have really cool and interesting dreams, but they went away. Now I hardly ever remember them:(