Oh the Humanities: The Horrors of a Magnifying Mirror

The other day I was minding my personal organization in Bed, Bath & Beyond Though I came upon a show of magnifying mirrors. Some had variable light possibilities, and all had been appropriate at face height, so I decided to verify them out. Massive error. Massive. I saw factors in these mirrors that no lady desires to see on her face. But it was love a train wreck, I had to appear in all of them and see which a single revealed the most horrors. Then I created the largest error of all, I purchased 1 - with 10X magnification and 4 unique light settings, with a good sturdy base so it sits on the counter and I never have to mess with holding it.

My justification for obtaining it was due to the fact I can hardly see something up close any longer devoid of my glasses on I believed it would make plucking my eyebrows much easier. And I have to agree that it does. On the other hand, I found that I am not undertaking the nice job I believed I was at maintaining my unibrow under submission. I also found that I have hairs that are attempting to develop out of my nostrils, and I am increasing a tiny bit extra of a mustache than I previously believed. Though this is information and facts I likely have to have to have, it really is unquestionably not data I Have to have to have!

There are lines about my eyes that I had no notion have been so extreme, and I've been slathering cream on that location religiously for 30 years! There are fine lines above my upper lip. What? I've do not been a smoker. All I can assume is they are "straw lines" from all the Eating plan Coke I utilized to suck via a straw.

My pores are the size of craters, but the unquestionably most horrifying thing of all was spotting not one particular, but TWO black hairs, possibly a quarter of an inch long increasing out of the middle of my left verify! Oh my God! Is not it sufficient that I have to buy my goatee lasered as soon as a month? Am I going to begin increasing a complete beard now? I had been going about in the globe considering I'd carried out a affordable job of disguising some of my imperfections, Although in fact it is just that I could not see them.

I attempt to console myself with the fact that most individuals I am about are in their 40s and 50s and most likely have poor eyesight. But what if I am incorrect? Perhaps folks are going about considering, "God, why does not Aphrodite do anything around these Massive hairs on her cheek??"

Now that my fact has been shaken by what I've noticed in the mirror, I've decided to move it off the counter and place it in the closet. That way if I assume the want for an up close appear at anything, I can do it, but I am not tempted to take a appear each time I am in the bathroom, which I came to understand was a form of self-abuse!

So if you occur to stumble upon a show of magnifying mirrors, Never quit to appear. Run, never stroll away from the region. And what ever you do, do not purchase 1! Due to the fact the fact is, ignorance is bliss.

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