This week’s Friday Fiction Challenge from Ronovan Writes instructed us to write about an Epic Fail, when something intended does not work out, in the worst way. Your basic nightmare, in other words. At least that’s how I rolled with the challenge this week. If you would like to read other takes on the prompt or enter your own, click HERE to enter Ronovan’s world.
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Susan decided to save a few dollars and give her hair a layered trim. She had watched several YouTube tutorials and was confident she could do it.
“How hard could it be?” she declared confidently.
Positioning herself on a stool in front of a mirror, she combed out her damp, shoulder-length hair, snipping a bit from one side, then the other. The sides weren’t lining up, so she trimmed the longer side, then a little more from the shorter side. It took some tweaking, but five inches on the floor later, Susan had finally managed to even up the sides and back. Not the layered look she originally planned, but she would make it work. It did require taking more off the front though. Undaunted, Susan kept going.
“It’ll be fine. It’ll be cute short,” she encouraged herself.
Combing her hair upward over her head, she snipped the front length to match the back. To add some layers, Susan lifted her hair to the sides and snipped some more…one side, then the other…back to the first side and back again. She just couldn’t seem to get it right. Before she knew it, her bangs were so short they fell an inch above her eyebrows and the sides barely covered the tops of her ears!
Trying not to panic, Susan decided her eyebrows would need some definition if this shorter style was going to look right. She carefully applied hot wax just under her brow lines, perfectly contouring the application before covering each side with cloth strips. While she waited for the wax to cool, her drying hair inched even shorter.
“It’ll be okay,” she thought as she ripped the strips from her brows. They must have shifted while cooling. When she looked in the mirror, her eyebrows were gone!
Poor Susan was left with only one remedy. She called work explaining that there had been a death in the family. Of course, she would need to be out for the rest of the week. And then, she rush-ordered a wig, with very long bangs!
~kat – 23 March 2016
(344 Words)
like mercury colliding... 
March 23rd, 2016 at 10:06 am
I have never waxed my eyebrows but I have tried to cut my hair so your story is totally believable! LOL!! Great story, Kat.
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March 23rd, 2016 at 10:26 am
They hide the hair shears from me at my house. LOL! I’ve never made a total disaster out of it…but close! HAHA!
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March 23rd, 2016 at 10:52 am
Hahaha! Me too. 😀
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March 23rd, 2016 at 12:00 pm
ღ :d :d :d
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March 23rd, 2016 at 12:02 pm
Wooooooooo
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March 23rd, 2016 at 12:06 pm
Like I said…your basic nightmare. haha!
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March 23rd, 2016 at 12:17 pm
Yessss
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March 23rd, 2016 at 1:49 pm
ROFL! Oh, that picture…I can’t stop laughing!!!
XD
I can’t remember the caption that went with it, but I think it was a meme about arguing with a narcissist or something!
This post is a winner, LOL – perfect!
😉
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March 23rd, 2016 at 5:20 pm
Thanks! I have seen this picture captioned with several different things. I’m glad I gave you a chuckle. We all need to laugh more! Have a great day! 🙂
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March 23rd, 2016 at 5:51 pm
Thank you – and you have a great day as well!
🙂
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March 23rd, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Hilarious! !! I really enjoyed this!
Reminds me of when I was younger and wanted to make my little forehead bigger… so I took scissors and cut a whole bunch of my hair off at the roots…didn’t think about the fountain that would erupt as it all grew back, making me look even more ridiculous!!!
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March 23rd, 2016 at 5:28 pm
One of my daughters chopped her bangs clear to the scalp. She had a similar style for a while. Do it yourself hairdos are quite an adventure! Haha!!!
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March 23rd, 2016 at 5:34 pm
They are that indeed!!!!!
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March 23rd, 2016 at 10:06 pm
ACK! I would never ever allow myself a pair of scissors to cut my own hair. I know better than that, he he! The picture alone is worth 1000 words. 😀
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March 23rd, 2016 at 10:33 pm
I’m not allowed near them in my house! Haha! I love that picture! I thought it was perfect for the prompt! 😊
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March 23rd, 2016 at 10:58 pm
Cut my bangs when I was 8. Let my friend try to highlight my hair in grade twelve. Now, I leave that to a professional. A good stylist is a must and a good estheticisan who can wax eyebrows, really helps to shape then nice, even if you go every three months for eyebrows and hair. I know not everyone can afford it but even going once a year or twice, is better then what happened to the poor woman I your story. Great story telling. Had me cringing!
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March 23rd, 2016 at 11:36 pm
Oh yes I agree! I have found very few stylists who can cut my naturally curly hair. Because of that I have learned to trim my own my own hair, but it has never ended in disaster, thank goodness!
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March 24th, 2016 at 2:41 pm
I’ve done the same thing. 🙂
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March 24th, 2016 at 3:10 pm
I have too. Though nothing I would call an epic fail. Fortunately I knew when to stop and seek professional help! 🙂
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March 26th, 2016 at 3:41 am
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