all about the BROWS

My life was changed when I was taught the art of eyebrows. No seriously, I have never been more confident with the finished product of my daily makeup. It is something so small that can make the biggest difference. but there are so many things that come to mind when we think of eyebrows.......lets make the list

1. DO NOT tweeze or wax your eyebrows! everyone says whhhaaatttt?! here is the reason why: eyebrow trends change, constantly. The trend used to be pencil thin and very arched. Now, the trend is a thicker, more natural look. When you wax or tweeze your eyebrows, it pulls the root of the hair out with it. If that happens enough, hair will NOT grow back in that spot. Because the trend changes so often, I suggest using an eyebrow shaver. You can buy these at Sally's Beauty Supply for 3 dollars! This is what most of them look like.

      2. There are a few rules to filling them in, which everyone SHOULD. You MUST make sure that there are the right length and shape. The beginning should always line up with the tear duct of your eye, the middle arch should line up with your pupil, and the end should meet diagonally from the corner of your eye.

    3. This is a personal opinion, but for natural looking brows (or as I call them, daytime brows) use a matte eyeshadow or brow powder. For a more defined looking brow (evening brows) use a good pencil. some of my favorites are Lancome and Smashbox.

Now that we have those out of the way, lets talk about what a difference it makes if it is done correctly with the right color choices. 

BLONDES: most blondes have a naturally ashy hair color so you need to choose a very light griege/gray to look realistic.

BRUNETTES: be very very careful of color choice. Most brunette pencils and powders have a great deal of red in them, so to look natural choose one without the red undertone. I am a redhead and use Brunette by Lancome and it matches perfect.

RED HEADS: be very careful to not go too red. You need to go light on the color since most red heads are very fair.

I had this young lady approach me about a new " Back to school" look. she said she felt like she could not get her makeup to look like adds she sees no matter how hard she worked on her eyeshadow. So, I did only one of her eyebrows with a matte grey shadow, handed her a mirror, and showed her the difference between the two...

Such a small thing that makes you look so polished. Just make sure you go with the direction that the hair grows. make short upwards strokes with the hair closest to your nose, then take it horizontal to the arch, then diagonal downward to the point. it just takes a little bit of practice.

Please share with your friends and let me know what you think:)