Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Brow Beating

Ladies, ladies, ladies...I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to maintain your eyebrows. Whether you groom them yourself or get it done professionally, your eyebrows shouldn't be neglected, or abused. The right way to create the prefect frame for your face is having them start, arch and end in the right place. This is your fool-proof guide to great brows!
Too many good brows go bad because of over-plucking, so if you need to grow some back, conceal the process with a brow pencil or powder to fill in the blanks in the meantime. When in doubt, err on the side of fuller brows rather than thinner because you can always shape them more later. Brow trends change, but your facial features don't, so stick to what looks good on you.

Eyebrows can change your features tremendously, and not always in a good way either, so I recommend tweezing because you are in control and can do it slowly. After each hair you remove, take a step back to look in the mirror to evaluate your next pluck. I like Tweezerman brand, pointy tip, for good, clean tweezing. Keep the tip protector it comes with to keep them sharp and be sure not to drop them or you can misalign them, rendering them useless.

I could have posted a handful of bad-brow photos for laughs, because trust me there were TONS, but I wanted to focus on why it's important to have great brows and show the guide above for your tool of how to achieve it. This picture of Angelina is a great example of how the wrong brow on any face can look terrible. Whether you tweeze, wax, thread or pencil them in, follow the guide. Your brows need love too, so be kind! Good luck.