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. 

The Importance of Eyebrows

A friend of mine forwarded me a comical email that showed pictures of women with eyebrows gone bad. Really, really bad. After I stopped laughing, I realized that a lot of women just don’t realize how important our eyebrows are. They are the “frame” around our face, so like any work of art; you need a subtle way to draw attention to the beautiful picture without distracting from it. The wrong “frame” can alter how you perceive the picture entirely so it’s important to find the right balance.

When attempting to shape your brows for the first time, leave it up to a professional because your features and face shape are a factor in what will look best for you. They can clean up, create an arch, trim and groom them to the point where you will be able to maintain them yourself…or go back once a month for a touch up. The most common mistakes women make when doing their own eyebrow grooming is over-tweezing by making them too thin or plucking too much between the brows so they don’t begin where they should (parallel to the inner-corner of the eyes). So, whether you tweeze, wax or thread them, be cautious of not over doing it.

If you do need to fix a mistake, there are brow powders and pencils you can use in the meantime to fill them in until they grow back, so put down your tweezers. Trends come and go with eyebrow shapes, so I suggest never following the trend and just do what looks best on you. Also avoid tweezing with a magnified mirror; it always makes you over pluck! Good luck and happy grooming.