Okay, grooming our eyebrows is something that we all do... or maybe should do. Read below for some information, tips, and suggested tools...
Why to tweeze versus waxing or threading:
- The skin around your eye is extremely thin and unfortunately, skin that is pulled on regularly is the first to start sagging with age. So, for those of us that have been waxed before, we know that there is a lot of pulling that goes on. And equally as important, there isn't any precision. Has anyone ever had a bad eyebrow waxing job?
- Threading also loses all precision because it is pulling multiple hears out at one time. While there isn't as much pulling on the skin, there are hairs being pulled in all sorts of directions which can lead to breaking... which can lead to (it pains me to say...) ingrown hairs!!
- Not to mention... Someone else is doing all of this for you. These are your eyebrows!! You need to customize it to what you think looks best.
Here are some tips to help you shape your eyebrows:
- Ditch the magnifying mirror and bright lights! The bright lights force you to see more hair and you will end up plucking them and will then have severely over plucked eyebrows. Cute. The magnifying mirror will focus too much on the eyebrow and not on your entire face... you will lose perspective.
- Switch the eyebrow that you are working on regularly. This will give you new perspective of your eyebrow allowing you to appropriately assess whether or not you need to continue plucking and your eyebrows will be even.
- Go with the natural shape of your eyebrow. Don't try to insert and arch where there is, in fact, not a natural arch.
- Get rid of the uni-brow. Rule of thumb: Align the inside of your eyebrow with the inner corner of your eye.
- Try to stay away from plucking the top of your eyebrow. More often than not, it ruins the beautiful arch you've just worked so hard to achieve.
- Don't pluck the outside edge of your eyebrow in too far. Rule of thumb: If you are working on your right eyebrow.... take your thinnest make-up brush, stick the bottom of the handle to the outside your right nostril. Lay the brush on your face so that you are making a diagonal line from your nostril to the outside corner of your right eye. Where ever you brush lands on your eyebrow is usually where your eyebrow should stop. (Beware: If you make your eyebrows too short, you may lose the the arch and your eyebrows will look straight).
- Brush the eyebrow hairs upwards and trim any hairs that may be long.
VOILA! Beautifully groomed eyebrows!
Tools to use:
- Slanted tweezers. Tweezerman is a great brand.
- Brow brush and Brow scissors
- Brow pencil (customize it to your brow color)
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