Your eyebrows are the most important facial feature for makeup.
Eyebrows can lift the eyes and narrow or widen your face. Leaving
eyebrows ungroomed makes someone look unkept and obtrusive. Overworking
eyebrows can leave someone with a bald noticeable area that calls
attention to itself. Perfect eyebrows should make someone look awake,
young and vibrant and not call attention as unnatural.
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Math Class for Eyebrows!? |
The shape of the eyebrow should start with line A ( straight line
from nostril ) and end at line B ( 45 degrees from nostril ). The
bottom of the eyebrow should be at the same height from start to the end
with line C. The peak of the eyebrow should be a straight line up from
the outer side of the eyeball shown with line D.
Different Ways to Shape Your Eyebrow
1. Do It Yourself
Use a light makeup pencil to draw the
shape you intend to make your eyebrow. Once you are happy with your
shape, pluck away, and make sure you don't get overzealous since you
can't get the hair back and thin eyebrows age you! Don't use stencils
as this will make them look unnatural, your eyebrows don't need to be
symmetrical.
For daily maintenance do a quick check for hair that is growing back
where it is undesired and pluck it. Use an eyebow brush to work out the
old hair and direct the hair. Eyebrow wax will hold the hair in place
nicely. If some areas need to be filled in, use an eyebrow powder or a
light shade pencil to add volume to thin areas.
2. Eyebrow Waxing
Waxing at a
salon is a great way to get the shape of your eyebrows. A good salon
should take you into a private room and ask you what shape of eyebrow
you would like, thin, full, large arch or just cleaned up. Sometimes
they start by using scissors, don't worry as it may feel like they are
taking off too much, but they are just taking their time for perfection.
They will clean, apply powder, apply the wax and then rip the wax
strip off. It will hurt the first time, but get better each time. The
technician will clean the excess wax off and tweaze any remaining hair
that the wax did not get. If the work was done too thin, then you will
have to fill it in with makeup till it grows back in. If it is too
thick, as the technician to make it thinner, and if it is perfect, make a
standing appointment with that technician to ensure you get it right
everytime.
3. Threading
A fairly new
technique in the states, but a very old technique in the Middle East or
India, threading has become very popular. Threading can be done by a
good technician in less than 5 minutes and simply put, it removes hair
with a thread. The technique is not as painful and can be more precise
than waxing, but also harder to master.
4. Permanent Cosmetic Eyebrows
Sometimes
from medical conditions, heredity, color of eyebrow hair or
over tweezing you can have eyebrows that need to be enhanced daily with
makeup to make them look good. In these cases, permanent cosmetic
eyebrows can be your answer so you have the same look daily of full
eyebrows. Look for a good technician in your area to give you natural
eyebrows that look like individual hair. Ask the technician to show
pictures of their work to make sure they are the right fit for you.
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