Tools of the Trade : Eye Brows

Hello!

I have been asked by a friend at work about doing her eye brows. So I put together this bit of information! ^_^!

There are 3 parts to your brows.

http://www.ebeautyblog.com/2009/05/eyebrow-shaping-tips.html?m=1

When your lining your brow and it goes beyond what natural hair you have you still want to make it seem as natural as possible. You want to line everything up, you can use any straight edge, like a brush, as a guide. The furthest part from your nose should be in line with your nose as in Line F on the diagram. So where the dotted line is, is how you would line up with your brush. Place a dot where it lines up.

The middle, arch, should be on a same diagonal but it should line up throug the middle of your eye. There isn't a line on this diagram.

And the beginning of your brow should be lined up vertically from the outside of your nose straight up, like Line D.

Make Up Geek has a ton of information

http://www.makeupgeek.com/makeup-basics/how-to-fill-in-your-brows/

Get your brows professionally waxed or threaded every now and then if budget permits.
- If you find someone who does this for a living, he/she can give you a great shape to your brows. The goal is to have the arch of the brow just outside your pupil.
Thicker is better.
- Generally, fuller brows portray youth, so obviously keeping them thicker makes you look youngerYou still want to shape them, but go easy on the tweezers! Yes you. Put the tweezers down. Step away….
Shape accordingly.
- Ideally you want the inner part of your brow to be thicker, then taper to a thinner line as it goes toward your temple. Again, the arch should be just outside your pupil.

For super dark brows, you may need to lighten them.
- If you have fair skin and very dark brows, you may need to lighten them. Because my skin is fair and my brows are black, I bleach them slightly with facial bleach to make them less harsh. Leave the bleach on only for 5 minutes or you will have orange brows! (Trust me, I learned this from experience. I had Ronald McDonald brows for 3 weeks last year…)
NEVER EVER fill in your brows with black pencil
- Unless you want the black sharpie brows, just please… don’t do this. Even if you have black brows, you want to fill them in with a dark brown- not black.

Find brow powders/pencils/gels with a khaki tint to them- not red.
- Because hair naturally has a khaki undertone to it, using a brow pencil that has a touch of khaki color will look more natural. For whatever reason, most companies have reddish tinted brow products. This color just screams “Fake!”
- The best products I’ve found is Rimmel’s Brow Pencil in “Hazel” or Makeup Forever’s Waterproof Eyebrow Corrector in “O” or “2″. (0 is good for blondes or fair skin brunettes, 2 is good for dark haired beauties)
For the most natural brows, use powder instead of pencil.
- For time sake, I didn’t show this in the video (sorry!). But for the most natural brows, use a matte finish tan or brown eyeshadow to fill in with. Take an angled brow brush and apply shadow to sparse areas. The best color for blondes is MAC’s eyeshadow in “Symmetry” or “Wedge“. For brunettes, it’s MAC’s eyeshadow in “Cork“.
Shade accordingly.
- Not the entire brow is going to be the same darkness all throughout. Generally, the arch and the tail of the brow should be the most defined and the darkest. The inner part should be slightly more sparse and lighter.
- See Kim K’s brows below- they’re a bit more sparse in the inner part of the brow. Also, cut the hairs here a bit shorter so they “sprout” a bit more

Clean up around the edges.
- For very defined and “clean” brows, take a small flat brush and apply creamy concealer under the brows to tidy up the edges. You probably don’t need this step for everyday, but for those more defined brows to go with dramatic looks, this helps sharpen them a bit.
Tame the strays!
- I don’t know about you, but my brows are slightly curly and crazay! I have to keep them in place with a brow gel. Anastasia makes some amazing ones in different colors that is great for on the go. I also like MAC’s eyebrow wax pencils as they keep the brows shaped nicely throughout the day.