Eyebrows. Did you know our eyebrow and lash hair is the same as what we have on our heads in both performance and natural color? If you find you have bushy, heavily textured, out of control hair, you may not be surprised to find your brow and lash hairs misbehaving. Fine, straight hair? Your brows and lashes may be playing hide and seek on you. Light or graying hair, guess what....
You getting the picture? Actually, our brows are our frames to our eyes, and often times, they are ignored with the hope of a miracle cure for them. Not attending to the brows, however, may lead to a short sell of one of your most coveted and beautiful facial features, the eyes.
Solution #1: Know your hair type.
Hair can be either curly, wavy or straight, depending upon the number of disulfide bonds between hair proteins found in the hair shaft. The more amount of links, the curlier the hair will be. The less amount of links, the straighter the hair will be. Hair color or ethnicity play no role in determining hair type. Hair type is usually defined as heavily textured, normal, or fine.
Solution #2: Shape up!
1. From your outer nostril straight up to the bridge of your nose is where your eyebrows should begin. If you have close or wide set eyes, you may need to adjust the amount of hair inside or outside of that area to create the illusion of perfect proportion.
2. Look straight ahead. Where your pupil is, your arch should be directly above it or slightly to the outside of it.
3. From your outer nostril traveling at a 45 degree to your outer eye and brow bone is where the eyebrows should end.
4. Make sure you see two eyebrows and not one. I do not believe uni-brows have been, are or will ever be all the rage!
Whether you wax or tweeze, if you follow the guidelines of shaping, you will discover the brow area to be much more agreeable. A word of caution! Over tweezing, shaving, and waxing may lead to a shortage or stoppage of hair growth altogether.
Some more brow tidbits...it is advised to tweeze or wax from under the arch and not over the arch. Shaping from above the arch may cause the arch to "collapse" in appearance. Trimming long eyebrow hairs is a good idea for all hair types. It cleans up the brow area, and for those who have fine hair, a fuller appearance may be had. Using an eyebrow comb and small vanity scissors, simply comb the eyebrow hair straight up. Any hair that goes over the natural brow bone (orbital bone) may be trimmed. Using an eyebrow brush, brush the brows back in place following the natural curve of the orbital (brow) bone.
Now that you've shaped, how do you fill or correct? It's your choice.
1. Brow pencil. There are many pencils on the market, and it is best to find a pencil that matches your skin color more than your brow color. Our brows should be lighter than the hair on our heads for the more natural look.
2. Eyebrow powders. Color concept is the same as above.
Using short strokes with your pencil or a chisel liner brush and powder, begin at the bridge and follow outward along the orbital bone. By using short strokes, you will be filling in your brows as opposed to "painting" them on.
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Here's to an eye opening day.
