Enchanting eyebrows
Whether your threading, pencilling, tinting or tattooing them, the eyebrow is back in town and hopefully never leaving. They can be used to frame the eyes and add symmetry to the face in a way that no other feature can, so how you enhance them can make a world of difference to your over all Make-up.
First things first, grow them babies out. Fuller brow = youthful, modern looking Make-up. It may be painstaking but its most definitely worth it.
There are two versions of the 'Ever so Audrey' full brow that we think are the two to aim for. The first eyebrow crush is Kim Kardashian, perfect for those with darker skin and larger features.
The trick to having a dramatic brow like this is to make sure there are still small pieces of skin showing through. If the colour you add is completely dense it will look as though they have been stuck on. The best way to achieve this look is to use a small angled brush (208 angled brow brush, Mac, £16) and an eyebrow colour powder (Brow colour, Bare Minerals at Selfridges, £11). It always helps to get a colour slightly lighter than the colour your hoping to achieve, so you can layer slowly. Also to swap back and forth between both brows when shading, to build a symmetrical shape, rather than doing one at a time and trying to match them up. You can use the line of the angled brush to guide you with light, fast strokes. Once you are happy with the shape make sure all the stray hairs around are trimmed and plucked to perfection and finish with a highlighter just under the brow (High beam higlighter, Benefit, £18.50)
The trick to having a dramatic brow like this is to make sure there are still small pieces of skin showing through. If the colour you add is completely dense it will look as though they have been stuck on. The best way to achieve this look is to use a small angled brush (208 angled brow brush, Mac, £16) and an eyebrow colour powder (Brow colour, Bare Minerals at Selfridges, £11). It always helps to get a colour slightly lighter than the colour your hoping to achieve, so you can layer slowly. Also to swap back and forth between both brows when shading, to build a symmetrical shape, rather than doing one at a time and trying to match them up. You can use the line of the angled brush to guide you with light, fast strokes. Once you are happy with the shape make sure all the stray hairs around are trimmed and plucked to perfection and finish with a highlighter just under the brow (High beam higlighter, Benefit, £18.50)
The second eyebrow crush is Mary Kate Olsen. She works the messier brow that is perfect for fairer complexions and smaller faces or features.
If you are trying to achieve added width or length, the best product to use would be an eyebrow pencil (brow definer pencil, Chantecaille, Space NK, £19) Always make sure the pencil is newly sharpened to make the brow strokes fine and as natural looking as possible. Try to build the brow with lots of small strokes, following the natural growth direction of the hair, rather than drawing a shape around the brow which will look unnatural. Then comb the brows upwards to create a textured line at the top and fix with an eyebrow gel (Speed brow, Benefit, £12) or even some Vaseline. Adding a slightly ash blonde colour over the top is very flattering on pale skin if you're aiming for a high fashion look.
xoxo
If you are trying to achieve added width or length, the best product to use would be an eyebrow pencil (brow definer pencil, Chantecaille, Space NK, £19) Always make sure the pencil is newly sharpened to make the brow strokes fine and as natural looking as possible. Try to build the brow with lots of small strokes, following the natural growth direction of the hair, rather than drawing a shape around the brow which will look unnatural. Then comb the brows upwards to create a textured line at the top and fix with an eyebrow gel (Speed brow, Benefit, £12) or even some Vaseline. Adding a slightly ash blonde colour over the top is very flattering on pale skin if you're aiming for a high fashion look.
xoxo
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