The Six Commandments of Eyebrow Styling

The Six Commandments of Eyebrow Styling

It's time to share my 6 Commandments of Eyebrow Styling!  Follow these rules and you will never have another "bad eyebrow day" again!

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Two More Important Rules of Eyebrow Styling

There are TWO important, never-to-be broken, rules in eyebrow styling.  Now please repeat after me:

1. Never over-tweeze before an event! I would hasten to add, that it is better to allow your brows to grow “free” than to over-tweeze and be left with a two upside-down parenthesize marks to deal with.  If you can’t control your hands, then tweeze only the hairs UNDER your brow and only those not touching your brow.

2. Never try to “even out” your brows! For the innocent, this means that if you over-tweezed one eye brow NEVER try to even-out the brows by tweezing the other brow.  Use a combination of eye shadow and eye brow pencil to draw in/fill in the missing brow section, so that this brow matches (as best as possible) the 'whole' brow over the other eye.  Do not compound the error by ruining both brows!

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Coloring your eyebrows: When and Why

I don’t have to tell you that your eyebrows are an important part of your face.  They give a frame to your features and help others “read” your expression and therefore your mood.

Our eyebrows talk, just as much as our smiles!

Through the years we may change the color of our hair (many times!) or we may just cover the grey or we may allow the grey to show and wear our grey/white hair with pride. 

Whatever our choice, our brows don’t always follow our hair color choices and this is the time when we should think about coloring our brows.

As with all color choices, fashion and personal style influence the way we will deal with our brow color.  Amongst the fashion trends, we have seen the 'brow color should be the opposite color of your hair'; for instance dark brows with light hair or (you guessed it) light brows with dark hair. And of course, there are women who want their brows to match their hair exactly.

Whatever you choose, the color should enhance your beauty. In addition, I firmly believe that women with very light hair should have brows that are a bit darker than the natural color (no matter what the fashion trend), so the brows can still serve the purpose of framing the face.

Whatever color choice you decide, there is an easy, at-home method to color your own brows. 

Whether your use the same dye color you use on your head or a different color, the process is the same.

1.  Make sure your brows are clean and dry.  It is best to have your brows styled BEFORE you begin the coloring process.  If you wax your brows, make sure they are wax-free and clean before you begin. If you have any wax, oil or cream on your brows, the color will not 'take'.

2.  If you wish to dye your brows the same color as your hair, save a bit of dye once you have colored your hair.

3.  Use a clean, dry mascara brush (you can also buy a package of one-use mascara brushes in a variety of stores) and dip it in the dye.  Wipe off any excess dye from the bristles and then gently brush separate hairs throughout the brow.  I like to create a more natural look by not dyeing EVERY hair, so I gently color brow hairs as I brush.

4.  In general I do not leave the dye on for more than 20 minutes.

5.  If you are dyeing your hair at the same time, use a wet towelette and wipe the dye off the brow BEFORE you wash the dye out of your hair, so you do not risk dye dripping into your eyes.

6.  Warning: if the dye causes an allergic reaction to the brow/eye area, wipe off the dye immediately and gently wash the area.

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Don't Blink Till You See the Whites Under Their Brow Bones

It is no secret that you should apply white eye shadow directly under your brow bone to create a more lifted, open and “wide awake” look to your eyes.

But recently, I learned from a client, that if you have a very small upper eye area, you can draw a simple white line just underneath the brow bone, to produce a similar effect of more space in this upper eye area. 

Take a good, white pencil - I prefer a good quality, not-too-waxy one, such as  Sisley’s double ended Phyto-Khol Perfect Eyeliner  http://www.sisley-paris.com/en-GB/makeup/eyes/eye-liners.html  - and draw a simple, clean white line just under your brow bone from the inner edge of each brow to the outer edge.  If you have a bit more area, you can draw a some-what thicker line, but keep this white line as delicate as possible. 

This white pencil technique will create the illusion that your brows are slightly raised and make your upper eye lid area seem bit bigger.

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“Always Tweeze in the Direction of the Growth.”

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“Always Tweeze in the direction of the growth.”  You may have heard this mentioned or read it somewhere – but is it really the correct way to groom your eye brows and can I do this at home?

What grows where and how?

Most brows can be divided into the top half and the side half. The top half begins at the inside edge of the brow bone closest to the nose and until the top of brow bone (usually at a point either in the middle or two-thirds of the way on the brow line), while the side half begins from the highest point of the bone and until the opposite corner of the eye.

Brow hairs, in general, grow UP in the top half and DOWN and to the SIDE in the side half.

To style and groom your brows: brush up the top half and lightly and carefully trim, with brow scissors, the hairs that are too long.  Next brush down (and a little to the side) the hairs of the side half.  You can now see the direction in which the hairs grow.

Only tweeze the hairs underneath the brow bone.  Slowly create a clean line under the brow – you can draw the line with a white or black eye pencil to make the demarcation more clear.  Now holding your tweezers straight down, grab the hair and pull the hair straight up and out of the top half.  Then holding your tweezers at an angle, grab the hairs of the side half and pull out the hair sideways.

Tweeze single hairs at a time, pulling gently but steadily to prevent the hair from tearing at the root before it is removed.  These torn hairs are the ones that can grow back either stuck under the skin or grow back crooked. Always brush your brows after each tweeze – remember in brow styling less really is MORE!

Once this is done, you can remove a few more hairs (one at a time!) from the area between the top and side halves to create the arch you want.  Removal of a few hairs will create a soft arch, while removing too many hairs will create a harder, V-shaped look.

Don’t forget to tweeze the area between your brows for any stray hairs.

Have patience, your brows may not take the shape you desire right away.  Allow them to grow and fill in, especially if you have done some overzealous tweezing in the past!

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(*Thanks Judy Kleinman for the great name!)