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Many women do not realise that the eyebrows are very important facial features. Like our eyelashes, our eyebrows protect us from dust and dirt by trapping them, to prevent them from entering our eyes. They too, keep perspiration from dripping into our eyes. In addition to their functional purposes, our eyebrows also frame our faces to give them proportion. Hence beauty-wise, we cannot overlook their importance.
A lot of women tend to neglect their brows cosmetically, preferring to focus on their lips, eyes, or skin. But this is a faux pas because badly shaped and overgrown brows always bring down a look. In addition to giving a woman a fierce look, overgrown and unkempt eyebrows spell a lack of grooming. A lady may be impeccably dressed to the nines, have on flawless makeup and look resplendent but ugly, messy and excessively hairy brows will definitely destroy the careful meticulousness of a great look! Not only are they unbecoming, they show a carelessness on the wearer’s part as well – as though she had forgotten something important in the whole ensemble.
Of course this is not to say a woman should pluck her eyebrow to death. Barely-there brows do not look flattering at all. In fact it is evocative of those days when shaving off one’s eyebrows was thought to be fashionable! Rather, the key to great-looking brows is Neatness.
For lovely, well-shaped brows, you should:
1. Go to a practised beautician to have them shaped for you the first time. Consequently all you have to do is neaten the area by plucking the unwanted new hairs that grow back.
2. Use a clean and sharp pair of tweezers when you neaten your brows, preferably tweezers that can grasp the hair firmly and has a good spring action (Many top makeup artists use Tweezerman).
3. Clean the brow area with some methylated spirit or astringent. This helps to reduce the pain.
4. Pluck your brows after a hot bath – this will open up your pores and it will hurt less!
5. Remember never to pluck against the grain – that is, you should pluck your hair in the direction of its growth.
To complete the look, you should fill in your brows with some brow makeup. Instead of the harsh look of a pencil-drawn eyebrow, you can have a well-drawn eyebrow - a simple make-up artists' trick will show you how!
1. The key is in buying a good angled brush with hard bristles. This gives you more control when you apply the brow makeup.
2. Swipe the brush over an eye pencil nib to get some colour.
3. Apply this over your brows, shaping as you go along with the brush.
4. After this, swipe the brush over some brow powder and apply it over your brows, to make the colour and shaping more definite. In addition the powder sets the colour.
This great makeup tip never fails! Your brows will look polished and neat and you will see the difference between drawing your brows with a pencil and a brush. You have to bear in mind though, that this trick will be ineffective if you have messy brows – so do remember to neaten them once in while!
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