You may have great long lashes that you can flutter, but without beautifully shaped eyebrows, eyes may still not stand out. To capture the real beauty of what eyes can tell us, a little enhancement can go a long way.
Most will wear some mascara, or even a little eyeliner to emphasize the eye area. Where many are let down, is the eyebrow area. Many have eyebrows that are over plucked, shaved, waxed or cut. Some have eyebrows that are often the wrong shape to frame their actual face shape, and often also too long or too short.
Eyebrows are actually on us for a reason. Apart from framing the face, eyebrows are on the face for protection. When we perspire, or even get caught in the rain, water droplets sit on the brow, rather than running straight into the eye. If eyebrows are to have some removals, ideally it should be from underneath and not really from above. The only shaping done above should be a gentle, over the comb scissor cut, like that of a professional barbering technique, in order to maintain a natural look.
Eyebrows should be measured for the correct start and end point, along with determining the appropriate angle high point. A professional will do this using an orangewood stick, holding at the corners of the inner and outer eye, and in line with the corner of the mouth area. Anything beyond the end of this is usually removed. The highest point of the brow is usually found by placing the stick at the front, in line with the centre of eye, while looking straight ahead. This will vary slightly depending on the shape of the face and natural brow.
The shape of the brow should be shaped according to the face shape. For example, if someone has a long face shape, a sweeping eyebrow will balance it out. If someone has a short square or round face, then an arched brow will add the illusion of length to the face to create balance. There are many tricks done by that of an experienced professional that can give amazing results.
Fair or grey eyebrows can be dyed to compliment head hair colour. There is also mascara and gel liner for brows now which are applied to the area using a brush stroke method to give a natural looking brow, as well as waxes, colour pencils and shading palettes to match brow colour and providing a 3D effect.
For those who have sparse brows, eyebrow extensions are available, which are similar to eyelash extensions. The eyebrow extensions are single short hairs that are applied by a professional with a specialized glue and technique. Ideal for that special occasion or holiday, the brows can last a couple of weeks if treated with gentle care and no rubbing or tugging at them.
The final route is microblading tattooing, a technique used to give the illusion of eyebrows. It is best done as strokes rather than block colour, but this is not a 3D effect and doesn’t give a natural look.
Many of the above mentioned techniques can be combined to achieve a desired result.
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Love and Sparkles
Samsara x