What about my brows???

Hi!


The Conversation about what eye brows should look like has come up quite a few times... What are eye brows really suppose to look like? shapes? length? thickness? Okay, here's the run down..

Your eye brows should start where the inner corner of your eye begins. Your arch should be diagonal to your pupil and they should end where the outer corner of your eye ends. I know we're all not perfect and a lot of us don't have the basic length I just described. That's where filling in the brows comes in. It's perfectly fine to fill your brows. HOWEVER it is not okay to draw your brows. It is fashionably and socially unacceptable and just plain old TACKY....

As a Makeup Artist I would never EVER draw on my clients brows no matter what.. Whether he or she had severely sparse brows or the length just didn't meet my satisfaction. Using a pencil is fine but in small strokes almost like dabs then be sure to buff the brow so the cream can blend in. I personally prefer powder. You just dab an angled brush into a few colors (to get the color you want. If one color isn't enough) and in short strokes you brush onto the brow. I find that using powder gives the illusion of a more natural look and it's very soft on the eyes. It's not obvious that you have temporary perfect brows :)

As for thickness, you should only darken the thickness of your natural brow. Not thicker than what it is. Then you just look clownish and point of makeup for the everyday women is to enhance what you have not to be comical UNLESS, you really are a clown and exaggeration is your thing then by all means, knock yourself out!

For those of you who read this blog and happen to draw on your brows please don't take any personal offense to my opinion on the drawing method. It is well known and highly voiced in the industry that drawing on your brows is just not cool. Don't believe me? ask any other makeup Artist.

XOXO

Mel