I never thought eyebrows would be as important as they are to me now. When I was in high school, I took Cosmetology for three out of the four years, and we were taught waxing. And in the early 2000's, thin brows were "in". I waxed and tweezed the top, bottom, and in between my brows constantly. I'm pretty sure I looked like I had two almost straight lines above my eyes. I cringe when I look at old pictures. After almost 10 years (I'm only 28, people!) of constant waxing and plucking, this is what my brows look like now:
I've been trying to grow them out for the past year or more, and this is as full as they get. Unfortunately, the top part of my brows are lighter than the rest, so they can look a little more sparse than they actually are. Which is why I hardly ever leave my house without my brows filled in. If you're a teenager and reading this: drop the tweezers and walk away. You'll thank me later. If you follow me on Instagram, you've already seen this collage, but I didn't go into details. For this post, I'm going to show you my every day, "natural" brow look, I sometimes just use pencil, and for the past two days, I've only used powder, but for this post, I used pencil, powder, and gel. If I'm going out, or want a glam look, there are other products I'll use and it takes a little longer. But this post isn't for that. :)
Like everyone else, I love the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz, but it's $21 for a pencil. Let's face it: we got through eyebrow pencils extremely fast. $21 every 5-6 weeks, is expensive. Then NYX came out with their Micro Brow Pencils, which are $9.99 at Ulta and come in seven different colors. NYX often goes on sale for buy one, get one half off or 40% off; plus you can use the Ulta coupon for $3.50 off $10, making these a GREAT value. I picked up Taupe and Ash Brown, but the Taupe is a little too light for me. I don't like my brows too dark, and the Ash Brown is perfect. I use the darker side of the Anastasia Brow Powder Duo in Taupe, and the Anastasia #7 Duo Angle/Spooley Brush to apply it with. To top it all off is the Anastasia Clear Brow Gel. I'm still kicking myself for not picking up the tinted version last year during Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty Steals. I actually bought the powder, gel, and brush in this Bold Brow Kit from Ulta. On to the pictorial!
I always like to brush all of the brush hairs up before applying any product to them. This helps me to see the shape, as well as any hairs that may need to be trimmed or stray hairs that need to be plucked. The spoolie at the end of the NYX pencil isn't bad, but it's not nearly as good as the ABH one.
After brushing all of the hairs up, I always make my line under the brow to start my guideline. For this picture, I used my pencil to do this.
Next, I draw my guideline on top of my brow. I know that a lot of people advise against this, but keep in mind, I am basically reconstructing my brows, not just filling them in. Once again, step away from the tweezers. This step is done with my pencil, as well.
Last, I fill these babies in! Sometimes I will use my pencil to do this part, and add a little powder, or I'll just stick with the pencil. For the picture above, I used only the powder to fill them in. Using the powder covers a lot more area in a short amount of time, which is perfect on work mornings when I'm trying to get me, four kids, and a husband out the door before 7am!
I love great eyebrows. I went to the dentist this morning to get my teeth cleaned and the dental hygienist sat down and stopped mid-sentence to say "you're eyebrows are perfect". I just grinned and thanked her.
What is your eyebrow routine? Or are you one of the lucky ones with perfectly full brows? If you are, I'm very slightly jealous. ;)
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