Follow these tips from Victoria of Vitality Products for quick and painless eyebrow shaping and plucking.
1. Pluck right after you shower. Your pores will be open and the process will be less painful.Okay, that's it from eyebrow central.
2. With the index and middle fingers of your left hand, hold your eyebrow slightly taut by the hairline. With the tweezer, pull the hair gently back in the direction it grows, then up and out.
3. Trim very long eyebrow hairs with small scissors but be careful not to pluck out the long hairs because this could leave a gap in your brow. If you accidently pluck out a long hair and have a gap, use a dab of eye shadow a shade lighter than your eyebrow color to fill in the hole. You can use a cotton swab or sponge tip applicator and get a natural look.
4. Use an old toothbrush to comb your brows into place. You can also spray some hairspray on the toothbrush and use that to brush them. It will keep coarse eyebrows in place all day.
5. Don't overemphasize eyebrows when you are older. That approach looked good on Brooke Shields when she was 14, but when you are older, overemphasizing can leave you harsh and hard looking.
6. Don't outline your brows with a pencil, making them look painted on. That will only date you and make you look 10 years older than you are. Fill in little gaps with a pencil or eye shadow and use soft, feather like strokes.
7. If you overdo the pencil or shadow, brush the brows again with a toothbrush or eyebrow brush and it will soften them up. You can also use a little face powder on the brows to lighten them up if they look too dark after filling them in.
Chet Day
Editor, The Health Circus
http://chetday.com
