Brow Experts Secrets 

Well groomed and maintained eyebrows give shape to the eye and character to the face. Unsightly grooming mistakes actually draw attention away from the eyes and other facial features, which is not the goal for a well-groomed appearance. Eyebrow shaping is as simple as shaving or applying makeup and should not be overlooked if the well-groomed look is what you’re going for. The following eyebrow shaping secrets will help make eyebrow maintenance simple: 

• Professional brow shaping is suggested at least once or twice a year. This will give you an idea what they should look like, and with regular maintenance they will remain perfectly shaped.
• Once you have the browsyou love, tend to them on a daily basis; it’s less maintenance and easier to tweeze one or two stray hairs every day hen a bunch at the end of the week.
• A good time to shape orpluck your eyebrows is after a hot shower or prepare brows by placing a warm wash cloth over the eyebrow for several seconds. Then ensure you have natural daylight andnever a week before and during your period.
• When tweezing, always sit in front of a large mirror with a magnified mirror in your hand. This gives you an overall view and the hand mirror helps with the finer detail. Pluck hair in the direction of growth rather than against it.
• Always tweeze both eyebrows together taking a few hairs of each at a time; it is alot easier as trying to mimic one brow shape after the other is very difficult.

When shaping your own eyebrows there are a few rules to follow: 

Finding the shape that is right for your facial structure is important, eyebrows should start before the eye (nose side) and not after. Try to keep the shape even – there is nothing worse than a tadpole sitting on top of your eyes. (To do this, place a pencil vertical along each edge of the nose, any part of the eyebrow that extends beyond the edge of the pencil closest to the bridge of the nose should be removed.

On the outer edge of the eyebrow, place the edge of a pencil vertically along the outer corner of each eye. Any hairs that extend beyond the edge of the pencil towards the temples should also be removed. Then to determine where the arch of the eyebrow should be, use the same pencil aligned vertically with the iris, or coloured part of the eye. The arch of the eyebrow should be directly above the iris. This helps shape the eyebrow to accentuate the eye. Mark each point, the arch and the inner and outer corners with an eyebrow pencil to serve as a guide. 

Other Tips: 

• Good quality tools are essential to achieve a professional finish. (ie:- Brow brush, Ssafety scissors for trimming hairs, good quality Swiss stainless steel tweezer, brow mousse/gel)
• When applying make up to your brows less is always more, you should never be able to see where the makeup starts and where the hairs stop. When holding the brow pencil always holds further down – like you would when sketching, and build up the colour,then comb through to blend colour well. For sparse hair growth use an eyebrow pencil closely matching your natural colour, or choose a colour slightly darker than your eyelashes. An angled brush and eye shadow powder also looks natural for filling in the brows.
• If you decide to have your brows professionally shaped and don’t know where to go always ask someone who’s eyebrows you like and check the therapist’s own eyebrows as this is always a good indication.
• To remove hair, tweeze the hairs rather than shave them and avoid depilatory creams for eyebrow shaping. Waxing is also an option, but is difficult to do alone. If you prefer waxing, locate a full service salon and have them done professionally to avoid eyebrow shaping mishaps. Tweezing is a more precise method of eyebrow shaping when going it alone.
• And lastly… No two eyebrows are ever identical; so don’t even a attempt to get them the same you will end up plucking to nothing.