Neat Brow

There was always one territory on my face I was afraid of tackling on my own: Eyebrows.

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Properly groomed eyebrows can make a BIG difference to the face, meaning not just anyone can be allowed at it with a tweezer. 

My brow-hair pattern is kinda in the middle; they're not sparse, nor are they overly furry. Yet they still require maintenance.

I stumbled across a wonderful woman who threads them inexpensively, and shapes them beautifully. But I don't want to go to her too often lest all that yanking thins them out too much. I like a strong, full brow. 

I gave myself a pep-talk. "Go on the internet," my inner self urged. "Find a tutorial. It can't hurt to look." 

I found a few that were informative. For instance, I thought my brow was too full for the ministrations of a brow pencil, but I have discovered that like a lip pencil, it provides definition, which solves my fear of thinning brows. Also, trimming the brow is nothing to be frightened of. 

I was absolutely in love with MissChievous' eyebrows, and then I realized they were mostly pencil and powder. Hey, I can do that!

I marched into my bathroom and rummaged for the brow brush I had purchased on Sephora.com to make free shipping and never used. With a pair of hair sheers, I carefully brushed up and snipped. 

I was amazed at how a little trimming changed things. Plucking a few stray hairs, my brows were practically date-ready.  

My hair sheers for bang maintenance were kinda big, so I bought a pair of Mehaz 4" Eyebrow and Mustache Scissors. 

Next, to Sephora, to find myself brow filler.

I was debating which I should purchase, a pencil or a powder. I first looked at the Illamasqua Eye Brow Cake, but the lightest taupe shade, "Motto," darkened my brows like the ones seen on the Altuzarra catwalk. 

After wandering around Sephora a bit, refusing to look at anything glittery, I decided upon Tarte EmphasEYES for Brows High Definition Eye Pencil in "Taupe."

It is perfect. I am able to sketch that sharp arch, the color blending seamlessly into my brows. "Taupe" is constantly sold out, so I must not be the only one who found it fabulous.Whenever I see it in store I buy one. 

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Now, even if my threading lady plucks a little too much, I can still achieve the same fullness and shape with a little sketching.

Keep in mind that thin, Veronica Lake brows are so 1940. 

Bolder, fuller, Brooke Shields brow is here to stay.