HIGH BROWS
by our Resident Beauty Expert, Wendy Lewis, the Beauty Junkie
The biggest mistake younger women make is over plucking. You never get the chance again to have a full, thick brow. Choosing the right brow shape is akin to choosing the right eyeglasses - they frame your face. Brows with an unnatural shape fight with the rest of your features. You may need several good shapings to whip bad brows back to shape and in harmony with your face. At their best, great brows can be as close as you can get to an eyelift without the stitches. At their worst, they can really detract from your looks.
TOP 10 RULES FOR AVOIDING BROW DISASTERS: It takes time to get brows just right. If yours have been over-tweezed, you will need to let them grow out, like growing out a bad haircut. The incline of the brow should always be longer than the decline. The inner edge of the brow should line up with the inside edge of the nostril. The peak of the arch and the outer edge of the brow should be along an imaginary line drawn from the centre of the tip of the nose through the midpoint of the pupil to the peak of the arch, and through the outer corner of the eye to the end of the brow. Avoid plucking too much from the inner brow. To keep brows from giving that surprised look, keep the inner brow thinner than the radius of your iris. Brows should never be filled in with too dark brown or black, even for very dark or black brows. Use fine strokes to lightly fill in skimpy spots and add length if necessary. Brows should never overpower your eyes; too thick, too bushy, too long. Always do one brow at a time, and when the kids are at school and there are no distractions. Get to know your face. No one is perfectly symmetrical, and it is not uncommon to have one brow slightly higher or lower or a different shape from the other.
