Arched Eyebrows

If the eyes are the window to the soul, the eyebrows are the window dressing. Arched eyebrows frame the eye beautifully and give it a more polished look.

Perfectly manicured eyebrows can change your look dramatically. However, it’s still one of the most overlooked and over done facial feature.

Having your eyebrows done are like having a mini face lift. They can take you from caveman to ultra-chic with just a few simple grooming techniques. Most of us know how to keep it tight, but it’s time to put some of you all on blast.

Don’t

Ladies please stop shaving off your eyebrows and then penciling them back in with heavy black liner. It doesn’t look natural and you are not fooling anyone. Everyone knows that real eyebrows are actually made from hair! Also when you constantly over-pluck, over-tweeze or over-wax your eyebrows, you run the risk of permanent hair loss in that area.

Do

To get an idea of what great eyebrows look like, browse through some of your favorite magazines. Find a celebrity or model that has an eyebrow shape that you admire. Most celebrities pay big bucks to get their eyebrows done, so you can’t go wrong by starting there.

Next look at the shape of your face, is it round, square or oval? Arched eyebrows make features more defined and accentuated, and can bring sharpness to a round face.

Curved and round eyebrows have a softer more innocent look, and look great on oval, square and rectangle shaped faces. Flat eyebrows are usually done when no other shape is possible due to the natural shape of the eyebrow.

Once you have decided on the look and shape you want, go to a salon and have them professionally done. Most either wax, tweeze or use a method called threading, or you can try and shape them yourself at home.

If you are a novice, I would suggest going to a salon first, you can then maintain the look yourself after you have perfected the technique. You can enhance your new look with an eyebrow pencil, but only to enhance, not re-draw. Consider brown to dark brown eyebrow pencils, they have a more natural look than black.

For a quick fix, comb hairs upward and outwards with a brow brush. Spraying a little holding spritz or gel on the brush will help hold your look in place.

Keeping these simple rules in mind will open your eyes to new things, and keep you on the road to looking gorgeous.