Tuesday, October 6, 2009

my eyebrows and yours

I visited our public library and took out a book titled Beautiful Brows: The Ultimate Guide to Styling, Shaping, and Maintaining Your Eyebrows by Nancy Parker and Nancy Kalish.

I always worry about my eyebrows because I am not sure I am doing them correctly. And I am not sure because there is a dearth of information about how to do your eyebrows in comparison to the vast amount (and contradictory) information on how to makeup other parts of your face.

This book is a godsend and answers all my questions about doing eyebrows. Actually, I was in the ballpark in the way I have been doing my eyebrows, but there was one big revelation in the book that changes the way I do my brows.

Everything I've read in the past says not to pluck the strays above your eyebrows and I have followed that advice religiously. This book deflates that advice and says to go ahead and pluck above, as well as below.

Immediately after reading that passage, I dropped the book, went to the bathroom, and plucked all the strays above my eyebrows! Now my eyebrows look neat and feminine even in boy mode.

4 comments:

  1. Well as an art student pretty much my plan was going to be look at women I like and imitate theirs. Weird thing is that my cousin complained that even though they were raggedy, I have girl's eyebrows.

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  2. Niki --- Lucky you! Actually, I had a uni-brow in my youth. It was light, but I noticed it, so I plucked it away.

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  3. I never bought in to that idea that you couldn't pluck above the brow. It just never made sense. Thanks for confirming my opinions!!

    Rita

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  4. I just get them waxed =)

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