Everyone, no matter how they try to deny it has 1 feature they are known for. You may have beautiful straight teeth, perfect clear skin, or possess those outrageously long-toned legs (you know who you are)and everyone is completely jelly of you for that feature. For me? I am known through my grapevine of besties as the one with “GREAT BROWS.”
- AWESOME^BROWS
I, like many girls who secretly do not want to show conceit (although I am quite fond of my power- brows) always respond
“What these ‘ol things? pssshhhhh I haven’t plucked these bad boys in ages. You’re crazy!”
All the while I know I spent ample amount of time brushing & plucking to make sure every hair was in its right place. Then one day I was introduced to a few miracle products, and an easy step-by-step process that made my already coveted brows hit KARDASHIAN status. Do not even pretend that you haven’t admired the Kardashian sisters and the way their eyebrows sort of stare down at you with their perfection, because even the Kardashian sister’s brows know they are better than yours.
So lets begin. Here are the products that I used, but feel free to mix and match. The absolute basics needed is a good Brow Wax closest to your root color, brow powder (usually comes in tow with brow wax,) Brow brush, Highlighter, and translucent powder.
Mineral powder by Maybelline, High Brow by Benefit, BrowZings in Light by Benefit, tweezer by Tweezerman
Step 1: You can either have your brows professionally waxed or pluck yourself. The 1 tip that you must be aware of when self plucking is that less is more. Thicker Eyebrows are On Trend right now. Think Camilla Belle, not Pamela Anderson. Your brows can make you Classy or Trashy: You Decide.
Step 2: Grab your Brow brush. Sweep upwards & Out.
Step 3: Grab the Brow Wax, it should come with a stiffer angled brush. Swipe wax on both sides. Starting on the inside of your eyebrow begin brushing directly on your brow using the same action used when you brushed your eyebrow (Up & out.)Make sure to carry the outer line all the way through to the end of the eye shape (Don’t stop your eyebrow short) The wax shapes your brows to the thickness you’re trying to achieve as well as darkens. Be careful to NOT overload your brows with the wax or you’re going to end up with REALLY DARK EYEBROWS! EEEEEKKK!
Step4: Time for Brow Powder. The powder grabs where you placed the wax & fills in the areas of your eyebrow that may be missing hair. Your eyebrows are so sensitive. Extended use of waxing or over-plucking after a period of time will result in the hair taking longer to grow back or not at all. Brow powder in conjunction with Brow Wax solves this issue cosmetically. Your brows will look darker after this, but do not fret we are going to take care of that in just a minute!
Step5: Highlighter TIME! High Brow by Benefit has this great creamy texture that is sort of like getting a brow lift without all of the pain & blood. Its peachy hue covers any imperfections or slight of wrist that may have occurred during the wax & powder portion. Starting a tad before your arch smear a thick line all the way to the end of your brow. Taking your ring finger begin to blend the line into your skin like cream eye shadow. End with running a clean makeup brush over the area to further blend.
Step6: Here’s a 2-part step. Take your translucent powder & with a thick brush dip into powder & run along your T-Zone (Forehead/down nose.) The powder will fall onto your brows & lighten. End with brushing your brows up & out as done in Step2 with your Brow Brush & VOILA! PERFECTION
*An added tip to finish: Some like to take a clear mascara & run over the brow to hold in place. It’s totally up to you whether to do or not.*
I hope I met all of your brow needs. If you have any questions you can ask me on Twitter @KlemCharFash or email me Kristina@Klemcharfash.com
Happy Browing:)
