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#1 Find The Right Shape For Your Face
Just like blue complements orange, your brows should complement your face shape.
- Round vs. Angular-shaped faces
- The rounder your face, the more arched & angular your brow shape should be.
- The more angular your face, the more rounded & soft your brows shape should be.
- Long vs. Wide faces
- If your face is longer, your brows should be more horizontal with a more distant arch that is closer to the tail of the brows.
- If your face is wider, your brows can help lengthen your face with a higher, more centered arch.
#2 Know Your Face
Your strongest features can help determine which brow shape is the best for you & give you a more balanced look. Stronger doesn’t mean ugly – even though some folks might not like the fact that they have a big nose, a big chin, big eyes or big lips. Strong eyebrows can help by counterbalancing their other features, so that their face opens up & is looked at as a beautiful whole, instead of just noticing one predominant feature.
Face shapes
- Large eyes
- Thicker brows
- Deeper colored brows (fill them in with pencil/powder)
- Prominent (aka big) nose
- Highly arched brows
- Thicker brows
- Deeper colored brows(fill them in with pencil/powder)
- Almond eyes
- More angled brows
- Thinner brows
- Pointed chin or large lips
- Rounder brows
- High cheekbones
- Highly arched brows
- Brow tail pointing down
- Eyeglasses
- Will overpower all other features, becoming your strongest feature.
- Pick glasses that follow the line of your brows – so match your glasses to your brows & not the other way around.
#3 Know Your Own (Brow) Strength
In a nutshell, the stronger your features the stronger your brows should be, the more delicate your features the lighter & thinner your brows should be. Please note that stronger doesn’t mean better! Here are 3 quick questions to assess your brow strength:
- How close is your brow to your eye?
- The closer your brow is to the eye, the stronger it will look.
- Beware of over plucking & creating too much space between your eyes & your brows, it can weaken your look!
- How thick are your brows?
- The thicker the brow, the stronger it will look.
- Beware of super thick brows (I.E.,bushy, coarse or curly brows)- they can make your face look top heavy, so you might need to trim or thin them out to soften your true look.
- How dark are your brows?
- The darker the brow, the stronger it will look.
- When choosing a brow pencil or powder to fill in your brows go one shade lighter than the color of your brows for a more natural look.
#4 Make The Magic Happen
Put everything you learned about your face & your eyebrows in steps 1-3 to work!
- See aShobha specialist for a threading treatment.
- If you are grooming at home – first draw some guidelines with a brow pencil for the shape you are looking for avoid over tweezing.
- Please don’t wax your brows, the skin is too delicate around the eyes!
Brows can:
- Balance your other facial features
- Enhance your look, even without makeup
- Let your personality shine through
Common brows boo boos:
- Over tweezing or plucking
- Improper arch placement
- Too short
- Too thin
Interesting facts:
- The average person has approximately 250 hairs per eyebrow.
- Eyebrow hair grows differently than the rest of your body hair, & can grow 4 times slower than the hair on your scalp-so think carefully before you remove any of it!