Because who doesn’t want to have the face of a supermodel?
As many on Instagram have quoted, “Never let anyone with bad eyebrows tell you shit about life.” While that’s quite the flowery way of explaining the importance of a good brow, the initial sentiment rings true.
Eyebrows frame your face and polish your look, much like bright lipstick or a perfectly applied cat-eye. And now, thanks to supermodel-of-the-moment, Cara Delevingne, the power brow is back and taking over the world … one face at a time.
My journey, however, hasn’t been all bright-eyed and bushy-browed. I, too, sat in front of the mirror every night in middle school plucking to my heart’s content. It left me with thin, sad brows, and an even thinner, sadder stack of #TBT photos that I’m now mortally embarrassed to post on social media. So, I took my love of eyebrow-specific facial hair to Heather at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman to show me what’s what on maintaining a wonderfully thick, power eyebrow of my own.
Step 1: Take a clean mascara brush and comb up and away to get a better sense of the actual length and shape of your brows.
Step 2: Tweeze underneath the brow BUT keep them looking as natural as possible. Make sure to leave a few hairs underneath the tail of the brow to give it a bushy look.
Step 3: Pencil from underneath the front of the brow and follow your natural shape, keeping it darkest at the arch. Tip: Using the pencil helps create the shape.
Step 4: Use a brown eye shadow to fill in any sparse areas.
Step 5: Use a light, matte eye shadow to apply underneath the brow to clean up and give the illusion of a more arched brow.
Step 6: Apply a creamy highlighter to brighten and contour around the outline of your eyebrow.
Step 7: Comb up and away once more so that the brows are the thickest and darkest at the end.
Voilà! I’ll be supermodeling in no time.
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