It's Time To Tame Those Bushy Brows

No one wants bristol pads for eyebrows! Most of us attempt to tame our eyebrows the best way we know how, but that's not always the right way. There are a few things you should know before touching your brows.

When your thinking about using wax versus tweezers, go with the tweezers. Although plucking may take more time, it's more efficient, allowing you to pull each strand of hair to construct the perfect shape, it's also better for your skin. When using wax it is almost impossible to spread the wax in an accurate shape. Hot wax can also be bad on your upper eye lid and cause your skin to sag.

Some tools I recommend to help guide you toward getting your perfect brow:

• White eye liner or brow pencil
• A good set of tweezers (I prefer Tweezermen slanted tweezers, which you can get at almost any drug store or by clicking here.)
• If you really feel like you need the extra help you can get eyebrow stencils
• Small brow brush to help brush out brow hairs (Very cheap at any drug store in the beauty section)
  

Once you have obtained all your shaping tools, try to think about what kind of shape you want to have. Your eyebrows give personality to your entire face by embracing your eyes, so think carefully when choosing the right shape. For some guidance you can look at celebrities with similar face structure to yours and study the shape of their brows. You could also match your face structure to one of the six general face shapes you will find on the Eyebrowz Website.

Now you can get to work on those crazy creatures. Follow these six easy steps and your brows will be looking tamed and trendy within the next 20 minutes.

1. Prep the area by cleansing and exfoliating with a gentle scrub. If you are someone who is sensitive to pain or your eye area then rub a small amount of Orajel or any other teething gel onto your brow.
   
2. Set yourself up in an area that receives as much light as possible, the more natural light, the better.
3. Using the white pencil (and also the stencil, if you have one), draw out the shape of the brow you desire onto your skin.
4. Using your tweezers, pluck the hairs that fall outside of the white pencil lining. Make sure to pluck the hairs in the same direction that they're growing and don't pluck to many hairs at once.
   
5. After every few hairs make sure to stop and look at where your at. You don't want to over-pluck!
6. Finally just a little tip between us girls, the best time for brow-shaping is the week after your period begins, it usually tends to be the time your body is least sensitive to hair removal.

I pass on my knowledge of eyebrow shaping and plucking from personal experience. Want to see for yourself? Watch the video of me on CBS4 Jim and Jade Morning Show where I get my brows plucked by a professional make up artist! Click on my picture below to watch!