I get a fair amount of complements and questions about how I do my eyebrows and what products I use, etc. and I felt that it would make a good video for me to film!
Disclaimer: These bushes growing above my eyeballs are all natural. I know I have pretty light blonde hair--I always have--and my brows belong on a brunette. That being said, I've never dyed them nor have I ever bleached them to look more natural with my hair color.
The way that I maintain and fill in my brows might not work for others, but I think that the basic technique that I use would work for most people.
It's been almost 3 weeks since I posted my last video, which was totally not the plan. I filmed a makeup look THREE. TIMES. and I hated it every single time. Finally I noticed how unruly my brows had gotten and decided to film how I do them.
Enjoy these sweet screenshots from my latest video (<- you can watch it by clicking on those underlined words right there)
1. I don't really care for eyebrow waxing, I usually get them waxed around every 3-4 months. In between waxes I take any old tweezers (the ones I use suck, but they get the job done...somewhat) and pluck the strays growing underneath. I stay away from tweezing the top of my brows completely.
I do, however, have to pluck the unibrow about once a week. Those little hairs are crazy ones!
2. After I tweeze them, I take a spoolie brush (the one I use is from Crown Brush and was $2 at GenBeauty, but you could just take the little sample ones from Sephora) and I brush my eyebrow hairs in an upward motion while also spinning the brush, making it easier to trim them.
Hopefully this is common sense, but NEVER trim from the base of the brow hair. You would never cut your hair at the root if you just wanted a little trim... right?
3. To fill them in, I've been using the It Cosmetics Universal Eyebrow Pencil in the shade Universal Taupe. Pencils are more precise and make it a lot easier to fill in any sort of gaps or bald spots. Using a pencil also helps to make the brows look natural.
Using small strokes imitates the look of hairs, so I do that over my entire brow to fill in any sort of spots I may have. First, I use a sideways motion with the pencil, then I do upward strokes.
If you outline your entire brow, it will end up looking extremely boxy and fake... and that sh*& ain't cute, okay? Small. Light. Brush strokes.
4. Finally, to set the whole thing, I've been using the Benefit Speed Brow. Speed Brow is a gel with a super light tint of color that will dry and keep your eyebrows in place. If I were to recommend any brow product, it would definitely be a brow gel. A good quality tinted brow gel will do two jobs at once.
If you don't want to go out and buy an $18 brow gel, you could totally spray some hairspray onto a spoolie as an alternative.
5. When I feel like my brows are looking kind of heavy, I'll use a highlight stick underneath my eyebrows to open up my eyes. The one I used in this video is the Chella Ivory Lace Highlighter that I got in my goodie bag at GenBeauty.
Thanks for reading! I'll talk to you guys in a quick minute. Hopefully I'll get into a routine of filming. I have tons of video ideas but it's hard to find the time. It will most likely be harder at school but this is something I'm so passionate about, so I will work super hard and do whatever it takes to get videos up!!!
