By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor
I’m not sure how you go about nominating a person for the Nobel Peace Prize, but I know my vote would go to the wonderful designers who have brought the full eyebrow back into fashion.
Lord knows my tortured brows (and forehead and eyelids…really thick brows here) are grateful for the next step in the natural beauty movement. If you are not blessed with a hairy forehead (haha), or you are a tweeze-aholic, you can still get the look:
Step away from the tweezers and wax: It takes six weeks of tweezing abstinence for your eyebrows to complete a full growth cycle and reach their full potential.
Fake it: If you have been plucking since your teens, then you may have a few stragglers show up over time, but some of the follicles will be permanently damaged and will never grow back in.
I personally have an inexplicable bald spot in one brow that appeared after I had my first child. Aren’t hormones fun? To cover any gaps or fill in sparse brows, fill in with a powder shadow one shade darker than your hair color. I love the NYC Browser Brush-on Brow Kit (about $3 at Walmart and Target). The wax that comes with it adds a richer tone to the powder and helps to tame longer hairs.
Seek Professional Help: Always good advice, but specifically, treat yourself to a brow shaping session at a spa or boutique. Let the pro’s show you what FULL brow shape best suits you. It should be easy to maintain once you have seen it done, since it takes very little tweezing. Take a picture to save as reference or even trace a template if you can’t trust your tweeze-happy self.
Okay, that’s it! How often does being considered “high fashion” actually require less work…jump at this opportunity! And just imagine all of the quirky eyebrow waggling facial expressions you will be able to do now instead of always looking surprised and shocked.
Have a question for Andi, beauty blogger and fellow mama of three? Andi welcomes your questions and feedback to Beauty Buzz. E-mail her at mamas@nwaMotherlode.com. Click here to read more about Andi. This post originally published on nwaMotherlode in May 2013.
