Courtenay's Key Tips: Number 2

Hey, Hey Lovelies. This beauty tip involves the thing that drives me crazy CRAZY crazy, mostly because it is so preventable and fixable, and it really takes away from every girl's natural beauty when done incorrectly.

2.) Take Care of your Eyebrows

Eyebrows are freaky and who knows what the heck their purpose is, but we would all look very strange without them. 

See the Difference? Beautiful thick brows versus uber thin ones. 

Save the Tweezers for Maintenance Only

 We have all seen the girls who have extremely thin brows, we all know it doesn't look good, and it is completely obvious they went nuts, at some point, with the tweezers. Lets face it when we do pick up the tweezers and start plucking it is extremely easy to get carried away. My mother never let me touch my own brows with tweezers when I was younger, because she has very thin almost non-existent brows that she dedicates to over-plucking when she was a teenager. 

Look how little hair is there! Severely over plucked!!!!

My suggestion to you would be the same my mother gave me, only bring the tweezers to your brows to pluck a couple obvious stray hairs and no more.  

Get Your Eyebrows Done Professionally

 Plucked, Waxed, or Treaded in the hands of a skilled professional your eyebrows will look gorgeous. My treading lady never ceases to amaze me when she turns my Sasquatch disgusting dark brows into elegant ones for only 7 dollars. 

Personally, I have had everything but a blowtorch taken to my eyebrows, and I prefer treading. Mostly because my skin reacts terribly when I get them waxed (when I say terrible I mean redness, burning, and itching for a minimum of three days). Also, I absolutely hate getting them plucked…. when god was giving out eyebrows it was decided I would be given the deepest rooted hairs in the universe, and getting each one pulled out individually makes me want to choke the bitch pulling them out. Treading is just perfect for me. 

I think you need to try each kind of method to find out which one you like best.    

My biggest tip, when you are at a professional, is to ask them to keep your eyebrows at your natural thickness. Thick eyebrows just look better, and the professional is just there to give them a good shape that will flatter you, not to demolish them in order to create a certain arch.  

Fill In Your Brows 

Most people in this world do not have perfect eyebrows, but you can totally fool everyone by filling yours in.  If you have thin brows you can make them look fuller, and give them shape. Also if you have regular brows you can fill in all the places where your eyebrows are sparse; this defines the brow and makes them look more symmetrical (and symmetrical facial features are, in part, key to beauty).

Here are some great brow products:

Anastasia Beverly Hills--

These products are absolutely top of the line and definitely a splurge, but they are the best brow products I have ever used. 

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz is priced at $20. The product comes in four shades: Ash Blonde (suggested for light to dark blonde hair), Medium Ash (for light to medium brown and silver hair), Brunette (for medium brown to black hair), and Carmel (for light brown hair with warm undertones, auburn, and strawberry blonde hair). I also believe that they are coming out or already have come out with a line of shades strictly for red heads-- so if you have red hair you might finally have a product will work for you.


The Brow Wiz is so great because it draws on with very fine lines that really do look like hair. This really is the perfect product if you have really thin brows or some serious bald spots on the brow.

Anastasia Brow Gel is priced at $21 dollars. The most popular version of this product is clear, but I know it comes tinted as well, which is also amazing (it is also $21 and comes in 5 shades). The clear gel is ideal if you, like me, have unruly brows that like to stick out in all sorts of directions or just look messy. The tinted is more for someone who has non-existant brows, it makes the little light hairs darker and more textured-- almost as if you have always had the brows. The gel does not get flaky as the day wears on, nor is it heavy. It's great!


This gel was really a god send for me, because before I would use a brow brush and hair spray to try and tame my crazy eyebrows-- and that feels kinda icky, but,  I mean, if you really don't want to spend 21 dollars on brow gel, the hair spray works fine, and you can work out a good hairspray to brow measurement that won't feel too bad.

Drugstore Pencils--

Eyebrow pencils from the drugstore and places like Target or Wal-mart work well too. They provide good coverage at a good price of only a couple dollars. If you only have some sparse spots and don't feel the need to spend a lot on products for your brows these pencils would be perfect for you. It can just be a little tricky to find the right color. Sometimes when I buy drugstore pencils I need to use two different shades on the same brow---so just mix and match and experiment and you will totally find a good color for you. 




Eyeshadow and an Angled Brush--

Pick a matte eyeshadow or a specialty eyebrow shadow and work it in with an angled brush. I love doing this when I am just filling in my sparse spots and not going for a dramatic brow! If you use this just make sure you stay within the lines of your normal brow---powder does look a tid more drawn on than a pencil, but I guess that depends on how one would apply with a pencil. :)

GOOD LUCK, Let me know if you have any questions 

 Love, 

              Courtenay