@Katcat1 wrote:
I have always had eyebrows, full and nicely shaped; however, with age they are a little more sparce. I don't like the way an eye shadow type products looks on them; some other products are not for me at my age. I have decided the best thing for me to use in an eyebrown pencil to just fill in where needed. What do you use? Do you have any suggestions?
Good morning @Katcat1 . Brows. This seems to be most women's issue after 60. With grey hair now, my brows are still medium brown and a bit thick, but a few pesky grey ones are creeping their way in.
1. Before you think about pencils or mascara type products, I dye mine with JUST FOR MEN in Lt. Blonde (which is actually a universal taupe). I really don't need color, but the dye (just like when I colored my hair) adds thickness and it finds every little hair in the brow area. I need to tweeze afterwards!
2. To fill in sparse areas, there's a little trick called "soap brows". You use a spoolie on a clear, wet bar of soap (Neutrogen makes a clear soap, but many are available). I work up a bit a lather with the spoolie and use it to brush the brows straight up, trim them w/ cuticle scissors and then sweep them over. Then you can see where to fill in. Clear soaps don't leave a chalky residue.
3. Once trimmed, when you have them brushed up, you can actually see the more sparse spots and fill in lightly with a pencil (I use IT Universal Taupe)... or a powder.
4. Bobbi Brown, ABH and several drugstore brands have a kit with 2 shades. The lighter shade goes at the beginning of the brow and darker from the arch to the end to fill in there. I prefer using the powders because it creates a shadow beneath the brow hairs and tends to look more natural than one shade of pencil all the way through the brow. Most shadow palettes have a taupe or light to medium shade, too.
5. After the powder or pencil, set the brow with a gel. I use ABH clear gel or one w/ a bit of color like Benefit Gimme Brow.
6. Sometimes brunettes use a dark pencil, but to me it looks harsh and aging. As long as the brow shape is natually defined, I find taupe to medium brown is as dark as we should use.
7. There are great brow tutorials on youtube, of course. Check Wayne Goss's on brows and Lisa Eldrige...both makeup artists who always do a natural brow.
8. It's important, for the first time or two, to learn how to map out the brow. Make a mark from top of nostril straight up to the brow (not edge of nose as originally thought). If a wider nose, your brow would begin too far away and a thinner nose, to close together and sometimes it can create an angry look). Then mark the arch center of nostril to the arch and then center of nostril to end of brow. That's where I "cheat" and draw the brow a bit higher from arch to tail to give the face a more lifted look.
OMG, that's a long post, but hope it gives you some ideas.
***@ECBG thanks for the referrel. LOL
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