| There is no need to be brow-beaten if you follow | | | | on your face on a line from the corner of your |
| this simple advice. | | | | mouth to the corner of your outer eye. The pencil |
| Have you ever wished you could have eyebrows like | | | | should extend to the end points for your brows. |
| Jennifer Lopez but in this current climate do not feel | | | | Alternatively, an appointment with a make-up |
| you can stretch to employing two eyebrow make-up | | | | consultant or beautician could be useful in initially |
| artists, an eyebrow specialist and an eyebrow | | | | defining this shape. |
| assistant? Well, here are a few tips to keep you | | | | Next, brush eyebrows upwards and outwards to lift |
| going until then. | | | | the eye and then fill in any with a sharpened pencil in |
| It is well known that eyebrows not only frame the | | | | a colour that is slightly softer than your natural |
| face but give it real definition and balance. Brows | | | | eyebrow. Remember, brow colour should never be |
| therefore need to be in tip-top shape and condition | | | | darker than your hair colour or they will dominate |
| at all times. If the idea of eyebrow threading | | | | your face and you could end up looking like Alistair |
| doesn't appeal either from a cost or pain point of | | | | Darling. In filling in any gaps, use small and soft |
| view, then there are other ways to enhance these | | | | feathery strokes. Be careful using kohl eyeliners |
| very important features. | | | | since these are soft and can smudge. |
| Women with naturally beautiful brows are very lucky | | | | Depending on your face shape, brows can be |
| and, apart from tweezing out the odd stray hair, | | | | ‘tweaked' a little for maximum impact. For |
| need only give them a quick upwards brush at the | | | | example, an oval face benefits from brows that slant |
| end of putting on their make-up. Particular care | | | | slightly upwards at the end whereas the optimum |
| should be taken when dressing in case by pulling a | | | | shape for a square face would be a gentle arch just |
| jumper over your head it brushes your lashes | | | | above the centre of each eye, directly over the |
| downwards leaving an unkempt look. | | | | pupil. For those with rounder faces, brows that are |
| Regardless of the current fashion trends for | | | | as straight as possible with no outer edge droop are |
| eyebrows, ie. whether they should be thick and | | | | the most flattering. |
| bushy or virtually non-existent and created totally by | | | | A professional image consultant would be able to |
| pencil, the natural shape of your brow is probably the | | | | further advice on the best shape of eyebrow for |
| right shape for your face. To find this, lay a pencil | | | | your face and how to maintain this. |