sisters, twins, great aunts?

eyebrows.
For some people, the sheer thought of doing your brows sends chills down your spine..

Forget contouring, highlighting all that complicated stuff, in my opinion, eyebrows are the most rewarding thing you can do to help better the structure of your face.
There are many different shapes & sizes of brows, but today i'm going to give you a demonstration on how I get my brows looking like they do!

Okay so, to decide the shape of your brows, I recommend these three steps, simply get a pencil or something thin & do as the picture shows!
This decides where your brows should start, arch & end! voila! done in 10 seconds.
Once you have a basic idea of the shape of your brows, mark the three points if it makes it easier for you!
There are numerous ways to fill in your eyebrows, all giving different effects/finishes & textures.

1) eyebrow pencil - These tend to be quite wax based pencils & I find more often than not, are better for a more defined brow, they can give quite a natural finish if you brush them through, but because of the pencils being quite waxy, they are a bit of pain to budge & blend.

2) eyebrow wax kits - These tend to be a palette made up of two powder shadows (one light & one slightly darker) & a wax. The aim is to apply the wax through the brows, then go over with the powder shadow, these palettes tend to set quite quick so you have to be quite quick with them!

3) powder eyeshadow - this is my preferred method of doing eyebrows, it can give you both a natural finish & a strong defined one.  Because the powder has nothing necessarily to cling to, it's very easy to blend through & brush out! So any mistakes are incredibly easy to correct! Also, because of the vast range of eyeshadow shades on the market, it will be nearly impossible NOT  to find a shade that matches your hair!

4) gel eyeliner - This is an extra point, & not one many people would consider to use, but more often that not I use this product in my brows, mostly the tail of my brow, but sometimes throughout to give the impression of more hair! it's great for getting a really defined, strong tail & honestly cannot remember how I used to do my brows before this step! gel eyeliners come in a variety of colours, not just black, they're now available in various shades of browns so don't look nearly as harsh as you would probably expect.  this step is a life saver on nights out, amongst the dancing & the sweat, your brows will not budge, not even a little! I highly recommend this if you feel your brow routine needs spicing up a little!

step by step to prefect brows! 

 products used : 

illamasqua's eyeshadow in 'wolf' 

maybellines eye studio liner in '01 black'

illamasqua's concealer in '105' 

brushes:
mac 212 brush, everyday minerals angled brush, zoeva 316 'classic liner' brush. 

1 & 2. using the 212 brush & wolf eyeshadow map out both the bottom of the eyebrow & the arch of the eyebrow, making sure the two meet at the tail.

3. still using the 212 but adding no more product, fill in the brows, feathering towards the front.

4. using the classic liner brush & maybellines gel liner, define the tail of the brow, feathering in towards the middle of the brow.

5. now to super neaten the brows, use the concealer, I'd reccommend in a few shades lighter, & go around the brow, sharpening the tail & achieving an overall more polished brow! 
& the finished look!

probably the highest amount of compliments I get on both my own face & my clients is how they love my/their eyebrows, don't fret too much on getting them identical, symmetry comes with practice, aslong as you have the basic shape near enough for both of them, the rest will come in time!

as the renowned saying goes; 'eyebrows are sisters, not twins'  .. but they shouldn't be great aunts either! ;)

RWxo