Comments on: Stop Deforestation, Save Your Eyebrows!

By: Color Code Facial Skin Care

Color Code Facial Skin Care — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:18:45 +0000

Please keep these excellent posts coming.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:33:56 +0000

Mine were overplucked in the 70s. I don’t like powder by itself and the wax/powder combos have left me underwhelmed, so far. I’ll have to try the art supply pencil.

By: deja pseu

deja pseu — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:31:08 +0000

I have the same problem as La Petite Acadienne. Except mine were plucked down to nothing by a well-meaning friend back in the 70’s. Warning, ladies: they may not grow back!!!

By: The Manolo Week in Review » Manolo's Shoe Blog

The Manolo Week in Review » Manolo's Shoe Blog — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:11:34 +0000

[...] Plumcake… Everywhere I turn it seems that women are plucking their eyebrows into tiny squiggles that look like –and I’m sure you’ll pardon my indelicacy– the “boy” part of the boy-meets-girl part of the fertilization story. Not alluring. [...]

By: Jenna

Jenna — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:21:44 +0000

That’s it. I have to save that Liz Taylor pic for inspiration.

By: dcsurfergirl

dcsurfergirl — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:03:09 +0000

ACK! I hate my eyebrows because they are too thin. I also hate eyebrow pencil because it smudges too easily. I need idiot-proof makeup.

Someone please explain why some women will just pencil some strange shapes above their eyes! They might has well do Divine’s “Pink Flamingos” look (see above pics)!
I just pluck the strays just enough to shape them. Tinted eyebrow gels are lifesavers. Revlon’s Colorstay eyebrow pencil and gel combo looks pretty natural and does not cost a lot.

Just can’t deal with the fuss….

By: La BellaDonna

La BellaDonna — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:24:46 +0000

I’m still not entirely certain what the “sperm brow” looks like, but I’ve seen a passle of awful eyebrows in my time. I have found that a medim grey eyeshadow fills in my black eyebrows nicely without being too dark or too harsh, and I recommend powder eyeshadows as a good way to experiment. Mascara is also a way of darkening and thickening brows at the same time, but not so great for shaping. And, of course, there’s always cosmetic tattooing, as a resort for the determined (VERY different from tattooing other parts of the body; look for someone with a license and experience!). I have also heard of Rogaine being used by those who had overplucked, and were trying to restore the lost brows, but I haven’t tried that myself yet. My own eyebrows are classic 1950s in flavor, somewhere between Elizabeth Taylor’s and Marilyn Monroe’s (both of whom were astonishingly beautiful): distinctly arched, widest at the front, and tapered at the tip. I can’t claim any more similarity than the eyebrows, alas.

Most women, from what I’ve seen, at least, don’t seem to realize that eyebrows contribute all the expression, and a considerable amount of the beauty, to their faces. (Either that, or they’ve decided to go in for a highly, um, individual look.)

By: TeleriB

TeleriB — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:27:41 +0000

I have inherited a slightly more feminine version of the archbishop’s eyebrows, courtesy of my father. I do pluck the occasional mega-hair that’s sticking out at odd angles, but in general I can’t bring myself to pluck. I kinda like ‘em.

Does it matter as much if you have glasses? My frames sit just about even with my brows, toward the underside of the arc.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:26:42 +0000

For dark-browed girls, it’s hard to beat Way Bandy’s advice from a couple of decades ago in “Designing Your Face” – use an Eberhard-Faber #6325 pencil from an art supply store to draw in individual hairs in your eyebrows. It looks so natural you need a magnifying glass to detect it. Don’t worry that it says “jet black” on the pencil; on skin it shows as a neutral dark color. I bought two back in the late 70’s when I first read his book, so I’m not sure if they are still being made because it takes so little I’m not even 2″ into the first one. But it seems like an artists staple, so I bet there’s something similar out there, if not the original. He suggested a “silverized beige” pencil for auburn and blonde, but I never had to look for it.

By: Chiken

Chiken — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:33:40 +0000

I have light brows, and I look a little Mona Lisa if I don’t use brow powder to make them match my auburn hair. I recommend Smashbox Browtech powder and wax applied with a stiff slanted brush.