To tweeze or not to tweeze? That is the question. With this season’s bold brow statement, which grooming option will give you “Beauty, the Bold and the Brow”? As one of the first beauty lessons to enhance your facial features, it all comes down to preference and process.
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With bold beauty inspirations like Camille Belle, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Connelly, Kim Kardashian and the brow-famous Brooke Shields, this guide will provide bountiful brow options before even taking out the brow pencil.
The most obvious first choice is tweezing. As the most affordable method of shaping the brows, it requires no set up or clean up. This method, one that must be done frequently, works best when done on your own, but requires practice to gain the agility and accuracy for the desired outcome. If not perfected, tweezing can yank, pinch or cut the skin, resulting in a little soreness, which is not something we fancy.
Leave waxing to the pros, since the results last up to 3-6 weeks with much finer and lighter new hair growth. The discomfort here should feel like ripping off a bandage if done properly. As a non-specialist, it’s like ripping off a bandage with extremely hot wax- a potentially painful disaster! No one likes damaged and inflamed skin — especially with the most sensitive area on your face.
A little less messy, threading has become a popular option as, like waxing, it results in thinner and lighter hair growth and lasts up to 2-3 weeks. A bit painful at first, this will diminish over time as you become accustomed to it. Try this at home with a few yanks and you’ll discover it’s as awkward and complicated as giving yourself a French braid. Allow your beautician to carefully shape and thread your brows and you’ve got a winner.
Stretch and pull, yank and pinch, it’s all the same but different. After many years, lessons and experiences in Beauty-101 you will favour one of the above. Get this down and you’ll be Brooke-ing it in no time.
