MAKE-UP TUTORIAL: HOW TO SHAPEN YOUREYEBROWS.

 

 BY DAMILOLA POPOOLA

Happy Rainy Sunday!

Do you know that the way you shape your eyebrow can enhance your face and appearance by balancing your facial features? Eyebrows can either be thick and full or thin and scanty. Thick eyebrows are often preferable because all you need to do is tweeze or shape them with a blade, but thin eyebrows need to be filled out with eye pencil, which is usually tasking. Either way, here is how to shape your eyebrows in a way that fits any face.

INSTRUMENTS:
Blade or a tweezer,
Eyebrow pencil
An old toothbrush
Ruler

Step 1: Know your starting point by placing a ruler or pencil vertically in front of your face. Allow it touch the side of your nose and then mark the spot on the under brow. Repeat it for the other eye.

Step 2: Look straight into the mirror and make an angle from your nose to your eyeball, wherever the pencil meets your eyebrow is your arch; mark the spot with your pencil. Repeat it for the other eye.

Step 3: Make an angle from your nose through the edge of your eyeball to your eyebrow; that's the end point.

 
Step 4: Connect the points on the underbrow. Make sure you draw it from the tip to the end to form an arc and measure (a maximum of) 0.5cm on a ruler, then draw the line also on the upper brow.

Always know that it shouldn't extend that, but it can be smaller, depending on the shape and how wide your face is. A wider face means a wider brow and vice versa.

Step 5: Remove the hair that is left outside the lines you have drawn.

Step 6: Brush the hair upward with a toothbrush and remove the hair extending the lines on the upper brow. Also remove the air between the brows.

Step 7: When defining your eyebrows, make sure there is space between the two starting points, so you don't look like you're frowning.

Note: It is not wise to shave all the hair on your eyebrows because it alters your face and doesn't make a good morning after, if you know what I mean. You don't want to look into the mirror with your make-up off looking like a zombie (Lol). Your eyebrows define your face.

Meanwhile, so many people have been asking me about the type of eye pencil to use, (drum roll) here it comes...

Eye pencil/definers come in Light brown, Brown and Dark brown. Many shades of pencil fall into these categories, and there cheap ones just as there are expensive ones.

Let me use some popular people to describe the appropriate shades:

For people who have similar skin and hair colour with Monalisa Chinda, Nadia Buhari etc, I will recommend the "Light brown eye pencil/definer" E.g Davis and other products Colour 40, (Tara) Orekelewa (Light brown) Etc

For people who have similar skin and hair colour with Rita Dominique, and Tonto Dike, (yeah, Tonto Baby! Lol) i.e fair people with dark hair colour, I'll recommend the "Brown eye pencil/definer" e.g Davis 18, and other Colour 18 pencils, Orekelewa Brown, Zaron Brown medium, Jordana (Coffee bean) etc

For people who have similar skin and hair colour with Omotola Jalade, Taiwo Olushoga etc I will also recommend the "Brown eye pencil/definer" e.g Davis 18, and other Colour 18 pencils, Orekelewa Brown, Zaron Brown medium, Jordana (Coffee bean) etc

For people who have similar skin and hair colour with Tiwa Savage, Omawunmi, TY Bello etc I'll recommend "Dark Brown eye pencil/definer" E.g Davis (03) and other 03 pencils, Orekelewa (Dark brown), Jordana (Lavish Brown) etc

Note that if you feel that your eyebrow is too light or dark, just try the "Brown category" because it works for almost every body.

              
I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I did.

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MAKE-UP TUTORIAL: HOW TO DEFINE YOUR EYEBROW

 Hello,

How have you been? Is it just me or do you also think this year is flying...lol.

I have been thinking of ways to make my blog more interesting and educative and after tossing and turning on my bed on a certain night, an idea came to mind.

I decided to bring in some other people on the blog to make it more entertaining and educative. These people will write about things I do not know much about or enlighten us better on certain things.

As time goes on, you will understand what I mean a lot better. I really hope you guys like this.

The first contributor is Damilola Popoola, a fantastic make-up artist. As the title of this post says, she will be talking about how you can define your eyebrow.

     

Necessary Instruments:

Eyebrow Definer (pencil); Avon B03 (dark brown) 
Highlighter; Marykay foundation (colour 600)
Concealer brush or eyeshadow brush

STEPS:

Step1: Make sure your eyebrow is perfectly groomed (this can be done using a razor blade or a twizzer) I'll discuss that in another post.

Step 2: Use a pencil that blends with your skin colour (always use a shade lighter than your hair colour). I am going to use an Avon eyebrow definer B03 (darkbrown). Our brow has the under brow and the upper brow (I call it that)...First, measure an angle with your pencil.

Line the under brow with your brow definer (eyepencil) to form "an arc"

Step 3: Repeat the same thing with the upper brow (do not make it too wide so it doesn't look like a mask).

Step 4: Fill in the middle with the pencil with light stokes, so it won't be too dark and it will look natural.

Step 5: I am sure the eyebrow is not too clear at this stage. Some people might like it like this or might decide to go further. We are going to highlight the eyebrow using a foundation; you will use the foundation you normally use. I am using Marykay 600.

Using a concealer brush (or a clean eyeshadow brush) take a very tiny amount of foundation then sweep it gently underneath the brow following the arc

 then do the same for the upper brow and blend it with the brush to the area surrounding the brow.

 The highlighter removes excess brow pencil surrounding it.

Step 6: The brow is now defined.

It may seem long but when you start, you will be able to do this in 5-10 minutes. Make sure you take your time, because the eyebrow defines the face.

I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I did.

Stay in touch with Damilola on BB pin 299A0975, Email dharmmiecares@yahoo.com ,Twitter @dharmmypopson.

Follow me on TWITTER and  FACEBOOK

Cheers to a beautiful weekend!!!
                                                                      

 

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholds him with his hand." Psalm 37: 23-24

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