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Eyebrows!

Most of us have them, they come in all colours, shapes and sizes… but do we all make the most of them?

From a purely scientific stance your eyebrows are there to help divert moisture (sweat….. yeeeuck) away from your delicate eyes. They are also one of our bodies most expressive features. After all we all know that raised eyebrows signal surprise…(a look I sport frequently)

From a beauty point of view though your eyebrows bring shape and definition to your face, a well groomed set of brows can do wonders for opening up the eyes or adding polish & drama.

I myself discovered the above at a very early age. Or should I say a very important time in my life, the teenage years
For a dark haired girl I was never particularly hairy, that was…. everywhere apart from my eyebrows. I gave Liam Gallagher a serious run for his money in the monobrow stakes. So I did what any sensible 14 year old would do….. I took a Bic razor and shaved them. Religiously. For about four years.

Bad idea. Very bad idea. Good in that my monobrow never reappeared, bad in that all the hair I religiously removed from my eyebrows never reappeared…. doh!

Cue over a decade later and I’m the girl with 2/3 of a left eyebrow and multiple bald patches on both. You’d think I’d have learnt my lesson… but even though I’ve swapped the razor for tweezers, I still get a little too pluck happy on a regular basis. I have no choice but to fill in my disaster brows.

Up until a few months ago I used a Rimmel pencil to do this, however as with a lot of brow pencils it had this annoying red undertone that simply looks unatural on me and could look a bit harsh. Not too bad in the Winter/ night time but really not flattering in this weather.

So while browsing in Boots one afternoon I came across this

Urban Decay Brow Box.

Look how pretty it is, I’m a total packaging whore. It was £12 at the time, however I’ve noticed since that its around £14-£15 so perhaps it was on special offer when I picked it up.

This ingenious little box contains a mirror, two shades of brow powder, an angled mini brush, some mini tweezers and a little pop out draw containing wax to set and hold the hairs. The little brush and tweezers are a bit fiddly but perfectly adequate for emergencies. Nothing worse than being out for the night, only to realise when you brushed your hair away from your eyes, you removed half your perfectly drawn on eyebrow with it! Ooops. Pop this in your bag and you have a fab brow first aid kit.

It comes in Beige Betty, Honey Pot, Ginger Snap (nice to see the red heads catered for) or Brown Sugar which I purchased. No red undertone at all (hooray!!) and dependant on the impact I’m going for I can use the two browns to custom mix the colour strength. I tend to coat my brush in the wax first and then pick up the colour as you avoid the fall out trap but there is no hard and fast rule, you can simply use the wax to coat your brows after if that tickles your fancy

It probably seems a bit pricey but I’ve hardly made a dent in the powders or wax and I use this daily. I can see this lasting me a full year no problem.

Brush wise if you had have asked me a month ago I’d have told you the MAC 266 was my one and only. However I purchased a Ms Makeup Angled Eyeliner in Boots and my affections have transferred.

Not only is it slightly thinner and stiffer than the 266 allowing more precise brow work but at about £5 its a complete bargain! Why not use your Boots points and see how fab it is yourself?!

xoxo

Tagged as: Brown Sugar, Eye make-up, eyebrow powder, eyebrows, MAC 266, Ms Makeup Angled Eyeliner Brush, review, Rimmel London, Urban Decay Brow Box, Wax