Beauty

Coming out of lockdown our eyebrows will need looking at - especially with summer coming (hopefully...).

I personally have mine threaded - waxing is fine too, but for those who don’t have access to these treatments this is how you get fab brows by doing it yourself. But there are a few set of rules you should be aware of before you pluck away your arches:

First - Do make sure you have

good lighting. Plucking your eyebrows in a dimly lit bathroom is where mistakes happen! If you can, take advantage of natural light. Take a handheld mirror to the brightest area in your room so you can see all those tiny hairs you need to remove.

Try not to use a highly magnified mirror.

While it might seem like a good idea at first, plucking your eyebrows with a magnifying mirror is actually one of the worst things you can do. The mirror can be misleading, and make you believe you have more hair follicles than you actually do, which will lead you to accidently over plucking your eyebrows. To stop this, use a normal mirror and between every few plucks, take a step back to reassess your eyebrow shape.

Warm water helps open up the

follicles.

Caroline, a multi-award winning Dorset makeup artist, who runs ‘Amazing Face’, shares professional secrets from inside her beauty box.

Tis The Season for Great Eyebrows !

This means hair comes out more easily, so after a hot shower when your skin is still warm and damp is the perfect time for an eyebrow shape.

How Much To Pluck?

Use an eyebrow pencil to help you find the beginning, arch and end of your eyebrows.

• The beginning of your brow should start right where your nostril begins. Hold the pencil vertically against the bridge of your nose and on top of your nostril to help you find the starting point.

• To find your arch, place the pencil on the tip of your nose and angle it straight across your pupil.

• Next, to find the end of your brow, simply take the pencil, at an angle, and place it against the end of your nose and eye. If the tail end of your brow hits the place where the pencil ends, then your eyebrows are the perfect length. If your brow is too long, then take away any that are on the other side.

You can also trim your brows with scissors.

It works really well! Brush upwards, and carefully trim the extra uneven hairs. Then, brush the tail end of your eyebrows toward the inner part of your brow and slightly trim those hairs, too.

Now you have perfectly shaped brows, it’s time to enhance

them. Find a color that complements your brows, and fill in with eyebrow pencil, gel or powder - but not too much.

Instead of filling in eyebrows completely, lightly ‘fluff’ in the direction of the hair growth. Try to focus on filling in your arches, as natural eyebrows are usually darker in that area. The beginning of your brows tend to be lighter and more spread out. To raise your brows - it’s never a bad idea to lift them - brush a little highlighter below the arch and run it along till the end of the tail. This will help brighten your brows and really make them stand out.

Have a great month, questions always answered on Caro1@ me.com and if you know anyone getting married pop them my way for their hair and makeup! Caroline x