Makeup/Tips to Accentuate Your Brows

Each month a featured beauty professional will contribute an article with the focus on brows. We are so proud to showcase Natalie Hunter- a Sunshine Coast based professional makeup artist who specialises in bridal makeup.

BRIDAL BROWS-what to do before your wedding day!

By Natalie Hunter Makeup Artist.

It's surprising how the smallest things can make the biggest difference to your wedding day beauty...that's why it is essential to have the BEST bridal brows.

In my work as a professional makeup artist I see all sorts of brows, including some seriously patchy brows, thin brows and of course, great big caterpillars!!!!

Either way, don’t worry - help is at hand to make the very best of what you’ve got for your wedding day.

This is a 2 step process. First, call in the experts, and second, make some simple purchases. I promise you won’t look back. It's really worth concentrating on your brows - the right look will give definition to your face, and shave years off your age – a MUST for your wedding day!

For fine, patchy or very blonde brows:

* Dyeing – visit an expert beautician because they'll create the perfect shape for you (you may need to have a patch test 24hrs before).  If you have little or no brows, a beautician can dye the micro-hairs on the skin, with very natural and believable results. The treatment will last a few weeks and you can always top up with a pencil or powder in between.

**Top tip – drop a little water into a brown eye shadow and use this wet to colour in the brows. Don’t use a solid line technique, instead paint on the hairs in an upward brushing motion for a more natural look.

For thick, bushy or shapeless brows:

* Threading – this ancient Indian art uses twisted cotton to pluck and shape the brow. I can’t recommend this enough! Get Threaded is a fabulous brow bar!!!

**Top tip: Once you've had it done and you're happy with the result, take a picture and you can show the beautician in future so you get the exact shape that you want. Better still, take the beautician's name. I find getting your brows done is a little bit like having a hair cut!! Stick with a person you trust!!

Must Have Pre-Wedding Purchases:

1: Clear mascara gel to groom your brows. You don’t have to spend a fortune.

Start by brushing the brow upwards and then skimming across the top and down to neaten them up – this really makes a difference and makes you look perfectly groomed!

2:  A decent pair of tweezers – to get those strays in between threading appointments.

 

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Makeup/Tips to Accentuate Your Brows

Each month a featured beauty professional will contribute an article with the focus on brows. We are so proud to showcase Amanda Sieckman-Aesthetician and Co-owner of Pretty Pretty Please in Arizona USA', contribution as our first featured beauty professional.

"I love the look a woman gets at my salon when she looks at her brows, which she has most likely neglected for weeks, and sometimes months, after I have reshaped and tinted, or sometimes not tint, but instead fill them in with pencil. Just that much can make a woman stand taller, smile bigger and walk with a bit of a strut that you can only get from a little self confidence."

Today, I had a young and beautiful woman named Dawn, "a busy mother of two young ones", who admitted she hadn't touched her brows in "years"!

Upon our first meeting, I noticed that her brows are naturally very light in color, but also very overgrown. Due to the fact that Dawn is so young and busy, I did not want to give her a brow shape that was too thin or high maintenance. After a consultation I went ahead with the shaping process.

Keeping her brows on the thicker side and going with a mild arch, I came up with a well balanced look for her face and lifestyle. This look won't seem out of place on days she can't find time for makeup.  After we both agreed that the look achieved was perfect for her I filled in her brows with a dark blonde brow pencil and set the look with a brow gel.

Dawn really has amazing green eyes and I wanted to emphasize her eye color and her new brows with a soft, natural approach to her eye makeup. I did this with a palette of a soft brown for her lids, a gorgeous taupe for her crease, a nice burgundy shadow for her liner, a bit of highlighting above and just below her new brows, a pop of highlight on her inner corner and finally we finished with a nice coat of mascara.

I was able to give my client a look that even she had to admit she looked beautiful, and that my friends, is why I am in this business.

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Amanda Sieckman

Aesthetician and Co-owner of

Pretty Pretty Please LLC

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