Eye
Liner Pencil
I don’t
believe in black eyeliner for anyone except a dark tone of skin of color,
otherwise the look is too heavy and hard for one even with lighter skin color
and black hair. You will find the darker brown colors will provide the
same look, but will be more delicate looking. Black is for dark skin tone
beauties only. The “lead” of an eye
liner pencil
should be like the Goldie Locks story: it must be not too hard nor too soft…but
just right! It must glide over the skin without pulling it, yet go on easily to
give you the best look. This type “lead” would still be just soft enough so
that, instead of having to frequently use a pencil sharpener to keep it
pointed, thus losing part of the pencil each time, you could firmly pinch (and
hold a few seconds) the tip to a point whenever it gets too blunt, saving the
sharpener for only when needed and extending the life of the pencil.
How
to apply eyeliner pencil:
If you have to pull your eyelid taut in order to apply an eyeliner pencil, it
usually means the pencil’s “lead” is too hard; although it’s normal to
hold the eyelid on one side so that it stays in place while applying eyeliner
Start at
either corner of the eyelid, but make sure you color the entire width of the
lid. Applying eyeliner all the way toward the nose gives the eyes a softer,
more open look…but apply it only
lightly,
and more narrowly going toward the nose to keep a soft look. You can smudge the
eyeliner slightly if you like.
How
to apply liquid eyeliner:
Follow the instruction above for eyeliner pencil except use liquid more
sparingly.
If you are wearing false lashes follow the same
instructions as above for eyeliner. (Make it a soft line, not thick or hard
looking.) Continue the eyeliner a little past your false lashes toward your
nose, tapering off as you get close to it.
For bottom eyeliner apply softly…can apply in a dot like effect. Do NOT go
too close to the nose – stop about 1/3 from the nose. Apply wider and a
little darker if you wish as you get to the outside corner of the lower lid.
Keep the bottom eyeliner soft looking…nothing thick or heavy.
Eye
Brow Pencil
You see someone from across the room, or on the street, you look at them and
wonder, “Now why would they ever do that!” But the truth is…you might be
doing it yourself…I know I have. More Americans mess up their eyebrows than
people in any other country for some reason.
I’m not
being picky! Many women have very nice eyebrows…but for the ones that can’t
get it right, this will help. It’s much easier if you have the right
consistency in the eyebrow
pencil…too
hard and the pencil does not come off
onto the skin well…and it’s too difficult to use; too soft and you cannot
get a delicate looking eyebrow. It comes off too thick. The consistency of the
“lead” is most important for a great looking eyebrow.
Eyebrows can give your face an older, harder look, or they
can give a younger, softer, beautiful look that acts as a frame for your shape
and type of eyes. Eyebrows can also make your eyes appear smaller or larger.
Difficulty
with proper eyebrow shape and color is often because of focusing on the
eyebrows per se, rather than how they can be most flattering to the shape of
their individual eyes and
face.
When you finish your eyebrows step
back from the mirror
and look at your face from a distance…do your eyebrows look overpowering or
too dark for your face…or are they too pale…do they look alike?
Eyebrows are modifiers…they are eye beautifiers. They exist to complement
and enhance one of the most expressive of human attributes, the look of the
eyes. They should not overpower the face or draw attention to themselves. They
should flatter the face but at the same time enhance the shape of the eyes.
Have you ever seen someone with, for example, brown hair, and, before you
noticed anything else about them, you saw two black “lines” above their
eyes (called eyebrows)? Well I have, and I’ve seen even worse! Bet you have
too.
Observe some classic paintings by the Masters, like Rembrandt, Renoir, da
Vinci and Rubens. Note how these great painters treated the eyebrows of the
women in their art in understatement and accompaniment…forget about Mona
Lisa!
Just keep in mind that the basic rule is to use your
eyebrows to beautify your eyes. Beauty-wise your eyebrows are part of your
eyes. Eyebrows should be delicate and soft looking, not overpowering and
distracting.
Note:
NOTE: HOW TO MAKE YOUR MAKEUP PENCILS LAST LONGER: Instead
of using a pencil sharpener every time, which causes a loss of “lead,” you
can firmly pinch the tip of the lead and squeeze it while holding it firmly for
a few seconds. The heat of your fingers will press the lead into a more pointed
tip, saving the sharpening only for when really needed.
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to Apply Eyebrow Pencil: Use
short, light, upward, quick strokes for each “hair,” allowing them
to blend together. Feathering your pencil strokes with an upward outward
motion will make them look like your own hair (provided you powder
over them as explained below). Never draw the pencil through
the whole eyebrow in one stroke. To make my eyebrows even more natural
looking…I often use a little darker color pencil and add a few extra
strokes for contrast. |
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As for color, choose an eyebrow pencil that somewhat
matches or takes on the color of your hair. Never use black, even if your hair
is black unless you have dark skin of color. Keep your eyebrow pencils, pointed
or just slightly blunted for a more natural look.
Final
and very important step: Once
eyebrows are completed, powder over them very lightly against
the direction of the hair. This will give them a softer, more natural look.
Then, with two fingers, brush upward toward the forehead and nose to remove
excess powder and restore the hair to its natural position. You could buy an
eyebrow brush for this purpose, but your fingers are just as good—and faster.
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To
make your eyes appear larger and
more open, don’t have your eyebrows “sitting” low toward your eyes.
Instead, keep sufficient space between your eyes and your eyebrows
by plucking clean from underneath the brows. But don’t pluck too
much so as to make them too thin. If you have bushy eyebrows, then
you
might need to trim the tops to keep the length short and to make
them less thick.
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shape of your eyebrows should
be in a slight arch wider toward your nose and thinning toward the
temples. The peak of the arch should generally be about ¾ of the distance
of the width of your eye toward the temple. The length of the brow
is determined by the width of your eyes. Begin your eyebrows about
where your eyes begin inside your nose and end them just beyond where
your eyes end toward your temples. |
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If
you have small eyes,
do not wear thick eyebrows. They’ll cause your eyes to look smaller. Thinner
brows will allow smaller eyes to appear larger. (But don’t overdo it.)
If
eyes are too close together,
create a slightly larger space between your eyebrows than you normally would.
Not too great a space, just enough to give a more open look.
Click here
for more: Youthful, Beautiful Eyebrows.
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