Absolutely agree. If someone has overdone their eyebrows it's very noticeable and it's a look I personally don't really like. Natural, healthy, defined and tidy are words I want to think of when I see eyebrows.
Do you all think that the new brow fluidlines would make brows over done ...or rather very defined? Or is it all in the application? Soft hand etc....
I don't have any shops nearby so I am still undecided if the brow fluidline or the new pencils would be a more natural look choice. Let alone if the color will match
. I'll definitely be winging it either way lol.
It's mostly in the application, I think, but getting a good color effect is important too, especially if you have a lot of filling in to do.
The brow f/l colors are very soft and even the darkest one runs pretty light and gentle, in my dark-browed opinion, so I don't think they'll be a problem on their own.
Years ago, when full, natural brows were the normal style, the makeup tip for doing your brows would be to use a very fine tipped brush and draw fine, wispy lines like hairs sort of slanted back, inside the edges of the natural brow, then brush up and back with a brush. Doing brows like that was good training for me at the time, because it taught me to notice how the hair grew and how it lay, and where the natural arch was.
The way people do it now, with a distinct line on the top and bottom is harder to do, in my opinion - you need a steady hand for both sides of your face, which can be tricky.
What I like to do is sort of cross between the old way and the new way. First off, I grew out my brows all the way last year and just keep the arch and a bit at the ends defined with plucking - so I have plenty of room to maneuver. I use a fine tipped brush to draw a line that will give me the direction and shape I want in the
center of the brow (1-3 strokes going back starting from the full part by the nose to the center of the arch and then one line from the arch to the outer end). This line gives plenty of definition. Then I go back with a slanted brush with just a touch of f/l and use it to subtly straighten out the lower edge, blend that center line up and out a bit, and add some definition on the top of the arch if needed.
I've been using f/ls for my brows for a while like this, so I'm happy about there being an actual brow formula now. It could use a little deeper shade past deep dark brunette, in my opinion, but the style is for lighter brows anyhow, so even deep dark brunette's got a fashionable look on my very dark brows. I just have to get used to it a bit. If these become perm, I bet a darker shade will get added in.
