![]() If you find one or both brows are very different from this it may be that you’ve lost more hair on that side or that you’ve overplucked at some point. Where it hits the browbone is a classical position for the end of the eyebrow. ![]() Where it hits the browbone is a classical position for the start of the arch.įinally keep the base of the pencil against your nostril and slant it so that it just hits the outside corner of your eye. Now slant the pencil so that it still starts at the nostril but points in a straight line across the middle of your eye. Where it hits the browbone is a classical position for the start of your brow. ![]() Find an ideal eyebrow for your faceĪ good way to assess your natural brow is to take a pencil and hold it vertically against the side of your nostril. Otherwise there is no perfect match of brow shape and face shape. If you have an angular face a gentle arch will help to soften your look. If you have a long face a wide straightish brow will help to give proportion. Most of us prefer to look natural unless we’re under forty or Instagram models. Years ago an artificially curved or pointedly arched thin dark line was considered fashionable.īut these days artificiality is saved for actors and performers. What is the best brow shape for your face?Ī slightly better or neater version of what is natural is always going to look good. And we want to make our brows look as thick as we can without looking artificial. So to make the most of our faces we want to tidy up our eyebrows so they make a more defined shape. (Just as when we see a man with huge straggly brows we generally think of him as past his physical prime.) That means that we identify thicker brows with youth, vitality and good health in women. Whilst men’s eyebrows seem to get thicker as they age, women’s mainly get thinner. It’s much more difficult to see that beautiful chain against mohair than when we are wearing a plain smooth silk top. Think of it like wearing a fine gold chain hanging over a woolly mohair sweater. We may also get freckles, liver spots, spider veins or a more ‘weathered’ look to our cheeks.Īny increase in facial texture makes our brows less clear. If our face gets thinner our cheeks fall in and suddenly those tiny pock marks from childhood illness or teenage acne are much more noticeable. If our face gets fleshier we develop an uneven jaw-line and double chin as our faces seem to droop. Skin texture mattersĪs we age the texture of our skin becomes more uneven. ![]() And eyebrows, as well as lips, can easily be improved. To look good in a photo as well as in real life you want all your features to be as neat and well-defined as possible. ![]() Because brows help to give definition to our faces. Look at any celebrity or professional model and you will see how well tended their brows are. Small patches without hair or without as much hair as the rest of the brow often appear and make our brows look unkempt and scruffy. As well as general thinning our brows often develop an uneven look. Just like our hair, our brows usually get thinner. In addition to selecting the right products and methods we also face specific problems as we age.Īs we get older and especially after menopause our eyebrows change. I’m writing this article for older women who want to stay up to date but retain a more natural look. Why eyebrows need special care over age 50 ![]()
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