Wide eyebrows are a trend that has not left the catwalks for several years. The editorial staff of Woman’s Day remembered those who first appeared with wide lines, and also chose famous girls of our day, from which one can take an example.
The artist Frida Kahlo brought wide eyebrows into fashion.
For a long time, wide and thick eyebrows were considered almost a disadvantage: the beauties of the beginning of the century Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich mercilessly plucked them into a thread, setting the tone for all their fans. Their contemporary, legendary artist Frida Kahlo, on the other hand, was a living manifesto of natural beauty. Her eyebrows that did not know tweezers at that time seemed extravagant and exotic, and now they inspire catwalk makeup artists to the most daring beauty images. It was thanks to Kahlo’s numerous self-portraits, glorifying the natural beauty of women, that Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor dared to subvert the Hollywood canons of beauty and appear on the screen with wide eyebrows. Then, in the 50s, in the wake of the popularity of the films “Ivanhoe” and “Roman Holiday”, thick natural eyebrows first came into vogue. This trend has not yet lost its relevance, and this is not surprising: wide eyebrows make the look more expressive, and the image – noble. “You may not use lipstick and shadows, but be sure to emphasize the line of the eyebrows with a pencil or shadows. And immediately you will see how your face will be transformed, ”says Eduardo Ferreira, creative director at BobbiBrown.
Cara Delevingne’s “calling card” is her wide eyebrows.
Model Cara Delevingne, according to most stylists and makeup artists, is now an absolute trendsetter. Wide and natural eyebrows have become her “calling card”: the model only emphasizes their line with a pencil. By the way, now many celebrities do not resort to eyebrow correction: Keira Knightley, Denise Richards, Anne Hathaway are the most famous of them. And, for example, model Natalya Vodianova has repeatedly admitted that she received the best beauty advice in childhood from her grandmother: the strict parent strictly forbade the girl to pluck her eyebrows.
To grow eyebrows like Cara Delevingne’s, it’s not enough just to move the tweezers away. Eyebrows need to be looked after, and no less than face and body. “Every evening, be sure to clean your eyebrows with tonic or lotion, during the day they also accumulate dust,” advises Evgenia Matveeva, makeup artist at MakeUpForEver. “Then comb them along the growth line with a special brush.” And the international expert on Dior make-up Evgenia Kamneva recommends paying special attention to eyebrows at least once a week – applying cosmetic oil to them and doing acupressure, pinching and vibrating massage with your fingers. These procedures are doubly useful for those who have overdone the correction and now dream of growing their eyebrows. And one more thing: in sunny weather, do not forget to apply SPF-protection products to your eyebrows. It’s no secret that ultraviolet light has a detrimental effect on hair.
According to many stylists, actress Megan Fox has the perfect eyebrow shape.
Megan Fox’s eyebrows have been haunted by her fans for years. The shape of Fox’s eyebrows is considered ideal: American women come with photographs of the actress to beauticians and ask them to make the same line. Of course, it’s not a sin to use such a good example if you are like Megan in type and facial contours. And if not, then such a form may simply not suit you. “Of course, opposites attract: girls with straight eyebrows dream of curved ones and vice versa,” says Evgenia Kamneva, an international makeup expert at Dior. “But it is better to maintain and correct the eyebrow line given to you by nature.”
The eyebrow shade of actress Keira Knightley is a good example for brown-haired women.
As for the tone of the eyebrows, the makeup artists advise to match it to the color of the hair and skin. For example, the shade of the eyebrows of brunettes should be the same as the hair color, or two or three shades lighter, while blondes, on the contrary, should be darker. Camilla Belle, Keira Knightley and Sasha Pivovarova are good examples of the right shades. Draw the line of the eyebrows with short strokes, this is the only way to achieve naturalness.
If you color your eyebrows, be sure to choose natural color. The use of low-quality dyes can lead to disastrous results: the eyebrows will begin to fall out.
Unlike the 60s, when Soviet beauties had only engineering pens and charcoal pencils at their disposal, now there are a great many tools for correcting eyebrows.
Pay attention to those sets that include all the necessary funds at once. For example, MakeUpForEver’s AquaBrowKit has a waterproof concealer with a creamy texture and two brushes (one for coloring and correcting, the other for combing, styling and blending).
It is better to use specialized eyeshadow and pencils to tone the brows, but regular matte eyeshadows are fine too. Use gels for fixation. They are both transparent and tinted.
Next, we will tell you how to choose the shape of your eyebrows.