| BEAUTIFUL EYEBROWS
The shape of brows can vary. Our main advice is not to blindly follow fashion trends, as they can change rapidly and in fact, may not suit your face at all. Instead, choose your own shapes that will organically enhance your look, without looking too contrived.
If you are blond with a light skin - black coal eyebrows will look too artificial. Similarly, consider the length of brows - it is necessary adjust them to the proportions of your own face.
Shape of eyebrows
Arched eyebrows can make a face look older. If you have a round face, avoid a rounded eyebrow shape. Straight, even brows tend to make eyes look narrower.
If the upper part of the face is narrower than the lower, shorten brows from the side of the nose's bridge. If you have wide cheekbones and the lower part of your face is narrow, then shorten the brows from the side of temples - this trick will visually stretch the face and make the upper part look more refined.
Classical points of beginning and end of brows
Beginning point For ease of use, use either a brush or a pencil, whichever you most prefer. Place the pencil on your face, as though an imaginary line passes through the middle of nostril (red line) and straight up to the eyebrow. The point of intersection should be the beginning point of a brow.
End point Place the pencil on your face as though that imaginary line passes through the tip of nose, diagonally to the temple (yellow line). The point of intersection should be the end point of a brow.
Eyebrows make-up
If you want accentuate brows, use special brow pencils or suitable eye pencils, or eye shadow can also be used as well. If you are blond, choose colours two shades darker than your hair colour. If you have dark hair vice versa - two shades lighter. If you are red-haired, use goldish-chestnut or terracotta colours.
Make up your brows with smooth light strokes to replicate the natural direction of hair growth, and then shade-in the strokes lightly. You can use a mascara brush to do so. The brow pencil should be soft; otherwise you can damage or destroy brow hairs.
If you consider your forehead to be too narrow, - start emphasising brows from the middle of the brow to the outside only (don't make up brows from the nose to the middle). If the forehead is wide, the face can be enhanced by emphasising the eyebrows closer to the nose bridge - this will visually make the forehead smaller.
In order to keep the eyebrows in shape and to give sleekness, use special gel for brows or Eye Gloss 'SMITHEREENS OF STARS'. Brush Eye Gloss onto brows for a dewy effect.
With tweezers remove unwanted hairs from under the brow (pink area on the picture). Don't remove hairs from the upper line of brows, as the brow line comes down naturally like this and the natural proportions of the face would be spoiled by altering it. Hairs between brows should be removed in order to avoid the effect of 'mono-brow'.
To enhance the beauty of the brow line, apply a thin line with Highlighting Liquid 'SEAS OF ILLUMINATIONS' or with Luminous Skin Wand 'FINE-SPUN LIGHT' under the brow.
Shape change
If you want to change shape of your brows but you have never done it on your own before, consider going to a professional make-up artist. In this case, it is best to not pluck the eyebrows for about two weeks, in order to let the eyebrows grow back to their natural shape. This way the make-up artist will be able to best determine the ideal shape for your face.
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 | MAKE-UP TIPS FOR SPECTACLES WEARERS
You can have fun with make-up when you wear glasses - just consider them as an additional accessory. We'll share some make-up tricks with you, to help you show-off the beauty of your face and especially of your eyes.
Use eye make-up that makes eyes look larger if you are short sighted, as your lenses will make your eyes appear smaller. Use contrasting colours of eye shadow, from very light to the darkest shade. Shade them up to your eyebrow, towards the temples and then downwards, thus creating an effect of bigger and more striking eyes.
If you are long sighted, remember that your lenses will magnify your eyes, so use eye shadow of calm pastel shades, preferably matt in texture (as shiny textures will seem to magnify).
It's important to know that glasses can make the skin seem lighter and all small blemishes are more visible. That's why it's especially important for spectacle wearers to look after the delicate skin around the eye area (see our Skin Perfection Collection).
You can accentuate a beautiful eyebrow line with a transparent or thin rim. Vice versa, you'll hide the brows with a heavier frame.
Blusher may need to be placed lower on the cheek when wearing glasses with large lenses. Experiment until you get the best effect.
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| | HOW TO USE HIGHLIGHTING LIQUID
Apply a line of 'HIGHLIGHTING LIQUID' with a brush along dorsum (top) of the nose - it will look more refined. If the nose is a little long or is hooked, paint the line only along the very middle of the nose.
A small drop of pearly-white highlighting liquid 'SEA OF CLOUDS' at the inner corner of the eye will give a look of freshness into your make-up and 'open' up your eye.
To make the silhouette of face more elegant, apply a bit of Highlighting Liquid onto your cheekbones. The cheekbone will appear strongly defined and the cheeks will also gain a gentle 'hollowing' effect.
Refine the contour of upper lips with a thin line of Highlighting Liquid. Then apply your lip-gloss or lipstick. Lips will look visually fuller.
To show the beautiful line of your eyebrows, apply a line of Highlighting Liquid under the brow with fingers or brush. Start the line from the middle of the brow.
With fingers or with a brush, apply a line of Highlighting Liquid from the knee to the foot - your legs will look longer and more svelte.
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