December, 2004
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So many misconceptions are brought up with this simple process. Armando developed this method to make it easy for anyone to follow. You will use the bone structure of your face to determine where the perfect arch is located.
Step 1 - Start by combing the brows upward and away towards the hairline using Armando's Spiral Brush.
Step 2 - Using a brow pencil or flat shadow, color in your brows using a color that is a shade darker than your hair color if you have light hair or a shade lighter if you have dark hair. This will help you with the next steps. The crest of the arch should always be above the eye socket and just outside of where the pupil is. The eyebrow itself starts inside the eye socket and continues upward toward the arch.
Step 3 - To see where the brow should begin, using your pencil place it at the edge of your nose and connect this point to the corresponding inside corner of your eye. The line it makes is where the brow should begin.
Step 4 - Hold the pencil to the same edge of the nose and connect it with the outer corner of the corresponding eye. If you continue that line, you will see where the brow will end.
Step 5 - Tweeze away any hairs that do not fall into those lines. (Note do not use the pencil to draw these lines on the face, only use it as a straight edge to show you the key points that define your brows.) Since our faces differ from one side to the other, a simple way to make sure both sides are balanced before beginning on the other brow is to place the pencil on the outer point of one brow to the inner point of the same brow and the inner point of the opposite brow. The pencil should make a straight line. This should be done on both sides to make sure the brows are balanced. The reason for this step is that the eyebrows are what balances the whole face.
Step 6 - Repeat the process for the other eye.
Adem Martin del Campo
Co-owner & Beauty Consultant
As featured in the March 2000 edition of Beautiful You, the Make-up by Armando Newsletter.
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