eyebrow pencils

[Musick116]

So I've been trying to match my hair to my eyebrows and I can't figure out what to do I keep buying and buying and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong I need advice so I can get it right . And correct me if I'm wrong are you sapposed to match your eyebrows and hair ??

 

[makeupbyomar]

Yes. Typically you should use two colours, for example black and brown for darker brows or taupe and beige/brown for lighter brows. Brows, like your hair is not just one solid colour, you need to " break it up" to make it appear natural looking but groomed by mixing two colours with a light hand. A solid colour will make your brows appear too strong or prominent, thus you might have to play up other features to balance everything out.

 

[satojoko]

I personally prefer using tinted wax & a loose medium shimmer eyeshadow I mixed up myself, more or less specifically for my brows. I find pencils to be unnatural looking, as in giving the drawn-on, severe brow look. Powders applied after a tinted brow gel can be more easily softened or fixed as well. My hair is kind of auburn, so I want some natural looking highlights in my brows that look like they're coming from my brow hairs, not my powder eyebrow product. It reflects a slight bit of coppery & red tones on a warmish medium to deep brown base. If I darken my brows too much or make a mistake in shaping them, it's very easy to fix with a lighter beige or cream tone eyeshadow. And the wax mixes with the powder as I'm applying it to keep it in place. I brush the tinted wax (a dark warm brown) through my brows with a spoolie first & then apply the powder product overtop with a stiff angled or straight edge brush that has a smaller sized tip on it. Once I'm done, I set them with a clear brow gel, which gives them even more dimension. I know some people can't stand powders & swear they come off too easily etc. But unless you're rubbing your face, I haven't found that brow wax & powder used together are any worse than pencils. The pencils *are* made out of waxes & pigments, after all. Good luck

 

[MissLindaJean]

I use a Smashbox brow trio, two shades and a wax. I agree that pencils make for some severe looking eye brows, which is why I switched. Before the brow kit, I used matte shadows to fill in my brows. I like what satojoko suggested, with the shimmer for dimension. I might just try that!

 

[Musick116]

Yes. Typically you should use two colours, for example black and brown for darker brows or taupe and beige/brown for lighter brows. Brows, like your hair is not just one solid colour, you need to " break it up" to make it appear natural looking but groomed by mixing two colours with a light hand. A solid colour will make your brows appear too strong or prominent, thus you might have to play up other features to balance everything out.

OK so this really helps a lot I will try to do this becouse before I was just using an eyebrow pencil and it made my eyebrows look so dark and fake ..

 

[Musick116]

Did you get the smash box brow trio from ulta ?

 

[makeupbyomar]

OK so this really helps a lot I will try to do this becouse before I was just using an eyebrow pencil and it made my eyebrows look so dark and fake ..

Ah, I see. Brow pencils are meant to fill in gaps that have been over-tweezed. By replicating individual single brow strands and to add shape and definition. Hence the tips are more harder than the softer eyeliner pencils. And are not meant as a colouring pencil. Brow powders are meant to softly darken or in-other-words, to "add fullness", so that the look of the brows will balance with the rest of the make-up. That's why they are meant to work together and not separately.