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Some brides endeavour to loose a little weight in the run up to their big day. Some grow their hair, determined to have their newly acquired mane coiffed into some elaborate up-do for their nuptials. Others spend time perfecting their fake tan application. Many agonise over achieving perfectly manicured hands with which to show off that all important ring. Some even invest in botox.
I, on the other hand, decided that the most pressing beauty challenge I faced in the months preceding our wedding was…. growing my eyebrows.
I can’t remember exactly what it was that provoked this urge in me. I mean, I’ve long been aware of the importance of well defined brows. My ‘old’ pair may have been a little on the thin side, but I’ve always tried to cultivate a decent shape for them and kept them well groomed.
I might just blame Kate.
You know, Kate… the princess, married that guy William? Her eyebrows looked FIT on her wedding day. I watched in awe as that full, dark, defined pair made their way down the aisle at Westminster Abbey. My they were elegant!
Although I had no desire to rip off her bridal attire, I did want to rip off her brows.
And paste them to my own forehead.
And of course there’s Audrey…
What I wasn’t quite prepared for was just how difficult the whole process was going to be. You know how you get that infuriating in-between stage when you’re growing your hair? When all you can do is tie it back and hope for the best with a few strategically placed kirby grips?
Well, you go through exactly the same stage with your eyebrows. Except you would look {even more} ridiculous with a kirby grip stuck in ’em. You just have to ride it out, hope for the best, and pray they won’t always look quite so, well… bushy.
My top tips for fashioning a fresh pair of brows:
1. Hide your tweezers. The urge to give up and pluck those wayward beasts will be strong. Just remove all temptation.
2. When you can’t pluck, trim. I learnt this line of attack fairly late in the game when I had my wedding makeup trial with Katy, who just so happens to specialise in eyebrows. This tactic allows you to keep the hairs in check, without undoing any of your hard work.
3. Invest a really good eyebrow pencil. I’ve still got a bit of a way to go in terms of filling my eyebrows out completely, so a decent pencil is essential for masking the few sparse areas that remain. Without wanting to sound too dramatic, discovering Laura Mercier’s eyebrow pencil in brunette was a life changing moment. It’s the perfect colour {just dark enough and devoid of red tones}, texture {not too hard, not too soft, really easy to apply}, and, after I set it with a little matte brown eyeshadow, it lasts all day
So, Lets examine my progress shall we…
Here I am, and they are, around 7 months ago. Not completely awful, but pretty thin and lacking a defined arch.
And here’s some pictures taken last week…
I have to say, I’m pretty darn proud of myself! My achievement really hit home the other morning when Mr. LA turned to me from the bed, all bleary eyed with sleep, looked at my freshly made up face and said ‘you’ve got eyebrows’. It would seem that, despite almost 8 years together, he had only just noticed them.
Tell me you can see the difference, please? Tell me all that effort wasn’t in vain?!
How do you feel about fuller brows? Tempted to have a go at growing some?
Loveaudrey xxx
OHHH those look fabulous! You’ve done so well, I know I’m compulsive about this kind of thing so I wouldn’t fare very well in that department. They look amazing and you are the queen of self-control. x
such a nice post! the difference is there for everybody to see, and the brows look fantastic! x
Looking good lady! 🙂
Growing brows back can be torture but you’re doing well I see. Can’t wait to see them, and you obviously! Xx
Your brows looks fantastic, i would love eyebrows like this! x
They look so fab, alas mine don’t grow back at all and I literally have pencil lines, it’s so rubbish, I will never let me daughters tweeze their eyebrows, as soon as they are old enough they’re going to be threaded! I can’t let them make the mess I did with mine.
Of the vintage brows shown, I like Marilyns the best. But I’ve always loved everything about Marilyn. xx
wow. love the brows. they look great!
I am in hysterics at the thought of people going around with hair grips in their brows… 🙂 Love the ‘new’ brows!
xGretalRabbitx
I have eyebrow envy! They look great – might have to try and grow mine!x
WOW! They are quite fabulous! You can so see the difference. I’ve been reading a lot about HD brows and I’m tempted I admit it. Thing is my brows are a bit pointy! Very similar to Kirstie Allsop’s in fact (!) I wish they were a better shape. 😀 xx
wow.your brows look great.I have tried numerous times to grow mine and i’m always to week and have to grab my tweezers.This may just help motivate me to try again.xx
Your restraint has most definitely paid off – there’s a noticable difference…they look great. x
Hi, so weird: I did a similar post around the time of the Royal Wedding! I have a slight eyebrow obsession as well!x
I’ve gone from pencil thin brows last year to much thicker ones this year. Luckily, I don’t have the problem of them not growing back – If I don’t examine them daily they sprout new hairs all over the place! Keeping them pencil thin was too much hard work – I much prefer the thicker look. xx
Your brows look great – full and neat but not too harsh and overdone.
I remember when I first started using Benefit BrowZing I became obsessed with looking at other people’s brows!
I’m a bit better now but definitely going to check out the Laura Mercier pencil – have heard a few people say it’s really good.
Tx