All about eyebrow and eyelash care
Well-groomed eyebrows and eyelashes will help to give expressiveness to the face, to make the look clear and deep. A distinct shape, correctly selected hair color, their density and silkiness are the main guarantee of the success of a woman's image. If you want to look perfect, you need to take proper care of your face, use only quality tools and cosmetics.
Instruments
Competent care is the key to the beauty and health of eyelashes and eyebrows. You will need some tools to shape your eyebrows.
- Tweezers and tweezers, beveled, needle-shaped, straight and pointed. Better if they are made of stainless steel. Straight tweezers are suitable for coarse hair, pointed tweezers for thick regrown hairs. The sharp-tipped tool removes the finest hairs for absolute smoother skin.
- You can remove excess hairs by triding - using a harsh thread. Advantages of the method - quick hair removal, negative - severe pain.
- To correct the eyebrow line, you need scissors designed for manicure. They cut off long hair, align the contour.
- Wax is also used, but hair removal is inapplicable in some cases, as it causes allergies in people with a predisposition to this pathology.
In addition, the eyebrow shaping kit should include tinting accessories. This is a flat, elastic brush made from natural hair, the best option is a pony hair tool. You will need a small brush to evenly distribute the coloring composition. Today on sale you can find combs for combing and styling after applying the fixing gel.
Other tools include plastic templates for choosing the shape of the eyebrows with different curves and sizes. If you wish, you can get by with a regular ruler that creates precise lines. For convenience, you can buy a portable epilator that effectively removes unwanted hair. Thus, the basic set for shaping the eyebrows to the ideal shape contains all the necessary accessories - a comb, a brush, tweezers, scissors and a stencil.
Beautifully designed, thick and long eyelashes are an equally important part of a woman's image, giving a special charm, expressiveness and depth to a woman's eyes. Eyelashes also need to be looked after to keep them healthy. The main tool is a brush, with the help of which care preparations, oils, cosmetic and decorative products, dyes are applied to the hairs that frame the eyelids.
On the other hand, there are eyelash brushes that help improve blood flow to the roots and enhance vegetation growth. Also, the brushing procedure relieves eyelashes from the problems of loss, section, and guarantees a spectacular make-up. Tools for eyelashes and eyebrows should be kept clean in their cases.
As for accessories for eyebrows, it is advisable to disinfect tweezers, spatulas and forceps before plucking to avoid damage and infection of the skin.
Funds overview
Today every woman can improve the condition of her eyelashes and eyebrows. And professional cosmetics will help with this, designed both to protect and strengthen vegetation:
- CC Brow toolactivating root revitalization and hair growth, based on ulma, almond and apricot oils;
- Gemene oil for hair restoration on a natural basis - extracts of hops, peaches, lotus and grapes;
- healing serum EVELINE with panthenol, the effect of its use appears after 2 weeks;
- Christian Breton drug for eyelashes, eliminating their loss;
- Vivienne sabo - fixing cream, additionally tinting eyebrows;
- The ONE by Oriflame - eyebrow conditioner gel with a vitamin complex, panthenol and biotin to strengthen the bulbs.
Because eyebrow and eyelash hair is thin, it can be easily damaged if not properly cared for. Weakened hairs are best reanimated by such means:
- balm Dzintars with vitamin E, natural oils, aloe and keratin;
- natural gel that enhances hair growth - Lipocils gel;
- "Mirra Lux" - balm based on castor oil, jasmine, grape and jojoba oils.
How to remove makeup?
In addition to the fact that it is important to correctly apply cosmetics to the face, make-up must be carefully removed, and eyebrows and eyelashes must be properly looked after.
The basic rules of this procedure:
- the use of quality products, selected according to the type of skin;
- a certain sequence of cleansing the face;
- correct effect on all parts of the face - no strong pressure, on the skin, eyebrows, eyelashes.
It is necessary to remove makeup from eyelashes carefully, avoiding contact with cleansing tonics on the mucous membranes of the eyes:
- you cannot rub your eyes - you just need to moisten a cotton pad with liquid and hold for 15 seconds on the lower eyelid to dissolve the mascara;
- the cilia of the upper eyelid are cleaned, starting from the roots to their tips with gentle movements, the discs are changed until they are clean.
Eyebrow makeup removal is carried out in the same way, but the lotion is applied with the fingers in the direction of hair growth. After a few seconds, you need to remove the paint with cotton wool. After cleansing, lubricate the eyelashes with a special cream or oil - burdock or castor. The tool is also suitable for strengthening eyebrows, making hair thicker, silky and shiny.
Make-up removal is necessary for the skin, hair follicles of eyelashes and eyebrows to breathe. Therefore, do not go to bed with makeup on your face - it will worsen the condition of your face and facial hair.
Eyebrow architecture
Their beauty depends on how scrupulously the correction of the shape of the eyebrows is carried out, it is extremely important that the hair line is combined not only with the contour of the face, but also with the shape of the lips and eyes. If the face is round, any sharp curves are undesirable as they look unnatural. For any type of face, it is not recommended to lower the ponytails of the eyebrows, to make them fall to the temples. Such eyebrows make a woman's face look older and her expression sullen. The eyebrow line, which gives the appearance of youth and liveliness, is ascending and arched.
Even the most beautiful eyebrows need correction - sometimes it is necessary to give them definition by plucking out a few extra hairs. In other cases, you can achieve a perfect image by changing their color, which will help to highlight the eyes, make the face brighter and more soulful.
At home, the correction is carried out as follows:
- before the procedure, the skin and instruments for hair removal must be disinfected;
- the face is pre-steamed, so the plucking operation will be less painful;
- it is necessary to pluck the eyebrows according to the growth of the hair, usually the excess hairs along the lower line are eliminated.
If coloring is supposed, then it is carried out 4-5 days before the correction. You can radically change the color with the help of special eyebrow formulations, but this is also done with mascara, eye shadow or pencil.
So that the hairs do not knock out of the formed line, the eyebrows are lubricated with wax or gel and combed with a comb or brush.
How to make your eyelashes beautiful?
Not every woman can boast of long, fluffy eyelashes. Weak hairs falling out are a consequence of the fact that the body lacks nutrients, at the same time, the cause can be stress, illness, prolonged use of medications, which negatively affects the balance of hormones.
Eyelashes are rare by nature, however, in this case, there are ways to change the situation. Your eyes can look gorgeous, provided that the makeup is applied correctly and the lash hairs are healthy.
Several recommendations of professional makeup artists will help solve this problem:
- choose high-quality mascara, avoiding the use of moisture-resistant types;
- apply decorative cosmetics to clean eyelashes, and wash off makeup before going to bed;
- brittle eyelashes can be caused by an excessive amount of paint applied to them;
- you should not curl your eyelashes with tongs - this makes them fall out;
- you can strengthen vegetation by applying natural oils - olive, peach, liquid keratin and vitamin products;
- stimulating serums can be used for hair growth, but not based on hormones;
- You can extend eyelashes and wear false eyelashes, but often you shouldn't.
Thick beautiful eyelashes and eyebrows are a woman's advantage, which is why competent care is so important. But it is equally important to take care of your body - eat healthy foods, avoid stressful situations, and consult a doctor in a timely manner for any, even minor, diseases. Perhaps the state of health is the main factor affecting female beauty.
For information on how to properly care for your eyebrows, see the next video.