Eyebrows have been a pretty hot topic for the last couple of years and the general hype doesn't seem to be dying down any time soon. No matter how you take yours - threaded, waxed, plucked, tattooed or au natural, I'm pretty sure for most people it's an aspect of your face you can't help but pay attention to now when you probably never used to years ago. I never realised how important your eyebrows are in terms of framing your face and giving yourself a mini eyelift. Brow chat, tutorials, and even funny memes are absolutely EVERYWHERE.
I look back on pictures from uni and nights out (post brow makeup) when I was in my early twenties and my face looks sort of, bald, if that makes sense? I was very guilty of over plucking when I was younger, because that little eyebrow squiggle was such a good look in high school y'know... and I am still paying the price for this trying to grow them back in years later. On that note, I'd like to introduce you to my Brow Doctor, Angela McCallum.
I look back on pictures from uni and nights out (post brow makeup) when I was in my early twenties and my face looks sort of, bald, if that makes sense? I was very guilty of over plucking when I was younger, because that little eyebrow squiggle was such a good look in high school y'know... and I am still paying the price for this trying to grow them back in years later. On that note, I'd like to introduce you to my Brow Doctor, Angela McCallum.
Angela is the owner of Brow Art Studio in East Kilbride where I visit on a monthly basis. We started my brow journey back in October, where she re-educated me on how important it is that your brows are mapped and shaped to your own face. So a brow shape that suits you may not suit your best friend, neighbour or Mum! Angela uses Billion Dollar Brows makeup and took me through a consultation process to document the journey and make a plan for my brows. Now I know where I need to grow them and where we need to tweak the shape, I'm never tempted to take the tweezers to them myself because I know I have a final goal in mind and I need to be patient. During each visit Angela gives my brows a custom mixed brown tint, maps them out against my facial features, then waxes and plucks to shape. The process to good brows doesn't need to be complicated, but it does need to be accurate - and my goodness Angela knows her stuff!
After tint and wax, no makeup
After 1st visit with makeup
My eyebrows now, after 3 visits and with makeup
Good brows don't come over night (well, unless you got them tattooed on, but ouch...) and I feel like I have came full circle with my own. Absolutely no makeup on them, to too much, the wrong colour, the wrong shape. I feel like I'm no longer rocking that drag queen vibe, and as Angela works on my brows and defines the shape I feel like I need to use less and less makeup on them after each visit. I can still have bad makeup days with them where I go a bit overboard or completely uneven, but I get days like that with my eyeliner flick too (gurl problemz) The goal in due time is to wear absolutely no makeup on them at all and just go for a monthly tint and tidy up.
How are your brows looking at the moment? Are you in need of a bit of brow rehab like I was last year? East Kilbride is only a 15 min drive from my house in Shawlands, so if you're based in or around Glasgow and need some eyebrow TLC I'd definitely reccomend giving The Brow Art Studio a visit.
