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How To Define Your Brows

Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows

I didn’t think I needed to learn how to define my brows…until I visited Ottoman 3 Brow Bar and had my eye brows threaded. It’s quite an experience, apparently it’s the only way to get precision definition for one’s brows and having not really paid much attention to that area of my face I wondered what on earth they could or would do with them.

Eyebrow Threading starts with a simple cotton thread, ends held together on each hand & twisted at the middle a number of times. The twist creates two loops at each end, which is how the thread is held. The length of twisted thread is what pulls the hair from the skin.

Part of one loop and the twist is then placed on the skin against the direction that the hair is growing, in a straight line. The hand at the opposite end then expands the other loop, which moves the twist along the brow, removing the hair as it goes.

Then, the expert therapists use Ottoman 3 products to define or ‘fill’ your brows if, like me, you have gaps. I blame over plucking in the 90s, remember Kate Moss in the Calvin Klein campaigns? That was my beauty ideal once upon a time.

While I didn’t take photos of the threading process, I can share with you the tips I learned from my visit. The brow bar was a wonderful experience and the products I took home with me are really fabulous quality.

Here goes…

Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
Here they are untouched, the ‘BEFORE’ shot if you like.
Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
This is their ‘Brow Powder Pencil,’ differing from a wax or crayon in that when it’s brushed, it distributes more evenly over your brow area.
Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
Start with the pencil positioned in the inner corner of your eyebrow and draw a quite defined line along the bottom of your brow, right to the end.

Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows

Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
It should look something like this when you are done. Then you use the pencil to ‘feather’ in or fill any gaps. The only line you will draw is the one along the bottom however, to fill the brow you use lighter brush strokes.
Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
Using a brow brush, comb through the powder pencil so that it’s evenly distributed throughout the brow area.

Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows

Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
The take your brow bone highlighter which has two ends- sharp and soft. With the sharp end, draw a line just under your brow. It should be quite pronounced.
Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
Then using the soft end of the pencil, blend that line under the eye brow and concentrate on highlighting your own natural brow bone.
Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
As you can see, the right side is defined, the left is what I started with.

Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows

Lady Melbourne learns how to define her brows
The finished product!