Make-up Technical File- Eyebrows- 'Power' Brow

'Power brow'

In our recent make-up lesson we were told to bring in brow products, brushes and extra products such as concealer to neaten up the brow and anything extra if you want to create something unusual with glitter, colours or sequins etc. In the lesson we tried to work on as many brows as we could so firstly  we got into pairs and then once we created the different brow looks on each other we then swap partners.

Equipment:

• Anastasia Beverley Hills dip brow in medium brown and ebony
• Angled eyebrow brush
• Thin angled brush
• elf concealer 
• concealer brush
• powder
• Illamasqua highlighter 

| PARTNER ONE |

NATURAL BROW NO PRODUCT

FILLED IN BROWS 

The first look was filling them in how the model likes it, the way she does her eyebrows are the same way I would do them so after I filled them in no alternations were needed as she was pleased with the way I did them. I used Anastasia Beverley Hills Medium brown on the brows and used a thin angled brush. I started in the middle section of the brow at the bottom and filled in the ends, then did the same at the top. Finally I used the last bit of product on my brush to fill in the start on the brow lightly with a small amount of product. Then used a eyebrow comb I brushed through the brows. I finished the look with applying concealer around the brow and blending it in then powdering it.

CATWALK BROWS

S/S 16 MIU MIU 

http://www.fashionising.com/runway/b--miu-miu-beauty-ss-16-2-93956.html#0

For the SS 16 catwalk look Miu Miu created dark thicker brow at the start and gradually brushed out to where the ends of the brows had no product. The brow wasn't mega defined and the start of the brown was more of a round shape rather than a square. I started at the front of the brow creating a dark round end and then I used my brush to fill to the arch of the brow where I gradually faded the product out to nothing at the ends. It was quite hard to keep the consistency of the brows and making sure they fit with Miu Miu's SS 16 brow look which typically starts off very dark and the ends consist of no product and there is not much definition or placement of the brows. I think I created thins one very well, I would say the arch is a little bit too defined for the Miu Miu brow as they dont have much shape in the theirs as I still kept a good shape when I should of been a bit more free with the product.

| PARTNER TWO |

NATURAL BROW NO PRODUCT

This brow was a bit of a challenge as she had very patchy eyebrows and there was a lot of hair missing throughout the brow. Also the length of the brow was different everywhere its just where her eyebrows haven't grown back properly so some hairs are long and some are very short and stubbly and the hair was very coarse. 

FILLED IN BROWS

I started with creating the brows how I would and I then I asked my model what she does different to the ones I drew on her. She said hers are normally thinner than I drew them and also a little longer however the shape was very good. I found it hard to draw on her brows as there was not much natural brow line to follow so I have to create it myself. I started in the middle of the brown filled to the ends on the top and bottom then used the last bit of product to fill in the front of the brow. 

CATWALK BROWS

SS 16 Christopher Kane 
http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/spring-summer-2016/ready-to-wear/christopher-kane/backstage-photos/gallery/1479795

For the catwalk brow it was thick brows with thin hairs draw upwards the whole way across the brow. I started at the bottom of the brow and filled it it, I then used a thin brush and started at the top creating brush strokes upwards all the way along the brow. I then used a comb to brush the eyebrows upwards and blend in the  product.

Linking to my previous post brows can come in all shapes and forms especially in the fashion industry where they get very creative. Overall I think I recreated the two S/S 16 eyebrows very well however if we had more time I would of loved to create something with either some colour in the brow or either with glitter, sequins, gold leaf and really explore what look can be created with the brows. I really enjoyed working with two different partners as I got to work with two totally different brows and their shapes which was a challenge for me.

Spring/ Summer 2016 Makeup Trends

TRENDS NOVEMBER 24, 2015

http://www.fashionisers.com/trends/spring-summer-2016-makeup-trends/

#18: Strongly Contoured & Thicker Brows

If you prefer to leave those awesome brows of yours in their natural state, this is most certainly the year to do so. Alberta Ferretti’s girls come on out onto the runway with sexy natural arches that were neither filled in nor cleaned out. The brows look almost unkempt at Jill Stuart, the lids all over covered in a purplish pink shadow and all.

The Celine brows were also on the natural side for the most part, thicker and more appealing to those of us that have gotten used to seeing things without artificial effects. Of course the floating liners and red lipstick were intriguing to add to the list. Thicker feral brows were trending quite strongly at Christopher Kane, proving that the bolder brows are not going anywhere anytime soon, no matter how strange it might appear to look on a tiny face like that of the models.

Whereas many of the beauty effects appear almost soft and too natural, there are those who made up their models with a chic and elegant design in mind, complete with strongly defined brows with a strict accent to them and contouring that would make Kim Kardashian cry. Balmain is one such brand to take on this trend, also followed by Dsquared2 and their wet-look locks.

Ashley Williams has the ‘90s thin brows pinned down, the controversial skinny coming back in with a solid strength, along with the perfection to the contouring. The style this conjured up was that of a sexy female misfit, probably the wife of a millionaire living on the Hamptons.