How to paint eyebrows with a pencil
Doing very often makeup, women pay attention to the eyes and lips, while the eyebrows are ignored. This leads to the fact that the image remains incomplete. You can use various cosmetic products to tint eyebrows, but most often girls use a pencil.
How to choose an eyebrow pencil
Cosmetic pencils for coloring eyebrows are conventional or mechanical:
- Regular pencils need to be sharpened, they allow you to draw a line of any thickness and accuracy. These are the tools that professional makeup artists use.
- There is no need to sharpen mechanical pencils, the lead is pulled out by turning the body. But unlike a regular pencil, a mechanical pencil cannot draw a fine line.
In addition to the design, when choosing a pencil, you need to take into account its texture. A good tool should be dense, dry in consistency, the same color and should not contain any foreign inclusions. With the help of such a pencil, thin, clear lines are drawn, similar to hairs. In some cases, a shimmer may be included in the composition of a cosmetic pencil, such a tool is suitable for creating an evening look. For daytime makeup it is best to use a matte pencil.
When choosing this cosmetic product, it is necessary to carefully select the shade in accordance with the color of the curls. The basic rule is that the shade of the hair should be a couple of tones lighter than the shade eyebrows... Another rule is that the color of the eyebrows as a result of using the pencil should be between the shade of the curls and the color of the eyelashes.
To make the shades of eyebrows and curls look harmonious, choose a pencil in accordance with the following recommendations:
- Blondes should not use pencils that are too dark. Shades in beige or gray will look best. If the eyebrows are too light or colorless, then choose a light pencil. With gray eyebrows, you should give preference to grayish colors or a light brown tone.
- For ladies with light brown or reddish curls, shades of brown are suitable. The same shades are used with a reddish tint of hair. With a rich bright red shade of curls, choose a pencil of terracotta, reddish-brown or golden-chestnut tones. For fair-haired young ladies, brown colors are suitable.
- For brunettes, pencils are suitable for a slightly lighter tone of curls. If the hair is dark with a warm undertone, then you should prefer the terracotta tones of pencils, or a dark brown shade. For curls with a cold undertone, choose dark gray pencils.
How to properly paint eyebrows with a pencil
Before you make up your eyebrows, you need to make a correction of the eyebrow growth line. To do this, find the starting and ending points of the eyebrow and its highest point. The starting point is at the intersection of the eyebrow and a straight line running from the wing of the nose to the inner corner of the eye. To determine the break point, a line is drawn from the wing of the nose through the center of the pupil. To find the end point, a line is drawn from the wing of the nose to the outer corner of the eye.
Order makeup eyebrow pencil looks like this:
- First, a cream with a moisturizing effect is applied to the skin, and after it has been absorbed, a foundation is applied.
- Then the eyebrow is combed with a special brush, directing the hairs down.
- After that, lines are drawn with short dashed movements, imitating hairs, in the direction of their growth. They start from the bridge of the nose and gradually move to the temporal region.
- You need to press on the pencil lightly so as not to get too bright a shade. If necessary, wipe off excess pigment with a cotton swab.
- In conclusion, the eyebrows are combed and the shading is slightly shaded. This will give the brows a more natural look.
