The do’s and don’ts of eye brow care

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Here are some do’s and don’ts to follow for perfect eye brow care: Do use a professional salon to help keep your brows shaped perfectly for your face. Threading is fast becoming the most popular brow shaping technique for comfortable, attractive brows. Don’t over tweeze when trying to keep your brows well shaped. Over tweezing not only looks awful, but can also cause your brow hairs to grow in unevenly. Do stand back and take a … [Read more...]

Common causes of female facial hair and effective treatments

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Although it may not seem like it, most women have some form of facial hair. Fairer women may have less noticeable hair, whereas others have hereditary or medical issues that may be causing the excess hair. There are a few potential causes for your facial hair: Heredity One of the most common causes for female facial hair is heredity. Referred to as idiopathic, this type of facial hair is often evident for women of Mediterranean or South … [Read more...]

How to apply your eye brow makeup

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Keeping your eye brows shaped perfectly is only the first step to obtaining beautiful brows. Here are 10 steps for completing the look of your face’s crowning glory: 1-  You will need: Wire brow brush, brow pencil, brow powder and brow gel. 2 - First select the right colour pencil and powder for your hair colour. You want to go one or two shades lighter than your hair or brow colour. For more dramatic brows select a shade darker, for a … [Read more...]

The products you need to achieve perfect brows

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Your brows can be very high maintenance, which means you need to have the proper beauty tools to keep them well-shaped and looking their best. Here are some tools you should consider adding to your makeup bag, vanity or medicine cabinet to help keep your brows at bay. The eyebrow brush The eyebrow brush is the essential tool for keeping your brows looking their best. Perfect for applying eyebrow powder, as well as combing brows prior to gel … [Read more...]

How to avoid the most common eye brow mistakes

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Your eye brows can be your best or worst feature. Here are some tips to avoid the most common eye brow mistakes: Arch Rival Where the arch of your brow is positioned can make or break your overall look. Hold a pencil to the outer edge of your iris vertically to your brow. Where the pencil points on your brow is where your arch should peak. Tweezing Fear of the dreaded uni-brow may send you into a frenzy of tweezing that will then … [Read more...]

Why threading is best to remove hair from your lip and chin

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Facial hair can be a sensitive and even embarrassing subject for women to discuss. If you have facial hair, it is probably most noticeable on the lip, chin and sideburn areas. There are many options for facial hair removal for women. Bleaching facial hair has become a popular choice for women with finer and less obvious facial hair. The main problem with bleaching is it is temporary and can be very irritating to the skin resulting in many … [Read more...]

How to choose the best brow for your face

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Here are a few tips on choosing the best eyebrow shape for the prettiest you. Oval Because the oval face does not require further balance, using a brow shape that is soft angled will maintain the natural balance of your face without adding further length. Soft angled brows offer a gentle line rising from the nose to the natural arch, but just slightly outwards from the centre of the eye then sloping downwards from this slightly off centred … [Read more...]

How to achieve perfect brows

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Think of your brows as the crowning glory not only to your eyes, but to your face. Although we always hear about how a prominent brow is undesirable, well-shaped and well defined brows definitely are! Here are a few tips to have perfect brows, easy to achieve everyday: Shape You can try shaping your brows yourself, but let’s face it, it’s tough achieving the shape you want and tweezing is downright painful. One of the best ways to … [Read more...]

Lose weight with HCG… It’s easy and it works

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Atkin’s, South Beach, Weight Watchers...there are countless diets out there, but how do you know which to choose, or better yet, which works? Look no further - there’s a new diet craze that is easy and works! It’s called the HCG Diet. What is it? HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, the hormone naturally produced by the placenta in expectant women in the early stages of pregnancy and which controls the metabolic function … [Read more...]

Acne treatment options

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Acne: the problem everyone has a solution for but no one actually knows how to fix. If you have acne-prone skin, you’ve heard it from people a thousand times that your diet is probably causing it and you need to cut certain foods out of your diet. Or, that you’re simply not washing your face enough or applying makeup too often. The truth is, acne isn’t going to go away by skipping your blush a few days a week but, luckily, there are a … [Read more...]