Make-up by Suzy (480.304.1369)
1940's brow.
I have been wanting to do this post for years now! Finally I'm doing it!! A couple of years ago I started having my makeup done by my now friend Suzy. She's really good and after the first couple of times she would say, "you need to have Olga do your brows!" I had done my own for years and thought I knew what I was doing. But after having Suzy asked me several times I decided to give Olga a try. Olga at the time worked at Nordstoms at the Anastasia counter. I made an appointment with her and started growing out my brows.
My first meeting with Olga I was informed by her (as well as Suzy) that no I have been doing my brows wrong! They were over waxed and plucked! I was told to pluck them (years ago) by measuring from the outside of my nostril to the start of my brow. What I should of been doing was measuring them from the start of my nostril (to help explain this better I drew a line on Oprah's nostril). What Olga explained to me was some people have wide nostrils and some are smaller so that way is flawed. What I ended up with was a brows too far part. Ugh, well the good news was no one could ever accuse me of having a unibrow.
I've been growing my brow back for the past two years! Yes, after years of waxing it takes time, thank goodness they are looking better. Since then I have paid so much more attention to brows. And recently heard somewhere that thick full brows are a sign of youth! If you you look at any of the models in any magazine (expect maybe lowrider or tattoo magazines) the brows will be a much fuller and thick.
I posted a few photos of models and actresses that had nice brows above. Oprah has amazing brows, it's no wonder that she has the founder of Anastasia's brow company doing her brows. I added a few others that are young and few that are closer to my age and older to show what the brow should really look like. They are definitely closer together than what I had thought a good brow should look like.
Olga is now at Sachi salon (480.421.9100) across from the mall (and expecting her first baby!). I go to her every couple of months and try to maintain them on my own the other months. We both agree with photos and brows, let the professionals do it! I purchased the Anastasia brow templates from Sephora and those help too! It's $20. and all 5 brow templates come with it, kind of silly since you'll only be one of the 5 (I guess I could share with my friends). I am the high arch or as I call it, "high brow girl"! Haha, sorry for the poor humor.