Beautiful Brows: The Ultimate Guide to Styling, Shaping, and Maintaining Your Eyebrows

by Nancy Parker and Nancy Kalish

Book Overview

Put Your Best Face Forward How many times have you plucked, waxed, trimmed, stenciled, or penciled your eyebrows -- or paid someone else to do it for you? It's hard to control the outcome of these methods when you're at home standing in front of a mirror or in a salon letting a stranger make the decisions for you. Now whether you do it yourself or go to a pro, Beautiful Brows puts you in control: Discover the best brow shape for your face. Learn what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 060980670X
• ISBN13: 9780609806708
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.6" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Is that even me?

This book is very easy to follow. My brows have never been so beautiful! All along, I knew I was doing something wrong, I just didn't know what...then, along came this book! While I agree with some of the reviewer's about the 'unappealing format' of the book (would it have killed them to make it a little bigger? how about some color pictures?), I can't argue with it's efficiency! If you are trying to decide between this book or another brow manual, go with this one. You won't regret it.

I Wish I Read This Book When I Was 15!

I never realized the impact that properly groomed and trimmed eyebrows can do for a face until I read this book. I had never given much thought to my eyebrows other than to make sure they didn't overgrow and look ugly. However, I was never satisfied by my eyebrows and always found them lacking. It was the weak link in my made-up face. After reading this book and buying a few inexpensive supplies, I'm happy to say that I know what to do for my brows and I love the finished look my makeup now has. (And I didn't need to use stencils!) The information obtained in this book makes it possible for any woman to have neat, attractive eyebrows that are best shaped for her own face. Nancy Parker also advises on what to do if you have more pronounce facial features, such as widely spaced eyes or a dominant nose. She also helps you figure out which type of eyebrow makeup will work best for your existing brows to get the look you want. (Brow powder vs. brow pencil, what color, etc.) Because this book reads so quickly, you'll be off and ready to do your own eyebrows before you know it. However, please take the time to you make your plan of action before you start plucking (or waxing) away - it will be so worth it! Stencils are not required. The b/w photos are nothing sophisticated, but they serve the point of showing the impact of what brows can do. After reading this book, I've never been able to look at brows the same again now that I know how much they can affect the face. I now see the brow effect in every model and magazine ad I come across. Beautiful Brows is a great book for the average laywoman who wants to gain knowledge on how to manage and make beautiful her own eyebrows. It's worth the modest price for a lifetime of beautiful brows.

Can't afford a facelift? This book is the next best thing!

This unassuming, tiny book is jam-packed with information on how to change your appearance and how you appear to others. The shape of your eyebrows can give the alure of being shy, demure, aggressive or even mysterious. This is more than just a guide on how to make a mono-brow into two separate eyebrows.If you have light-colored eyebrows or they are thin and sparse, this guide shows you how to enhance and mold what you have to make your face pop out in a crowd - in an exciting way, not a weird way.If you have big bushy brows that make you feel like you're the missing link, there are step-by-step guides with illustrations and photographs on the proper way to pluck, shape and even trim when necessary.Diagrams for different face shapes are provided as well as photos of models and of celebrities with very different brow shapes, and before & after shots showing what a dramatic difference brow shape and density has on the the appearance of the face.The book gives you tips the pros in Hollywood use on celebrities and the rich and famous... some folks spend a pretty penny to have the fancy-shmancy make-up artists of the stars do their mojo on their brows.Read this before you start plucking!

A brow wake up call

I feel like I just woke up. After reading this book, I now see what brows can do. I see it everywhere and I can't believe I never saw this before. The book challenges you to "look closely at the face of every truly beautiful woman you see". Right away, I flipped through the closest fashion magazine I could find and nearly fell off my chair. The book was right - every single beautiful woman had beautiful eyebrows.The book warns what "a big beauty mistake" it is to ignore "the humble eyebrow" and now I see what it has cost me. My blond brows have driven me nuts, and this book has just delivered me from years of struggle. It is packed with info and I have learned how to successfully darken and redefine my brows into a shape that is perfect for me. My brows look great - I can see it and others tell me that's the case. (I never thought I would ever hear people tell me that!) This is an excellent book.

Brow Wow!

This is a purse sized book jam packed with information about eyebrows! The eyebrows frame and "set off" your face. This book teaches you simple steps to help you choose a brow shape that suits your facial shape ie square, oval, round etc. and facial features ie nose shape, distance between the eyes etc. The writers explain different methods to remove unwanted eyebrow hair, and how to shape the brows into the desired style. Each part of the anatomy of the brow is explained and details on how to shape it properly are covered. I had never thought about the shape of the inner part of my brow that is near my nose for example. But the authors cover different effects you will achieve by shaping this in different ways. The book also includes a few celebrity pictures and their brows and explains how to achieve the look. The book is written in a friendly, easy to read manner - entertains as it educates. A good buy!