Top tips to keep your eyebrows beautiful from home
While we wait for normal services to return we must go down the DIY road for beauty treatments like facials and brow care. For some of us, waxing or threading is the norm for keeping brow control. Others may depend on microblading or embrowdery to create brows that nature hasn’t blessed us with. I spoke with celebrity brow expert and founder of Eyebrow Queen, Nilam Holmes, who counts Victoria Beckham and Amanda Holden as clients at her Dermaspa Clinic in the UK, about how to get fuller and bolder brows.
‘If your eyebrows are not in their normal state, now is the perfect time to encourage growth. When beauty salons reopen, it will be easier for the brow professional to restore your eyebrows if hairs are looking healthy and starting to grow,’ Nilam says.
Her first tip is to step away from the tweezers. ‘Tweezing too much can damage the hair follicles, which are responsible for hair growth and strength. Tweezing is acceptable if you wish to remove a few stray hairs but you can cause permanent damage or run the risk of your brow hairs not returning if you over pluck.’ Nilam’s next tip is simple and effective. ‘Massaging your brows will help to stimulate hair growth. Using either clean fingers or with olive oil, massage your brows and the surrounding areas in circular motions for five minutes daily. This creates stimulation and the circulation in the bloodstream oxygenates and encourages hair growth.’
Nilam also recommends combing through the brows regularly to stimulate circulation to the area for fuller brows, but has this tip for keeping them in shape. ‘You can trim your brows to maintain order. If you spot any longer hairs above your brow line, comb upwards and carefully trim using eyebrow scissors. Never cut straight across as this will result in a blunt look, just snip the individual hairs as you go. Always use eyebrow scissors as these are curved and designed to trim the smallest of hairs.’
To stimulate growth and give your eyebrows the best chance of growing fuller, Nilam has a final recommendation. ‘Eyebrow serums contain active ingredients that promote growth, including amino acids that protect from breakage, and conditioning agents that hydrate the individual hairs. They are designed to enhance the thickness of your eyebrows and in the areas that are sparse, they stimulate growth.’ n See more of Nilam’s tips and brow products at eyebrowqueenpro.com