Brow down to greatness

So how do young girls get their teenage kicks these days when it comes to experimenting with looks and trends?

Back in the day when they started experimenting with make up, they probably looked to their older sisters or spent hours poring over magazines looking at the latest look paraded by their favourite pop stars.

In more modern times it’s Instagram, but for me that can be a problem. Instagram can give a false image to which young girls aspire.

There is no such thing as perfection yet these images promote that.

There are filters to smooth skin, brighten eyes, slim down the face, even lift the cheekbones – young girls are even using Skinny filters on posts!

I think this is a huge problem as young girls are under enough pressure to look good – or perfect.

However, perfection can be dull when it comes to appearance – there’s nothing exciting about everyone looking the same – and youngsters should embrace quirks and individuality.

It seems we have an attack of the clones and character is getting lost in the mix. Individuality is wonderful and youngsters can look great while still staying true to themselves and experimenting – if you can’t do that in your teens when can you?.

So how do you steer your teenage daughter or niece away from the obsession with perfection?

With great difficulty I’m afraid but here is my teenage look which hopefully will make them feel great.

If you want to define your eyebrows, follow their natural shape with an angled brush and a gel or powder.

If your hair is dark, try to go slightly lighter with your gel. If you are very fair then slightly darker, but choose a blonde shade as brown will be too red.