To avoid highlighting wrinkles while filling eyebrows with makeup, we sought advice from professional makeup artists. They identified three common mistakes and provided tips to help achieve bold and beautiful brows. Read on for valuable tips, suggestions, and expert insights from makeup artists and professionals: Mary Winkenwerder and Mandie Brice.
3 Common Eyebrow-Related Errors Re: Makeup & Skincare
1. Over-Filling With Too Much Product
By using "too much product" on your brows, Winkenwerder helps explain, you may be inadvertently drawing eyes to forehead wrinkles and fine lines around your peepers. In order to avoid this, she says to firstly "make sure your brow area is completely clean" before applying any brow pencils, and then to "apply color products directly to the area you want to fill in."
The key here, she says, is to "apply a little, not a lot," and to only "build up if needed." Going slow and steady is essential, she adds. "Compare the color of the filler to the color of your brow, move forward accordingly." If you need to clean up stray color (and this happens), Winkenwerder advise to then take a q-tip with a bit of alcohol and dab until the out of shape color is gone.
She stresses to "allow brow products to set and bind to the brow hair and skin area" before adding on more.
2. Not Washing Your Brushes And Tools Regularly
Improper cleaning of makeup brushes and tools can impede the process of eyebrow filling. Neglecting to wash them often may cause breakouts, clogged pores and patchy-looking, uneven brows, Brice says.
The way you apply your favorite makeup products matters, as well as the tools you use daily. In addition, this could then make fine lines and sagging skin more obvious. "Another error boils down to hygiene," she says. "I think so many of us are guilty of not washing our brushes as often as we should."
Brice adds that "applying with our fingers can be a mistake, if we don't first wash our hands." This can also lead to more breakouts, she emphasizes, or even infection.
3. Using The Wrong Products For Your Brows
One last vital tip that Winkenwerder has for mature beauties who want to fill in their brows is to "choose reputable products for brow-filling moments." Substituting one product that looks similar to a dedicated brow product spells disaster, she notes.
"Products made for brow art and filling are specifically made for this purpose," Winkenwerder says, adding, "the pencils, gels, and creams apply to the brow area in a certain way, bind to the skin, finish in a certain way, and wear for long periods of time."
The Bottom Line
The consistency of a product created for brows is "different from a hard eyeliner, lipstick, eye shadow, or other product designed for a different part of the face," so Winkenwerder goes on to suggest to "not skimp on the products you use to fill in your brows."
Her final tip to avoid highlighting wrinkles by over-filling your brows is to "take an afternoon and get to know your products" until working with your brows is second nature. "This should be a part of your makeup routine and done with great confidence and ease," she concludes.
