@bellywellyjelly’s Christabel Chua shows how brows can easily transform a day look to night
@bellywellyjelly’s Christabel Chua shows how brows can easily transform a day look to night
Who’s got time for tedious touch-ups and makeup change when we need to move from boardroom to cocktails? There are little time-saving tricks to easily amp up a look. One easy way being to swipe on a bold, darker lipstick. However, if you’re looking a little tired at day’s end, show your eyes and brows a few minutes of love and you’ll be pleased with how awake and fresh your face can look.
Benefit Cosmetics’ Singapore training manager, Lawrence Tan, explains, “The brows frame your face, while the eyes are the ‘windows to the soul’. It is important to focus on enhancing them.”
When it comes to brow products, you’re spoilt for choice as Benefit Cosmetics has launched a new brow collection of nine products! Lawrence shares, “The new collection has high-performing formulas, customdesigned applicators and mistake-proof shades. It was also created to solve all your brow dilemmas!” (see Better Brows Now).
Within the collection, there are products designed with the modern, multi-tasking Singaporean woman in mind. Lawrence specifically recommends the Goof Proof Eyebrow Pencil. He says, “Everyone’s an expert with this easy-to-use pencil. Thanks to the glide-on formula, soft colour and goof-proof tip, it gives you fast, full and natural-looking brows. And it’s waterproof for up to 12 hours.”
Here, Lawrence explains how to do your brows for day, and then how to easily transform them for night using products from Benefit’s brow collection on lifestyle blogger Christabel Chua, known as @bellywellyjelly on Instagram. Christabel had a sneak preview of the products in Las Vegas in May this year, but they’re now all in stores.
SOFTER BROWS FOR DAY
1 Use BROWVO! Conditioning Eyebrow Primer, $49, over the brows to prime them.
2 Next, use Goof Proof Eyebrow Pencil, $42, to fill in the brows, The spoolie brush on the other end helps to soften the look of the brows. Go slow, less is more.
3 Brush on two coats of They’re Real! Tinted Primer, $42, onto lashes. Now you’re ready!
A LIFT FOR NIGHT
1 Touch up the brows with Goof Proof Eyebrow Pencil.
2 Highlight your brows with 3D BROWtones Eyebrow Enhancer, $42. This subtly enhances them.
3 Use High Brow Eyebrow Highlighter Pencil, $39, for ann
Arch Perfection
Benefit Cosmetics’ Global Brow Expert Jared Bailey shares his know-how.
■ DO break down the anatomy of your brows. From the start to the arch, your brows might be fuller. If so, you’ll need a product to add definition. From the arch to tail, they might be sparser, so you’ll need a product to make them look fuller.
■ DON’T power tweeze – this means never ever tweeze multiple hairs at one go. It’ll leave a hole in your brows, and you’ll live in regret. Only tweeze one hair at a time, and if possible, always leave precision work to the pros.
■ DO look at your brows as a set when filling them in. It’s not about making them even. Rather, it’s about balancing out your facial features, so take a step back to look at your brows in the mirror as you’re filling them in.
“Help! I have shapeless and sparse eyebrows!”
SOLUTION
“Use Precisely, My Brow Pencil, $42. Your go-to tool to faking fuller brows. Hold onto the control grip, and draw light strokes in the direction of natural hair growth.”
“Help! I have thin, skimpy brows!”
SOLUTION
“Use Gimme Brow ($42). This gel mimics the look of real hair to achieve voluminous brows. Use short pressing motions along the brow; stroke brush tip along hairs to define.”
“Help! I have unruly brows!”
SOLUTION
“Use Ready, Set, BROW!, $42. The long bristles evenly coat hairs from root to tip while the short ones sculpt and shape brows.”
Better Brows Now
Lawrence Tan, Benefit Cosmetics’ Singapore Training Manager, gives the answers to the brow problems most commonly faced by Asian women.
