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Brooke Shields, Cara Delevingne and local model Mieke Visser all have one thing in common: mad brow game.
Having brow has become the beauty currency of our time. You have it: great. You don't have it: you buy it.
So, the brilliant beauty people who make their money off of our predictable vanity have made massive strides in the brow game lately, providing us patchy brow-havers with the tools of the trade.
But first, some much needed brow knowledge:
1. When choosing a brow tint, opt for one closest to your hair colour.
2. Pluck your eyebrows in the direction of the hair. Otherwise, you could end up with some ingrown hairs. Eeek!
3. Use an eye/brow pencil or mascara to fill gaps and give your brows a fuller shape.
4. Brush your eyebrows upward with a spoolie brush or clear mascara to lift them up, this also helps when trimming them.
5. Pencil in your brows by extending the tail end so it’s higher or at the same level as where the brow begins, but never lower.
Now the tools of the trade:
1. We love Benefit's Gimme Brow voluminizing eyebrow gel, R295, from Red Square. It's like a mascara for your eyebrows.
2. Another great product we've tried lately is L'Oreal's new Brow Artist Sculpt, launching in June 2016, R149.95, available at Clicks. Fill in and sculpt your brows all using the same tool.
3. Smashbox Brow Tech Gloss Pencils give brows a glossy finish, R290, from Red Square.
4. Fill in and perfect your brows with the Bobbi Brown Perfectly Defined Long-wear Brow Pencil, R505, at Red Square.
5. Budget-friendly Catrice Eyebrow Filler Perfecting & Shaping Gel will fill and set your brows for hours, R61.95, available at Dischem and Red Square.
