eyebrows

Evelinda: I read that Tyra Banks, the gorgeous high-fashion model and newly minted TV talk-show host, is not pleased with her eyebrows. She thinks they are too far apart. Judie: What's too far apart is her perception and reality. Has she looked at her face and body? Which brings us to the issue of eyebrows. I was out of town last week and stayed in a hotel room with regular mirrors. I could Read more...

Eyebrows often fall victim to our ineptitude -- we pluck at our own peril. Perhaps the problem stems from brow maintenance being a rite of passage, passed down from mother to daughter. And so, despite the technological age, we adhere to superstitions and wives' tales: Wipe the under-brow clean, arch as high as you can, never pluck from the top ... the fallacies go on and on. Put those Read more...

If you're ready to update your look, your makeover could begin by getting your eyebrows in shape. Messy brows -- unruly, too thin, too thick, too plucked -- undermine even the best beauty routine, experts say. "Even in magazines, I will look at the models, the makeup is perfect and sometimes the brows are bad," says Piret Aava, a makeup artist and eyebrow specialist at the Warren Read more...

Put down the tweezers and step away from the mirror. The hairy eyebrow is back. The New York Times recently reported that trend-setting stylists from Milan, Italy, and Paris to New York and Beverly Hills, Calif., are unleashing the hairy eyebrow as this fall's beauty signature -- in a way not seen since Brooke Shields' 1978 feral brow. But local estheticians reassure that today's Read more...

For more than 15 years, Leah Rial has been an in-demand makeup artist to an exclusive celebrity clientele. She has worked as a makeup artist for Vogue, Elle, W Magazine and Harper's Bazaar. Among Leah's clients are Kirsten Dunst, Tori Spelling, Milla Jovovich, Christian Bale, and Kyra Sedgwick. Here are Leah's top 10 tips for achieving perfect brows: Do not over-pluck! This is the Read more...

QUESTION: I accidentally overplucked my eyebrows. How long will it take them to grow back, and what do I do in the meantime?ANSWER: It's easy to tweeze too much when doing your own brows, and you can find yourself left with unevenness and bald spots. Brow hairs grow in cycles, so it can take up to three months for your brows to completely grow in. While you wait, swear off tweezers completely, Read more...