Hi everyone

 hello everybody.

im glad i found this forum to chat about beauty topics.

the things id like to improve about myself are my hair and my eyebrows.

until i was 14 years old i had long dark brown hair that went all the way down to my hips. i then decided to get another hairstyle because i was bored. i let it cut to shoulder length. but i did not like it and so i went to the hairdresser again and got it cut really short, it was about 3cm short. for years now i try and let my hair grow again. but the longest i ever managed is like it is now, just over my shoulders. i have got stupid layers in my hair which really annoye me too. does anybody know how i can make my hair grow long quicker? it seems to take forever. and getting it trimmed every 6 weeks to make it grow quicker is nonsense.

another thing that i dont like are my eyebrows. I absolutely hate the things. i used to have short square bars over my eyes and i was fed up with it. i wanted to have nicely shaped eyebrows so i plucked them but it didnt help. so i shaved them off and used and eyebrow pencil to draw them on. that was no good idea either. now i try and let them grow but they wont grow and it looks just ridiculous.any idea on what to do?

well now you know why im here ... :0)

thanks for your help

hanna

 

Hi Susan

many thanks for your reply!!!

I didnt know that eyebrows grow that fast! I wil definetly leave them alone now for 3 weeks.

But then I still have the problem that they have no shape.

Do you think I should visit a beautician to pluck them for me or should I try it myself but this time more carefully?

Thanks

Hanna

The eyebrows are a fairly easy solve. #1. Do not pluck/wax/tweeze or touch for the next couple of months. It will be hard to keep your hands off of them, but they WILL grow back. And they will have no shape! Lol. I know this from experience. I had over-tweezed since high school and had actual scar tissue build-up. During this pregnancy I left my eyebrows completley alone, and within a few months they had filled in. I didn't think they would. Draw them in while they are growing in with the same method I am going to give you to shape them after they do...

Once you reach the point that they have grown in, the next step is to shape them.

I teach Look Good Feel Better classes at hospitals in Oregon. We teach women going through chemo and cancer treatment ways to draw and fill their brows in as they lose them. There is a very mathmatical way to shape your brows correctly to your face.

Step 1. Take a brow pencil and lay it vertically against the edge of your nose. Make a small mark where it meets the browline. This is the point where a natural brow should start on your face.

Step 2. Take the brow pencil and (looking directly forward) lay it vertically with the eoutside edge of your iris. Make a small mark at the brow. This will be the point of your natural arch.

Step 3. Take the brow pencil and lay it diagnolly from the edge of your nose to the outer corner of your eye. Make a small mark. This is where the tail of your brow should end (suprisingly most people's are way too long or way too short! Lol.)

Play dot to dot with these 3 points and fill in to your desired thickness. After the brows are drawn on well, tweeze everything around them that the pencil has not touched. This will give you a perfect brow shape. Maintain it by visiting a salon for monthly wax clean-ups.

Good Luck!
AnnSimone