My Eyebrow Routine

Hello! I thought I would do a post about my eyebrow routine. I was never someone that would pay much attention to my eyebrows at all, however lately I have started an eyebrow routine and I am really happy with it!

My eyebrows have always been fairly thick and dark brown so I didn't feel the need to fill them in. Over the past couple of years I have been shaping them myself by plucking them and it's only been over the past six months I started filling them in. When I started plucking them, I definitely plucked them too much and they were so thin! I have let them grow back recently though and they luckily grew back quickly. I have very recently started getting them threaded which I am very happy about and I really like the shape of them now.

When I started filling my eyebrows in, I used pencils but personally I didn't really like them, so I started using powders instead.

As you may have seen in my September Favourites post, I bought the Benefit Browzings and have been absolutely loving using it! It comes with a wax and a powder which are great at filling in the brows and keeping them in shape. I put the wax and the powder on the angled brush and brush them through my eyebrows to fill them in and shape them.

The wax does definitely help to keep my brows in shape, however during the day there can be some hairs that just stick up a bit so I am thinking of getting a brow gel like the Mac brow set! If you have any suggestions then please let me know.

Here are my eyebrows a couple of days before I am going to get them threaded and without being filled in. Even though there are quite a few stray hairs that need to be removed, my eyebrows do tend to keep their shape pretty well.

Here are my eyebrows after being threaded and without being filled in. I absolutely love getting my eyebrows threaded. I have had my eyebrows waxed before but I would definitely say I prefer threading. My eyebrows last a lot longer before they need doing again! I was quite worried about the pain because I heard it hurt, but I don't find it does too much. My eyes do water so I look like I'm sat there crying, but apart from that it's fine!

Here are my eyebrows filled in and this is how I have them on a daily basis.

I hope this post has been helpful and you have enjoyed it! If you have any more questions then please leave them down below!

Have you ever tried threading? What products do you use for your eyebrows?

September Favourites

This month I have been trying out a lot of new products so here are my favourites! I found it quite hard to narrow it down so this post wasn't too long, but I eventually did!

First up is Clarins Beauty Flash Balm. I have heard great things about this product and after reading Charlotte's Review I went straight out and bought it! When I first bought it, I applied it on my cheeks only because the rest of my face can get slightly oily. It was amazing at making my cheeks look healthy, bright and dewy. My t-zone gets slightly oily and then having my cheeks very glowing was a bit much so I have now started using it just along my cheekbones over my foundation rather than all over my cheeks. I love using it like this! It adds an absolutely beautiful dewy, healthy glow to my cheekbones.

Next is my Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection concealer. I have gone through about three tubes of this so it's an old favourite but I have been relying on it lately! I have had quite a few blemishes pop up and this concealer is incredible at instantly covering them! I just need a tiny dot of this and it will cover the blemish and redness so it disappears. It has quite a thick consistency but it doesn't feel heavy or look cakey.

Nars Laguna bronzer is something that has been on my wishlist for ages and I'm so glad I finally bought it! I have written a full review of this here. I am quite pale and this bronzer is the perfect shade! It's not orange and it's not muddy - it's the perfect sun kissed, bronze shade! I love it and it blends amazingly well onto my skin.

Benefit Browzings is probably my absolute favourite of this month. My eyebrows are brown and naturally quite thick so I never used to fill them in. I started a few months ago and I just used pencils which I didn't personally like. I then started using powder and preferred it a lot as I found it easier to use and left my eyebrows looking more natural and soft. My friend always has lovely eyebrows and told me she used Browzings and convinced me to buy it! You get a powder and a wax. I think they advise to use the wax first to shape and fill in the brows and then set them with powder. The lady at Benefit actually advised I mix the two together on the brush and apply them to my eyebrows as it will look more natural and not be two layers. I really like using it like this and I love how my eyebrows look.

My last favourite is a hair oil and it's the VO5 Moisture Soak Elixir. This hair oil is amazing and leaves my hair looking and feeling soft, smooth and shiny. Its very affordable as well which makes it even better! I put this on damp hair before I shampoo and condition. I focus more on the ends but I do bring it up mid length and there are arrows on the tube to advise how much product to use per time. When I started washing this out the first time I used it, I could already feel how incredibly soft my hair was. Sometimes I find products make my hair feel soft when it's wet but then as soon as it's dry it doesn't feel any different to before. When I dry my hair after using this though, it still feels amazingly soft and so smooth.

Have you tried any of these products? Let me know what your favourites are and I will check them out! Thank you for reading!