Have you ever felt that whatever know about a particular thing all your life is wrong? I felt the exact same thing after I finished my brow grooming session with the Anastasia beauties this weekend. I have been grooming my brows for about a decade now but never realized how little I knew until now!~
I met Alicia from The Anastasia team at the Nordstrom event I spoke about HERE. She and her team are the experts with the Brow bar at the Nordstrom in Aventura mall. I spoke to her at length about the general brow framework & grooming and she patiently answered all my queries. I received so much in-depth information which I was so ignorant about.

When we started, she asked me in depth about my skin – like its condition, allergies, preferences etc and then proceeded to give me full information about how they work with the individuals & their brows. I managed to capture a little snippet in the video below – hope you like it :
Things I learnt from this session :
– Sometimes a makeover is as easy as changing your arches.
– The eyebrow chart that the experts made really works. your arch should depend upon the mid of the Iris as shown below.

– The brow stencils are designed according to your face shape. They actually work on enhancing the eye shape & make eyes look not droopy. My stencil shape is – full arch!
– Threading is not necessarily the best option & even most waxes are harsh on the skin. select the wax which is mild & won’t rip off the delicate eye skin (has happened to me once) Also look out for in-grown hair! they look the worst!
-While selecting color for your brows :
- 1) If you’re dark – go a shade lighter .
- 2) If you’re light – go a shade darker.
- Always try the product in natural light before buying so it gels together with the natural hair.
– Highlighting above & below the brows with a light highlighter brings out the shape & looks really well put together.
Here are some pics of the lovely group I met :







btw- I came to know a lovely tip about mascaras from Alicia : If you have brown eyes, apply a blue mascara on the outer lashes to add more jazz. SHe had blue mascara on (and it was day) – she looked absolutely stunning & now i’m hunting down blue mascaras!
Do you know any brands that carry some?
The grooming session was provided courtesy of the Anastasia team at Nordstrom Aventura mall miami where I covered the Sale event HERE! All opinions are my own!
wow this is so cool..i always wanted to try anatasia brow kits! they are cult favorites! you’ve got such a sweet voice 🙂
hehehehe… thank you!!! I also want to get the brow wiz and the stencils!!
Anastasia offers blue mascara by the way & it’s amazing!
Oh wow. Thanks Vanessa… Will go check it out :))
wow….luvd it bee…..I am def going to get this once I finish my NYX brow kit!!!
me too 🙂 the stencils do work!!!
Pingback: Anastasia Beverly Hills Hydrafull Gloss Review & swatches! | Beauty and Everything Else
Pingback: ANASTASIA Beverly Hills Clear Brow Gel review. | Beauty and Everything Else
Pingback: Currently testing – Nov 2013! | Beauty and Everything Else