First Time: Brow Lightening

Today I had a new beauty experience. This morning I got my eyebrows bleached for the first time. My roommate, Sam (mentioned many times through out my blog) is training for a new job and is having to complete all kinds of testing. Today was her eyebrow lightening test and I was her model. 

I wasn't nervous about getting my eyebrows bleached although I have had dark brows all my life. I actually chose to keep the bleach on longer then she needed to. If I was going to do this I wanted to push it as extreme as we could go. (Side note: My brows could have gone lighter. The pictures I will have posted here are after 30 minutes of the bleach sitting on my brows.) The true experiment was to see if it would make it any easier when apply my brows in the morning, weather they be brown or pink.

When I got home I got rid of some of the tiny dark hairs that couldn't be reached with a spoolie and then applied my make-up as usual. Today I did my brows pink to see if the lighten made a diffrent to the ease of application and the over all effect. 

Getting my eyebrows lightened or bleached has had no effect on how easy it is to fill in my brows thus far. The reason I say so far is because I have not tried filling them in brown. I can imagine that with my brows already being dark it helped the process. Only time will tell. 

Now for the actual vibrancy of my pink brows, yes lightening my dark brows definitely made a diffrence. I find that the pink in my brows is a lot more even across the entire brow. There aren't any dark patches or spots. I feel like anything there will be pros and cons to this transformation. If I find that lighter eyebrows are becoming a bit of a burien I will simply tint them back to a shade closer to what they were previously.

The ligthening itself was awesome. Very comfortable and relaxed. The bleached that is used on brows is slightly diffrent and less strong then bleached used on your actual hair. There was no harsh smell or burning senstation either. Please note that not everyone has the same skin and that diffrent people will react diffrently. I do have sensitive skin and had no problem getting my brows lightened. If for some reason you do feel a burning sensation I would bring it up to your stylists attention immediately. 

I am happy to announce that Sam of course did pass her exam! :) She does awesome work, espeacially if you are looking for on point brows. I wish I could devulge the secrect information of where she actually works, but I can't. However you can follow her on instagram or twitter at @samantha_opal. 

I will definitely be posting an update on my bleached brows. If you have any questions or comments please leave them in the box below.

Peace & Luv  

First Time: Brow Tinting

Today I went on a bit of a cosmetic adventure. A close friend of mine has recently had to go through some training to learn new eyebrow shaping, grooming and styling technquines. Today she got to practice some brow tinting and has asked if she cold use me as a model. Being interested I, of course, said yes. 

To be honest with you it was just like getting your hair dyed. Well the same type of idea when it came to apply dye and then removing it. They apply some sort of dye or tinting to your eyebrows carefully using a spoolie or brush. (I've seen a couple diffrent technquines.) Then depending on the individual and desired look they leave it on for an allotted amount of time. Once the time is up they wipe it off to reveal your tinited eyebrows. I am happy to report that there was absolutely no uncomfortable sensations or strong odors. 

The picture on the left is from this morning before getting my brows done. The picture on the right is from this afternoon after having my eyebrows done. You can tell that my brows are darker and slightly more filled in. Please note: In the second photo I do have parts of my eyes filled in due to my over plucking. :/ Tinting your eyebrows will NOT make magical hairs appear giving you the fuller looking brow. Just sayin.

Today was quite a treat since it had been so long since I had gotten anything professionally done with my eyebrows in such a long time. Today was the first time my eyebrows were waxed in YEARS! I usally maintain them myself at home, however that looks like it may change.

Please remember this is not something I would reccomend you trying at home. The people who do this at professional businesses are trained professionals. Please do not try this at home with some box color and injury your face! Or worse blind yourself!! Please leave this type of work up to the pros.

Just wanted to give a huge shout out to my girl, Sam for doing a fantastic job on my brows. I am very proud of you Checkers. ;) You can find Sam on Twitter & Intstagram. Just head over to my page and follow the links specifically for this post.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them in the comment box below.

Peace & Luv

Today's Look... Autumn Insprstion

First off I would like to wish everyone a Happy (Belated-Canadian) Thanksgiving!! If you are celebrating I hope you had lots to eat with friends & family.

Today's look was loosely based off of this "holiday" as well as the Fall season. When I think of this time of year in colors I think of shades of golden yellows, oranges, and browns thus the colors chosen for my eyes today. The rest of the look I choose to keep pretty basic, keeping my eyes as the main pop of color and focus.

For more pictures and a list of products used follow the link below...

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion (Original)

NYX Jumbo Pencil (Milk)

Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette (Buck & Naked)

Urban Decay Smokey Palette (Kinky & Freestyle)

Sugar Pill Pressed Shadows (Butter Cupcake & Flamepoint) 

Urban Decay 24 hr Glide On Eye Pencil (Zero - Black)

Stila Waterproof Eyeliner Pen (Black)

MAC Waterproof Extend Play Lash Mascara (Black)

Brows:

Annabelle Skinny Brow Pencil (Medium)

MAC Pro Longwear Waterproof Brow Set (Quiet Brunette)

Face:

MAC Studio Tech (NC20)

Stila Custom Blush (Color Adjusting Coral)

MAC Sculpting Powder (Sculpt)

MAC Mineralized Skinfinish (Soft & Gentle)

Lips:

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick (Heather Shimmer)

Stila Color Balm Lipstick (Olivia)

If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them below.

Peace & Luv