White Jeans and Eyebrow Make-up

Posting in real time today. It's been a while since I've done that. 

Coming from 95 degree heat with humidity in Florida means that today's 78 degrees in Ohio calls for long pants. And what better way to celebrate summer than by pulling out the white jeans!

Top - JCPenney via Goodwill - $1.50

Jeans - Gap - $0.58 (due to GapRewards)

Wedges - Nine West via DSW - $20

Earrings and watch - gifted

I took the kids to a free movie today at the theatre. We saw The Croods. I love taking advantage of free kids movie days at the theatre. Such a special treat that reminds me that we're off of school and on summer vacation!

I thought my high/low shirt would be perfect for covering up in case my white jeans were see through (does anyone else have that problem with white jeans?).

Had to put my hair in an updo because I slathered it with coconut oil yesterday in hopes it would help my split ends. Not sure of the results yet, but at least I like the smell of coconut. I might need to do some research to find some other home remedies for split end hair repairs.

For the past few months or more I've really been into defining my eyebrows. I've always been good about keeping them tweezed and trimmed, but lately I've been using an eyebrow pencil, highlighter, brush, and gel. I only use the pencil and highlighter here and there, but I've been pretty religious about wearing the gel these days. I just feel like my face looks so much more polished with every brow hair in place.

I've also been trying to lay off the eye make-up, keeping my brows as the only drama point. I use light, neutral eyeshadows, and I've only been wearing mascara on my upper lashes.

I still wear winged eyeliner every now and again, and regular eyeliner on my bottom waterline, too. Today I'm just wearing a very slight smudging of brown on my bottom waterline.

I feel like this is an easy, fresh, and youthful look that is on trend to boot.

What are your make-up dos these days? Are you experimenting with anything new this summer?

Eyebrows

My new love arrived in the mail last week...paula dorf eyebrow gel. For months I have been wanting to try something to help tame and style my thick dark brows. I LOVE it! I love being able to style my brows and know they will stay how I brushed them all day long. I also love using the clear gel on my bottom lashes or over top my mascara to freshen my look after wearing make up all day.
The one down side is it was a little bit pricey for what I'm use to spending on cosmetics. Paula dorf goes for $16 , I believe I bought mine off Amazon.Sephora sells a few nicer and cheaper brands, I posted two I'm sure would work nicely.
Stila for $12

Bourjois for $13.50

Tweezing eyebrows

Many women are afraid to tweeze their eyebrows--afraid of the time, energy, pain, and different look it will give them. But tweezing eyebrows are very important, not only because it is a cheap way to give you a new look, but it also makes your eyes look more open and gives you an overall clean and polished look.

Here are some simple tips on tweezing:

1. Buy a good pair of tweezers

2. Mirror (magnified if possible)

3. Baby teething gel can help with pain

4. Try to tweeze in natural light

If you have never tweezed before and you are doing it to yourself, grab an eyebrow pencil and first determine where you need to start tweezing. Take a pencil or eyebrow brush and place it on the side of your nose vertically where the brush touches the inside end of the brow. At that point is where your eyebrows should start. You can make a mark with your eyebrow pencil there to guide you. If you then lay the eyebrow brush or pencil along the outer edge or your eye, you can mark how long your eyebrows should be.

Lastly, if you place the brush from the tip of the nose through the middle of your eye (or iris), you will see where the highest arch of your eyebrow should be. See picture below:

Always be sure to tweeze above your eyebrows as well (especially if you have dark brown or black eyebrows), because you don't want to affect the natural arch of your brow, but you do want to clean up any stray brow hairs that may be making their way up to your forehead.

Another trick I have learned for if you have espeically thick brows that grow very long near the center of your head is to brush the eyebrows straight up and take small scissors to cut and style the brows to the proper shape.

Unibrows are also a "no no" when it comes to a clean and fresh face--it may hurt a bit more, but it will be well worth the effort.

If you have never tweezed before I would highly advise you to first get your brows waxed, that way you can have a professional help you with the arch and style of your brows. Once you have a good foundation...start tweezing away.