Welcome to brow rehab

I was a teenager in the 90’s when thin eyebrows were in. I’ve been looking through my photo albums and the thinner the better, it seems – a few of my friends shaved theirs off and drew them back on with liquid eyeliner (something I was never game to try) but mostly we all had our brows plucked super thin. Fast forward some 15-odd years and I’ve realised that I shouldn’t have ever tried to jump on the brow trend wagon. Thin eyebrows look fine on some people but a thicker natural brow looks much nicer on me.

I’ve spent the last five years or so in brow rehab, trying to grow them back into a normal shape and restore them to their former glory, before I got all heavy-handed with the tweezers.

I’m trying to undo years of bad brow shaping and overplucking that have left my brows too short and quite sparse. I fill them in with pencil or powder in an attempt to hide my brow sins, but there’s a point where a gal needs a bit more help.

Welcome to brow rehab.

Step one: Put down the tweezers

Those brows aren’t going to grow back if you keep pulling them out! While I have successfully reshaped my brows before, I was advised that I needed to ditch the tweezers, because I have a real tendency to “just take out a few more to even out this side. Oh shit, now I have to take a bit off the other one.” I’m pretty much the same when it comes to applying liquid eyeliner as well, it just ends up going a bit overboard and soon we’re in disaster territory. So, ditch the tweezers and let the brows grow back in.

Step two: Find a great beautician

I can’t stand my brows being ungroomed, and when you spend as much time in front of the camera (or the mirror) as I do, it’s pretty tempting to pick up some tweezers and “fix things”. Having a trusty brow magician on hand to keep things under control with regular salon visits has been key to help keep my brows looking good while I’m growing them out. I visit the salon regularly to help maintain the shape of my brows, get rid of any pesky strays (on my brow bone is the worst!) and tint my brows so that any lighter ones appear darker (this make my brows appear fuller).

Step three: RevitaBrow

You’ve probably heard of eyelash growth serums, but this one is especially for your brows! RevitaBrow Advanced Eyebrow Conditioner helps to make your brows look fuller, soft, plush and healthy – it’s exactly what I needed to help my brows along on their rehabilitation! At first I was a bit skeptical about how much good it would do (you know me, I’m wary of everything!), and not too keen on shelling out $157 to give it a go, but I got a trial tube (which is a six week supply) as a spot prize and thought I may as well put it to the test.

It’s pretty easy to use – wash your face as usual, let your face and eye area dry completely and then apply sparingly using short strokes onto each brow. You need to let it dry before moisturising your face, and you only need to use it once a day. I use mine at night so that I’m not applying my brow pencil on top of the serum. Easy!

I used RevitaBrow for six weeks and started noticing a difference after three weeks – this picture is after six weeks, with a small amount of pencil on the ends to fill in the gaps. My brows are a lot fuller and are growing in well on the ends. I’ve still got a wee bit of brow rehab to go though, so I have decided that I’m going to keep using RevitaBrow. It is a little pricey, but the 3mL tube will last for four months so I think it’s worth it (and at about $40/month I can totally justify that in exchange for babin’ brows!).

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