“What is HD Brows?” I sometimes get asked, so I thought I
would talk you through one of the beauty enhancement services I offer.
HD Brows is the unique, seven-step eyebrow shaping
treatment that focuses on design. It involves an innovative combination of
techniques, including tinting, waxing and threading where each treatment can
last up to 6 weeks.
Your eyebrows are a vital part of your personality.
Not only do they frame your face, over 70% of your facial expressions depend on
them. And that’s why the right brow shape and colour can take years off you.
As a Makeup artist, eyebrow shaping is very important to complete a look so I decided to invest in the training a little
over a year ago when HD Brows was just starting to appear on the TV and in magazines.
I was taught by Nilam Patel the founder of HD brows
who has a fantastic clinic and training centre in Milton Keynes and a long list
of celebrity clients
This is what to expect when booking the treatment with
myself…
As I’m freelance and come to you I will find out
as much as I can over the phone about your brow concerns and
what time of hair growth you have at that time and what sort of look you want
to achieve. I even get some
clients to text me over a picture! I will give my honest opinion if I think
HD Brows is for you. I will also discuss any medical conditions that may
exclude you from having the treatment.
The advice I give prior to every first HD Brow treatment with me is to grow your brows as much
as you can beforehand (horrible I know)! then the results will hopefully be
more visibly effective the first time you have them done.
Below is a before
and after picture of a recent client of mine who totally over plucked
her eyebrows so much that they were literally just a very thin line of fair hair. She wanted her thick
eyebrows back so I advised her to grow them for a good few weeks and to then
see what we could achieve from the first treatment then.
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| Before HD Brows |
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| After HD Brows |
She was
very lucky that her hair did grow back and after the first treatment we nearly
achieved a full brow look where only a touch of powdering in was needed in some sparse areas. During
my next few visits I showed her what areas still needed to grow and left a few
stray hairs there to build on. I also showed her where she should pencil/powder in
the meantime and not to pluck them!
Some clients have hardly
any hair where overtime their brows have been so over plucked and never grown back so I would ask them to try a HD Brow products called 'Grow Baby Grow' for a few weeks. If this is not successful I will tell them that these areas will probably never grow and that I can only show them how to pencil/powder in to achieve a full brow look. Then I will also advise them if they wanted something more
permanent that maybe they should consider semi permanent makeup.
The HD Brow treatment:
Once my consultation
is completed on the telephone and my client wants to book the treatment I will
then ask them to do a patch test 48 hours prior to the appointment and that I
will send this to them in the post.
The patch test is like a small transfer that needs to be applied to the
inner forearm.
I will provisionally
book the appointment and await confirmation that they have received the patch
test and everything was fine.
At the client’s house the
treatment will start…
Step 1 – Consultation
A consultation card will need to be completed by the client. The client will complete and sign this.I will look at the client’s
brows and go over any concerns again and what they’re hoping to achieve and how
dark they would like them. I will
advise the client that I may need to leave hair in certain areas of the brow
and this may look a little untidy as these areas we would need more growth overtime
to complete the full brow shape. This may happen over a few treatments. I also advise them that they may appear
darker which may concern them at first, as this is something they are not used
to seeing but I promise they will love them even more the next day!
Step 2 – Tinting.
The tint is then
applied quite thick on the brow for a few minutes. This will even out and
darken the hair. This will also help thin brows appear thicker by the tint
picking up the very fine downy facial hairs around the brow area.
Step 3 – Waxing
Wax is applied and
removed with wax strips to start to create the shape. An after lotion called Comfort Me is then applied after to
soothe the area.
Step 4 – Trimming
Special scissors are
used to trim any of the client’s unruly hair to create a more streamline look.
Step 5 – Threading
Threading is used to
remove the tell tale line from the waxing and to blend the hair.
Step 6 - Tweezering
Tweezering is used to remove
any stray hairs and to perfect the brow.
Step 7 – Finish
The brows are finished
with a tonic to clean and to close the follicles of the brow. Then I would apply a mineral foundation
to the brow are. This is to
disguise the redness and also contains an SPF for sun protection against the
waxed area. An SPF is very important to reapply when going out in the sun for the
next 24 hours to avoid damaging the skin and developing pigmentation
I will then use HD
Brows ‘Brow Beater’ to set the hair in place and fill in any gaps with my 'HD
Brow palette'.
An aftercare card is
given to the client with what products I have used throughout the treatment and the do’s and donts for
the next 24/72 hours. This also
has an eyebrow diagram to show which areas I have powdered in to help the client to do it themselves.
Here's a recent
picture from a shoot which I done the makeup and HD Brows for. The treatment was done a couple of days
prior to the shoot and on the day I used the Pro HD Brow Pallet to define the
brows more and also used the dark colour from the pallet on the eyes as a
shadow.
I had HD brows done yesterday. The beautician said the idea isn't to style too thin. I had quite thick brows before. My eyebrows are a nice shape but have been maybe too shaped underneath as my family say I look shocked! How long will it take to grow the hairs bAck and/or how can I disguise the thinness?
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If the hair underneath has recently been removed then this should grow back within a few weeks. I'm afraid in this time you will have to leave your brows alone, but you can powder or pencil in to disguise the growth and make the area appear thicker.
If the hair has never grown in these areas you could try Grow Baby Grow by HD Brows, which may help stimulate growth. If this is not successful then I'm afraid the only option to make this area to appear thicker is by semi permanent tattooing or by powdering/penciling in.
The HD Brow Palette I would definitely recommend to use to powder in your brows while your hair is growing and for more of a dramatic look, as it’s a lovely to work with. Also it can double up as an eye shadow.
For more info on tattooing you can visit http://www.nouveaubeautygroup.com/nouveau-contour/
And for HD Brow products, you can buy online at:
http://shop.nouveaubeautygroup.com/brands/hd-brows-1/
Hope that helps and let me know how you get on.
Jo xx