article · Issue No. 10, October 1957 · p. 29 p. 47

Raise the Arch of Your Eyebrows

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If the eyes are the windows of the soul, then the eyebrows are their adorning curtains...
And on them depends not only the beauty of the eyes, but the balance of the whole face!
If the brows are heavy and bushy of hair, they suggest disorder and untidiness; and if they are thin and scanty, they give the look of those witless dolls that can express nothing of any worth.

The chief rule for arching the brows is that their line must run parallel to the line of the upper lip.. Does that surprise you? All the difference lies in the line your two brows trace... this line alone determines the measure of balance in your face, and the measure of beauty.. and of charm!

The shape of the brows: it is easy to correct the line of the brows once the basic rule for it is revealed... The ideal method is to draw the desired shape with a red pencil, then to clean away the first, discarded line with tweezers, with complete care and patience; and do not forget, Madam, to disinfect the brows and the skin around them with alcohol.

Deepening light brows: this operation often

results in gaps empty of hair, or thin of hair. The blonde lady makes up for this first by means of a gray pencil, then a brown pencil with which she draws the desired shape and the desired thickness, passing the pencil lightly, stroking the brow hair by hair.

It is a mistaken idea that holds the brows must be made thin... for thin brows suggest small eyes... So take care of two full brows... and let them have their own brush, which you keep as clean as you keep your hairbrush, and more... And if you are one of the fortunate whom nature has endowed with thick, dark brows, be content to use the brush with vaseline or any cream that helps the hair to grow.

And in the look that two brows express, keep the appearance of serenity and ease, and do not let care knit your brows and spread gloom over your eyes...

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