Charlotte: Hi Lurline, so I'm Charlotte, I'm a Boots Macmillan Beauty Advisor. Tell me, how does
your makeup routine differ since you experienced hair loss?
Lurline: I've had problems with putting makeup around my eyes, and knowing what to do with my eyes
because I've lost my eyebrows and my eyelashes. I really would love some tips on how I can
highlight my eyes.
Charlotte: That's probably the advice I get asked for the most, "How would I recreate my brows and
my lashes?" So, I'd love to help.
So we're going to start off with the brows. What I'm going to do is use a sculpting brow
pencil, which is a fine edge. I'm going to make the shape first of all with three
points, to recreate the brow shape. So
it always wants to be in line with the nose, so what I'm going to do is to make a small
edge there. And what that's going to do is be
the starting point of where the brow is going to sit. If you then look straight ahead for me
I'm going to do a small arch here. That's where the brow is naturally going
to arch. My last point is going to be where the brow will finish. So I want this to be
at an angle and in line with the nose.
What I'm going to do is short strokes with the brush.
This helps to create a really natural brow look, because it's re creating hair strokes.
It's really important that when you're doing the brows, you do shorter strokes rather than
large, arching ones. What that will do is make it look far more natural.
When we get to our arch,
what you'll find is that you'll naturally need to switch the angle of the eyebrow pencil
and blend it downwards. On the end of this brush we have what we call a spoolie.
This is basically a brush that helps to soften the product.
Okay, so you can see there already,
it's starting to recreate the fullness of the brow.
Now I've got the initial shape, what I'm going to do is start to pop on some powder, and
that's going to help get some more texture back into the brow. So we're using
a matte brunette powder and a hard angled brush.
The slimmer the brush, the better, because
again, it creates a more natural looking brow.
What you'll find with your brows is that you'll never have
completely symmetrical brows, so it's all about balancing the facial features.
That's why when people experience hair loss that sometimes it comes as quite a shock,
because one of the facial features that's most prominent isn't there any more.
So we're going to go back to the brow pencil. A great tip is to warm it up slightly
with the back of the hand, and then if there isn't
any hair there, you will find it will sit on the skin a lot easier.
So what I've done is created a little bit of an arch. But still kept them soft.
So, we spoke earlier and you said that your brows
were a little bit thinner, so hopefully you'll
find that this still feels natural for you. It really helps frame the eyes. Have a look at that
Lurline: Looking very nice
Charlotte: Can you see the difference? Lurline: Thank you, yes
Charlotte: If you get a slimmer edge when you're using a brow pencil, it makes such a difference.
Some people would maybe use more of a pencil that's... You have people say that have used
eyeliner before on their brows. It's obviously not quite the right consistency.
It's always a bit better to go with something that's got that angle on it,
so it looks a lot more natural.
Charlotte: Cool, have a little look at that
Lurline: Oh, brilliant! I've got eyebrows!
Charlotte: Cool, okay. Shall we move onto the eyes?
When it comes to the lashes, it's really important to use a soft leaded eyeliner. I'm going to
use a black today and that's going to recreate a fuller look on the lash line. What I'm going
to get you to do is look down, but I'm going to apply this on what we call the upper lid.
That's going to basically sit where your root would go for your lashes. So, if you look down for me.
It's great if anyone hasn't got any natural lashes coming through the lid line
because it just helps to re create some depth there.
Short strokes again, very lightly, go along the
top of the lash line. The softer the pencil, the better. You can already see the difference
there, it really makes this eye stand out.
Lurline: Definitely.
Charlotte: So, we don't want to leave it looking harsh, we always want to blend it
out. So what I'm going to do is use a soft hard-angle brush. So if you look down for me
We're going to blend that outwards. If you could close your eyes. What you'll find
is that the texture of the pencil will blend itself upwards. It makes the lash line look
very soft. But also a lot more natural.
Again, you can really see the difference there
Lurline: Yes, I can.
Charlotte: So what I'm going to get you to do now is look up to the ceiling for me
and again we're going to focus on where the lashes would grow from.
You want to bring the liner into about
the middle of the eye.
And we're going to do exactly the same and soften.
You can see that it really helps bring the eye makeup together. Lurline: Oh, wow!
Yes it does, it makes such a difference.
Charlotte: Yes it does, absolutely. So it's just putting a little bit of colour, a little bit of depth,
where the lashes naturally grow. It gives the illusion of a fuller looking eyeline.
You've obviously got some lovely little baby lashes that are coming through, so we're going
to apply some mascara there.
So this mascara is great for sensitive eyes, and it's got a fine comb. What you'll find
is that it will pull on the baby lashes, but it's not going to be too tough on them so
they won't come out.
If you could look down to your lap for me.
The finer the comb, the more defining it will
be. So it means you can get right into the corner of the lid.
Then what I'm going to get you to do, if you just look to my shoulder.
I like to put a little bit of mascara
on the bottom lashes, again for definition. So then if you see the difference there
It really helps the eyes stand out and frames the rest of the features.
Where a lot of people go wrong is
they will put the eyeliner on the waterline, which can sometimes make our eyes look smaller.
So by placing the liner at the root of the lash it actually opens up our eyes a lot more.
It's a lot more comfortable to wear.
Perfect, have a little look at that.
Lurline: Absolutely fantastic.
Charlotte: How does that feel? Lurline: You've done a great job.
It feels good.
Charlotte: Do you think that's something you could do at home?
Lurline: Yes, those are great tips that are not too difficult to follow.
Charlotte: Absolutely. I think it's just knowing how to. All you need really is
a soft pencil, and a soft eyebrow pencil, and then it's just blending it that really
makes the difference. What you can do to finish it off, we can put some lipstick on, if you
really want to emphasise some makeup. Putting a bright colour lipstick on takes away the
focal point of the eyes. So if anyone's a little bit conscious about hair loss around
the lashes or brows, a bright colour lipstick will always help to bring confidence as well. Perfect!
Lurline: Thank you very much Charlotte: No worries
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