Anastasia's Brow Definer

The Queen of Brows has done it again! I honestly thought I had no use for another product to fix up my lashes, but Anastasia has come up with an awesome new item that will be on top of my pile going forward. The Brow Definer ($22) consists of a skinny tipped pencil in a neutral shade (I think almost everyone can use it, swear!) on one side and their fabulous clear brow gel with a mascara wand on the other side. Fill in your brows where sparse with light short strokes of the pencil and then quickly brush them with the brow gel into place. Presto! Perfectly defined (but NOT over done) brows for everyday, with only one product.

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Anastasia's Mini Brow Kit

If I had it my way, my entire stocking would be filled with adorable little beauty sets! This Mini
Brow Kit by Anastasia is right up my alley. Perfect for just about any lady on your list (or a man not afraid to do a little plucking!), it contains just the essentials to clean up and tame your brows on the go, all for only $25.

This set includes:
- Mini Matte Camille Highlighter
- Mini Tweezers
- Mini Clear Brow Gel

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Anastasia BCA Tweezers

Like killing two birds with one stone (metaphorically only, of course!)? Well, have I got the product for you! Yep, you guessed it, its a PINK PRODUCT... meaning that a portion of the proceeds of the sale go to breast cancer research in support of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month!

Anastasia is the brow queen! Who better to trust your delicate hairs that she? Her tweezers are no joke. They work fabulously to get each and every hair you may not want up there... just be careful not to get too excited and over pluck. These tweezers make the job so easy, you might be tempted but resist! The look is full not frail!These limited edition Breast Cancer Awareness Tweezers have a gorgeous pink ribbon and are available at Nordstrom stores and online at www.anastasia.com starting today (10/1/2008) and they retail for $33. But get this: 50% of the proceeds will benefit the Entertainment Industry Foundation - Women's Cancer Research Fund. Pretty cool, no?!

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Anastasia's Brow Duality

A well known trick used by makeup artists is highlighting the inner corners of the eyes to make you look more awake and your eyes look bigger and brighter. I've used varies different highlighting pencils over the years, but Anastasia's are my new favorites. They have a new set out called Brow Duality in two shades so that everyone can get the highlighting they want, whatever your skin tones.

The Brow Duality pencils are dual ended (hence the name) and they come two tones. You can get either Sand/Camille, pink tones of matte and shimmer highlighters, or Lace/Shell, tan tones of matte and shimmer highlighters. Personally, I used the matte end under my brows, to give them definition without adding any darkness to the actual brows. Then I use the shimmer end on the inner corner of my eye and under my bottom lashes a bit. The effect is a beautiful subtle glow. But you could use either side anywhere really. It's all about what your are trying to highlight and how much you want things to pop!

So try one out, which ever will go with your skin tones the best or sounds like the color tones you usually use. I like the Sand/Camille most of the time but the Lace/Shell looks nice if I'm doing a golden glowy look on my eyes. The matte end may not work for all darker skin tones but I think the shimmers could compliment anyone. Brow Duality will be available at Sephora stores starting around October 23 for $23.

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Tinted Brow Gel From Anastasia

As you may have discovered already, Anastasia really knows her brows! I simply fall in love with every product I try from her collection. The latest one I've been lusting after is the Tinted Brow Gel. Once again, it is a one step alternative that delivers stellar results. The color I have, caramel I believe, is perfect for my medium-dark blond brows and with a few strokes I have brows that are in place and filled in just the right amount. I like that it has a tint to it, but the color only goes on my brow hairs, not on my skin, so it looks very natural. Try it yourself, you'll be amazed at what a few strokes can do to clean up your look.

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Anastasia Knows Brows!

I recently got my eyebrows waxed for the first time ever. I am not sure why I've never gone before, other than I thought it wasn't really necessary. I've been plucking on my own for a long time and even though my mom thinks my brows are too thin, I have always been OK with they way they turn out.

More and more though, it seems brows are in the limelight. This whole big huge, dark eye-catching look is not my thing, but it made me wonder if I should have a "professional" take a look at mine and maybe reevaluate the situation. So I made an appointment with the Anastasia lady at my Nordstorm. For $35 I got my brows reshaped with some lovely smelling wax (lavender or something) and lots of friendly advice from a sweet thickly-accented Russian lady whose name slips my mind. She advised me that (oh know, don't say it!) my mother was right, my brows were a little over plucked, I needed to grow a bit in the middle part. But overall, they weren't that bad, at least they were long enough on the sides.

Well now I've bitten the bug and bought into the whole line of products by Anastasia. I never thought I would say this, but now I feel weird leaving the house without touching up my brows! Using just a little color and something to hold them in place, I feel like my eyes pop off my face. Sounds great right?! Well here is how:

The All About Brows Kit is definitely the way to go if you are a brow neophyte like I was. It literally has everything you need to go from ewww to ahhh! My mom even picked one up since she has the opposite problem as me, she never plucks! Well, now she has no excuse. The $75 kit includes fabulous Tweezers, a Brow Powder Duo, four Brow Stencils, a Duo Angle/Spooley Brush, clear Brow Gel, and an Eye Lights highlighting pencil in matte. The kit comes in three shades. I got Ash Blonde, my mom got Medium Ash, and there is also Brunette for all you super dark haired ladies.

I love the brow powder duo because it comes in two shades so you can mix and blend together to create the perfect shade for you. Then you use the brow gel to hold them in place. The stencils are great for anyone who needs a little guidance on how to pluck the stray hairs and the tweezers are top quality. There are also some great guides and how-to videos online at Sephora. I think I should show my mom some of those!

I have also been using the Brow Enhancing Serum by Anastasia at night to try and help me grow back some of the fullness I've plucked away after all these years. I haven't seen much of a difference yet, but I'll keep you posted since these things don't just happen over night! I have my fingers crossed.

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wow them with your brows

I never did anything to my brows, except pluck the heck out of them, until a few years back. A was at a Benefit counter, and the salesperson insisted I use something to enhance my brows. She said that a bit of color and wax could lengthen my overly plucked brows and make my eyes stand out more. Since my intensely blue eyes are my favorite feature, I was all for it! So I purchased Benefit's Brow Zings. I used this occasionally, but never got used to the look, possibly because the color I bought was slightly too dark (It is possible that at the time, they only had two color choices, and the lightest one wasn't light enough for me...now the Light looks online to be fairly light).

Time pasted and my Brow Zings had long gone bad... you know what smell I'm talking about. But I had started using a bit for some shape and color enhancement. A little touch up on your brows really does make all the difference. I read on some blog about DuWop's BrowWow set and I knew I had to try it. So I ran over to Sephora, my home away from home, and picked it up. The Light color works perfect for my hair/skin tone (blonde, blue eyed and fair), and I love the highlighter that comes with it! You just touch a little under your brows with your finger, and voila! Perfection!

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