Crazy Beautiful

I am about to say something that might shock you. I have never seen any of the Harry Potter movies. I do not care to read any of the books, and despite my overwhelming crush on Alan Rickman, I flat out refuse to watch a movie about wizards and flying around on broomsticks. That said, I flippin LOVE Emma Watson. I seethe with envy over her shiny hair and I am in love with her style...she's always looking very classy, feminine, elegant, and sort of retro. I also think she is a great role model and I love that she's going to real college and living in a dorm and not partying it up all hours of the night like some crazy Hollywood types (are you listening, Lindsay??). So, anyway, this is from the premiere of the latest crazy wizard movie she's in and I think she deserves a standing ovation for looking so amazing. Her makeup is FLAWLESS! I love love love her brows - they are on the thicker side but they totally frame her face perfectly and make her eyes stand out even more. I'm also thrilled that she doesn't have tons of makeup piled on, because she really has beautiful skin and features and knows how to play them up without overwhelming her face.

To get brows like Emma's, you may want to start out at a salon before you do any at-home work. DO NOT do what I did, which was let my sister pluck my eyebrows when I was in the 8th grade and I ended up with eyebrows so thin my mother bust out in tears when she saw me (this was also in the early 90s when super thin brows were the thing). If you have a great brow shape naturally, consider yourself lucky. If your brows are thinner than you'd like, use a powder to fill them in - it looks much more natural than a pencil and blends into your brows much more smoothly. You can get a brow kit anywhere - NYColor (Target) makes a powder/wax combo set, Milani (CVS) also makes a good kit, as does Benefit (department stores). Grab an angled brush to lightly apply the shadow into your brow - if your kit comes with a wax, use that over the shadow to help set and hold the shadow, then don't forget to run a brow brush over the whole thing, to blend the shadow and complete your look.