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 Anastasia’s Brow Gel is a clear gel that keeps your eyebrows looking good all day.  When I was in High School I used clear mascara to keep my eyebrows in place.  The experience was not without incident, most of the time the formula would flake up or get stiff as a board.  Not the look I was going for.

I’ve been wearing this gel since the Total Beauty summit and I’m happy to report none of that happenned. I’m filling out my brows, the corner ‘up hairs’ are back but I’d like to change the arch. I wish I could go to Anastasia’s salon to get them done right once and for all.  Since I’m in Maine and her salon is in LA, I am going to attempt to shape them myself with the help of Anastasia’s kit in the very near future.

Anastasia’s really made a name for herself and carved out her own niche with beautiful, natural looking brows.

Anastasia’s Brow Gel Retails for $21

Anastasia’s Beverly Hills salon was one of the stops on the Total Beauty Tour and was amazing.  The open layout of the salon is very nice and bright with a stunning array of celebrity clients on the walls.  Clients are consulted and brows are groomed in the main room.  I was suprised to see there are a lot of other services offered from body waxing to facials, you could have all your needs met in one place. 

As a treat we got to watch Anastasia’s brow shaping work first hand. Annie from BellaSugar was chosen for an on the spot brow fix and in a few minutes changed her already beauty-full expression. 

I could not leave without a consult so I basically begged for help and it was granted!  If you had asked me before the consult, I would have said I had bushy brows but after talking to the brow authority I know I have too big a space between them and they are too thin.  How do you like that?  I’m thinking that my subconcious fear of uni-brow has blinded me to the waxers taking off to much in the middle - but no more, I’m going to pay much better attention now.

you learn something new everyday they say

This is a time I wish I had a flair for the artistic so I could draw a diagram, or that I could explain succinctly what Anastasia explained to us so eloquently.  There are two types of eyebrow hair.  Top eyebrow hair grows straight and down, bottom eyebrow hair grows up.  The key to getting a good arch and look is getting some of both of those hairs in your eyebrow so that your brows will stay nice and contained.  It really doesn’t matter the method you use to get the hair off according to Anastasia, tweeze, wax or thread.  And enough of the old advice about not taking off the top hair, it’s so wrong and outdated.  The most essential thing is to get the right combination of upper and lower eyebrow hairs. 

If you can ever make it in to Anastasia’s salon I highly recommend it.  If possilbe grow out your brows so they can really define your arch from scratch.  The price is $80 w/Anastasia herself which is a lot but VERY reasonable considering the demand.  She could charge much more and the rich would pay but she’s keeping the service at a reasonable price point for us average folk in need of a special memory.  The cost is $50 w/an eyebrow specialist.

Check out the Anastasia Salons on the bottom left there are links to International Locations and Find a Store to find someone trained in the technique near you. And if you prefer a DIY approach, I will have product reviews on kits you can use from the convenience of your own home.

Thank goodness! no more of the sparse eyebrow look! I was feeling so out of it, I’ve kept my brows what I call ‘natural’ but I’m sure others call thick because I think it suits my face. 

Spa brows are not for me, it was done to me unwillingly and I felt so violated.  When the tech handed me the mirror I almost cried - I’d been spa browed and there was nothing I could do but sit there and mourn my lost look.

Once you’ve got a bad brow job it’s hard to get back to your normal self, it took forever for them to grow out back then - luckily I still had a waist and youth on my side at the time or I’d been hopeless. 

If you are switching to a thicker brow and need to grow out your brows you’re in luck… the eye brow authority, Anastasia, has great advice for you…

 Total Beauty spoke to brow guru Anastasia on the eve of her latest product launches.
Here’s what she had to say about the latest trend in brows:
- “Fashion shows put the stamp on thicker brows, and that’s one of the
reasons why New Brow [her claim to fame product] is such a great success.”
- “People have been over plucking for years and now they want their brows
thicker, so they are trying to grow them.”
- “If you have someone who wants a new shape, tell them to go step by step,
growing one row at a time. They need to build up to that look (thicker
brows). It’s about baby steps.”