The beauty spot: defining blonde eyebrows

A bit of enlightenment for the fair?The blonde eyebrow is a difficult thing. It's lovely, of course, and properly on trend, but structure-wise it doesn't work particularly hard, you know, for the face. And, when attempting definition, it's hard to shade in a blonde eyebrow without appearing as though you've drawn a pair of slipper socks on to your forehead with a 2B pencil. There are more and more eyebrow pencils available for fair complexions ? MAC's propelling brow pencil in Fling (£11.50, maccosmetics.co.uk) isn't too soft to control ? but I love Bobbi Brown's Natural Brow Shaper in Blonde (£13.50, 0870 034 2566), which is perfect for the wary. Without darkening the brow it quietly shapes the hairs, adding just a smidgen of colour, and making you look a little more

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