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What Do Your Eyebrows Say About You?

Are your brows telling the wrong story? Master eyebrow expert Eliza Petrescu sets things right.
By Jenny Bailly
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the June 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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The real Maria: Thoughtful, considerate 

To make Maria's brows—and her perceived mood—softer and more even, Eliza thinned the inner area with wax and a little trimming. She then used a blonde pencil to bulk them up, both on top and under the arch. She went over a few stray white hairs with a thicker, slightly darker pencil—and warned Maria not to start plucking them: "If you do, eventually you'll have no brows left."

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