I’m serious, how many of you see my eyebrows and know it’s me instantly? They tell all, well mine mostly tell you when I’m not happy.
I was so panicked about losing my eyebrows with treatment, I loved my eyebrows so much, they did a lot of heavy lifting a lot of the time. My eyebrows became my main focus and I desperately searched high and low for solutions. Enter my best friend and her husband, who is also my best friend. Keep up. I’d harped on about wanting my eyebrows microbladed by a specific person for some time, and those little shits arranged and paid for me to have them done by her. I will never ever forget that, childhood trauma sometimes instills a belief in you that you’re not worthy of someone’s thoughts or love doesn’t it. Those guys make me feel otherwise. That’s deep not shallow, sorry back to business.
My eyebrows are so good I genuinley didn’t realise they’d fallen out until I washed my face and felt a couple of patches of hair and then looked closely. There’s a picture for proof, I am not exaggerating. She is amazing and this is her Instagram, this is my opinion, not an ad or whatever I have to say to not get in trouble: https://www.instagram.com/by.luciemarie?igsh=NjY0b2dsdXM3aHY4
Excuse my bald eye, my eyelashes are a different story. Here you can see how fantastic they are, and the tuft of hair left on the arch there. My arches were never going to go down without a fight, they’re iconic ok.
Now, this is expensive but to anyone who’s ever had them they’ll say they’re worth every penny. When I was diagnosed my first thought was “I don’t want to die” followed by “how do we pay the bills” so it’s understandable that not everyone has this option at the time. Also, this had to be done prior to starting any treatment AFTER I’d spoken to my medical team about it & everyone should do that. Yeah, for the first time ever I’m doing as I’m told and behaving, if I can you can. If your treatment has already started this also isn’t an option for you. FEAR NOT, there are loads out there.
Exhibit A, my favourite ever eyebrow pencil. She’s been in my make up bag for ages, way before this chemo stuff, the NYX microbrow pencil. She’d be great for giving those really fine lines at the front of your eyebrows & filling in when things get sparse. So easy to use, so nice on the skin it glides on like butter. I love her. She’s also around £9 depending on where you buy, bargaiiiiin.
Exhibit B, another eyebrow pencil but this one I feel like is a grown up one because it’s Elizabeth Arden, ooooolala. This eyebrow pencil is the gift that keeps on giving because you have the option of the thin pencil AND a powder section. Much like the NYX one we will ignore the brush for now…rude. It’s called the ‘beautiful colour brow perfector’ and its fabulous. Again, super easy to use and feels really nice. She’s around £20-£27ish again depending on where you buy from, I got her for my birthday - thank youuuuu husband xxxxx
Right, so that’s great if you have some eyebrow left to fill out or feel confident basically drawing a whole eyebrow on from scratch. If not, again, fear not people, options still exist.
EXHIBIT C, read that with a real determined voice please, the temporary tattoo eyebrows. They’re all the rage on TikTok and are so cheap!! This website (not an ad blablabla) https://mytwobrows.com/collections/all-products sells lots of different kinds and also has a virtual try on feature so you can try before you buy…virtually. They are from America so if you’re in a rush there are hundreds on Amazon and they’re about £4-£6 for a pack, insane. I haven’t tried these myself but they’d definitely have been in my basket if I wasn’t the luckiest girl on earth with my best friends.
These are some that exist on Amazon & they often have the option of different colours too. You could even get this and then add to them with a great eyebrow pencil, experiment and find your vibe.
I have ventured into the eyebrow serum side of things but haven’t tried any so I couldn’t really say what’s good and what isn’t without being a LIARRR so we won’t do that. Also, hopefully they grow back quickly when you’re out the other side and you can have fun and experiment with different eyebrows in the meantime, maybe even have a new look when yours grow back.
Now, not everyone cares about their eyebrows and you don’t have to have eyebrows to make anyone else happy or comfortable. This is purely for those, who like me, dont want to be without. My eyebrows are a huge part of what makes me, me. Cancer takes your sanity, chemo takes your identity. There is nothing wrong with wanting to look in the mirror and see yourself, not cancer ♥️.
Disclaimer: I was born with those arches, I cannot advise on how to achieve them.
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