Staff felt it important that I put “pretty” in the title to make it clear that I’m not slagging Malin Akerman for her thin brows. Not a bad idea, actually, because I’m not slagging, merely suggesting change if there’s a grow-’em-thicker possibility. There must be: around the Couples Retreat premiere, Fox.com reported her eyebrows had only just grown in — she’d shaved them off for HappyThankyouMorePlease, a film in which her character has alopecia, an autoimmune disorder in which the body thinks it’s allergic to hair in specific areas or entirely. (Malin Akerman trivia: years ago before her name hit the movie marquis boards, Malin Akerman was a Toronto model. My pal and former booker Janice was a booker at Ford when Malin was a model with the agency. Sweet is the word.)
Funny thing is that Malin’s eyebrows have troubled me for ages. Gorgeous girl, severely thin age-a-face brows. So I fixed ’em in Photoshop. Whaddya think?
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OMG! This is AWESOME. I love love love that you did this with Photoshop. Talk about hidden talents!
BTW I totally agree with you about fuller brows – see here:
http://beautyeditor.ca/2009/10/13/first-look-chloe-spring-10/
It’s a MAJOR peeve for me, the too-thin brows. I suffer from them myself — overtweezed in my early 20s and that was it. Ugh! I loved that post you did, by the way. I meant to comment the day I read it, but I suspect I was on deadline so I got back to it pronto!
I’ve also addressed the man brows of course: http://imabeautygeek.com/2009/06/02/man-brows-just-say-no-to-over-grooming/
Brilliant! It really softens up her look – she was looking a little severe before.
I also had no idea you had such wizardry with Photoshop!
Exactly! Skinny brows make a face look severe, older and sometimes just mean!
Photoshop is a handy thing! I figured this trick out when I had to fix my own brows in a shot in which the makeup artist (not me) had merely followed the line of my skinny brows rather than augmented. Nope, not telling which photo *grin*
I agree with Michelle and love that you took it upon yourself to fill these babies in! She looks so much better–plus, isn’t this more modern?
Thanks, Katherine! Actually, because looking youthful is modern, slightly fuller brows will always be more modern than not. Perhaps something a little less precisely shaped might also be more modern, but I had to follow what was already there. *grin*
Wow, great Photoshop job, J! I totally agree that brows that are too thin age a person. I have naturally sparse brows (which is kind of aging too), so I have to fill them in every time I leave the house. I prefer to use brown eyebrow powder rather than pencil (unless it’s to touch up the outer ends of my brows). I use the brow kit by Benefit, which comes with a wax. I mainly use clear mascara to keep the hairs in place…it works better than the wax. Yup, sparse brows and nearly nothing lashes are my biggest problem. That’s why I try not to get head shots of myself when I’m swimming. The worst kind of brows are the ones plucked to look like sperm…yikes!
I hear ya! I rarely leave the house sans brows. I use the darkest shade in an Anna Sui Duo brow powder with a CARGO taklon angled brush, and finish with Benefit’s tinted matte brow gel (genius stuff).
And yes, the sperm brows. Popular in the 1970s. Agh.
Genius brow-over (OK, I need to work on the name.) But yes, those new Janine brows make her look younger, fresher, more of the natural beauty that she already is.
Well done, ‘artist-to-the-stars-who-don’t-know-they-need-you’, (I also need to work on that name too.)
Thanks, Liza — I like your names just fine. *grin*
Loving the brow!! I prefer a fuller brow & cringe when I see skinny brows. By the way I remember Malin when she attended nightschool, she wasn’t in my class but I remember everyone called her the “Noxzema” girl. Very long time ago;)
Did she do any ads for Noxzema? She’s perfect for such things. Found an early image of her with a SLIGHTLY more natural brow — better. http://image.com.com/tv/images/processed/super/64/39/10296.jpg
She was in a Noxzema commercial! I had to look this info up just to confirm:) Funny they actually mention the highschool she attended Dante, which is where I had gone to nightschool many moons ago and where she acquired that nickname.
I was in New York last week and saw her on the street in Little Italy – she’s sooooo pretty. Didn’t notice her brows, but if I had seen your post i would have stopped her to share your tip. haha, don’t know how well it would have gone over. Definitely an improvement though – we’d be doing her a favour!
Unless her brows can’t grow back in… erk! Well, if thin brows are her biggest beauty hurdle, she’ll deal, huh? *grin*
Nicely done! with the photoshopping I went through a phase of thin eyebrows. unfortunately that phase is now documented on my drivers license, passport, health card etc. lol. But I’m definitely over it and prefer more natural looking and thicker eyebrows. I think most women look more polished that way, especially if they naturally have thicker eyebrows. Good post.
Thanks, Pri! Have yours grown back in since your overtweeze time? Lucky you!
Don’t agree. Girls might like them bigger, but not us (straight) guys…
Huh.
Actually, I was just going to leave it at “huh,” Greg, but I’ve decided I need to know more. :-)
You prefer Malin’s brows in the “before” images? How come? And is it for you a general preference that thin brows are always better? Also, maybe we should define thin — as thin as Malin’s “before”? Thinner?