Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz

Anastasia Beverly Hill Brow Wiz
$21

I came very late to the brow party.  Until my brow stylist Danielle Sampieri walked me through the fine points, with her fine point tweezers, I paid my brows very little mind.

She taught me how important a properly shaped and finished brow, (yes, that means daily product) frames the face and make your eyes pop. Suffice to say, the lady in the nail salon tending to your bikini line may not have that skill set.

Once you see the difference, there's no backtracking.  For me, it would be like facing the world without lipstick or liner--not happening.  Along the way I have tried a lot of products, gels, powders and pencils.  My only complaint is that my brows would sometimes appear a bit done.

Review: Benefit Gimme Brow

Benefit Gimme Brow Volumizing Fiber Gel
$22 0.1 oz.

Brow Wow!!!  

I read about Benefit's latest brow product in September's InStyle. It was tested and reviewed by their beauty editorial staff, who swooned over Gimme Brow's ability to create lush full brows. 

Added bonus??? The gel fibers fill in sparse spots and adhere to the brow...

Think magic.

Naturally, I had to check this out for myself, STAT.

Just Browsing... Yet Again

As you know, one of my favorite beauty blogs is written by my friend Kari Solyntjes who created Fab Over Forty at just about the same time I started DivaDebbi in 2008.  For me, it's a daily must read and I highly recommend subscribing.

A little over a month ago, Kari posted a blog about an experience she had when she was having her hair colored. Her salon had just hired a new brow guru and he suggested that the fastest way too achieve thicker looking, lush brows would be to tint them.  

Kari was game and was amazed and delighted with the results. She found that the tint gave life to all those nearly invisible tail hairs...Naturally this story brewed in my head.  It's really a no brainer if you think about it, so why isn't it suggested more frequently???

Day 4 DivaDebbi's Holiday Giveaways:Beautiful Brows

Danielle Sampieri

On the Fourth Day of Xmas, DivaDebbi gave to me:

The gift of perfect brows!  Danielle Sampieri, my beautiful brow guru, was the first person to school me in the importance of facing the world each day with groomed and defined brows.

At the time, I was quite obsessed with Juliana Margulies eyebrows. Her glamorous arches mesmerized me. Why couldn't my brows look that good? Certainly, my bi-annual waxing visits at my nail salon were not doing me any beauty favors.

I first met Danielle at the Brow Bar at Bloomingdales.  Her first edict? "Humans aren't plucked, chickens are"...Alrighty then. She then scrubbed up like a surgeon, surveyed my brows at length and then got down to business. Twenty minutes later, phase one was completed.

Danielle then instructed me on the importance of brow wax and filler, where my arch should peak and how creating more of a "tail" would create the appearance of a wider arch. She also reminded me that we are 3 dimensional, but out reflection in the mirror is not, so to compensate, you must turn your head sideways to work on the outer areas.

The Brows Have It

Julianna Margulies

My beauty escapades now seem to have there own life force and they are moving at the speed of light.  I can't believe it is nearly 3 years since I first met Danielle Sampieri, the eyebrow artiste extraordinaire, who taught me the necessity of a well groomed brow, (http://www.divadebbi.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-brow-zing.html).

At the time Danielle was at the Benefit Brow Bar at Bloomingdales in White Plains. I was faithful to her, until she left to work in their SoHo branch for awhile and work with her colleague Dahlia at the Brow Bar.  


The Brow Bar is a busy place that requires appointments. On Saturday,  I looked at the two, shapeless rectangles on my forehead and sighed.  Though I had to go to Bloomingdales to pick up a new "Soar" lipliner from MAC (the perfect pink nude, that should be standard in any cosmetic collection but is as rare as a Siberian tiger), the chance of getting squeezed in for a tweeze was probably nil.


To my great good fortune, I caught a lull, and Dahlia sat me down and got to work, (she knows I now know better and I much appreciated that she skipped the hand wringing and lecture, though we both knew she had her work cut out for her).


As I sat there, I thought of Danielle who introduced me to this world. She taught me how a well shaped and defined brow adds structure to the face and opens up the eye area. That it requires routine maintenance and a bit of daily work, but that it adds a finish an refinement to the face and that the effort is worth it...she's that passionate.  And she is that right.


The very next morning, I got an lovely email from Danielle.  She thanked me for how much my blog helped her build her clientele and wanted to let me know that she had returned to the area. I thanked her right back for sending me to brow finishing school and let her know I (mostly) kept up with all of her edicts.


Hallelujah!


For a brow consultation and appointment with Danielle Sampieri, call her at her new location: Salon Savior at 195 E. Post Rd. in White Plains 914-761-9292.


And tell her DivaDebbi sent you. Beauty has a beautiful karma all it's own.  Pay it forward...


xox,
DD