Smorgasbrows: Keira, Filippa and Natalia

Much ado about something over at the eBeauty Daily blog! It all started when Keira Knightley showed up on the cover of the July, 2006 issue of InStyle Magazine. Blogger Christina Jones opened a can of tweezer-frenzied whupass on Keira, and now, 18 months and 41 comments later, the flames continue.

One guy complained that the people commenting on some actress's eyebrows need to "get a hobby." Dude! This is our hobby!

Meanwhile. Christina showed a Euclidean approach to Keira's unkempt brows:


All that haggling made us want to see a magazine cover with a little less eyebrow controversy. Say hello to Filippa Hamilton and Marie Claire:


Finally, is that Natalia Vodianova hiding behind some outrageous makeup? Hell yeah:

Brows By The Book, and a Brazilian Bush. Sort Of.

On the Random House web site, there's a plug for Beautiful Brows by Nancy Parker:

How many times have you plucked, waxed, trimmed, stenciled, or penciled your eyebrows – or paid someone else to do it for you?

Well, since you asked, never. But that's not the point. Nancy Parker is the co-founder of Eyebrowz.com. There's some weird stuff going on there, but we figured in the interests of completeness, we should go on record with it.

Meanwhile, you don't just need a book – you need a "jam packed class" to become a Brow Master. A class packed full of jam sounds yummy, but wait – it's $449. We'll pass.

There's more on that site, but I got a little scared when they started in on the "hands on Brazilian waxing" class.

And believe it or not – not making this up – the instructor's name is Victoria Bush.

Attention Feist: View This Video

As long as we have Leslie on the line from Nova Scotia, let's get her to manage those brows.

She can do it with this video from RiceBunny, aka Michelle Phan! Michelle appears to be the most popular person ever. She's not only an artist, she's taking over MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, the Ringling School (it's for artists, not clowns, ass clown), and the personal beauty space.

Make sure you turn up the sound!

The Geometry of the Eyebrow

A perfectly shaped eyebrow is an organic treat, a gift from nature, perfected by Man.

But behind the end-product is a set of geometrical rules, derived from first principles and applicable to any eye. Know your angles and you can create a pleasing result with patience, attention to detail, and a little bit of plane geometry.

Herewith, some examples of the science of eyebrowmetry:




Euclidean scroll-down bonus: From Eyebrows for Dummies...