Beauty-Phi

What defines you?
Is it your accomplishments?  Your good deeds?  Your good nature and willingness to roll with the punches, or your comprehension of how unjust those punches may be and stand in defiance of them?
Studies show that often what defines us is how pleasing we are to the eye.   At this point, you may feel yourself have a slight reaction of indignation to this statement, asking; whose eye?... Isn't beauty supposedly in the eye of the beholder?
Well, the answer is that an eye of a baby only one week old is the very eye these studies analyzed.

"Babies are wonderfully hedonistic and have no manners, so they stare at objects that they consider to be pleasing. When babies stare at some faces longer than others, it indicates that they prefer to look at them and find them attractive." -The Perfect Human Face blogger

Our own judgment of beauty is partly derived from our capacity to engage reflective contemplation, meaning we literally have an experience of ourselves based on what we see.  With respect to our very existence, symmetry and balance are fundamentally linked to our survival.  In this way then our attraction to elements of beauty are instinctual and quantifiable in mathematical terms.

The golden ratio of beauty is defined by Phi as 1:1.61803398875

 In determining the design of an eyebrow in permanent cosmetics, there a few factors to consider.  The above diagram reflects a portion of these considerations and as you can see, the distances between A and B, and B and D is about equal to the Phi golden ratio.  Similarly, the distance between B and C, and C and D are also oriented respective of this golden mean.  The hair line and temple contour are factors that go into determining brow design. 

Considering such primal instinctual responses are at stake when undergoing the procedure of permanent cosmetics for restoration of eyebrows, it is important that your technician have some understanding of Phi and the golden mean.

May you be 'beauty-phi'd' and pleasing to the beholder's eye on your journey with restorative cosmetic permanent makeup.

How the Brow Breaks

I've found that permanent makeup isn't so much a replacement for topical makeup as it is a great foundation that allows one to feel confident at any time of day under any circumstances.  The trick is in getting that foundation laid (implanted) appropriately to the topography of existing skeletal/muscular facial structures.
<< This is an example of what I would consider a failure.
What has happened here is that the break of the eyebrow arch is placed so far to the outside edge of the face that she looks more angry than neutral.  The original brow arch breaks just outside the iris and although faint is still visible in the before picture.

The woman above had great features to work with, but although the results aren't necessarily bad, the design works against her natural beauty.

There are always exceptions where alteration for symmetry and beauty are required, but generally speaking, the template approach is undesirable.

Below is an example of a brow that is fitting to the structure of the woman's face.  The brow breaks appropriately outside of the iris and the bulb is feathered as to not create to much 'weight' at the center which would intensify her neutral expression toward looking angry.

The design above creates an open and lifted, youthful look without causing her to look surprised or like Tinkerbell's big sister.

May your eyebrow arches break naturally and may you be blessed with a full range of expressions available to you on your journey with permanent makeup.