How to take care of your eyebrows?

To achieve a beautiful eyebrow shape, regular plucking is necessary. However, it is advised not to do it too often, as it may disrupt the growth of the hairs. Indeed, professionals recommend avoiding plucking a hair that is just starting to grow, as this could destabilize the hair follicle cycle. It thus seems preferable to wait for the hair to reach its normal size before removing it. Moreover, when you pluck your eyebrows, make sure to do it in the direction of hair growth. Plucking against the grain could damage the hair follicle and the hairs may subsequently not grow correctly.

Advice : If you pluck your own eyebrows, we recommend using tweezers instead of wax or thread, as this method is easier to implement and more precise.

Regular brushing of one's eyebrows using a small, specially designed brush aids in their care. Indeed, in addition to shaping them and giving them a neat appearance, brushing one's eyebrows helps to remove dead cells, dust, and impurities accumulated throughout the day. Regular brushing thus contributes to keeping the eyebrows clean and healthy. Finally, it helps to evenly distribute eyebrow care products, such as oils or serums, thereby enhancing their effectiveness.

While it's common to regularly exfoliate the skin or scalp, eyebrow scrubs are less widespread. However, they have numerous benefits for this sensitive area of the face. Just like those intended for the rest of the body, eyebrow scrubs should be performed once a week and help to rid the skin beneath the hairs of dead cells. Moreover, they help to reduce the risk of ingrown hairs.

Note : ensure to use a scrub specifically formulated for eyebrows to avoid damaging this delicate area.

To care for and enhance your eyebrows, we recommend regularly applying a serum or nourishing vegetable oil. By strengthening the fibers of the eyebrow hairs, these treatments also help to coat them. Among the most recommended oils, we find the avocado oil, the coconut oil and the castor oil, all three of which have proven nourishing virtues.

You can also turn to the eyelash and eyebrow serum from Typology. Enriched with pea peptides (INCI: Pisum Sativum (Pea) Peptide) and castor oil (INCI: Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil), it strengthens and fortifies the eyelashes and eyebrows. It can be applied morning and evening and does not need to be removed with a makeup remover.

If you are a fan of eyebrow makeup, it's crucial to remember to properly remove it at night. Indeed, makeup that is not removed weighs down the eyebrows and weakens them. This can lead to increased eyebrow hair loss. To avoid this inconvenience, it's important to remove the makeup. For this, use a gentle makeup remover, like our cleansing oil with a minimalist formula or our biphasic makeup remover enriched with strengthening, densifying, and nourishing active ingredients.

A healthy and balanced diet greatly contributes to health and well-being. It also plays a role at the hair level and helps to strengthen hair and eyebrows. Indeed, a diet rich in nutrients such as vitamin B, magnesium, and iron helps to strengthen hair follicles and thus contributes to eyebrow care. These nutrients are particularly found in whole grains, legumes, certain meats, and some fish.

The underlying mechanisms vary depending on the nutrients. In the case of iron, it is known that this element is a cofactor of the ribonucleotide reductase, an enzyme that limits the speed of DNA synthesis. The cells of the hair follicle matrix are among the cells that divide the fastest in the body and can be extremely sensitive even to a minor decrease in the availability of iron. Thus, an iron deficiency can lead to a decrease in eyebrow growth.

It should also be noted that vitamin B deficiencies have been linked to hair loss. Although the mechanisms at work are not fully understood, it is known that certain forms of vitamin B, such as vitamin B2, play a role in cellular development and energy production. Lastly, magnesium is necessary for the activation of enzymes involved in protein synthesis, including keratin. These enzymes are responsible for converting amino acids into polypeptide chains, which then combine to form the structure of keratin.

The consumption ofantioxidants, such as vitamins A and E, flavonoids, and carotenoids, is also recommended. These compounds protect the cells of our body from free radicals, including those at the eyebrow level. Free radicals, generated by overexposure to the sun, tobacco, or even an unbalanced diet, damage cells and DNA. They can also attack the hair follicles of the eyebrows and disrupt their cycle, causing them to enter the telogen, or shedding phase, more quickly. However, free radicals can be neutralized by antioxidants. Spices like turmeric and saffron, dried fruits and nuts, green tea, broccoli, artichokes, salmon, and red tuna are all foods rich in antioxidants.

As previously explained, free radicals are harmful to the eyebrows. Therefore, it is essential to protect them from UV and other forms of oxidative stress. To do this, we recommend incorporating antioxidant products into your skincare routine. Antioxidant serums or creams are generally not intended for the eyebrows but rather for the entire face. However, do not hesitate to also apply them to your eyebrows, in order to protect them from free radicals.

sunscreen , we recommend not to forget your eyebrows. They too will benefit from the protection it provides and will thus be shielded from UV rays, which generate oxidative stress.

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