Cynthea Wight Hausman "Arch Angel" of Burlington, picks Miss America. Cynthea's Spa is one of the sponsors of Miss Vermont and we are so excited for next week's competition. It has been a tradition to look over all of this year's Miss America Contestants (52!), evaluate and critique their eye brows and choose a winner! Enjoy!
Miss Alabama - Really great, balanced brow shape. Good color match also. If I'm being picky, the brow could start a bit closer to the mid-line of her face. You should be able to draw a line straight up from the outside corner of your nose to the inside corner of the eye and meet the brow. Her brow starts a bit further away.
Miss Alaska - I would have kept her brows a bit fuller and strengthen the arch. Good color and length.
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Miss Arizona - OK brows. Good shape, color and length. The size and shape suit her face.
Miss Arkansas -I would have filled her brows in a bit darker. Good size and shape. Usually brow color is slightly darker then your hair color.
Miss California - Great brow color but, her brows are the same width the whole way around the arch. Brows should taper from the top of the arch to the tail.
Miss Colorado - Way too thin, light and curved. The arch lifts too late and in this photo makes her eyes look off.
Miss Connecticut - Too thin, too light.
Miss DC - Good color, good shape but, they need to be filled in a little to even the color. This picture make the brow look sparse.
Miss Delaware -These brows look drawn on. Too thin, too much the same width. Not natural at all.
Miss Florida -Too long - I would bring her brow wider. Too much the same width. Needs to be fuller in the body of the brow and taper from the top of the arch to the tail.
Miss Georgia -Whoa! Her arch peaks too late and it forces her eyes to appear too wide apart. She has beautiful big eyes to begin with. I would reshape her brows to peak earlier.
Miss Hawaii - Really great, balanced brow shape. They look very natural, but I would fill them in a little more on the tails.
Miss Idaho -Meh brows. Too bad her dress outshines her face. You need to choose at least one feature to stand out against a dress like this.
Miss Illinois - OK brow shape but, the inside line is too square.
Miss Indiana - The peak of her arch is too far away from her iris. It looks very flat.
Miss Iowa - Uneven and too small.
Miss Kansas -Too dark, too short and wrecks this photo for me.
Miss Kentucky -I'm on the fence - I like her right brow better then the left.
Miss Louisiana - Not great, not bad - I think the shape just needs to be defined a bit more.
Miss Maine - Good color, good length but, the top and bottom lines of the brow are not parallel. This makes the upward angle a bit sharp.
Miss Maryland -Good color, a bit long and too much the same width. I would let the arch section grow in reshape the peak.
Miss Massachusetts - Blah. Too much the same width. OK color. This brow does nothing to open her eyes or give her any lift.
Miss Michigan -Way too thin.
Miss Minnesota - Too small, too pointy, the arch comes too early.
Miss Mississippi - These are OK brows - they could be slightly larger. It would give a stronger arch.
Miss Missouri - Good brow shape, good color. Could have a stronger arch.
Miss Montana - I like these brows. I like her right better than the left. No one has two brows that are exactly the same - check out Marilyn Monroe pictures - even she had two different brows.
Miss Nebraska - I guess we always have to have one picture of someone up against the wall - do we really? Well, she is only 17. Her brows are too small, too thin and incomplete.
Miss Nevada - I like the color of her brows, but they are not a strong enough arch.
Miss New Hampshire -Too pointy, like Jack-O-Lantern brows. The body of the brow is the same length as the tail.
Miss New Jersey - Too long, too round on the end of her brow - it forces the top of the arch to far away from where it should be.
Miss New Mexico - I generally like these brow but, they could be a bit darker.
Miss New York - Too round, the arch comes too late. Your arch should line up from the out side corner of your nostril, to between the middle of your iris (the dark part of your eye) to where the color part of your eye meets the white. These are between the color part and the outside corner.
Miss North Carolina - Too small and I always wanted to see my Miss America Candidate getting ready for her Victoria Secret shoot.
Miss North Dakota - Very natural and would only need a tiny bit of shaping.
Miss Ohio -Too short and not even. Hello photoshop!
Miss Oklahoma - This is the shape we call "The Comma" - round near the nose and straight with no arch. A few years ago many folks had this shape. Most of the time this happens when folks wax above the brow line and take too much off the arch from above. It flattens out the arch and this is what you are left with.
Miss Oregon - Right shape - WAY too thin.
Miss Pennsylvania -Too round! I need to think up a name for this shape - it seems to be shape of the season!
Miss Puerto Rico - Hard to really see her brows but, what I can see - I like.
Miss Rhode Island - If you think of a brow as being made up of two lines (top and bottom) they should be parallel to the top of the arch and then turn to taper and meet at the end. The top line of these brows are OK. The bottom line doesn't turn at the same spot and causes the arch to turn later than they should. An easy fix to a long description would be to pluck a few hair from the underside of the brow. I love the color of the brow.
Miss South Dakota - Hello? I know she's only 20 years old but, BROWS! Really, please come and see me immediately. I love natural but, what?
Miss South Carolina -Too small, too light.
Miss Tennessee -Her left brow is perfect! Finally! But, the right to too flat.
Miss Texas - If only we could take one more row of hair from the underside of this brow - then it would be awesome! And fill in the little divot on the top.
Miss Utah -Oh, Utah I expected more of you. Too thin, too small.
Miss Vermont! -To my Miss Caroline - I wish I had gotten my hands on you before this shoot. You do have wonderful brows but, we needed to fill them in a bit more for those blonies to show up.
Miss Virgin Islands - Good strong brow - I think the gold highlight is actually taking away from being able to see the arch.
Miss Virginia - It's an OK brow, the taper on the tail makes it really thin.
Miss Washington -Would love to see an actual taper on the tail of this brow. It just abruptly ends.
Miss West Virginia -Oval brow, no real arch and too small.
Miss Wisconsin -It's hard to tell by the angle of the photo how the eye and brow line up . To me it looks like the body of the brow is too ling and the tail is too short.
Miss Wyoming -Good body of the brow and too thin of a tail.
WOW, that was a crazy amount of brows to evaluate in one sitting. An overall trend was misalignment of the top of the arch. Let me point you to my blog entry all about how to properly measure your brows - I hope it will demystify brow geometry.
My pick for Miss America (based only on her brows) is . . .
Miss Montana . . . Kacie West!
Congrats and good luck to all of these beautiful, intelligent women.
Cynthea
5 comments:
Awesome insight! You totally noticed things that I wouldn't have considered.
You do know brows! We're so lucky to have your spa in Burlington. Kim A.
It's amazing -- as beautiful as all these young women are -- the right brow color and shape really changes how you perceive their expressions. It really does change how I react to the photo. So... who has the winning brows?
Great idea! It's interesting to see how ladies with "professionals" doing their face still have brow mishaps! Keep track of how your brow winners compare to actual winners!
Cynthea is the Brow Queen of Burlington! No one else touches mine and I recommend her to all my friends and colleagues.
-Gen Burnell
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