My favorite brow guru, Elke Von Freudenberg, actually sets up shop (half the time) at Slope Suds, right near me in Park Slope, Brooklyn. (She splits her time between NY and LA.)
I spoke to her this weekend and asked if she could share some tips with us on achieving the perfect brow, and she had some great ones!

1. When tweezing brows, hold the tip or slant of the tweezer against the skin the whole time as you tweeze going in the direction of hair growth. By keeping the tweezer against the skin, you keep away the ouch factor.
2. Avoid applying …read more

I have been stinky-stinky-stinky at getting these up like I wanted to, but here is lesson 2 of Elke’s basic makeup lessons – this one is on foundation. Elke shows us how to find the perfect color for your skin, and her trick to using concealer. Check out that brush she is using – she is very artistic, no? I have been so accustomed to my powder foundation, but she has made me want to get out my liquid again and play artist!

If you missed it before, Lesson 1 was Primer, and you can find it here. …read more

OMG when it rains it pours. Except never here on our ranch in Texas. However it rains and pours in Houston, on me. Think car trouble, middle of Houston, no AAA and no idea who to call to help me since my hubby works out of town during the week. Anyway, so sorry for the horrid lack of beauty around here for the last darned-near-two-weeks! Lets get back at it in a big way with a great how-to series from Elke at The Beauty Newsletter – she is marvelous! This is part one of …read more

Over the weekend I came across this video at Almost Girl that is an awesome live demonstration of Elke perfecting Julie’s eyebrows. You will get everything you ever wanted to know about shaping, arching, tweezing the perfect eyebrows. Don’t miss this if you are an eyebrow girl (which you should be!!), I thought I knew all there was to know about tweezing, but I picked up a tip or two I hadn’t heard before – I bet you will too.
Great job Elke and Julie – thanks for sharing!!