Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I have no complaints about the shape, color or fullness of my eyebrows. What I'm looking for is a product that has some "hold strength" to keep my unruly eyebrow hair in place. Can you suggest a product to do the job? — Barb B.
Dear Barb: If you shop for cosmetics, you know that there has been an explosion of treatments to darken, lighten, remove, shape, thicken and lengthen your eyebrows. So, no surprise that my research turned up a dazzling number of clear gels — which is what you are looking for — to tame those brows. Fortunately I have located a person with a lot of fortitude who spent three months testing a total of 32 clear brow gels on her own eyebrows.
Rio Viera-Newton, a beauty columnist for the Strategist feature at New York magazine (nymag.com), concluded that the winner was e.l.
f. Brow Lift (target.com, $6) and the sold-separately e.
l.f. Brow Loft applicator ($4).
Runner-up was REFY Brow Sculpt Shape and Hold Gel with Lamination Effect (sephora.com, us.refybeauty.
com , $24). In a pinch, use clear ChapStik. Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I am looking for a garment to wear under my new, rather short, body-skimming knit dress.
Ideally it would be like a half slip but culotte style that you step into. I'm thinking this product would add a bit of modesty when I sit down. Does such an item exist? — No Name Please Dear N.
N.P.: Yes, and they've been around for decades.
You want some pettipants! They mostly come in black, beige and white. You can.
