Stencils and gauging device for aesthetically pleasing eyebrow shaping
View Patent ↗A novel gauging device and associated stencils facilitate the shaping of eyebrows according to a Golden Ratio standard. The gauging device is adapted to be placed over a woman's face and maintained in a fixed position relative to her eyes and nose. A nosepiece and knobs are adjusted such that a lower end of a guide rod may be rotated about various points relative to the nose and held in predetermined angles relative to the nose and eyes, possibly supported magnetically on a lower track adjacent the nostrils and an upper track above the eyebrows. An eyebrow stencil is held in a desired position relative to the previously positioned guide rod, which facilitates convenient application and symmetrical shaping, preferably with frictional clamps for permitting the stencil to be shifted in place so that a particular portion of the stencil is properly aligned with the guide rod after the guide rod has been aligned with an appropriate Golden Ratio marking on the stencil. Each stencil may be provided with more than one set of such markings to accommodate not only different eyebrows of different sizes, but also to adjust the eyebrow's ideal Golden Ratio “High Point” to complement facial proportions (preferably represented by a single Facial Ratio Value or “FRV” that takes into account several different measured ratios) that deviate substantially from an ideal Golden Ratio. A slim tab between the upper and the lower edges of the stencil cut-out preferably provides a convenient reference mark for the “High Point” of the unadjusted cut-out.
1. In an eyebrow stencil having an exemplary eyebrow arch cut-out with an exemplary Starting Point (“SP”) adjacent a blunt inner end of the cut-out, an exemplary End Point (“EP”) adjacent a tapered outer end of the cut-out, and an exemplary High Point (“HP”) positioned between the exemplary SP and the exemplary EP, the improvement comprising:
a set of EP offset markings adjacent the exemplary EP for determining a preferred EP offset corresponding to a difference between an exemplary SP to EP distance defined by the stencil cut-out and a preferred SP to EP distance defined by preferred SP and EP locations;
at least one set of HP markings adjacent the exemplary HP for determining a preferred HP location; and
means for associating each of the EP offset markings with a corresponding different one of the HP markings, such that when the stencil is placed with the exemplary SP over the preferred SP location, the preferred EP offset marking is over the preferred EP location and its associated HP marking is over the preferred HP location;
wherein each of the EP offset markings corresponds to at least three different HP markings, including a first corresponding marking for an ideal Golden Ratio (Simplified Facial Ratio Value (“SFRV”) is 0) a second corresponding marking for a positive SFRV, and a third corresponding marking for a negative SFRV.
2. The improved eyebrow stencil of claim 1 further comprising at least two additional sets of HP markings, including a set of positive HP markings for positive SFRV and a set of negative HP markings for negative SFRV.
3. The improved eyebrow stencil of claim 1 wherein the spacing between adjacent HP markings corresponds to a difference of one standard deviation in Facial Ratio Values, whereby two adjacent HP markings may correspond to the same EP offset marking, but for different SFRVs.