Eyebrow shaping is an integral part of most grooming routines. While waxing offers speed and precision, it takes skill and experience to execute. People of all skill levels, on the other hand, can perform tweezing. Tweezing provides ultimate control, and keeps skin free of hair for up to three weeks.
Step 1
Brush your brows up and out with the brow brush. Study your brows in the mirror. Determine the natural shape of your brows, and decide how you would like your brows to look when finished. Stay true to your brow’s natural shape when planning to avoid unnecessary plucking and time-consuming upkeep. Place a brow stencil over your brow and outline the shape with a brow pencil if you cannot envision a good shape for your brows.
Step 2
Remove hairs growing outside of the desired shape with the tweezers. Grasp each hair individually with the tweezers, and pull quickly in the direction of hair growth.
Step 3
Start removing hairs between the brows first. Stop frequently to check progress. Shape underneath the eyebrows by removing hairs closest to the bottom hairline first and working your way up and into the shape. Stop and step back from the mirror after every five plucks to see how the shape is coming along. Focus on one eyebrow until it is finished before moving on to the next.
Step 4
Use the first eyebrow as a template for the second brow. Compare brows for evenness and shape. Remove additional hairs if necessary. Comb brows into shape with brow brush.
Tips and Warnings
- Browse through fashion magazines to see how different types of eyebrows are shaped and arched. Popular fashion includes a variety of brow shapes and thicknesses. Choose a shape that closely matches the natural growth pattern of your brows for best results.
- Do not shape the top of your eyebrows. Leave the natural growth pattern intact. If you must remove a few errant hairs, do so. However, do not remove any hair that changes the shape of the tops of your brows. Do not over pluck. Excessive tweezing may result in eyebrows that are too thin and bald patches. Those who repeatedly remove too much hair may permanently lose the ability to grow hair in tweezed areas.
Things You'll Need
- Tweezers
- Brow brush
- Lighted magnifying mirror
- Brow stencils (optional)
- Brow pencil
References
- "Milady's Standard Textbook of Cosmetology"; Milady, Diane Carol Bailey and Margrit Attenburg; 2008
- Good Housekeeping: Brow-Shaping Tool Kit
- Marie Claire: Don’t Overpluck Those Brows
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