When shaping your brows at home you need to determine the purpose for grooming. Is it that they are overgrown, sparse, or shapeless and need some maintenance?
Well-shaped brows will always help frame your face.
Shapeless: In other words, you are looking to accentuate and define. The first step to any brow journey is mapping – this is a technique used by beauty industry experts and brow specialists. You must identify:
- Where your eyebrow should start: Use your brow pencil or finger to draw a straight line from the tip of your nose at the right and left-hand side, up to the brow to see where it should start.
- Map out the arch in your eyebrow: Angle your brow pencil from the side of the nose through the iris of your eye to your brow to find the midpoint, which should be the peak of your arch.
- Where your eyebrow should end: Point your pencil from the side of the nose to the end of your brow and mark the line where your brow’s tail should end.
This will be your perfect brow shape.
Overgrown: Having too much brow hair is better than having less, it allows room to experiment with shapes and thickness. After mapping take a spoolie and brush the hairs up, trim any stray hairs along the top edge of your brows using a small, curved brow scissor with a rounded tip. The final step is to tweeze any strays. Maintenance is key to keeping brows in shape.
Sparse: Do not worry if your brows aren’t as full as you’d like, the power and creativity of makeup can fix that. Choose your desired brow formula such as a pomade, pencil, or pen, and use to fill and shape your eyebrows. Again, trailing the route of your brow map, draw thin hair-like strokes to create dimension and your desired brow shape.
