How To Create Perfect Brows

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If you want perfect eyebrows, you have a few options: you can go to a salon and get them waxed or threaded, or you could can create the perfect shape yourself. First figure out what shape is best for your face, then decide how thick or thin to go and shape your brows using tweezers and an eyebrow pencil. With great eyebrows, you can be one step closer to that movie star look. Grab those tweezers!

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Find the place where your brows should begin. Finding just the right spot for your inner brows to start is key to creating perfect brows, since starting too far in could throw off the balance of your face.^[1] To figure out where your inner brows should start, use the following technique:
- As a general starting point, take a pencil or other long, thin instrument and line it up with the inside corner of your eye. The place where the instrument overlaps your brow is where it should begin. Mark the spot by making a dot there with an eyeliner pencil. Repeat on the other side.
- However, if you have close-set eyes, space your brows a bit farther apart. If you have wide-set eyes, space your brows a little closer together. This helps to balance your features.
- If you're not sure what will look best, consider visiting a trained esthetician for a brow mapping session. The esthetician will use your eyes and nose as guides to create brows that will frame and accentuate your features.^[2]
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Find the spot where your eyebrow arch should peak. Most eyebrows naturally arch around the eye, and finding the place where the arch peaks is essential to making them look perfect. Use the same long, thin instrument to figure out where your arch should peak by following this technique:^[3]
- Look straight ahead in the mirror and line up the instrument with the outer edge of your nostril and the outer edge of your iris. The place where the instrument crosses your brow is where your arch should peak. Mark it with a dot using an eyeliner pencil. Repeat on the other side.
- If you have a round face, aim for a more angular brow. Alternatively, choose a softly rounded brow if you have a square or oblong face.
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Determine where your brow should end. Finding the right place for brow to end is as important as where it begins. You want your brows to frame your eyes gracefully. Find the right spot by lining up the long, thin instrument in this way:^[4]
- Line up the instrument from the edge of your nostril to the outer corner of your eye. The place where the instrument crosses your outer brow is the place where it should end. Mark the spot with a dot using an eyeliner pencil.
- However, if you have a long face, extend your brows out a little further. If you have a wide face, the outer ends of your brows should be thinner and more delicate.
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Decide how thick you want your brows to be. Perfect eyebrows for someone else may not be perfect eyebrows for you. Sometimes thick, bushy eyebrows are in style, and sometimes more people prefer them to be thin and well-tailored. Think about what style you're going for before you dive into plucking your brows. The thickness of your eyebrows is a personal decision that should be influenced by the following factors:
- The size of your eyes. If your eyes are on the bigger side, thicker brows can help balance them out. If they're small, thick brows might overshadow them, so you'll want to choose a brow thickness that's slightly thinner.
- The size of your lips. A good general rule of thumb is that your eyebrows should be about the same thickness as your upper lip. This can help 'tie the look together'. If you look at pictures of models in magazines than you'll notice this is the case with many of them.
- The distance between your brows and your eyes. If you have a low brow bone that is set close to your eyes, you'll want to pull up your brows a bit to lighten the area. If you have a high brow line spaced well above your eyes, heavier brows might provide a more balanced look. However, you should avoid tweezing the hair above your brows, rather than below, to create less space above the brows.

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Brush your brow hairs up. Take a small eyebrow brush or a fine-toothed comb and brush the hairs up in the direction they grow. This will make it easier to figure out which hairs need to be plucked.
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Outline the desired shape of your brows. If you have random hairs below or to the sides of the your brows, you'll want to remove them. Connect the dots you drew when determining the desired shape of your brows. If you have practice tweezing your eyebrows, you could draw the outline freehand using an eyebrow pencil. Alternatively, you can get an eyebrow stencil from a beauty supply store or online and trace the stencil with an eyebrow pencil.
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Tweeze the hairs outside the outline. Now it's time to start shaping your brows according to the plans you laid out. Make sure you're in a well-lit area so that you don't accidentally tweeze too much. Hold the skin taut, grasp each hair firmly with the tweezers, and pluck 1 hair at a time in the direction they grow.^[5]
- Start with the inner brow, closest to your nose. Use the tweezers to pluck the hairs that are closer to your nose than the dot.
- Tweeze the hairs that fall outside the dot on your outer brow.
- Tweeze hairs above and below the arch area. Look at the place where your arch should peak and carefully tweeze around it to make the peak slightly more prominent.
- Tweeze the bottom of the brow. Pluck stray hairs under your brow and shape the bottom. If you decided you want thick brows, stop after plucking the hairs that grow outside the brow. If you want thinner brows, carefully pluck the underside of the brow to lighten it up.
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Tweeze the other brow. Now that you've shaped the first one, take extra care to make sure the other brow matches it in shape and size. Use the same method to tweeze the hairs on the inside of the inner brow dot, the outside of the outer brow dot, around the arch peak, and on the underside of the brow. Examine both brows in the mirror to make sure they are even.
- Keep in mind that eyebrows are never exactly symmetrical, but they should arch in the same place and be as even as possible.^[6]
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Don't over-tweeze. Avoid the temptation to keep tweezing hairs in order to create 2 perfectly even brows. You risk plucking away too much hair. Eyebrow hair can take 6 - 8 weeks to grow back, and sometimes it's gone for good. Take care of the hair you have.
- Over-tweezing, waxing, or threading can thin your brows permanently.^[7]

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Fill in the brows . Take an eyebrow pencil in a shade close to that of your brows and make light strokes in the direction that your hair grows to help fill out your look. Eyebrow hair doesn't usually grow completely evenly, so filling in the gaps is a necessity for creating the perfect brows.^[8]
- Don't create an arch where there isn't one, or try to lengthen your brows with a pencil. It will be too obvious that you drew extra parts.
- For the most natural look, select an eyebrow pencil 1 or 2 shades lighter than the natural color of your brows.
- For a heavier look, choose an eyebrow pencil that's a shade or 2 darker than your natural brow shade.
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Use a brow comb. Gently comb them into shape so that no hairs are poking up in the wrong direction. If you filled in your brows with pencil, take care not to smudge it when you comb your brows.
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Apply brow gel. This helps your brows stay in place all day, and prevents them from getting messy under windy conditions. Apply a dab to the inner part of your brow and either smooth it to the outer part of your brow with the tip of your finger or use the brow brush to comb it in.
- If you don't have brow gel, you can use hairspray instead. Spray your finger with hair spray and wipe it across your brow.
- You can also use a dab of petroleum jelly in place of brow gel.

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Tailor your brows to balance out the shapes that your face naturally has. If you have a round face, for example, do a sharp brow with a strong arch. Or, if your face is square or more angular, try a softer, rounded brow and arch.
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If they're overplucked, let them grow in for 2-3 weeks then get them professionally shaped. Clean up stray hairs once a week and fill in any thin areas with powder that's slightly lighter than your brow's natural color. Finish by sculpting with clear brow gel.
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Can I get my eyebrows to grow back?

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Karina Villalta is a certified Esthetician and Owner of Oh Sweet and Sugar and Shears, a skincare and hair removal service located in Seattle and Kirkland, Washington. With over eight years of experience, Karina specializes in eyebrow shaping, a hair removal technique called sugaring, and organic facials. Karina started her career and was trained at Benefit Cosmetics Brow Bar. Since opening her own business, Karina ensures her clients are educated about their skin and helps them implement personalized skincare routines.

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How do I do my eyebrows if they're light blond and look weird when I fill them in brown?

Use a brow pencil in either taupe or blonde; it will add color without making them look super dark. NYX has a good microbrow pencil for under $10, and Anastasia Beverly Hills is known for its amazing brow pencil if you can pay a bit more.

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To minimize the pain of plucking, do it right after you get out of the shower.
Never shave them as you will get dry skin and they will become itchy.
To minimize the pain, wash your face with warm water. This will open up your eyebrow-pores and make the pain bearable.
Pluck in the evening so you skin has time for the redness to go away.
Don't compare your eyebrows with other people's eyebrows, as yours will be of a different shape, shade and size.

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Eyeliner
Long, thin pencil or other instrument
Eyebrow pencil
Eyebrow comb
Tweezers
Mirror
Eyebrow gel

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To get the perfect eyebrows, first determine your brow shape. Line a pencil up against the inner corner of your eye and the diagonals from your nostril to the outer edge of your iris and to the corner of your eye. This will help you see the best places for your eyebrows to start, peak, and end. Outline the brow shape you want and brush your brow hairs up, then tweeze the hairs outside the outline. For a fuller look, fill in your brows with a brow pencil in a matching shade and carefully comb them into shape. For more tips on tweezing and matching your brows to your face shape, read on!

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