How to: strong eyebrow game
I am always amazed at how many people I see with bad eyebrows. Whether that be because of their over-use of tweezers or lack of tweezing completely; or because they either use eyebrow pencil in the wrong way or are yet to discover it at all. Either way, I think having good eyebrows is essential; they act as a way to frame your features and effect the way your whole face looks. When faced with the question 'if you could only ever use one makeup product, what would it be?', most girls struggle between foundation or mascara. For me, the answer is always eyebrow pencil. I don't wear foundation anyway so that isn't an option for me but I'm pretty sure I could live without all my eye make-up as long as I had eyebrow pencil. If your lucky enough to have dark and defined eyebrows then you might not actually need it, but even though I'm a natural brunette, my eyebrows are really blond. Everyone has different natural eyebrow shapes but if you follow these 3 simple rules about shaping then you'll never have to worry again.
A lot of girls seem unsure about where their eyebrows should start. Some people seem so paranoid about having a monobrow, that they end up plucking their eyebrows way too much and ending up with a huge gap inbetween them. To find a good starting point you should use your mouth as an anchor. Use a makeup brush, or a cotton bud or a pen (any thing straight will work) and hold the end of it at the corner of your mouth. Position it so it's pressed against the side of your nose, passing the corner of your eye, and the point where it meets your eyebrow is where your eyebrow should start.
Most people have a natural arch anyway so it's the easiest part to find but if you've been over-plucking for a long time then you might not be able to tell where it is anymore. A lot of girls know the correct shape to have, but end up creating an arch in the wrong place so their eyebrows don't actually frame their eyes. To find this, use the same straight object you used before and place the end at the side of your nose right at the end. Look straight ahead, and position the object so it passes through the centre of your pupil and then up to your eyebrow. The point where it meets should be your arch.
The end isn't as important as most people tend to leave they're natural eyebrow length alone. Just incase though; there's a rule to find that too. Using the same object again, position the end of it at the corner of your mouth and align it so that it meets the corner of your eye. Where it meets your eyebrow is where your eyebrow should end. Once you've got the shaping down to an art, you can add eyebrow pencil. I'd go with a soft pencil or shadow, as some people use the felt pen styles and it can make your eyebrows look really false. Using small strokes, fill in your eyebrows, shading over any gaps. I tend to do the edges first and then fill in the middle but do whatever works for you and then pluck any remaining stray hairs. Obviously you can have your eyebrows whatever thickness you want; I'm going through a phase of liking my eyebrows thick but I swap between thin and thick all the time. As long you stick to the same shape, any thickness will look good. Follow these 3 simple steps and your eyebrow game will be forever strong.
A lot of girls seem unsure about where their eyebrows should start. Some people seem so paranoid about having a monobrow, that they end up plucking their eyebrows way too much and ending up with a huge gap inbetween them. To find a good starting point you should use your mouth as an anchor. Use a makeup brush, or a cotton bud or a pen (any thing straight will work) and hold the end of it at the corner of your mouth. Position it so it's pressed against the side of your nose, passing the corner of your eye, and the point where it meets your eyebrow is where your eyebrow should start.
Most people have a natural arch anyway so it's the easiest part to find but if you've been over-plucking for a long time then you might not be able to tell where it is anymore. A lot of girls know the correct shape to have, but end up creating an arch in the wrong place so their eyebrows don't actually frame their eyes. To find this, use the same straight object you used before and place the end at the side of your nose right at the end. Look straight ahead, and position the object so it passes through the centre of your pupil and then up to your eyebrow. The point where it meets should be your arch.
The end isn't as important as most people tend to leave they're natural eyebrow length alone. Just incase though; there's a rule to find that too. Using the same object again, position the end of it at the corner of your mouth and align it so that it meets the corner of your eye. Where it meets your eyebrow is where your eyebrow should end. Once you've got the shaping down to an art, you can add eyebrow pencil. I'd go with a soft pencil or shadow, as some people use the felt pen styles and it can make your eyebrows look really false. Using small strokes, fill in your eyebrows, shading over any gaps. I tend to do the edges first and then fill in the middle but do whatever works for you and then pluck any remaining stray hairs. Obviously you can have your eyebrows whatever thickness you want; I'm going through a phase of liking my eyebrows thick but I swap between thin and thick all the time. As long you stick to the same shape, any thickness will look good. Follow these 3 simple steps and your eyebrow game will be forever strong.
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