Eyebrows

[ChloeL]

Hey all, I was just wondering what the general opinion is here about eyebrows.  I try to keep mine nicely trimmed and shaped, but some girls I work with and some of my friends keep theirs shaped even more radically.  Some don't seem to trim theirs at all.  In most cases it doesn't make a huge amount of difference if their eyes are pretty and they use the right eye makeup.  But there are a few girls I know that I really think could make their eyes so much prettier by paying more attention to their brows.

 

I was just wondering what is the general opinion about eyebrows?  I think they should be trimmed and shaped some, but going really radical on the thinness of your brows is just personal preference.

[Mmindy]

Hey there Chloe,

 

Before I started transitioning, I would let may eyebrows grow until my barber agreed to cut them for free. That was five years ago, now I look at them every morning. I pluck them back so that there are two distinctly different browns. (joking) I never was a very hairy person. I'm at a point where I'm considering the options of having a salon do them for me. I have a nail appointment every three weeks, so why not start an eyebrow schedule.

 

Looking forward to others chiming in.

 

Mindy🐛🏳️‍⚧️🦋

[April Marie]

I keep mine trimmed and plucked - but not too thin a line. I try to shape them a bit wider on the inside and taper to a thinner line on the outside. I'm not a fan of either too fat or too thin - I guess I take the Goldilocks approach. Just right.

[Maddee]

I liked the plucked arch.  My first electrolygist showed me how.   I even got compliments on them sometimes.  
 My second electrolygist insisted I stop.  Apparently the plucked thinner arch  brows have been out of style or something...  

She’s an experienced cosmetic pro who actually cleared my face!  So I stopped last year. They grew back.  

Now I pluck just a little and hit ‘em with a trimmer every few days.  
 

Saw a cool rockabilly type girl working at a thrift store last week.  Her brows were plucked thin and dramatic.  She looked so cool

[MirandaB]

I never liked them so thin, hope they stay out of style forever. 

 

I've had mine waxed or threaded multiple times, plucking was too frustrating for me. Rather have someone else deal out the pain.

[Allison_Marie]

I think brows are important from my experience in the fashion industry, but they don't have to be overly thin at all.  As has been mentioned, that look is largely out now.  They really mostly need to be free of stray hairs.

 

One thing to remember that is always important with the makeup artists I have worked with:  The highest point of the brow should be in a direct line between the side of your nostril on that side, through your pupil.  I just use an eyebrow pencil to make sure I get this right when tweezing my brows.

 

I have used this diagram in the past for myself and some of the girls I know:

https://media.theeverygirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/TheEverygirl-WhatisEyebrowMapping.png

 

I agree brows are important, Chloe.  Thanks for bringing this subject up.

[Allison_Marie]

I would also add that I've been told, a woman's longest lashes should be under the same point that is the highest point of the brow, but I know that's really tough to do, lol.

 

I guess I've worked in the fashion industry too long, so much of it is about ratios lol.

[ChloeL]

Thanks for the advice Allision about using the brow pencil to show the best place to have the brow arch.  I got it pretty close!

[Madison_1990]

I think any shape works as long as it's well defined and as Allison said, get rid of the stray hairs.

 

I find that's what really separate a male brow from a woman's.

[Tilly]

On 5/13/2023 at 12:33 AM, Madison_1990 said:

I think any shape works as long as it's well defined and as Allison said, get rid of the stray hairs.

 

I find that's what really separate a male brow from a woman's.

 

Agreed. Personally I don't like the trend for really heavily dyed / threaded brows but it's easy to go too thin too. 

 

Plucking the strays and a gentle shape are the keys for me.

[Tilly]

p.s. But I do think eyebrows are really important female signifiers, like hair.

[Tilly]

Oh and I also now dye my own. Easy to do. I use Eylure Dybrow but there are loads around.