Line up the straight edge against the outside of your nostril and inside of your eye. Where the straight edge is, your eyebrow should begin. Mark this location with the brow pencil. Do this on both brows. Look straight ahead and line up the straight edge with the outside of your nose and your pupil to determine where your arch should be. Mark this location. Line up the straight edge with the outside of your nose and the outer edge of your eye to determine where your brow should end, and mark this spot.
Oval: Soft angled eyebrow shape Heart: Rounded eyebrow shape Long: Flat eyebrow shape Round: High arched eyebrow shape Square: Angled or curved eyebrow shape Diamond: Curved or rounded eyebrow shape
Always pluck from the bottom of your brow because if you pluck on top then that will set you up for a lifetime of stray forehead hair. Be very careful to avoid over-plucking. You can always pluck a few extra, but if you take it too far you’ll look severe and bare up top.
Carefully apply the wax strip over your eye and leave it for at least 30 seconds to let it set. Pull outwards firmly to remove the hairs and repeat on the other eye. Apply warm water to remove any left over wax, then apply cold water and moisturiser to soothe the skin.
Hold the string up to your eyebrow, as you make one circle larger and the other smaller, that middle part that is wound will grab hairs that is passes and remove them. Be very careful and practice slowly to get the hang of it. It’s easy to slide the thread quickly and tear out a lot of hair, and do so in the wrong direction. Use the thread to keep “brushing” the brow while you work, just swiping in an up-and-out direction. Use a moisturizing face wash afterwards to care for your skin.
For colored hair, if you don’t want to dye your eyebrows, use either black, or invest in a high quality eyeshadow and pencil combo in your color. Use a pigmented white cream and a spoolie to neutralize your darker hair color. It may take a few coats. Powder with transparent or translucent powder, and then apply your new color.
Get a small brush preferably an edged brush to fill in your eyebrows. Don’t go out of your eyebrow shape, you are just trying to darken it so work on darkening from the thickest part to the thinnest. Definitely work in the color at thinner spots, but not too much. If you want to just make your eyebrows become a bit darker, you should use an eye shadow the same color as your eyebrows, and if you can’t figure that out go with your natural hair color.
If you want an edgy punk type look you can use liner to outline your eyebrows then color it in darkly. Be careful when doing so! If you do that you may appear to have no eyebrows and you just colored it in.
Just dip a Q-Tip into the gel or Vaseline and gently smooth it onto your brows, giving a slightly glossy look. This helps to keep the color on your brows longer.
