Beauty trends come and go with each season, but there’s one that never fades away – it’s all about full, beautifully shaped eyebrows that have permanently banished the thin arches of the ’90s. Aiming for eyebrows like Cara Delevingne and Lily Collins, we’ve all stocked up on eyebrow pencils, gels, and mascaras, and that’s where the trick we’re about to reveal comes in handy.
To achieve the perfect eyebrow shape, the secret lies in applying makeup and shaping your eyebrows in the usual way before removing any unwanted hair. This technique will prevent you from overdoing it and spoiling the shape of your eyebrows, which can easily happen if you haven’t filled in the gaps beforehand. It’s simple!
Tips for maintaining perfect eyebrows
To lend you a helping hand, we’ve come up with a small list of the best tips for maintaining your eyebrows and keeping the perfect shape at all times:
- Use tweezers to pluck one hair at a time to reduce the risk of creating patches or irritating the skin, ensuring a more precise shape.
- If you experience pain while plucking your eyebrows, apply a moisturizing cream or Vaseline before softening the skin to make plucking easier.
- Keep your eyebrows looking tidy by regularly trimming them – simply comb the hairs with a spoolie brush and trim them with small eyebrow scissors. Trim only the longest hairs to reduce the risk of creating gaps.
- If you have thin eyebrows and want to naturally thicken them, there are products available, such as growth serums.
How to achieve the perfect eyebrow shape through drawing
If you’re altering your eyebrow shape by drawing them, you’ll first need to draw the perfect eyebrow shape that you’ll follow. If you’re unsure how to draw eyebrows, you can find templates online to help you refine your shape. For those who want to try it themselves, you’ll need a ruler. Start by placing the ruler so that it touches the outer corner of your nose and extends to the outer corner of your eye. You want to draw a faint line where the eyebrow line begins to curve. While holding the ruler in place, gently tilt it so that it passes by your pupil and draw another line. Tilt it again until you reach the outer corner of your eye and draw the line. This will be the basis of your eyebrow shape. Based on the three points you’ve just drawn, representing the start, highest point of the arch, and end of the eyebrow, draw a line that defines the perfect shape of your eyebrows.
