1,2, 3 To Perfect At-Home Eye Brows

If there is one thing that I can say about getting my eyebrows done at a salon it is that I don't do it. I have been tweezing my own eye brows since the beginning of time. I would consider myself somewhat lucky because there is a lot of real estate just in case I make a mistake, but they are also super dark, so mistakes are more obvious. I think if you go to a salon to get them done, keep going. However, if you want a method that has been used forever and a day, keep reading.

Now, before I begin I figured I should explain why I don't get my eyebrows done professionally because I do have two reasons for it.

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if there is one thing I know about getting your eyebrows done professionally it is that sometimes the individual makes it so that you have to fill them in. They get them to this perfect shape, but it requires a pencil or wax and a powder. This is not necessarily bad if you want to fill them in all of the time; however, it is also awful if you don't want to fill them in. I know for myself, I am not a morning person. I hate waking up early and filling in eyebrows is the last thing I want to do, so if you want to wake up and go, having someone who gets happy with tweezing is not a good thing.
The second reason over-tweezing is bad is that sometimes you don't get the chance to grow them back in and try again with someone new. Unfortunately, eyebrows are finicky and what will often occur is that hair will not grow back where it once resided. For those of you who have done this you are already familiar. However, if you haven't, just think about the hair under your brown before you started tweezing. I remember when I first realized I needed to get my eyebrows tweezed. I had what essentially looked centipedes growing on my face. However, over the years of maintaining my brows, I noticed that below my brow, the hair wouldn't grow back as plentiful and if it does, it is much lighter. So, if you do get an over tweezer, look for someone new immediately or just start doing it yourself, but be very careful.

The 1,2,3 in Tweezing

1. Set yourself up at a mirror. I prefer to stand up when I do this because it means I am further away from a mirror. I think this is better because it forces you to stand back and look at your brows after plucking a couple of hairs.

2. Grab yourself a long make-up brush and put it next to the thin part of your nose. You don't want to put it next to your nostril, but rather on top where the thin part begins. Angle the brush so it creates a line to the outer part of your whole eye. This is where your eyebrow should start. Mark that spot with an eyeliner pencil. If you have hairs that go outside of that spot, you can carefully pluck them. My picture isn't the greatest because I don't have a model nose for showing this since I have smallish nostrils, but it should give you a good idea.

3. Next you will want to make sure your brush is back in the proper place against your nose, and looking straight ahead, connect the brush so that it starts at your nose and goes right over your pupil. This is where your arch should start or in plainer terms, this is where the brow should start to get thinner.

4. Next you will want to take the brush back and position it straight up. This is where your brow should end.

So, these are the simple steps to determining where your eyebrow should begin, arch and end. From there you can begin to pluck the hairs carefully under your eyebrow along their natural row. You don't want to pluck too much, so you may wish to use a stencil to determine thickness or just just a hair or two and step back to see how you have done. Remember that one hair can make a huge difference.

Also, some say it is a myth that you shouldn't pluck above your brow and others say it is truth. I personally never pluck above my brows unless there is peach fuzz or thin hairs above. Instead, I use a beauty trimmer or pair of nail scissors to trim the hairs evenly along that arch. Here are two pen trimmers that Ulta carries. I have the second one only because it came in pretty colors. It is quite effective even though Remington is a more reputable brand.