Sounds great, but if your natural brow is not shaped this way, you'll probably end up with overplucked, pencilled brows.This may look amazing on photos, with appropriate make up, but in reality, you're messing up your facial proportions.
There's nothing more beautiful and flattering for your facial structure than your own natural, well-groomed, set of brows. And despite the "myths", I'd say it's never too late to grow your them back.
All it takes is patience! ^^
Tips on how to grow your eyebrows back:
- I would recommend commiting yourself to this process little by little, perhaps you could consider sporting a fringe, as a temporary solution to cover up the "mess".
-If your eyebrows are severely overplucked, you could start by initially growing the first two thirds, and then move on to the end of your brow, once its fully grown to the point/thickness you'd like to achieve.
- You certainly don't have to part with your tweezers, in fact consider them an ally in this process, only tweezing stray and out-of-place hairs (i.e. nowhere near your basic brow shape).
- If you have been tweezing your brows for years, you may find individual hairs growing in all possible directions. In this case, I would recommend spotting the specific, unruly hair and carefully pluck it to the direction you'd like it to grow. Trust me this worked wonders for me... :)
- Mini curved scissors will also help you define your shape better, contributing to an overall groomed look. Often I find that most women need a "trim" more than extreme plucking. Don't overdoit in this case either, just comb your eyebrows with a spoolie and trim the excess.
- For further grooming:
- equip yourself with a light brown brow pencil, that works for most hair shades (don't go too dark, unless you like an intense drawn-on brow), to cover up "bald" spots
- a spoolie to soften harsh lines for an airbrushed effect
- and most importantly, a liquid eyeliner pen (preferrably in the lightest shade of brown, to simulate the look of actual hairs - takes a bit of practice to get the hang of it, but once mastered you'll love it
- You could also use a mild exfoliant on the brow area (I used a tiny amount of "pores be pure", a skin clarifying mud mask by Formula 10.0.6, use with caution as it stings) to help unclog pores and stimulate hair growth, massage with almond oil drops to relieve dryness and condition your eyebrows.
How to maintain and shape your brows once grown:
- Simply follow your natural eyebrow shape, there's no trick or gimmick to that. We are all unique for a reason, what works for one, may not work for another.
- Pluck stray hairs only, i.e. obviously far from your brow shape.
- Trim excessively long hairs if needed (this prevents the "caterpillar" brow effect)
- To intensify your look, use a brow pencil. Although from personal experience, I can assure you that you won't be needing it as much as you did, once your brows are fully grown.
Final thoughts:
Depending on your case, this may take a month, or even a year.
In my case, it literally took over a year to achieve the coveted natural brow look, but I took it very slowly. I'd say by the first two months my eyebrows were looking normal again.
If you have persistent "bald" spots don't give up, the hair will eventually grow back.
The process is definitely worth the wait.
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| Audrey Hepburn; an inspirational role model for gorgeous, natural eyebrows. |
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