Eyebrows: The Essential Tools

Eyebrows. There are gels, pencils and powders, but what is the BEST way to make those brows look bold and beautiful? 

Recently, eyebrows have become a trend, and everyone wants them. Well, everyone has eyebrows, but they don't become bold and defined overnight. It can actually be quite time consuming and pricey to upkeep your brows. Luckily, there are literally thousands of products out there to help you, but you don't need to buy all of them! 

Although it is popular to fill in your eyebrows, it is still important to get them threaded or waxed every month or so in order to keep a nice shape. This is especially important for those of you who don't know how to shape your own brows. If you have thin brows and you want them to be thicker, GROW THEM OUT! Don't pluck, tweeze, wax, or thread them for 1-2 months in order for your hairs to fully grow out. Once they are thicker, then it is OK to get them threaded or waxed to your desired and more thick style.

This post will tell you everything you need to know about brow products and how to use them! By no means do you need to go out and buy every single one. This post is simply going to give you information about each product from somebody who has used them all, so you can decide which ones are best for you. 

The Basics:

Tweezers: These are necessary for daily grooming of the brows. Pluck any stray or unwanted hairs as you see them, but don't go on a tweezing binge! You want your brows to be full and bushy, not thin and uneven.

Eyebrow Spoolie: Use this to comb hairs in place. Good for when you wake up in the morning and your brows are going in all different directions. Conveniently, these are usually on the opposite side of angled brow brushes. This tool is also very helpful for blending out any type of brow product you use. I find I use it towards the front of my brow to blend and pick up any excess product. 

Clear Eyebrow Gel: Weather you fill in your eyebrows or not, this will keep your hairs in place through a tornado. Seriously. Anastasia Beverly Hills makes the best brow gel on the market.

Angled Brow Brush: Only needed for powders or gels. Make sure when buying an angled brow brush that the bristles are firm, and the brush is very thin. The thinner the brush, the more precise you can be and the more control you have over the product. 

Eyebrow Scissors: These do not need to be used every day, but only when your hairs get a little too long between waxing or threading. Brush the hairs up with a spoolie and trim the excessively long ones.



  

For the Natural Brow:

Brow Powders: These should be applied with a firm, thin, angled brush. If you are buying a brow kit and it comes with a teeny, tiny, generic brush, its probably useless. Some powders only have one shade, but others have two and sometimes three. If you only have one shade, fill those brows in and you're good to go. If your brow powder comes with different shades, use the darker one to define the outlines of your brows as well as define the tail. Use the lighter one to fill in the rest and blend out the darker shade. If it comes with a light or white shade, use it to highlight on your brow bone. Powder is good for natural brows because it is very forgiving. If you mess up or go outside of your brows you can just wipe it away with your finger. Powder allows you to just fill in any empty spaces your natural brow hairs might have.

Brow Pencil: This is a quick and easy way to fill in your brows with one product. There are plenty of different ones out there, so you might have to find the one that is best for you. They come in retractable form, or in actual pencil form which require you to sharpen it. Sharpening Eyebrow pencils is important for keeping the tip sharp so you get a precise line. When using this try to start by focusing on the tail of your brow, making it the darkest most defined part, and then building up towards the front of your brow. 

For the Bold Brow:

Gels and Pomades: This is some serious stuff. I personally like using the Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade, but there are plenty of other brands out there now. This is defiantly not for beginners or for people who don't want to spend a lot of time on their brows. It honestly takes practice. You're not gonna wanna try this product for the first time when you're in a rush or you're about to go out on a date because it will take forever, and you'll probably mess up. It helps to be very light handed with this product because a little goes a long way. I figured this out when I started using it because I made my eyebrows so thick it looked like I filled them in with a bold sharpie marker. Give yourself a lot of time to play with this product and experiment with it. If you are having trouble, look up a tutorial on youtube, almost every single beauty guru out there uses this stuff. 

Concealer: Use an angled brush (It can be the same brush you use for your eyebrows, I prefer to use a different one). This can be used to erase any mistakes you made filling in your brows, whether that be with power, gel, pomade, or pencil. This can especially help if you've never filled in your brows before because you will probably make a lot of mistakes. To make your brows more bold and defined, use concealer on the entire bottom part of your brow, just to clean up the line and make it more sharp. WARNING: avoid using concealer on the top part of your brow. This will start to make it look too defined all around and sort of like you drew your eyebrows on with a bold sharpie. You do not want that.

Julia Morgan

Beauty Editor