How To Shape Straight Eyebrows Into An Arch
Friday, August 12th, 2011Creating a nice arch as part of your eyebrow has a tendency to give your face more expression. It may also allow you more room for eye makeup. You can create very glamorous looks with eye makeup and having an improved brow and more eyelid to use makes it much easier.
But, some of you might be wondering how to shape straight eyebrows. If you were born with straight, thin eyebrows, read on for quite a few tips on how to have that sexy arch you want.
One thing to take into account; this is not a task you want to rush through. If you make a mistake and wax or tweeze a big section of eyebrow you will need to do the same thing to the opposite side. Yes, that will look weird, but it would look ever more weird if one eyebrow was significantly wider or thicker compared to the other. Go slow and concentrate on only one small area at one time for the optimum results.
Having a good magnifying mirror along with a well lit room are two important elements that will allow you to do a better job. Whether you choose you would like to pluck with tweezers or wax with hot wax, have your supplies accessible before starting.
Here are the essential steps you need to follow:
1. Firstly, ensure your eyebrows are clean and free from makeup or oils.
2. Then, brush your eyebrows. Brush them up towards your hair line by making use of a lash brush or a smaller toothed comb.
3. If you have any really long eyebrow hairs, use scissors and trim them up. You don’t want any “scragglies”. It will also lessen the overall thickness of your brows which can make it less complicated to get the arched, sculpted look you would like.
4. Take a pencil and place it across the bridge or your nose. Align the pencil so the top of it can be aligned with the brow bone. Using a brow pencil, mark a small dot in the area where the top of the pencil is aligned with the brow bone. This should actually be the outer edge of your eyebrow.
5. Next, carefully take the pencil and line up the end of the pencil with the nostril, angled toward the outer corner of your eye. This is where your eyebrow should end. Again, have a brow pencil and put a small dot in that exact spot.
6. Next, go to your mirror and look straight ahead. Line the pencil with your eye so your iris is directly behind the pencil. From there you are going to gently roll the pencil outward, towards the outer corner of your eye.
When the very inside edge of the pencil is aligned with the outer edge of your iris. Mark this spot on your eyebrow, it is where an arch ought to be. Once you have the shape and you know exactly where your arch has to be, you can start removing the hair and shaping the brow.
Now you know where to start and the way to shape straight eyebrows, have some fun!

