Bold. Thick. Thin. Dark. Bushy. Full. Defined. Beautiful.

All of these words define the eyebrows.  Perfectly groomed brows are attributes of an aesthetically pleasing woman. The eyebrow is a crucial component of having the “it stuff” or the “wow factor”. It’s simple to undersatnd how one follicle too many, could be a facial monstrosity, but on the contrary, the right hairs removed in the right place, can easily enhance your look.

The shape of  your eyebrows should shape your face and be nothing less than flattering. However, plenty of women abuse their eyebrows because they can’t help but be habitual “pluckers”. ::Shame on you::

One important piece of advice: If you’re going to pluck ’em, DON’T over do it.

If you must, tweeze carefully and sparingly, because the hairs you pluck will take several weeks to come back.

It’s important not to overpluck your eyebrows, because they grow back slower than hairs in other parts of the body.

I get why some prefer tweezing over waxing; my guess is that it’s less painful? More economical? Well when you’ve been doing it so long, waxing is no longer painful. It simply turns from a pain to a pinch. Plucking is the least expensive method for shaping eyebrows, but not everyone can do it themselves. #butcheredbrows. Aside from all of that, plucking just hurts. It’s kind of an  annoying pain from pulling off a band-aid slowly, instead of all at once.

Keep in mind that eyebrows that are too thick, will give you a harsh look.

Too thin brows will make you look old.

Unnatural looking penciled in or drawn on brows, just look damn ridiculous.

And lastly, unibrows are not flattering; you’ll look like you belong on the set of Bert and Ernie, as Bert’s kid sister.

Over time, frequent tweezing can cause the hair follicle to become damaged, stunted and/or retard future hair growth. To me, tweezing just seems so tedious and tiresome, especially if you’re overly meticulous.

The quality of tweezers also contributes to a tweezing’s pass or fail. Good tweezers can be pretty pricey. I bought a pair of beauty industry leader,  Damon Roberts’ (@DamoneRoberts) tweezers for $28 on his website at http://www.damoneroberts.com and they still work perfectly. I rarely use them, but when I do, they’re always precise and on point. FYI; the average cost of  quality tweezers is between $20 and $40, depending on your budget. 

Last bit of advice.

If you’re going to do your own eyebrows, (which I don’t recommend) try and follow this guide.

#1.  Hold a pencil vertically against the side of your nose and where it meets the brow is where your brow should start.

#2. While still holding the pencil against the side of your nose, turn it diagonally, pointing towards the outer corner of your eye until the pencil meets the iris of your eye.  Where the pencil meets the brow (somewhere along your brow bone) is where the peak of your arch should start.

#3. From this position and while still holding the pencil against the side of your nose, turn it some more at a wider angle until the pencil meets the outer corner of your eye.  Where the end of the pencil now meets the eyebrow is your eyebrow’s ending point.

Voila…like so.