Beautiful, even, thick eyebrows attract attention to the face and make the image complete. Eyebrows can not only change your facial expression, but also correct its imperfections.

And it is not at all necessary to use the services of a salon makeup artist: beautiful eyebrows can be easily done at home.

You need to act in three stages:

1. outline the correct bend of the eyebrow line;
2. adjust the eyebrow by plucking out excess hairs;
3. paint over the brow line, giving it greater definition.

Determining the bend line

Beautiful eyebrows are, first of all, the correct shape. Before you start removing excess hair, you need to find the starting, ending and bending points of your eyebrows. First, let's decide on the right eyebrow.

• The beginning of the eyebrow line (at the bridge of the nose): one tip of a thin cosmetic pencil should be applied to the right nostril, and the second tip should be directed to the inner corner of the right eye. You will get a straight line that will indicate the starting point of the right eyebrow. All hairs that end up behind the pencil must be ruthlessly removed.
• The end of the eyebrow line (at the temple): leave the lower tip of the pencil in the same place, and move the upper tip to the outer corner of the right eye. The intersection with the eyebrow will show where the eyebrow should end. If the eyebrow ends before the found place, it needs to be completed.
• Curve of the brow line: guide the pencil so that it passes from the right nostril through the center of the pupil. The intersection of the pencil with the eyebrow is the very place where you need to make a bend.

The same should be done with the left eyebrow. This “three-piece” technique is a classic option that will suit everyone.

But there are also secret techniques for shaping a curve that can help with facial correction:

• to visually lengthen their face a little, chubby young ladies can make the arch of their eyebrows higher and sharper;
• if the face has a square shape, you can perform a classic design (the bend is located above the pupil) or slightly move the bend point towards the temple;
• a very elongated face will be saved by strictly horizontal, straight eyebrows;
• for a heart-shaped face, a semicircular brow line is ideal;
• If you have an oval face, you can sharpen the tip to give the look more piquancy.

The eyebrow line should be harmonious, with a classic break line, medium width, with a smooth narrowing towards the tip.

We are making a correction

Having decided on the shape and size of the eyebrows, you can begin correction, that is, removing excess hairs. Removal techniques may vary, but the easiest way to work at home is with ordinary tweezers.

What can help with correction? It is important to consider three points:

• prepare the skin;
• provide sufficient lighting;
• pluck hairs correctly.

On cooled skin, the pain is felt less, but hot steaming makes it easier to pull out hairs.

You need to pull out the hairs with a sharp movement directed in the direction of hair growth. In no case should you point the tweezers against the hair growth: this way they will not be pulled out along with the bulb, but will simply break.

• Before you start plucking out all the excess, you must comb the eyebrow along the direction of hair growth. This will help avoid removing the desired hairs;
• You can only pinch the bottom line. The top hairs should not be touched;
• The tweezers must first be treated with an alcohol solution. A clean, disinfected instrument is a guarantee that pimples and inflammation will not appear on the skin after the procedure;
• With oily skin, the hairs may be covered with sebaceous secretions. In this case, the tweezers will slide, and the hairs will not be pulled out, but broken. To solve the problem, you can simply powder your eyebrows;

Eyebrows can not only be plucked, but also trimmed. This is done if hair removal is impossible. The eyebrow needs to be combed upward, and then all the “stray” hairs should be trimmed using straight nail scissors.

Choosing a product and tone

When the eyebrow line is completely formed, you can start applying makeup. Even if the color and thickness suit you, the hairs need to be fixed with a transparent gel. If the color of your hair and eyebrows is different, and the thickness leaves much to be desired, you should definitely use eyebrow cosmetics.

There are several cosmetic products for applying tone:

• eyebrow pencil;
• eyebrow shadows;
• toning gel;
• permanent paint.

The simplest option is a tinting gel. If you choose the tone well, then there are no problems with the design at all. You just need to comb the hairs with a brush with pigment, and the eyebrow line looks perfect. However, this option is suitable only for those with naturally thick, even eyebrows.

The most common method is a pencil. The pencil technique is very simple, it allows you to achieve an ideal eyebrow line, disguise bald spots, and give a beautiful harmonious color to your hair. If something is done incorrectly, the pigment can be easily wiped off and reapplied.

A pencil is very convenient for drawing the outline of an eyebrow. However, you need to take into account the features of the stylus:

• very soft ones can “float” in the heat, and hard ones can scratch the skin;
• a soft pencil is applied so easily that you can not calculate the amount of tone and make the eyebrows too bright;
• a soft product is well suited for applying paint over hairs using the shading technique. But if you need to fill the space between sparse hairs, it is better to use a hard stylus.

It's quite difficult to choose the right eyebrow pencil color. Standard rule: for brunettes and brown-haired women, a product a little lighter than the hair tone is suitable, and for blondes, a little darker. “A little” means two tones, no more. Red-haired girls, bright by nature, will suit any option.

What you need to be wary of is the completely black tint of the lead. It spoils the image, gives it vulgarity and absurdity. Preference should be given to ashen shades of varying intensities. You should also be careful with reddish shades of pencils. They are suitable only for girls with warm skin tones and a slight reddish tint to their hair.

Drawing the eyebrow

The technique of applying pigment to the eyebrows is quite simple once you master it. With a little practice, you can do eyebrow makeup quickly and accurately. First we need to determine the final result: we either correct the eyebrows or simply darken them.

There are many techniques for correcting and filling in eyebrows with color.

Here is one possible option:

• draw the outline of the eyebrow using white kajal;
• if the eyebrow is sparse, you need to apply strokes to it along the natural growth of hairs with a pencil or shadows;
• comb the eyebrow with a brush to evenly distribute the tone;
• blend the white tone around the eyebrow line to give it greater definition and brightness.

Professional makeup artists use different shades to make eyebrows more natural, applying a lighter shade to the tip of the eyebrow.

Don't be afraid to experiment with color, shape, and tone application technique. It's easy to create beautiful eyebrows at home. All it takes is a little practice and desire.