Eyebrow Filling Tutorial

Eyebrows have been conveniently ignored by many people just because they didn't seem as important as lashes or cheeks. With that belief in mind, at some points of our lives, we let our brows grow into a jungle or look balding. If you track back to my older posts, you'd notice that I've only cared about my eyebrows since 8 months ago! They're still not perfect and I'm learning new techniques as I go.

Anyway, I hope you'll find this tutorial helpful and good luck with them brows! Read on.

I still have very little confidence when it comes to shaping my own eyebrows so I'd usually get them shaped by the professionals (Empro and Shu Uemura) and maintain my brows by plucking off the stray hairs and following the shape created for me.

To fill in my brows I use:

• Daiso Auto Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown
  
• e.l.f. Brow Kit in Light
• Hard angled eyebrow brush
• Spoolie
  

My weakest brow is my right one since it has a pretty huge bald spot and the shape is not very obvious. To create the shape, start by drawing a line at the bottom of the eyebrow. Then, looking straight, I draw the "tail". When you look straight into the mirror, you can make sure that both your eyebrows match. Also, avoid raising your eyebrow when you are filling them. The stretched skin will cause the filling to look distorted. Your "tail" slant should be parallel with the slant of your eye. Too high and you'll look monstrous, too low and you'll look sad.

Once you get the bottom right, draw the upper brow line parallel with the bottom. If you make any mistakes, just clean off with a cotton bud and start again. It takes practice so don't give up!

Join the upper brow line with the lower. If the highest point of the eyebrow looks too high, just rub off the tip with a cotton bud. With the outline done, start coloring in the brow. I'm using a lighter brow color so that it does look too harsh. The e.l.f. Brow Kit has a gel on one side, which I use to fill in the emptiness and powder on the other side for me to set the gel and blend. For the inner brow, I place my brush vertically then drag the brush outwards.

After setting with eyebrow powder, I further blend and brush all the hairs in place with a spoolie. This is also handy when you've over-filled your brows and want to soften them. It may take some getting used to with filled eyebrows. At times you'd think that you look like Shin Chan but once you're used to groomed eyebrows, you'll realize that you can't be seen without them!