If you want to learn how to shape your eyebrows like the pros, then trim them if they need it. A big mistake women make is not trimming their brows. When the eyebrow hair is long, sometimes women end up taking out too much hair when they really needed to take out bulk. So trim first!

Here's how to tell if you need to trim: Brush your eyebrows straight up, and if there are any hairs longer coming out of your natural shape on top, then trim it.

Yes, you can do this on your own, it's very simple. Use a fine-tooth regular comb or an eyebrow brush to push eyebrow hair up, and then just trim what is outside the shape with small scissors (preferably eyebrow scissors).

Where the Eyebrow Should Start

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The general rule of thumb for eyebrow shaping is that if you took a ruler to the inner corner of your eye that is about where the brow should begin. If you like a more natural look, you can always leave a bit more hair.

Eyebrow Shaping Tips:

• You have wide set eyes (too far apart), then you could leave a few extra hairs outside of the above line towards the nose of to make eyes "appear" closer.

• You have close set eyes (too close together), and then you could leave a few extra hairs inside of the above line towards the eyes, to make them "appear" farther.

As you can see, the model's eyebrows already go a bit further in toward the eye.

Deciding on the Arch

On deciding on how to arch your eyebrows one of the most important part of designing the brow, we are going to use other features for a reference. For our model here, I've decided on a small arch for her eyebrow shape because she doesn't have a lot of eyelid, and she has straight brows.

So placing a ruler on tip of her nose as a reference, and taking the ruler over her pupil brings me to a section of her brow that you see above. This is going to be the "peak" of her arch.

Another reference point is the top of the nostril, still aiming for over the middle of the pupil for a medium arch, but the far side of the pupil for a large arch. (Tip: right nostril for right eye, left nostril for left eye).

Where the Eyebrow Should End

Place the end of a ruler at the outer nose and put on the corner of the eye, this is where the brow should end. On the model above, she's right on target. Usually, it's only a slight bit if women are outside this last line.

Eyebrow Shaping Tips:

Most of the time over-plucking has resulted in brows not meeting this end point. If that's the case for you, use a brow pencil a shade lighter than your brows until it grows out.

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