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Pluck your eyebrows at home like an expert in 6 easy steps

Easy techniques to get the perfect eyebrow shape and the full effect


MAY 7, 2020 12:36 PM EDT

Eyebrows can make or break your makeup look. If microdermabrasion isn’t an option, you can always abide by some beauty rules to perfect your eyebrow game. Bold brows are not impossible to achieve but the right tools and techniques will turn you into a pro. So, instead of going overboard with your tweezers follow these easy steps to get eyebrows like Kylie Jenner and Cara Delevingne. Eylure makeup artist Sara Sordillo, provides easy techniques you can try at home to pluck away unwanted hair.

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Brush your eyebrows

First, take a clean spoolie brush and comb your brows up so you can see the natural shape. Jane Iredale’s deluxe spoolie brush helps to define lashes and groom brows that are untamed.

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Don’t go overboard

Instead of plucking away your unibrow “take an eyeliner pencil and place the end of it at the inner corner of your nostrils and use the point to mark, repeating the step on the other side.” If you have unibrow hair growth, just pluck the excess where you measured it with your eyeliner pencil. Cara Delevingne allows her eyebrows to grow naturally and uses makeup to embrace her natural growth.

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Tweeze your eyebrows

Use the Eylure Slant Tip Tweezers to tweeze any unwanted hair that is not part of your natural eyebrow arch. The tweezers feature a slant tip for precise shape and a comb to define brows.

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Shape the length

After, use a pair of Tweezerman scissors and “trim any hair that is growing longer than the others in order to keep an even length.” Avoid plucking hair on the top part of your eyebrows. Instead, brush down your eyebrows and cut the strands growing apart from your natural shape.

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Shape the brows

To complete the look, spray West Barn Co.’s Prep & Hydrate Facial Mist onto Soap Brows bar. This brow routine will achieve perfectly groomed brows and create a thickening effect with extra hold. “Run the spoolie brush over the soap and then through the brow hair for an on-trend fluffy effect.”

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Press the hair down

According to Sara, to achieve a laminated look brush more of the Soap Brows through the eyebrows and press the top hair down using the end of your spoolie. Mist with setting spray for extra hold.