Full brows can look fab
February 12th, 2008Your eyebrows frame your face and it’s imperative that taking care of them is part of your daily grooming regime. Some women need to shape, dye and fill their brows, while others require brow waxing and trimming. And there are also women, like actresses Kiera Knightly and Jennifer Connelly, who get away with dark bushy brows. Much like some hairstyles, this look is not for everyone.
If you have naturally thick brows and you’d like to sport an alternative full brow look, here’s what you do:
- Grow them out for two to four weeks. It can be just as frustrating as growing out a hairstyle, so hang in there.
- Pluck away the strays. You’ll want to encourage the natural shape of your brow to grow back, but you’ll want to eliminate the hairs that fall outside your natural shape.
- Create an arch. The full brow look is still shaped. You need to create an arch to frame your face.
- Trim if necessary. If the length of your eyebrow hair gets too long and heavy, trim them with brow scissors.
- Finish with gel. Applying eyebrow gel once in the morning keeps the hairs straight and in one direction.
I love full brows on the right face. It’s an instantly eye catching, strong feature. Experiment with the look if you feel like it might work for you.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:25 am
I would like to grow my brows out more, but I think they have been over-plucked for so long that they won’t fully grow back.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:41 am
I never over-plucked my brows, but I did keep a thinner arch over the years. I’ve been trying to grow them out for several months now. This advice is to Carrie: find a good brow-waxer and work with her over the course of several months to keep your shape but let the brows grow back. I finally have a strong brow–not Natalia Vodionova-esque (my favorite full-browed gal)–but good for me. Like I said, it took a good waxer and months of patience.
February 12th, 2008 at 7:37 am
I am a huge fan of the full natural(ly) shaped brow.
I really despise the super thin eyebrows that arch *shudder*
Overplucked and …. *shudder*
February 12th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Mine are quite full ! They balance out my chubby lower face and frame me eyes. I’ve never allowed a beautician near them, I was afraid that they’d pluck them into thin fashionable arches. I learned to do by own plucking !
Once I was tempted to thin them a bit, but it didn’t look good on me.
Carrie, why don’t you try and see ?
February 12th, 2008 at 8:49 am
i love thick eyebrows, i get rid of the strays and that’s about it. the propensity of women to pluck them into an expression of extreme surprise disturbs me.
February 12th, 2008 at 11:18 am
I love the look of clean, groomed eyebrows regardless of their size and thickness. I have to keep mine fairly thick, otherwise they look fake. If I let them grow out all the way, though, I end up with a hairy slug across my forehead, eww.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I have full brows too, rather like Kiera Knightly’s actually. I’ve never liked the really think brows I’ve seen on many women (especially actresses and models), but I try to keep mine groomed and shaped. I’ve never heard of brow scissors or gel. I’ll have to get some.
February 12th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
What face shape would you say is best to have a full eyebrow Angie?
Also what about girls with glasses? Does it make a difference one way or another or does it help to have a certain kind of eyebrow?
February 12th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Count me as the oddball. I don’t like thick brows..I think they are very masculine looking and take over a woman’s face. The links of those two actresses was frightening to me, especially the second one. I don’t like overly thin brows either. But if I had a choice between too thin or too thick–I’d go thin. Another brow peeve of mine—bleach blonds with black brows. YUCK!
February 12th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I have also kept my thick eyebrows. I have a thinner face with big eyes. I wouldn’t say my nose was large, but it is not small. I couldn’t imagine having thin brows with my non-petite features. I do have trouble with them getting too long though. After reading this I trimmed them a bit and bought some eyebrow gel. I’ll have to give it a few days, but I think I like it. Will it really keep them in place all day?
February 12th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Very interesting. I think that you need to work with what you have. Generally, people look best if they tweak what they were naturally given, thick or thin. You’ll want to keep a thicker brow line if you naturally have one, and shape a daintier brow line if you have thin brows. Both look great if they match your features and you shape accordingly. I feel strongly that everyone needs to shape their brows despite the thickness of them. And if you don’t have brows, you need to create them. Strawberry blondes and toe heads often have brows that you can’t see. Dye your brows. It’s astounding how much of a difference a visibly groomed brow line makes to the overall look of your face. Forget the make-up and remember to use sunscreen and groom your brows!
Shannon, the gel does work!
February 13th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Sorry, I meant that I don’t like the really thin brows I’ve seen on some women. I’ve rarely seen women with brows that are too thick, but it can happen. I just don’t like it when they are a pencil-thin line. Mine are naturally thick, but not quite as thick as Kiera’s.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:21 am
I love thick brows i have mine thick, but i´m obsessed with my tweezers so much, that i can´t stop using them… =(