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Just please please don't let them look like Jillian Flathers's, the Hell's Kitchen contestant this season who got hers tattooed:



It looks like something done with a Sharpie.

Good lord that lady fell asleep while babysitting Bart Simpson! Did she go to the same stylist that Devine used? Ok, ok, I'll stop. Maybe she just doesnt have eyebrows? I've worked with someone who didn't have them. Kind of weird looking.

After years and years of plucking and shaping my mother has lost the bulk of hers and when those hairs went light grey, her eyebrows all but disappeared.

Honestly, fixing my eyebrows is one of those little chores that make all the difference in how I feel that I look. And what's weird is that you can't even really see the problem from a distance, but it does manifest in your brain as this fuzzyness between your eyebrow and the skin below it. It's a little tough the first couple of times but you get a knack for it pretty quickly. Having large eyebrows is not a terrible thing but if you want to look your best, cleaning them up but not overshaping them can be a big boost. I have kind of bushy eyebrows but a nice natural shape that's fairly easy to bring out. Just remember never to shape the top parts but cleanup is fine(all the little strays that don't make your lines solidish).

Usually I start with the top cleanup and then I do bottom and side cleanup and once I have a solidish line, I can add some definition. I do this once every 1 to 2 weeks and that's usually not terrible. I've gone for a month without and usually by that time, the cleanup is a drastic difference.

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I have learned that it is easier to shape your eyebrows with an eyebrow razor and the results are good but they dont last but just a few days, but after you get your shape with the razor then you can use tweezers to keep the shape and keep them looking good......... Also if you have short eyebrows then instead of using an eyebrow pencil, you can use a powder that you can get from Mary Kay and it really works much better.............. Uncle Leo's eyebrows are frightning!!!!! Then again his normal eyebrows are pretty frightning also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always have had sort of spotty eyebrows that tend to antennae. As I have gotten older (56 now) I have lost about half one brow and some of the other. I assume I need to pencil that in but could use a bit more detail about that than in the Face Pack on the site. A general suggestion is that for makeup related things some actual application to faces is shown. That would give much better idea of real technique instead of just talking about it.

To reply to your specific eyebrow question, and sort of generally reply to your intro -

First, I'll assume you go to a salon to get your hair cut. Most salon's have an esthetician to help you with exactly what you ask. Nothing beats having someone show you in real time - no book, no email, no forum post, no video. You don't even have to tell them your trans., just tell them that as you've aged you've begun to lose some eyebrow hair and you need their help. They may also be able to help you with minimally invasive make-up. You may get stuck with buying the salon's brand of make-up at exorbatant prices, but my experience is it's money will spent. And after you get the knack of it, you can shop at the local discount store.

The eyebrow powder that I was talking about earlier works really well for thinning eyebrows and it makes them look more natural rather than looking like they are drawn on with a pencil......................

I don't even touch my own brows, when I go in for waxing, I have tech tweeze my brows and shape them.