Do you change your brow shape based on your makeup?
I don’t change the shape, but I will go a bit heavier filling in my brows if I have heavier eye makeup on!
— Christine
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No. Do people actually do this???? I think I’d look very strange with a different brow shape than the one nature gave me/that I have every day. Thanks to ABH and Glossier, I do sometimes (rarely but sometime) “do” my brows to fill them in and darken them a bit but that’s all I’d every consider doing. I don’t want to look like Joan Crawford or Mr. Spock!
Yes, absolutely! Some people shave parts or all of their brow off to be able to do more shapes 🙂
I will go thicker/thinner, heavier/lighter, and extend/not extend the tail of the brow depending on the look, particularly the eye makeup. Like if I’ve really blown the eyeshadow further out than my lid, I might extend the tail of my brow a little bit. If I’m wearing less eye makeup, I would go for less filled in, slightly lighter-looking brows (both in color and in shape).
I’ve seen people do different brows for different moods or makeup looks, for sure. I’ve also seen more people than I’d ever have imagined, shave off the tail of their eyebrows so they could choose the placement and shape. I don’t even know how to do my brows, so I don’t change mine, ever. I wish I had the skill to actually make my brows look better with makeup!
No, I didn’t even know that was a thing. Brows are my biggest struggle because they’re so sparse, so I’m just happy when I get them to look good!
I’m glad it’s not just me!
On occasion. See: one of the looks I have posted on my profile, lol.
I sometimes extend the end of my brows a bit or brush them up to emphasize the arch a little more, but mostly I just fill them in a bit. I do get my brows tinted to match my roots when I go into the hair salon.
No, I stick with my natural shape.
No, not at all. But for a lighter makeup days, I might just use a dark brow powder, whereas most of the time I go in with a pencil, then spoolie that through, then add a little powder.
Nope! I tweeze them about once every 3 months just to clean them up, then just leave them as is. I do have a nice brow gel that I break out on occasion if they’re being stubborn, though!
No, I just add color to darken and hide those uninvited silver ones.
No, I don’t – it’s hard enough for me to get the right shape in the first place.
Not really, I keep to my natural shape, but as my brows are stupidly sparse and in some areas almost not existing, I need to fill them in. I like vintage fashion and sometimes think about different eras when doing my makeup, 1920s – 1950s, I then try to form my brows a bit like how they looked back then. 20s and 30s are hard as they had very thin penciled in brows, but it’s fun to try to tweak what nature gave me to suit something that actually calls for shaved off brows, something I would never do, I’d end up with very different placements of the brows.
40s are quite simple, my brows already looks the part, and for the 50s I think Elisabeth Taylor and do them very arched and shorter.
Sorry for the lengthy answer!
No. I try to draw in a particular slightly angled on the 1/3 part ever time.